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Sujatha Rao is new Secretary Health
Ms Kanuru Sujatha Rao is new Secretary Health in the Government of India.1974 batch AP cadre IAS officer Ms Rao will take over from Naresh Dayal on October 1.
( We said this on August 18 )
Who will be Lady Judge in the Supreme Court ?
There is no Lady Judge in the Supreme Court. Now the tie is between CJ of the Jharkhand High Court Justice Gyan Sudha Mishra and Senior Judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court Justice T Meena Kumari.
Will Rajiv Bhatnagar be Police Advisor UN ?
Rajiv Bhatnagar is likely to be appointed Police Advisor in the United Nations. He is 1983 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
Siddhu to be Special Director BSF
P P S Siddhu is being tipped to be Special Director BSF. He is 1975 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
Will there be lateral shift from BSF to CRPF ?
Posting of Karamveer Singh as DGP Uttar Pradesh has led to one vacancy in the CRPF. There is a talk now for lateral shifting of an IPS officer from BSF to the CRPF.
Pandey appointed CVO of PFC
BP Pandey, presently working as JS in the Department of Chemicals and Petro-chemicals, has been appointed as CVO in the Power Finance Corporation Limited, New Delhi. He is 1983 batch Uttarakhand cadre IAS officer.
Tenure of Swadeep Singh extended
Central deputation tenure of Swadeep Singh, IAS (MP:79), as Chief Vigilance Officer in the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited has been extended upto December 12, 2010. He is 1979 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
Will Sugathan join CAT ?
Dr K S Sugathan may join the CAT as Member Administration. The appointment of Sushma Singh as Member Central Information Commission has led to this speculation. Infact Dr Sugathan had been put in the Wait list.
Ramji Sinha to move to Delhi ?
Member Settlement Commission (IT), Ramji Sinha, is likely to be shifted to Delhi.
One more vacancy in UPSC next month
There is going to be one more vacancy of a Member in the UPSC on October 8 when Parveen Tala retires.
Which bureaucrat has not retired so far ?
Which bureaucrat has not retired so far ? The answer to this question which naturally comes to the mind is Padmanabhaiah. But not now. He was in the above category till yesterday. The new incumbent, believe it or not, is NN Vohra.
Reena Garg is Director Social Justice
Reena Garg has been appointed Director Social Justice in the Government of India. She is 1995 batch IA&AS officer.
Vijay Kumar Singh is ADC to Rajasthan Governor
Vijay Kumar Singh who so far was SP, CID-ATS Jaipur has been posted as ADC to Shilendra Kumar Singh Governor of Rajasthan. He is 1997 batch IPS officer of the Rajasthan cadre.
Ms. Pooja Kulkarni is Joint CEO in Tamil Nadu
Ms . Pooja Kulkarni, IAS Deputy Secretary to the Tamil Nadu Government Rural Development and Panchayat Raj has been transferred and posted to act as Joint Chief Electoral Officer (IT) and Deputy Secretary to Government, Public (Elections) Department vice Ms. Jayashree Muralidharan, IAS.
N. Muruganandam to be Director in MoEF
N. Muruganandam who so far was Project Director, Vazhndhu Kaatuvom Project has been relieved to join the Government of India (GOI) as Director in the Ministry of Environment and Forests. He is an IAS officer of the 1991 batch who belongs to the Tamil Nadu cadre. N. Muruganandam is rated as a very dashing & a brilliant bureaucrat.
Who will be new Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh?
Who will be new Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh? This question is doing rounds in corridors of power if the present incumbent P. Ramakanth fails to get three month's extension, as was being felt earlier.
Will the history be repeated in Andhra Pradesh?
Will the history be repeated in Andhra Pradesh vis a vis appointment of new Chief Secretary? Past record has shown that an incumbent IAS officer who was Chief Commissioner Land Records in Andhra Pradesh climbed up the ladder only to become the Andhra Pradesh Chief Secretary. Whether it will happen or not in case of B.V.Prasad Chief Commissioner Land Records in Andhra Pradesh is a subject matter to be watched.
