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Kaun Banega R &AW Chief (3) Will he be from IB ?
Rumours in the corridors have started about the successor of R&AW Chief K C Verma. Will the new Chief be again imported from the IB or an insider ? No one is sure about any name.
ACC clears names of IPS officers of 1978 batch for ADG
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has given approval to long pending file relating to empanelment of IPS officers belonging the 1978 batch appointment to the rank of Additional Director General in Government of India (GOI).
Who will be new CVC ?
Who will succeed CVC Pratyush Sinha next month ? Picture is still not clear. However, names of Secretary Personnel Shantanu Consul and former Secretary Agriculture Nand Kumar have already started doing the round.
Dr Agnihotri to be DG Shipping !
In all probability Dr Satish Balram Agnihotri will be new DG Shipping. 1980 batch Orissa cadre IAS officer Dr Agnihotri has recently been empanelled to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India.
Gujral to be officiating Chairman of NHAI ?
There is possibility of Secretary Road Transport R S Gujral taking over as additional charge of the Chairman NHAI. Present Chairman 1975 batch TamilNadu cadre IAS officer Brijeshwar Singh is superannuating by this month end.
Bidhan Nayak moves to J & K
Special Director in the IB Bidhan Chandra Nayak has been moved to J & K. At a time when IPS officers are shy of going to J & K, 1975 batch IPS officer of UP cadre has accepted this challenging job.
Has FC Railway Board applied for VRS ?
Railway Board is agog with rumours that Financial Commissioner Sowmya Raghavan has applied for VRS. She is 1972 batch IRAS officer.
No name for next EO
Despite only three weeks are left when P K Mishra would assume the office of Secretary Steel, the government has failed to zero in on any name for the post of Establishment Officer, in the Department of Personnel. Mishra will assume his new office on September 1.
S C Gupta to be next CMD of NEEPCO !
S C Gupta is being tipped to be new CMD of the NEEPCO.He is presently Executive Director in the NHPC.
Ashish Upadhyaya empanelled in GOI
Ashish Upadhyaya has been empanelled in Government of India (GOI) for
appointment as Joint Secretary. He is an IAS officer of the 1989 batch
who belongs to the Madhya Pradesh cadre. His name was cleared in a
review meeting.
Interview for CMD NHPC next month
Interview for the post of CMD NHPC is expected to take place in September.
Three vacancies in CBEC this year
There will be two vacancies in the CBEC in November.With this the number of vacancies will be risen to three.
P.L. Gairola quits BIFR
P.L. Gairola who had joined as a Member in the Bureau of Industrial
and Financial Reconstruction (India) (BIFR) after retiring as CMD of
the Dena Bank has quit the same.
Anant Barua is ED, SEBI
Anant Barua is an Executive Director (ED in the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). Earlier, he was CGM in SEBI itself.
UP POLITICS ( 9)
Muslims will go with whom ? Mayawati, Mulayam Singh or the Congress ? All the three political parties are hopeful of getting support from the Muslims. Mulayam Singh says “I am known as Maulana Mulayam”, Mayawati says “Not a single communal riot has taken place during her Chiefministership and the Congress says “Muslims are our original vote bank”.
Sinha to be new DGP of Gujarat ?
In all probability S K Sinha will succeed S S Khandawala on September 1 as DGP of Gujarat. He is 1976 batch IPS officer.
Malathi to be new Chief Secretary of TamilNadu
Ms S Malathi is all set to succeed K S Sripathi as Chief Secretary of TamilNadu.She is 1977 batch IAS officer.
Pandey promoted in RPF
S.N Pandey, Director/RPF, Railway Board has been promoted as DIG Policy & Technical Services, Railway Board. He is a Railway Protection Force (RPF) cadre officer.
IA&AS officer P. Shanmugham transferred
IA&AS officer P. Shanmugham, Deputy Accountant General (ITRA/CERA) in the branch office Rajkot of the office of Principal Accountant General (C&RA),Gujarat, Ahmedabad, has been transferred and posted as Deputy Accountant General (Works), in the office of Principal Accountant General (CA), Tamil Nadu & Puducherry, Chennai against an existing vacancy.
Prakash Mishra’s central deputation on the anvil
The Government of India (GOI) in the offer list has retained the name of Prakash Mishra for posting in the rank of Additional D.G.P. He is an IPS officer of the 1977 batch.
Goyal joins as member, Railway Recruitment Board
AK Goyal who was Member Staff, Railway Board and ex-officio Secretary to GoI has joined as Member, Railway Recruitment Board. He has taken VRS.
( We said this on August 5 & 6)
Arvind Kumar is now JS I&B
Director in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Arvind Kumar has been elevated as Joint Secretary. He is 1988 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
( We said this on April 23 and May 28 )
Ram Kumar transferred from Delhi to Andaman
Ram Kumar Deputy Commissioner of Delhi Police has been transferred from Delhi to Andaman. He is an IPS officer selected list of the 2009 batch who belongs to the AGMU cadre.
V.Rangnathan transferred from Andaman to Delhi
V.Rangnathan SP CID Andaman has been transferred from Andaman to Delhi. He is an IPS officer of the 1992 batch who belongs to the AGMU cadre.
