Excellent in all respect...Keep it up....
Suresh Srivastava

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Kaun Banega R&AW Chief? (6) A B Mathur
Being an insider, A B Mathur should succeed K C Verma as R&AW chief in January. Now everything depends  on power equations for Mathur. He is 1975 batch IPS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.
Who will be new NTRO Chief ?
Who will be new Chairman of the National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO)? Tie is said to be between former IB Chief P C Haldar and Lt Gen Dahiya of the DRDA. Tenure of present NTRO Chief K V S S Prasada Rao is coming to an end in October.
Sumit Majumdar to be Chairman of CBEC !
In all probability, 1974 batch IRS (C&EC) officer, Sumit Majumdar, will take over as Chairman of the CBEC on December 1.
Mishra promoted in RPF
B.B Mishra, Deputy CSC, South Central Railway, has been promoted as DIG-cum-Principal RPF Training Centre, MLY, South Central Railway. He is a Railway Protection Force (RPF) cadre officer.
Hargovindar Singh Dhaliwal poised to join at centr
Name of Deputy Commissioner of Delhi Police, Hargovindar Singh Dhaliwal, has been retained for posting in the Government of India (GOI). However, the Delhi government has communicated to the GOI that he will be relieved only after the Common Wealth Games. He is AGMU cadre IPS officer of the 1997 batch.
Accountant General Pramod Kumar goes to Kuala Lumpur  
Pramod Kumar, Accountant General (A&E-II), UP, Allahabad, has been transferred and posted as Principal Director in the newly created office of the Principal Director of Audit, Kuala Lumpur. The tenure of his posting will be two years from the date he assumes office at Kuala Lumpur.
Anirudh Tewari to go to USA for foreign Training programme
Anirudh Tewari, IAS (PB : 1990), Secretary (expenditure), Directorate of Finance, Punjab Civil Secretariat, Chandigarh, has been selected for long term foreign Training programme in Master in International Development Policy at Duke University, USA.
A feather in cap of R.K. Gupta CMD, WAPCOS

WAPCOS Limited of which Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD) is R.K. Gupta has bagged a consultancy service order worth $ Four Million from
the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC). R.K. Gupta with Noah F. Gwariro Managing Director (MD) Zimbabwe Power Company signed a MoU regarding
this. It was signed in presence of Ms. Ananya Ray Joint Secretary & FA in central government Water Resources department (WRD) and Chairman
of the ZPC. Accordingly WAPCOS will be providing an experts team to carry out due diligence study including identification of deficiency
in plant & equipment, skill and number of personnel required for O&M; organizational structure for O&M; identify the deficiency or critical
spares, system deficiencies; risk and safety adherence; active association of ZPC counterparts in all activities in order to ensure
proper transfer of skills; advise ZPC on the personnel required for smooth and effective O&M of the units/systems of Hwange Power project.
It may be stated here that WAPCOS ltd is a Government of India (GOI) enterprise under the Ministry of Water Resources.
West Bengal falls way behind in civil services exams
Bengal has fallen way behind as far as civil services exams are concerned. Only three candidates from the state have made it to the prestigious services this time while states like Bihar and Jharkhand have sent nine and five candidates respectively.
CVC indicts 92 govt officials
The Central Vigilance Commission has in June recommended imposition of penalty on 92 officials of different government departments for their alleged involvement in corruption.
Are they also worried ?
 With  T.S. Darbari,  Sanjay Mohindro and Jayachandran, close associates  of Suresh Kalmadi in Common Wealth Games committee presently under suspension for wrong deals,  his earlier staff during his tenure of MOS in the Railway Ministry is also in deep trouble.  
Capt Nair to demit office in December
Director (Bulk and Tanker) in the Shipping Corporation of India Capt Nair will demit office in December.
Baba empanelled in GoI
Syeed Ahmed Baba has been empanelled to the rank of Joint Secretary in the Government of India. He is 1988 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.
UP POLITICS (13 ) Samajwadi leaders to join Congress ?
Some Samajwadi leaders in Uttar Pradesh, it is learnt, are making all efforts to join the Congress ?
Vinod Kumar joins IIPA
Indian Railway Traffic Service officer Vinod Kumar has joined the APPA Course in the IIPA.
Chauhan is IG SSB Patna
Dr Devendra Singh Chauhan is now IG, SSB - Patna. He is 1988 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre. He was earlier Additional Commissioner in Bureau of Civil Aviation.
Will IPS officer go to Dhaka ?
The name of Rajesh Shrihari Kamble is doing the round for the post of First Secretary Indian High Commission in Dhaka. He is 1998 batch IPS officer of Manipur - Tripura cadre.
C.D. Singh poised to be DIG in MoEF