Karamvir Singh DGP, UP is media shy
Karamvir Singh who till recently was Special DGP in the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)& had assumed the charge as new DGP of Uttar Pradesh on September 23, 2009 is a media shy officer. He had returned to the state on September 19, 2009 is. It may be stated that as the ADG (North) CRPF Karamvir Singh had made a notable contribution during the assembly elections in Jammu & Kashmir. A 1975 batch IPS officer Karamvir Singh will get 23 months to serve.
IPS reshuffle on the anvil in Uttar Pradesh
As the grapevine has it a reshuffle of IPS officers is on the anvil in Uttar Pradesh.
Atul Gupta of SAG/IRSS transferred from RSC to CR
Atul Gupta of SAG/IRSS has been transferred from RSC to CR in the same Capacity and posted in the cadre.
Union govt responsible for career stagnation in CISF
Union government was to blame for the discrepancies in promotions in CISF if one was to go by the parliamentary standing committee's 54th, 59th, 83rd and 117th reports. Discrepancies, reports indicate, arose because the government recruited the officials for a paramilitary force but prohibited them from joining organised central services Group A, like the revenue service and the Indian Railway Traffic Service, by taking fresh examinations
Sonali Ghosh of Assam cadre going to UK
As the grapevine has it, Sonali Ghosh - an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer belonging to 2000 batch of Assam cadre, is going to the UK on fellowship.
Bayes selected for UNMIT
Ranvir Prakash Bayes, SI, Maharastra, has been selected for UN Mission in Timor L'ste. (UNMIT)
A non-IAS PS makes a mark
A non-IAS Private Secretary to have made a mark for efficiency and maturity ,in a very short period, is A J Kurian (IFS,UT) PS to Kapil Sibal. Kurian has won many friends among senior bureaucracy and politicians with his courteous and genial attitude.
IPS officers up in arms in AP
IPS officers in Andhra Pradesh are up in arms. Some far reaching decisions are likely to be taken in a meeting of IPS officers scheduled to take place on October 5.The officers are irked over the suspension of an IPS officer even before a probe could establish whether he was guilty and withdrawal of the orderlies from the residential duty of the officers.
Will Orissa DGP go ?
Appointment of Prakash Mishra as DG Intelligence has fuelled speculations about the change of Orissa DGP M Prahraj.
Mrs Haritima Jaipuriar to go to Northern Railway
Mrs Haritima Jaipuriar of JAG/IRSSE will be posted to Northern Railway (NR) on return from deputation.
Chandra Pal to go to SWR
Chandra Pal of SG/IRSS will be posted to SWR on return from deputation.
IAS changes in Uttarakhand
RK Sudhanshu has been appointed vice-chairman of Mussoorie Dehradun Development Authority (MDDA).
Ashok Kumar accredited as HC to Malawi
Ashok Kumar, High Commissioner of India to Zambia has been concurrently accredited as the High Commissioner of India to Malawi with residence at Lusaka (Zambia).
Prakash Chandra has an edge in Gymkhana Club elections
Senior Civil Servant Prakash Chandra has an edge over Air Marshal Ahluwalia in the election of prestigious Delhi Gymkhana Club President elections.Infact,Gen O P Malhotra has proposed the name of Prakash Chandra for the Presidentship.Support of Gen Malhotra to Prakash Chandra has encouraged senior defence officials to make Prakash Chandra victorious.Election for the post of President is going to take place on September 26.
Tenure of JNPT Dy Chairman Terminated
Deputation period of seven years of Deputy Chairman, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust Ms Maya Sinha has been terminated on October 19.She is 1981 batch IRS (IT) officer.