Pradeep Yadav gets additional charge in MHA
Pradeep Yadav Director (NM) in central government’s Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) will look after the additional charge of Director (UT) and Staff Officer to the Home Secretary because Director (UT) Ashwani Kumar will be going on a study leave for one year by the end of this month. Yadav is an IAS officer of the 1992 batch who belongs to the Tamil Nadu cadre.
Tapan Kumar Mandal transferred from Andaman to Delhi
Tapan Kumar Mandal Secretary Andaman & Nicobar Islands has been transferred from Andaman to Delhi. He is an IAS officer of the 1985 batch who belongs to the AGMU cadre.
Sanjeev Nandan Sahai transferred from Delhi to Mizoram
Sanjeev Nandan Sahai Adviser, Infrastructure Dev Finance Co Ltd (IDFC), N.C.T of Delhi has been transferred from Delhi to Mizoram.He is an IAS officer of the 1986 batch who belongs to the AGMU cadre.
K.K. Jindal transferred from Delhi to Andaman
K.K. Jindal has been transferred from Delhi to Andaman. He is an IAS officer in selected list of the 2009 batch who belongs to the AGMU cadre.
A.S. Dagar transferred from Delhi to Andaman
A.S. Dagar has been transferred from Delhi to Andaman. He is an IAS officer in selected list of 2009 batch who belongs to the AGMU cadre.
S.N. Jha transferred from Andaman to Delhi
S.N. Jha Secretary, Andaman & Nicobar Islands has been transferred from Andaman to Delhi. He is an IAS officer of the 1999 batch who belongs to the AGMU cadre.
Sharad Kamini Prabhu Sodhi been transferred from Andaman to Delhi
Sharad Kamini Prabhu Sodhi Secretary, Andaman & Nicobar Islands has been transferred from Andaman to Delhi. He is an IAS officer of the 1997 batch who belongs to the AGMU cadre.
IPS changes in Nagaland
Rothilhu Tetseo is new SP Kohima . Zekotso Mero has taken over as SP Dimapur from Liremo Lotha .
Sudhir Tripathi gets additional charge in Jharkhand
Sudhir Tripathi has been given additional charge of Principal Secretary Information and Public Relations Department in Jharkhand. He is 1985 batch IAS officer.
A K Gupta to be Director in Shipping Corporation
A K Gupta is being tipped to be new Director (Technical & Offshore Service) in the Shipping Corporation of India.
Ashok Chopra goes to UIAI
Alok Chopra has moved to Lucknow in the Unique Identification Authority of India as ADG. He is 1991 batch C&CE officer.
Ajay Kashyap goes on UN assignment
Ajay Kashyap is going on an UN assignment. He is 1985 batch IPS officer of UT cadre.
Patnaik is now JCP Southern Range
Amulya Patnaik has been appointed JCP Southern Range in Delhi Police in place of Ajay Kashyap. He is 1985 batch IPS officer of UT cadre.
Two IRPS join IIPA
Two Officers From Indian Railway Personal Service namely Ms. Rashmi Chaudhary and Rajiv Dhar Chouwdry have joined the APPA Course in the IIPS.
DK Singh selected for long term foreign Training programme
DK Singh, Director, Ministry of Social Justice and Environment, has been selected for long term foreign Training programme in master of Public Administration at Minnesota, USA.
Two new Information Commissioners in Kerala
M.N. Gunavardhanan and Soni B. Thengamom have taken over as new Information Commissioners in Kerala
Railway transfers and postings
CV Raman of SG/IRSS has been transferred from SR to SWR and appointed to officiate in SAG and posted in the cadre, Subhash Chand of SAG/IRSEE has been on return from deputation posted to ER in the cadre, PK Gupta of SAG/IRSEE has been transferred from ER to DLW in the same capacity and posted as CEE, Dr. Brij Kumar Sahu of IRMS has been transferred to SER, Dr. P. Anandhan of IRMS has been transferred to SR, Dr. Subhra Biswas of IRMS has been transferred to ER, Dr. S. Bhattacharjee of IRMS has been transferred from to ER, GP Pasricha of SG/IRSE has been transferred from NR, Neeraj Jain of SAG/IRSE has been transferred from CE(CHOD)/Metro to ECR, JK Verma of SAG/IRSE has been transferred from ECR to Metro and posted as CE(CHOD) while Arunendra Kumar of HAG/IRSME has been transferred from Adv.CC/RB to NR and posted as Addl.GM/NR
Promotion of UDCs of CSCS
A decision to upgrade 1467 posts of UDCs of Central Secretariat Clerical Service (CSCS) to Assistant Grade of Central Secretariat Service (CSS) has been taken.
Post of Counsellor, Community Affairs (Development) at Abu Dhabi to be filled up
It is proposed to fill up the post of Counsellor, Community Affairs (Development) under the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs at Abu Dhabi. He will work under the overall supervision of the Ambassador/Head of Mission and will report functionally to the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs.
Southern states' DGPs conference in Hyderabad today
The Director Generals of Police belonging to the four southern states namely Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry will be meeting in Hyderabad on Wednesday for the third southern states’ DGPs conference . The DGPs of the southern states meet once every year to strengthen information and intelligence sharing among the police of south Indian states.
Thomas Mathew appointed JS Economic Affairs
Dr Thomas Mathew has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs/He is 1983 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.
( We said this on July 5 )
DPC for elevation of ITOs held