As the grapevine has it, C.D. Singh has been selected for the post of DIG in MoEF. He is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1987 batch who belongs to the UT cadre.
Fresh panel for Chief of Bureau of Civil Aviation
The post of Commissioner - Bureau of Civil Aviation has been lying vacant for the past six months. There is a move to prepare fresh panel for the post.
IPS changes in Uttar Pradesh
Aligarh SSP Vijay Prakash will now be SP Jaloun.Satyendra Vir Singh has been made SSP Aligarh.Mathura SP B D Paulson has been moved to Kushinagar.Lov Kumar will be new SP Mathura.Ashok Kumar Raghav has been made SP Sultanpur.Prem Kumar will be new SP Pilibhit.
Retired IPS Made Chairman in TN
Retired IPS officer A Adaikkalam has been appointed chairperson of the Tamil Nadu Fisheries Development Corporation.
Net profit of ONGC is up
Annual net profit of ONGC has increased by four percent from Rs. 16,126 crore to Rs.16,768 Crore for the financial year 2010.R S Sharma is the Chairman of the ONGC.

Eight IRS officials transferred
As many as eight IRS officials of the grade of Commissioner/Director of Income Tax have been transferred. Accordingly Shanta Sujata Abrol is now CIT(OSD) Judicial - Mumbai, H Sriniwasuluis CIT-2 - Hyderabad, Kunja Kishor Trip[athy is DIT (Exemption) Hyderabad, Nageshwar Rao Koripalli - CIT-3 - Coimbatore, JS Naurath is CIT (TAT) -6 - Delhi, Seema Raj - CIT(A)-16 - Delhi, Prakash Chandra - CIT(A) -4 - Pune and Manoj Kumar Singh - CIT(A)-1 - Pune.
Sanjay Thade bereaved
Krishna Rao Thade, father of Sanjay Thade - West Bengal cadre 1989 batch IAS officer, passed away at Pune. He was 86 years old.
Rashmi Verma appointed JS Defence Production
Rashmi Verma has been appointed Joint Secretary Defence Production. She is 1982 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre. She will succeed 1984 batch Orissa cadre IAS officer T Ramachandru.
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Taking VRS from Kerala cadre, I have penned down my memoirs in a book entitled " Rolled Years & the Rollig Stream" . Of course, it is yet to be published.Looking for a publisher. I produced two video documentaries in English - one on Sri Lankan Tamil Refugees and their Repatriation -an entry in the 5th Mumbai International Film Festival for Short Films and video Documentaries. And the other on HIV + orphans thrown out of school in Kerala in 2003,when I was Secretary,Health & FW.It was telecast in local channels and were reviewed by Indian Express and Malayala Manorama. I have written an article entitled" Walking With +ves" detailing the way I fought for those two kids single handedly, I slowly mobilised the community and got them integrated in the society. A success story that led to introduction of anretroviral treatment for HIV patients in India.I have also written a poem entitkled " Flies,Flies All Around" - the story told by a single refugee woman.Since December,2009 working as  Member,Adjudicating Authority,Prevention of Money Laundering,Dept. of Revenue,GOI,New Delhi

RTI
Declassification Policy of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)
The full bench of the Commission called for and perused the gist of the eight files containing the outcome of the dialogue between the
foreign ministers of India and Pakistan held in 1963 to examine whether they are exempted from disclosure. The documents contained the
position and viewpoint of both the nations after each of the six rounds of talks, with reference also to the representatives of the
British and US governments. Under the provisions of the Section 19(8)(a)(iv) of the RTI Act 2005, the Commission directed the MEA to
arrive at a decision regarding the declassification of such sensitive and old documents of historic, political and academic significance to
be handled based on a conceptual declassification policy, at the level of not less than the Foreign Secretary.