Lhungdim appointed Planning Advisor NEC
J. Lhungdim has been appointed as Planning Advisor in the North-Eastern Council(NEC) Secretariat(Joint Secretary Level) at Shillong. He is 1984 batch IDAS officer.
Rangnath repatriated to Karnataka
S.V. Ranganath presently Member (Finance), Space Commission, Atomic Energy Commission and Earth Commission has been repatriated to his cadre. He is 1975 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.
Pandey is JS Planning Commission
T.K. Pandey has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Planning Commission in the vacancy of R. Sridharan . He is 1987 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.
Wanchoo gets one year extension
SPG Chief B V Wanchoo has been granted one year extension in deputation tenure beginning September 28. He is 1976 batch IPS officer of West Bengal cadre.
Ganga appointed DDG IAI
Ms K. Ganga has been appointed as Deputy Director General, in the Unique Identification Authority of India (Joint Secretary level). He is 1981 batch IA&AS officer.
IAS officer returns to Kerala
G. Rajasekharan presently Director, Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development has been repatriated to his Parent Department i.e. State Government of Kerala, to avail benefit of his promotion in the cadre. He is 1983 batch IAS officer.
Macheria moves to CBI
The ACC has approved the appointment of Santosh Macherla, IPS(MT:84), presently working as Joint Director in the National Police Academy, Hyderabad, on lateral shift basis as Joint Director in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
G.S. Sandhu to hold addl charge of PS Information & PR
Guru Dayal Singh Sandhu Principal Secretary (PS)Urban Administration & Local Self Government (LSG) to Rajasthan Government has been given additional charge of PS Information & Public Relation (IPR).
Leena Nandan to move I & B Ministry
The ACC has approved the proposal to appoint Ms Leena Nandan, IAS(UP:87), presently working as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Tourism, as Project Director to the Host Broadcaster Team in for a period from the date of her assumption of charge of the post upto March 31,2011.
DC North Delhi Krishnamurthy is now Director Education
Deputy Commissioner ( North) Delhi P Krishnamurthy has been appointed Director Education in the Delhi Government.He is 1994 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.
Kunal to join Mizoram Government
Kunal has been relieved by the Delhi Government to join Mizoram Government.He is 2005 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.
Rao moves to Goa
V P Rao Director Agriculture Marketing Delhi Government has been moved to Goa. He is 1999 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.
Amarnath gets additional charge in Delhi
Additional Secretary Finance Amarnath has been given additional charge of Agriculture Marketing in Delhi Government.He is 1994 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.
Akash Mahaptra gets additional charge of DC North Delhi
Akash Mahaptra DC Delhi Central has been given additional charge of DC North Delhi.He is Danics officer.

CORPORATE
HUDCO reduces its lending rates for Housing
Housing & Urban Development Corporation Ltd. (HUDCO) has effected major reductions in its floating lending rates ranging from 1.5% to 4% for its housing loans.
In respect of the social housing sector covering Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) and Low Income Groups (LIG), the new floating rates would be 7% to 7.50% instead of 8.5% to 9%.
For the affordable housing through private sector, for loans up to Rs.15 lakh, the rate would be in the range of 9.5% to 12% based on loan slabs as compared to the 13.5% earlier. For loans of more than Rs. 15 lakh, the rate of interest has been reduced to 13% from the earlier 13.5%.
In addition, under its individual home loan portfolio, an overall reduction of 0.25% has been provided, in the fixed rates, from 13.75% to 13.5%, and an additional reduction of 0.75% has been provided to Women beneficiaries and all beneficiaries belonging to SC/ST categories. Thus for these beneficiaries, the effective new fixed rate would be only 12.75%.
ONGC CMD R S Sharma gets award
RS Sharma, CMD, ONGC (Oil and Natural Gas Corporation) has been conferred 'Amity Leadership award for corporate excellence in 'Oil and Gas Industry' by Amity business school during the 5th annual global leadership summit held at Noida.