As the grapevine has it over 160 names of Income Tax Officers (ITOs) were cleared for promotion as Assistant Commissioners of Income Tax
(ACIT).

CORPORATE
Arun Ramanathan appointed Director Shipping Corporation of India
Government of India has appointed former Secretary Arun Ramanathan as part-time Director on the Board of Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) in which it proposes to divest upto 10 percent stake.
ONGC CMD gets honorary fellowship from AIMA
CMD, ONGC, R S Sharma, was conferred honorary fellowship by All India Management Association (AIMA) in recognition of significant contribution for professional management and commitment to the objectives of the Association. Sharma received the fellowship from R. C. Bhargava, Maruti Suzuki India Chairman & M. Damodaran, the Former Chairman of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).
Rakesh Bhalla  to head ICWAI’s Council in the North
Rakesh Bhalla, has been elected as Chairman of the Northern India
regional council of the Institute of Cost & Works Accountants of India
(ICWAI) for the year 2010-2011 in the annual meeting held on August
8,2010, Following other office bearers were also elected : Rajeev
Mehrotra vice chairman , B.L.Jain treasurer & secretary while Sanjay
Gupta &  Vijender Sharma were elected as members.NIRC (Head Office in
Delhi) consists 8 states and 1 U.T of North India having 23 Chapters
with strong base of over 28,000 Cost Accountants & tw lakh students
all over India.
Thiagararajan is part-time Chairman ING Vysya Bank
Arun Thiagarajan has assumed charge as Part-time Chairman of ING Vysya Bank effective from August 9, 2010 for a period of three years.
Chauhan joins JWT as Senior VP
Tarun Chauhan has joined JWT Mumbai as Senior Vice President and Managing Partner.
Shourie appointed Director, BBC Worldwide Channels, South Asia
BBC Worldwide Channels has appointed TV and media industry expert Deepak Shourie as Director, BBC Worldwide Channels, South Asia
Marandi nominated Director on United Bank Board
Union Ministry of Finance has appointed  S. Marandi, C.G.M., Reserve Bank of India, as the RBI Nominee Director on the Board of the United Bank of India  in place of Tulsidas Bandyopadhyay with effect from August 02, 2010.
SPIC nominates Director 
Southern Petrochemicals Industries Corporation Limited (SPIC) has appointed Ms Neeta Mukerji, as Nominee Director of Asset Reconstruction Company (India) Limited.
Gangadharam nominated on Central Bank Board 
Salim Gangadharan has been nominated by Union Ministry of Finance, Deptt of Financial Services, on the Board of Central Bank of India as RBI Nominee Director w.e.f. August 30, 2010 in place of  M K Bhattacharya.
Mirchandani resigns as Director of SREI Infra
SREI Infrastructure Finance Limited has accepted the resignation of Daljit Mirchandani as Director of the Company w.e.f. August 09, 2010.
Jhaveri retires as Director, Voltas Ltd
N. J. Jhaveri, Non-Executive Independent Director of  Voltas Ltd the Company has retired from the Board of Directors of the Company on 09th August, 2010, in accordance with the Company's policy for retirement age of Non-Executive Directors.
Himachal Fibres appoints Whole-time Director
Himachal Fibres Ltd has decided to appoint Rajinder Kumar as a Whole-time director of the company with effect from August 6, subject to the confirmation of the shareholders at the ensuing Annual General Meeting.
HCL Infosystems bags PDS system order from MP Govt 
A consortium led by HCL Infosystems has bagged a large public distribution system (PDS) system implementation order in India from the Madhya Pradesh government
Kochhar & Co. expands into the Middle East
Kochhar & Co., one of the leading and largest corporate law firms announced its significant expansion into the Middle East by executing collaboration agreements with the leading and prestigious firms of Law Firm of Dr. Khalid Alnowaiser in Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia with offices in Jeddah & Riyadh and MIO Lawyers & Legal Consultants in United Arab Emirates located in Abu Dhabi & Dubai. “Trade and business between India and the Middle East has grown exponentially and we have witnessed the consummation of enormous business transactions between the regions which are becoming ever more complex in nature and transcend the simple and traditional trade and commerce. Increasingly, clients now demand and require comprehensive and sophisticated legal
representation on intricate commercial and financial transactions including but not limited to the oil and gas and infrastructure sectors. Indian and foreign clients alike will now have access to top quality international standards of legal support through the
consortium of Kochhar & Co. and its highly reputed partners being the Alnowaiser and the MIO firms,” said Rohit Kochhar, Chairman & Managing Partner, Kochhar & Co. This is a historic and a pioneering development in that it is the very first time that a partnership between the Middle East and India has also embraced the legal services domain.

