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Secretary level postings in GoI
Secretary level postings are expected to take place in the Government of India in a day or two. A couple of new Secretaries are to be appointed.
Thomas or Chaturvedi ?
In the final round now there are reportedly only two contenders for the post of Secretary Telecom. They are 1973 batch Kerala cadre IAS officer P J Thomas and 1974 batch UP cadre IAS officer Atul Chaturvedi.
Who will be Secretary DoNER?
Who will be Secretary in Indian Government's Ministry for Development of North Eastern (DoNER)? This question is doing rounds in corridors of power.
BK Handique for an IAS who has an experience of the North East
As the grapevine has it, BK Handique, Indian Minister for Development of North Eastern (DoNER), wants such a bureaucrat as his Ministry's new Secretary who has an experience of having served in the North East. Though, a panel of five IAS officers was sent to him, Handique has reportedly made it clear to the PMO that only that officer should be posted as Secretary DoNER who has at least handled the desk of North East in GOI or has served there in the NE region.
AP Chief Secretary gets three months extension
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Konijeti Rosaiah has granted three months extension to Chief Secretary P Ramakanth Reddy . He was to retire on September 30,2009.
(We said this on September 14 )
Ranganath is new Chief Secretary of Karnataka
S V Ranganath has been appointed new Chief Secretary of Karnataka. He is 1975 batch IAS officer.
( We said this only last month )
Prakash Chandra Tripathi elected President of Delhi Gymkhana Club
As predicted on this site on Thursday Prakash Chandra Tripathi has been elected President of the prestigious Delhi Gymkhana Club.1973 batch IRS (IT) officer is presently DG International Taxation. He defeated sitting President Air Marshal P S Ahluwalia.Out of the total 1771,Tripathi polled 1122 votes while Air Marshal Ahluwalia 618.
Dr.Amarjit Singh to be ED of JSK
Dr. Amarjit Singh is going to be Executive Director (ED) in the "Jansankhya Sthirata Kosh" (JSK) (National Population Stabilisation Fund). Dr.Singh is an IAS officer of the Gujarat cadre who belongs to the 1982 batch. At present he is Secretary, Family Welfare and Commissioner, Health and Family Welfare Department, Government of Gujarat.
S.C.Sinha ED Oriental Bank of Commerce bereaved
Mrs.Kusum Devi (82), mother of S.C.Sinha Executive Director (ED) of the Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC) has passed away in Patna.
Many posts go up in review of IFS in Tamil Nadu
Many posts of Indian Forest Service (IFS) belonging to the Tamil Nadu cadre in a recent review have gone up. Posts of Additional PCCF has increased from four to 10.Similarly posts of CCF will be now 23. However, number posts of CFs, which was earlier 20, has been slashed to 16.
R.K.Chandolia PS to Telecom Minister promoted
R.K.Chandolia private secretary (PS) to Indian Telecom Minister A. Raja has been promoted to the rank of Joint Secretary & posted in DoT as Economic Advisor. He is an Indian Economic Service (IES) officer of the 1984 batch.
Behura to be Chairman of C Dot-Alcatel R/C centre
Siddharth Behura, currently Secretary in the Department of Telecommunications has got a job after he retires. He will be Chairman of the C Dot-Alcatel Lucent Research Centre, Chennai on October 1,2009. Behura belongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre (1973 batch).
Paul is new CGMT in Kerala
Paul has taken over as new CGMT in Kerala.
Bureaucratic changes on the anvil in Delhi
1984 batch IAS officer Arvind Ray is back to Delhi from Andman .Now bureaucratic changes are on the anvil in the Delhi Government.
IRS (IT ) officer to join Planning Commission
Consequent upon his selection for appointment as PS in the personal staff of Member Planning Commission (Dr. Narendra Jadhav), on deputation basis, the services of Vikas Kerba Suryavanshi, DCIT, (HQ) - X, Mumbai, have been placed at the disposal of the Planning Commission.
IRS (IT) officer to join Ministry of Corporate Affairs
Consequent upon his selection as Director in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, New Delhi, on central deputation basis, the services of Ms. Nirupama Katru, Additional Commissioner of IT, New Delhi, have been placed at the disposal of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs for a period of five years.