Reddy is new INS Chairman
T. Venkattram Reddy has been elected president of the Indian Newspaper Society for 2009-10. Kundan R.Vyas of Vyapar, Mumbai, will be deputy president and Ashish Bagga of India Today vice-president. Rakesh Sharma of Hindustan Times, Patna will be honorary treasurer; and V. Shankaran officiating secretary-general.

Forum
(The views expressed in this column are of the contributors. We do not owe any responsibility, whatsoever, of the views of our surfers as they are their personal opinion)
Does the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation need an IAS Secretary?
I think the issue has been raised at an appropriate time. Whether we have an IAS Secretary or Non-IAS, we must ensure accountability in the system. The honorable MOS(IC), MOS&PI should examine the issues raised and ensure that the responsibility for failures or lapses, if any, are fixed for each of the following lapses:
A. Time-lag in release of data for 63rd (July, 2006 - June, 2007) and 64th (July, 2007 - June, 2008) rounds.
B. Quality of Unit Level Data of recent rounds.
C. Violation of Austerity Measures (OM. No. 7(1) E. Coord/2009 dated 7th September, 2009) in arranging workshop by DPD, NSSO at Ahmedabad.
Fairness of Transfer Policy for posting of senior officers, if any.
If responsible officers are taken to the task in spite of their high rank, the system will awaken to its responsibility. If the present system fails to do so, the case for an IAS Secretary will get strengthened.
A. K. Saxena
Haathi ke daant Khane ke Aur Dikhane ke Aur
Their is a rat-race and one upmanship being displayed by the politicians of all the hue & colour to trump up the issue of economy/austerity in this election season perhaps with the sole intentions to divert the public attention from the more important issue of their failures on all counts to mitigate the innumerable problems being faced by the common man in their day to day lives. Be it rise in prices, just surprising to see the prices of all commodities almost doubling in a short span of time when the wholesale price index and the inflation being projected by the Government is negative. This reflects the poor management and fudging of data as has been done by Lalu Prasad with the railway profits and fooled everybody including the Parliament. Now look at the faking of austerity by the politicians(MPs) nominated on the standing committees of the PSUs and Government Department. Though they are travelling by economy class but their accommodation s required to be arranged in five star hotels even if the PSU Guest Houses are available and the PSUs where they go for reviewing the performance have to bear the cost as a ransom to ensure the MPs are not annoyed lest they write adversely in their report. They also make unjustified demands which cannot be written here. Only a token amount is charged by the PSUs to the Parliament Secretariat to satisfy the codal requirements. It may be worth remembering that many MPs of one such PSU committee were trapped in Oberoi Hotel during the 26/11 terror attack in Mumbai. But did anybody raise any finger as to why these people were inside the five star hotel at that time. They all were reviewing the performance of the Oil sector PSUs headquartered at Mumbai. This is the austerity as defined by the political class of this country. Is the PM whom the public take as role model for integrity and Rahul Gandhi Baba and Sonia Mata listening. Only these three persons can make a difference in the colonial mindset of the netas.
Hoshiar Singh
I wish that a magnanimous view be taken about transfers of direct recruit IRS officers. It is seen to be believed, but it is a fact that promotees are rulers in Income Tax department and Direct Recruits are slaves or servants, for e.g. inspector-direct recruit ends up as an additional commissioner whereas most of IRS officers retire as commissioners. This phenomenon is not seen in any state or central service. I can challenge anyone on this issue? Any takers:
Raaghurane
No IAS officer can match his qualities
No IAS officer can match qualities of Pronab Sen. If somebody has not met him, he can't know what is Dr. Sen. There are many IAS officers in vigilance trap. Many are there who are getting salary without work because some state Government feel that if they are allowed to work, they will damage more. It is not that to what service one belongs to but his qualities. Dr. sen is a wonderful officer and a perfect gentleman and possess all qualities of a super man. For heaven shake don't compare him with anybody else. I salute him and continue to salute.