Aaj Ki Aawaz
Manohar Singh Gill showed his true mettle!!!
Wasn’t this the man who said the delay and overruns in CWG did nettle????
 
In Parliament he just dilly dallied!!!
And in a tacit manner behind Kalmaid he rallied!!

Gill may have been an able administrator but he’s a flop Minister!!!
Yes the way he passed wisecracks while other’s spoke showed he’s an able jester!

Jaipal Reddy said facilities were ready to hold Games today!!!!
Whereas the truth is even to meet a ‘reasonable’ state they’ll have to work night and day!

Manish Tiwari tried his lawyer skills but flopped badly!!!
And Sanjay Nirupam behaved madly!!

Fact is UPA despite its best efforts came out looking pathetic!!!
And the claims of the Opposition looked authentic!!

Kalmadi and his cohorts have all fingers and toes in the ‘pie’!!!!!
And now on facts and figures they blatantly lie!!!

Now Diggy has got into damage control!!!!
And he’s playing his role!!!

Diggy says ‘ if found guilty Kalmadi should resign’!!!
If resigning will bring an end to his chori charges resignation Kalmadi would gleefully sign!

He’d himself type the resignation on scented paper!!!
And while submitting it would even do a caper!!

At present by the looks of it Congress is buying time!!!
And once Games are over it’ll try to cover up the crime!!

If the Games are even average Congress will use it to cover up!!!
Maansik Bimari sorry Manish Tiwari will say ‘ Games were a success so shut up’!!!

On J&K Mohna will be making a statement that is grossly overdue!!!
Maybe to get permission to make the statement he was standing in the queue!!