IIS career boost after Raghu Menon joins as new I&B Secretary
The career prospects of Indian Information Service (IIS) officers are expected to get a boost after Raghu Menon has Joined as the new Secretary in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. To begin with Menon has decided to lift the ban on forwarding the names of IIS officers for central deputation besides asking his department for speeding up SAG level promotions upto 1991 batch. One can only wish him good luck given the fact that he is an old I&B hand ,having served as JS in the Ministry earlier.
Mukhmeet Singh Bhatia is going as OSD
As the grapevine has it, Mukhmeet Singh Bhatia who is currently Director in the Ministry of Steel is going as an OSD in the Department of Economic Affairs. He is 1990 batch IAS officer of the Jharkhand cadre.
Rajesh Kumar will be ED, FCI (IT)
Orders regarding deputation posting of Rajesh Kumar as Executive Director (ED) in the Food Corporation of India (FCI) have been issued. He will be in charge of the IT. He is an IAS officer of the 1988 batch who belongs to the Manipur-Tripura(MT) cadre.
1989 batch IPS officers to be IG in UP
As the grapevine has it, 1989 batch IPS officers belonging to the Uttar Pradesh cadre are soon going to be elevated as IGs. There are 10 vacancies of IGs in UP.
Fresh postings & promotions in ISS?
While J Dash ADG(SSD)Delhi has reportedly been transferred as ADG(DPD)Kolkata, Ms Jaylakshmi, on her promotion has been posted as ADG (SSD)Delhi. More promotions are going to be made in the near future. V K Arora is tipped to be posted as ADG(FOD)Delhi.
Rly Minister for inquiry into appointments during previous regime
Union Railway Minister, Ms. Mamta Banerjee, it is learnt is in favour of an inquiry into 28,000 Class IV appointments during the tenure of her predecessor Lalu Prasad Yadav. Rumours are that a handsome amount of money changed hands in the process of above appointments.
Piyush Mathur to be Judge of MP HC ?
Noted Lawyer Piyush Mathur is likely to be appointed Judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court.
Regional Passport Officer Trichy to go Male
IFS officer R Balachandran who is Regional Passport Officer in Trichy is going to Male on a newly created post.
Karnataka Bar Associations want revival of inter-state transfer of High Court Judges
Federation of Bar Associations in Karnataka is all set to urge the Supreme Court Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan to revive and reactivate the salutary system of inter-state transfer of High Court Judges .
File of Bank ED's is in PMO
File relating to appointment of Executive Directors (EDs) in different public sector banks is in the PMO.
Ms.Jayati Chandra tipped to be Secretary DoNER
As the grapevine has it Ms.Jayati Chandra Secretary Youth Affairs to Government of India (GOI)is tipped to be Secretary in Indian Government's Ministry for Development of North Eastern (DoNER).She is an IAS officer of the 1975 batch & belongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre. She had earlier served in the Planning Commission.
RTI
Public Authority
Allotment of Government accommodation - A complaint was filed for deficiencies in the information made available on the website of Directorate of Estates which is not in conformity with section 4 of the RTI Act. Deficiencies included the list of vacant units are not viewable, Tables are not in real-time, Categorization of allotment is vague etc. The Applicants complained that database information is not being meaningfully accessible and the Government employees entitled to the accommodation have been inconvenienced and public at large also affected. The respondent committed before the Commission that the reconstructed website incorporating the points raised by the complainant would be on-line shortly. The Commission disposed the complaint with the stipulation that improvement of the website may be made a constant endeavour as per Section 4(2) and (3) so as to keep the public authority in compliance to the Act.
Comments
Most government servants posted to any Metro have faced the problem of housing. A system wherein the availability and allotment is transparent would make life easier.
[Shri Nizamuddin and others v. Directorate of Estates, Ministry of Urban Development, New Delhi in Complaint No. CIC/WB/C/2006/00081]
Mrs. Anuradha Verma
Co-author of the book: RIGHT TO INFORMATION - LAW AND PRACTICE
(A new decision every Monday)

CORPORATE
GM - Ground Handling in Air India may go to London
In all probability, GM - Ground Handling in Air India, Bharat Chaturvedi, may be shifted to London.