While accepting the reasons for delay in reply by the CPIO that there are only two CPIO’s in the MEA who find it difficult to handle the
workload, the Commission opined that the Ministry must take more measures for the implementation of the RTI Act. Under the provisions
of Section 19(8)(a)(ii), the Commission directed that either a separate cell should be constituted or additional CPIOs appointed in
the MEA to handle RTI related cases to eliminate such delays.

Comments

Countries like the UK and US have policies of Automatic, Systematic and Mandatory Declassification Review with respect to various
documents. Why can’t the methods and principles applied in such countries be considered and a Declassification policy with respect to
the old documents of historical and international significance formed in India?

[Mr. Kuldip Nayar v. Ministry of External Affairs in CIC/AD/A/2010/000011]

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CORPORATE
Arun Verma appointed Director Shipping Corporation of India
Government of India has appointed Chartered Accountant Arun Verma as part-time Director on the Board of Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) in which it proposes to divest upto 10 percent stake.
IOC Director (HR) to retire
Director (HR)  Indian Oil Corporation V C Aggarwal  is superannuating on August 31.
Sharma resigns from Madison Media Plus
Praveen Sharma, Chief Operating Officer (COO), Madison Media Plus, has resigned . Ashish Singru, from Microsoft, USA will be the new COO  to replace him at the agency.
NMDC announces acquisition of land for Steel Plant
NMDC has announced setting-up of the 3.0 MTPA Steel Plant at Nagarnar in the State of Chhattisgarh. In this connection, the company has acquired a total of 1,948 acres of land in two phases required for the above project till date.
Rodricks is Director, Ad Solutions, NDS
NDS, the technology solutions provider for digital pay-TV, has appointed Darryn Rodricks as Director, Advertising Solutions, Asia Pacific.
Gangopadhyay resigns as Director, Cords Cable 
Cords Cable Industries Limited has informed the Exchange that  Amit Kumar Gangopadhyay, Independent Director of  Cords Cable Industries has resigned from the position w.e.f. August 13, 2010.
Apte Amalgamations appoints directors
Apte Amalgamations has appointed Rajesh Loya, Jashwant Mehta, Chetan Mehta and Maneesh Taparia as directors of the company with effect from 12 August 2010.
Broadcast Initiatives' director resigns
The board of Broadcast Initiatives has accepted the resignation of Sarang Wadhawan, Director of the company with effect from 04 June 2010.
Dhanalakshmi Bank changes its name To Dhanlaxmi Bank
Dhanalakshmi Bank has announced that the Registrar of Companies, Kerala and Lakshadweep has approved for name change  of the bank from the present 'The Dhanalakshmi Bank' to 'Dhanlaxmi Bank' on 10 August 2010.
Finolex Industries appoints additional director
Finolex Industries has appointed K. Cherian Varghese as Additional Director of the company with effect from 13 August 2010.
Koutons Retail India's directors resign
The board of Koutons Retail India has accepted the resignation of Anil Kevin Khatod from the position of director of the company.Further, the board has also accepted the resignation of Rajiv Grover from the position of Director of the company
Wipro Tech ties up with ArcelorMittal 
Wipro Technologies has entered into a five-year agreement with the steel maker, ArcelorMittal, to consolidate and migrate its messaging systems to the Microsoft Exchange 2010 messaging platform.

Aaj Ki Aawaz
‘Kumbkaran’ Mohna has gotten up from his deep sleep!!!
Now he says 'on progress in CWG an eye I will keep'!!!

Now on J&K he is willing to talk to any one!!
But he is still unwilling to take a decision on Farroukh’s son!!

Though it is still not clear whether Mohna’s sleep was induced!!!
Aim…. So that his stature is reduced!!!