Subasis
Hypocritic austerity measures
The government reply exposes the hypocritic austerity measures advocated by our leaders . We prove ourselves a bunch of hypocrites. Are the common man staying in these VIP Bungalows on which crores and crores of rupees are spent every year . If the leaders are serious about austerity, they should stop lip service and recover 50% of the expenditure from the salaries of the VIPs and bureaucrats and the country will run with the same efficiency .
"In reply to an RTI plea, the government said that in the last five years, Rs 93.50 crore was spent on maintenance and renovation of the bungalows let out to Members of Parliament and ministers.
"An amount of Rs 93.50 crore has been spent towards upgradation, ordinary repair and superior repair of these bungalows by CPWD responsible for upkeep of the MP bungalows," the Directorate of Estates said in its reply.
"MPs are provided with free accommodation throughout the term of office. However, a normal license fee of Rs 105 is charged on a bungalow," it added.
A total of 77 bungalows have been allotted to different ministers here.
According to the reply, nearly Rs 11 crore was spent on upkeep of these bungalows in 2004-2005, Rs 9 crore the next year followed by Rs 20 crore in 2006-2007 and Rs 33 crore in 2007-2008. CPWD has spent Rs 21 crore till June 2009 on the maintenance of these bungalows.
B M Pandey
Congratulations !
Congratulations to Bahuguna for this splendid and noteworthy achievement on a burning issue of the day.
H G Upreti
DEBATE ON RETIREMENT AGE
No
Singh D devee6@gmail.com
No
Ranjan panderanjan@in.com
Yes the retirement age needs to be increased to 62 as in these days a Government servant is physically and mentally fit enough to assume greater responsibilities due to be better health and medical cover.
m.p.nathanael paulnathanael@hotmail.com
No, not at all. Government will be doing the greatest blunder. Why should government fritter away taxpayer's money for unproductive government employees.
Radhika radhikai@hotmail.com
In view of the increased life span and excellent physical fitness of individuals there seems no justification to retire government servants at the age 60.The experienced officers services should be utilised till they can serve the nation.
Ajeet Srivastava ajeetips@gmail.com
Increase in Retirement age will be of no use because our Independence is also as old as the proposed retirement. Hence, to give a young shape to our Independence and India it is not necessary to increase the retirement age. Yes, it is necessary to reduce the age up to 50yrs.+ 5 years at PUS ( a person should compulsorily do job in PSUs after he retires from government irrespective of Cadre whether it is CSSSSSSS or GCS) + 5 years at voluntary sector on protocol basis.
S Durga Prasad rraviteja@yahoo.com
YES
R K Tiwari rktiwari.60@gmail.com
Experienced personnel will be available for government service and government will be able to save large chunk of money which would otherwise have to be given to the retired persons.
C L Samariya msbsk1987@yahoo.co.in
No, retirement age should be 58 yrs because youngsters are trying to get job and government can engage 4 new employees instead one old retired employee. If U do 62 then unemployment person will become thieves. That's all and think about it
J R Meena jrm1765@yahoo.com
'Enhance retirement age to 62years' For wholesome development of the human body every tinniest part of the body has got equal weightage and importance of its own when compared to the large and big parts of the body. Similar is the case with Government of any country of the world including India who has to take along with her interests of every section of the society whether old or youth and allow them to participate and contribute in the wholesome development of the country. So, by increasing the retirement age of the civil servants to 62, the Government will only extend to them the opportunity to contribute in their own way, keeping in mind their strength and weaknesses, the plethora of experience and expertise they have developed over the years in themselves. One of the benefits to the Government is that by letting the government withhold their terminal benefits and use it economically and strategically for the national development. Further, there are more than one new upcoming sectors in the economic scenario where the energy of the youths could be utilized properly/ appropriately. It is not only the Government sector alone where youths of the country could find for them the new job opportunities. So my vote is for enhancing the retirement age to 62 years for all the government servants.
B K Jain