Aaj Ki Aawaz
Even before the General Elections Pawar had vowed 'no more active politics for me'!!!
But no action on this vow did we get to see!!!
Okay he shifted from his constituency to a new one!!!
Only readjustment of constituencies was done!!!
Now for State elections he's started the same vow again!!!
Says he wants to retire as campaigning is now a pain!!
Actually previously too he had correctly read the writing on the wall!!
That NCP was going to take a fall!!
This time too he's realized the same!!!
So he's just deflecting shame!!!
In fact it's a ploy to get votes and if this does not take place!!
Then this converts into a ploy to save face!!
I think India will have reason to celebrate the day he quits politics in toto!!
Either retires or by 'fate' is made to go!!!
In his stint as Minister for Agriculture, Food and Civil Supplies he's done India in!!!
With him at the helm our 'food security took it right on the chin'!!
Just look at the price rise during his stint!!
And what to say about the ghoos and profits that the unscrupulous lot did mint!!
Jagan the brat needs to be put in place!!!
Why he's not even fit to enter the CM race!!
So what if he's YSR's son?????
Running a State is not games and fun!!!
And I'm sorry but Congress High Command has put itself in an odd spot!!!
He's crossed the limit after Sonia's poster was burnt by this 'brat's lot'???
Snip in time saves nine…….brat needed some snipping!!!!
And now he needs to be put in place after being given a tongue whipping!!
If he becomes CM it'll be a bad precedence for High Command's authority or control!!
And in future will play in High Command's authority being challenged a huge role!!
Tharoor's Holy Cow comment and now Jagan threatening revolt!!!
There is a difference between indiscipline and democracy and the former Congress needs to bolt!
Mooh se golli maare Shotgun Sinha and he's firing verbal golis left and right!!!
Though many say he's got Advani in his verbal pistol's sight!!
His comments on Jaswant and praise of Rahul Baba have Advani's coterie crying foul!!
In fact I hear one even called him 'ullu ka pattha' or son of a owl!!
After making a joke of himself on a laughter show with 'laughing jackass' Sidhu!!!
Sinha wants to be politically relevant and active and wants to loose the tag of 'budhu'!!!
If Pawar has done India in on the agriculture front Praful is on the job!!
Maharaja's clothes he's out to rob!!
Air India has been done in by this dolt and the 'doing in' is now in its final phase!!!
From the Airlines list Air India 's name he wants to erase!!
Then his pals Mallya and Goel will move in and gobble gobble!!!
The are waiting in the sidelines and watching with glee Air India hobble!!
Funny that Chinese should feel Indians are Enemy of Cheen!!!
I don't think any aggressive moves from India they've ever seen!!
If they recall China ditched India after calling India day in and day out a bro!!!!
And China attacking India showed that just empty brotherly love China did crow!!
Or has negativity been spread by China 's Political Bosses,
They are worried about the 'disease known as Democracy' ..what will happen if across the border it crosses???
China has forced its noodles and hot and sour cuisine on us and we need to respond!!
Ensure that for roti and butter chicken Chinese become very fond!!
Okay China has more military might!!!
So with our Democracy and world winning cuisine we should fight!!
Attack them with Democracy and butter chicken, tikkas , rotis and biryaani!!!
And once Democracy sweeps China India will from dushman become jaani!!
Confucius says…. when you know your enemy is mightier on the battlefield!!
The gun is the last thing in front of your enemy that you should wield!!
Adds……with an Olympic sprinter why should you attempt to win a race????
Find your enemy's weak spot and hit him at this spot or place!!!
Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

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)
Every service has its own importance
Recently on your website, there is lot of IAS and IPS bashing going on.. Some of the issues raised should be looked into but majority reflect such ideas which show the tunnel vision to look things in perspective. Vague views such as abolition of IAS and IPS service totally, not knowing the views in proceedings of constituent assembly, centre state relations, federalism etc show ignorance of utmost order. Every service has its own importance, that is why it is created in this country. It seems some officers, whether of departments or CPO"s are taking pride in ridiculing others..
Dev Kurian
Brilliant officers making a mark in GOI
Nice to hear that IFS officer Kurien is making mark in Government of India. I read two days ago that Dr VK Bahuguna another brilliant IFS officer was delivered the key note address and Chaired two sessions in International Workshop in Nepal on Community Forestry. Such officer are making their profession proud in the midst of sullied image of Environment & Forest ministry during the last three - four years.