Or after six years he’s gotten tired!!!
Or he’s gotten tired as in Sonia’s ‘red tape’ he is mired!!

Some say Mohna woke up because of ‘Obama is coming’ cries!!!
And we know whenever Mohna meets Obama to give Obama a gift he always tries!

Obama is to visit India in November!!!!
And after waking up the promises he made to Obama Mohna did remember!!

And sometimes I feel Sonia maybe his High Command!!
But Mohna always does what Uncle Sam does demand!!

So though technically Sonia is Mohna’s Boss but Uncle Sam is the real one!!!
Mohna’s motto ‘ What Uncle Sam demands must and will be done’!!

India wants Rahul to become the PM!!
If things go as per plans then next time Sonia will not need a GM!!

I say next time as Congress may or may not come back after next General Election!
Because with its vote bank Congress has lost its connection!!

If BJP is able to get its act together and get a new Neta and formulate a neeti!!!
Then current trend could change and then it could be ‘ Congress haari and BJP jeethi’

In a survey done by India Today Vajpayee is still Public ki pasand!!!
It’s basically Advani, Rajanth and then Ghadkari who created all the ‘gandh’!!!

At the I Day Parade a shoe was thrown at Omar and this is not going to stop!!
Very soon his Security will be taking one shoe and for the other one they’ll shop!!

They say Omar was about to resign but his Dad did not allow him to resign!!!
About not being able to party ‘at the drop of a hat’ Omar karr raha hai whine!!

His logic ‘what use is money and power if you are not able to enjoy it the Dilli way’?
Why do you think when he was CM in Dilli Papa Farroukh chose to stay!!

I think Sarkaar may ban Peepli Live!!!
Because it makes Netas and the Media in shame ‘for cover take a dive’!!

Confucius sings…Every month uchle hai bhao (price) now it is luxury to eat the humble pao!!
Ma tells the kids kumm khao and UPA Sarkaar hearing our cries say ‘bhaad mein jao’!!

Adds..... Media khelti hai with news uses the printed word for power and pelf!!!
In Media like in Poltics each one is for himself or herself!!

Bharat Kumar

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A welcome step !
 
Officers of 1977 & 1980 IAS would welcome in-situ promotion as Secy/ Addl Secy, as it would end the agony of waiting and wondering. Once empanelled, most officers are looking around for slots as their main daily agenda. This would be a verry health practice in civil service governance. Incidentally it is followed in all state cadres for IAS officers.
 
Rita
 
Retirement Age ?
 
Is there any news in DoPT regarding the enhancement of retirement age of Chairman & Members PF State Public Service Commission from 62 to 65.
 
VK
 
 
Do we really need Civil Nuclear Deal?
 
India wastes more energy in transmission & distribution losses than will be produced by the facilities becoming available through this deal. The exact figures of T & D losses are not available presently but the Prime Minister has recently constituted a special group to investigate the issue and give him a report. It would only be logical to await this report before going ahead with the deal. All political parties may place their views on this deal before it is signed, for, in the most unfortunate event of some industrial disaster, no political party will have any moral right to blame the govt. We are still expecting concrete action to give succour to the victims of the Bhopal industrial disaster and have been denying damage to public health by other industries. The Estimates committee of the parliament had reported on the large scale damage to crops, human beings, animals, water bodies and other life forms within a radius of more than 100 kilometers. Bhopal continues to be an enigma and nobody can even give correct figures of deaths caused by the Union Carbide mismanagement. That is so when there is a law on the statute Book regarding compulsory registration of Births and Deaths. Without obtaining a Birth certificate a child can not get admission in a school and inheritance is not possible without a death certificate. Inspite of that, the figures of casualties in Bhopal defies all clarity! If something similar occurs, facts will be hidden, records concocted, misleading reports will be filed by the corrupted officials and politicians. More than the danger to human life, greater danger lurks due to irradiation of food grains etc. Scholars have published facts on irradiated food items being sent by philanthropic transnational organizations to countries affected by natural disasters. In India, natural disasters are second only to man made disasters(mass scale adulteration of milk, edible oil, grains, sugar, liquour, drugs etc bringing deaths to thousands in a matter of a day!).There is every reason for India to go slow on the deal and consider all aspects, before thinking of winning a few useless brownie points. The danger emanates more from faulty equipment/handling rather than the technology or friendship between India & America!
 