As Madam was overseas queue did not move!!!
And he kept standing as before he made the statement Madam had to approve!!

He should have made a statement ‘yesterday’!!!
This delay even his ardent supporters do delay!!

Confucius says… Some say Mohna is becoming like his ex Boss Rao!!!
Rao used to keep mum and pout …. replacing the pout with a smirk Mohna does the same now!!
 
Flash.... Mohna made a statement!!!
Delayed the statement as on a 2 minute 'maun' he went!!
 
He reached out to the youth in the Valley!!!
Tried to be pally!!
 
But I still do not understand why was he quite for so long!!!!!
Such a delay is indeed very wrong!!

Bharat Kumar

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Will retirement age be increased ?
Almost every Central Government employee is expecting raise of retirement
age from 60 to 62 years. I know this issue involves many pros and cons and no government would like to antagonise all those who are for and against such a proposal. What is the mood of the UPA at the moment ? Is there any concrete proposal with the Central Government in this regard either way ?

Central Government officer

Corruption in CWG completely centralized

According to the Times of India corruption in the Commonwealth Games is completely centralised in the CEO of the Organising Committee, who carries out all Kalmadis orders fixing contractors and rates. This covers all construction works under all the agencies. The CEO bulldozes all the various construction agencies and the kickbacks go as far as Buckingham Palace. No one dares to complain. No tender rules are followed because the kickbacks are first negotiated. The contractor who pays the highest bribes gets the contract. It is very straightforward and simple, almost Gandhian in its simplicity.

D Choudhury

Shortage of staff ?

While there may be shortage of staff down the ladder in the Government of India but the people at the top want staff more than their entitlement. The rules do not provide for posting of additional staff over and above the CSSS staff in the Central Secretariat but the senior officers get posted Assistants, UDCs and LDCs under them. This is crimnal as they draining illegally the exchequer by overstaffing. I am an honest tax payer, I have full right to file a PIL to get the disease remedied and the guilty punished. "Beware".

Satya Prakash

Promotion and postings of PPS/SPPS/PSO in MoEA

The stenographer cadre in the MEA is well taken care of but they seem to be unhappy due to their personal reasons. For getting better postings, PPS/SPPS/PSO inclined to merge with Stenos/PS/PS and are posted against a post of Steno or PA in the places of postings of their choice by getting precedence over with junior staff of their own cadre. In the Mission too, they declines to work as stenographer though he or she is posted against a post of stenographer. This could be a big surprise. It is not appropriate to talk at this moment. Earlier, PS were allowed to opt for US and some of the PS opted for PPS to get their promotion early and to get benefit of posting as stenographer in the Mission and post abroad. Why discrimination within cadre is not seen by PPS/SPPS/PSO. In fact, most of posts of PPS/SPPS/PSO are sanctioned for Hqtrs and a very few in large Missions even no such posts sanctioned for Posts abroad. See the big surprise.

RC

Share the woes of wretched poor

Warren buffet and Bill Gates have been able to convince about 40 billionaires in USA to pledge half their wealth to philanthropy after they have put their money in worthwhile causes for the poor. They also intend to advise Indian billionaires to do the same. Will they succeed in this? I wonder. Indian billionaires are made of different stuff. They believe in living in opulent style having houses not one but many across the country and world with thousands sq. feet (Mukesh Ambani is having one in Mumbai with 40000 sq. feet built-in area),private jets and yachts(you must have read about Mallaya's Yacht named 'Indian Empress' with its own helipad and what not).They will spend hundreds of crores on their children's wedding(Remember Lakshmi Mittal's daughter's marriage in a vintage chateau in France)which can marry off thousands of poor men's daughters in India. As for charity they cannot think beyond a few temples or some educational institutions in their name. I wish some billionaires of my country get moved by the tragedy that befell Ladakh the other day. Leh and other towns have been devastated. Thousands have been rendered homeless. Why cannot the Ambanis and Mallayas, Tatas, Birlas and Ruias and many others rise up and help in building the lives there. Our corporate world is totally immune to its social responsibility while all our economic policies after liberalisation are helping them in making more and more money. Do they need Warren Buffet and Bill Gates to tell them to share their wealth with the wretched poor of this country.

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