S P Singh
Air India should learn from CWC
Congratulations to all the officers and staff of CWC! Speaks volumes for the Public Sector! May Air India learn a lesson or two from CWC!
Parivartan
DoPT and UPSC are two stumbling blocks in carrier progression of engineering services. DPC proposals are kept for months and clarifications takes sometimes more than 6 months. These bodies do not consider experience at director level under central staffing scheme in their parent cadre for promotion to SAG. What a mockery of the system. Secretary DoPT may look into it.
PK
Whispers is getting more and more boring
The most interesting item in the FORUM was:
I'm taking a vacation from visiting your site
For the time being, I am taking a vacation from visiting your website. Once you have exhausted the discussion on retirement age, be kind to inform me when I shall start visiting the site once again. R Swami
V. C. Mehrotra
DEBATE ON RETIREMENT AGE
Yes retirement age should be 62 so that benefit of experienced persons can be availed of
Devender devender_bajaj@yahoo.co.in
In recent years the Government of India has played ducks and drakes with the retirement age of government servants. This is a national disgrace. The ducks retire at 60 and the drakes retire at 62. The geese retire at 65. You show me the face and I will show you his retirement age is the new rule. There must be only one retirement age for all government employees. 65 years is a good choice as initial recruitment these days is so late. I have seen a father and his eldest son together in Mussoorie as probationers both in different services. This is against the law of nature yet no one in the UPSC sees the absurdity of recruiting persons upto 35 years. The old rule of catch them young,21 to 23 years and 3 chances at the exam was best as the probationers were malleable and could be trained. Now a 36 year old probationer says that training in Mussorie did him no harm! Also the interview must have a minimum qualifying 40% for appointment as in the past or else what is the point of having an interview? Doctors and Engineers were banned from sitting for the exam in the past and this rule should be reimposed, as their education and talents are wasted in the civil service. Tinkering of the rules by politicians and non resistance by the UPSC to such tinkering of rules is the cause of the decline of the civil service in India.
D Choudhury rameez.raja@yahoo.com
DEBATE ON RETIREMENT AGE
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Why retirement age poll is asking for YES replies? isn't it a biased way of cunducting a poll?
Rajeev Kumar rajeev00kumar@yahoo.com
Cabinet Secy should retire at 65, and other civil servants at 64.
Singh dpsingh@nic.in
YES
A r Goyal ar.goyal@nic.in
Retirement age could be raised to 62 considering present life span, richness of experience and financial savings.
mathew kunnumkal kunnumkal mathew@yahoo.in
Already beleaguered system tends to rest in peace if retirement age is made 62 yrs.
john chrisostom chrisostom@gmail.com
Yes, I think it is high time retirement age of Central govt employees are raised to 62.
A K Sinha aksinha51@yahoo.com
Retirement age should be raised to 65 for general civil officers and 70 for Scientists and Engineers in the Government of India as well as in the State Governments and new fields should be created to generate employ fresh skilled manpower in the country.
O P Kasana opkasana@rediffmail.com
Life span of human being is increased. More over financial burden on Government exchequer can be postponed in view of the present crisis. Employees are retained on free of cost as their own retirement benefits will earn the interest more than their salary and retirement benefits such as gratuity, contribution of government towards pension can be saved.
N Alibaba babaali_n@yahoo.com
Retirement age of people in teaching profession i.e. in universities is 65 years then why not it be same for government institution also .
M K Singh singhmk@nic.in
Yes
Gita Perti gita030902@yahoo.co.in
No
R K Ahuja ahuja_rk53@rediffmail.com
In the nation interest retirement age may be increased.
Suresh sureshkumar@gmail.com
May be increased to 62.
Amit amitkumar@gmail.com
Due to economy reasons retirement age may be increased to 62.
bWhy retirement age poll is asking for YES replies? Isn't it a biased way of conducting a poll?
Rajeev Kumar rajeev00kumar@yahoo.com
Do doubt it needs to be 65 years, after going through the thorough medical check-up of the official concern. Experience counts after all.
gullu gullugary@rediffmail.com