M l Gupta
 
PM’s declining performance ?
Media was abuzz with  news of PM taking keen interest in C'Wealth Games  reinforcing the  old wisdom that King should sometimes listen to inner voice also  which is best reflected by Janata or popular  feelings. And our PM has been a  brilliant officer , dynamic  Governor  of RBI , reform-pushing Finance minister  but as PM  performance has been rather dull and  under shadow of Soniaji . Let him exhibit his all qualities fully as history may not give another chance !
 
Rajiv
 
MoD shy of giving due privilege
 
MoD (Fin) is a very important department  which concurs the proposals of the Armed Forces, but is very shy in giving due privileges to its own wing ie. Defence Accounts Department (DAD). The perks and privileges enjoyed by the armed forces are denied to DAD. This is in gross difference with its peer department of Railway Finance and P&T Finance, where the Finance department of the concerned ministry is not underprivileged and are at par with their executives.The working environment of MoD (Finance) and DAD has become archaic. There is no scope for any grooming and external exposure is near about Nil. The officers of DAD are called civilians by Armed Forces and Fauji by Aam Public. They are devoid of a true identity. Ninety percent of the Armed Forces do not know anything about the DAD as the role played by the DAD is very spurious and limited unlike its sister department of Railways and P&T.

MH Khan
 
Wrong selection criteria results in shortage of army officers
 
The shortage of army officers is due to the wrong selection criteria, otherwise it would be difficult to imagine in a country of 1250 million, where even recruitment to a soldier's post results in stampede that the posts are vacant. An independent recruitment board may be necessary to expose this myth.
 
Nandan
 
CWG : Is there something more than meets the eye?
 
Despite so much criticism against Kalmadi, both by the Opposition and the Congressmen ( in private), the majestic silence of Dr Man Mohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi is baffling. Instead of sacking Kalmadi, a Congressman, will be playing a second fiddle to K M Chandrasekhar, the Cabinet Secretary who will be inspecting the functioning of the CWG Organizing Committee headed by Kalmadi. What an irony? It is? But, the thick-skinned Kalmadi is unruffled by media expose’. He is not stepping down by virtue of protection given to him by the Congress party. Is there something more than meets the eye? Only, the future holds the key to this riddle inside an enigma wrapped in mystery.
 
A K Saxena (A retired civil servant)
 
Handover the "Commonwealth / Common Wealth Game" to Lalit Modi and see the result.
 
Suneil Sarawgi
 
 
Careless statements
 
I am a CSS officer, I slog and all through my career I had received the acknowledgement of my superiors for doing hard work.  Somebody has work or no work depends upon the seat you have been allotted.  Somebody is a hard worker and somebody is shirker is dependent upon one's nature.  Be careful, while making such statements.
 
A Srivastava
 
TAIL-PIECE
 
 
 
Please Enjoy Corporate rules...!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rule-1
The Boss is always right.

Rule-2
If the Boss is wrong, see rule 1.

Rule-3
Those who work get more work.
Others get pay, perks, and promotions.

Rule-4
Ph.D. stands for "Pull Him Down".
The more intelligent a person,
The more hardworking a person,
The more committed a person;
The more number of persons are engaged
in pulling that person down.

Rule-5
If you are good, you will get all the work.
If you are really good, you will get out of it.

Rule-6
When the Bosses talk about improving productivity,
They are never talking about themselves.

Rule-7
It doesn't matter what you do,
It only matters what you say you've done
and what you are going to do.

Rule-8
A pat on the back is only a few centimeters
from a kick in the butt.

Rule-9
Don't be irreplaceable.
If you can't be replaced, you can't be promoted.

Rule-10
The more crap you put up with,
The more crap you are going to get.

Rule-11
If at first you don't succeed, try again. Then quit.
No use being a damn fool about it.

Rule-12
By –A Visitor