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Kaun Banega Delhi Police Commissioner ? (2) B K Gupta
Logically being the seniormost IPS officer, B K Gupta should be Delhi Police Commissioner.1975 batch IPS officer Gupta will have to convince Home Minister P Chidambaram about better things in Delhi than Dadwal.
Panel for CBEC Members is ready
CoS is going to clear names for CBEC Members on Monday next. If top sources are to be believed those Chief Commissioners who figure in the panel are Mssrs: G.S. Narang -Delhi, Ms. Elizabeth John Bangalore, Ajit Kumar Ahmedabad, Jasdeep Singh DG Vigilance, Vineet Ohri Kochin, G.V. Naik Chennai and   M.C. Thakur Delhi.
Khurana to be CMD of MMTC !
Sunir Khurana is being tipped to be new CMD of the MMTC. He is presently ED in the same company.
( We said this on July 29 )
Chairman NHAI panel scrapped
Panel of the Chairman of the NHAI is believed to have been scrapped.Present Chairman 1975 batch TamilNadu cadre IAS officer Brijeshwar Singh is superannuating by this month end.
( We said this on August 10 )
Sahay to be CMD of Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd
A K Sahay is all set to become new CMD of the Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd..
Has the appointment of Srikumar been stalled ?
There are rumours that appointment of R Srikumar as Vigilance Commissioner in the CVC has been stalled. Infact, appointment of 1973 batch IPS officer of Karnataka cadre Srikumar had been cleared at the highest level. Narendra Mishra is number one for slot of NTPC’s Director Operations
As the grapevine has it Narendra Mishra Executive Director (ED) Human Resource (HR) is number one in the panel for the slot of NTPC’s
Director Operations.
Shortage of 1350 IPS officers in the country
This is now official- country has a shortage of about 1,350 IPS officers because additional posts were sanctioned after cadre reviews.
Gopalkrishnan gets important assignment
R Gopalakrishnan, additional secretary in the Prime Minister's Office has been appointed, Member-Secretary of the newly set up National Innovation Council. National Innovation Council will prepare a road map for the 'Decade of Innovation 2011-2020'.Sam Pitroda will head the council.Gopalkrishnan is an upright 1979 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
Jha shifted in MEA
Alok Ranjan Jha has been shifted in MEA to Under Secretary (FSP).He is 2002 batch IFS officer.
Dilsher Singh returns to Punjab
Advisor in Planning Commission Dilsher Singh Kalha is back to the parent Punjab cadre. He is 1977 batch IAS officer.
Sharma is joint Secretary Minority Affairs
B P Sharma has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Minority Affairs for a period of five years. He is 1981 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.
Deputation tenure of IFS officer extended
Inter-Cadre deputation tenure of Sewa Sinh, from Tamil Nadu to Punjab cadre, has been extended for a further period of two years .He is 1992 batch TamilNadu cadre IFS officer.
Gopinath appointed Member-Secretary Tariff Commission
Ms P. Gopinath has been appointed Member Secretary, Tariff Commission, in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary. She is 1977 batch IPoS officer.
Principal Director of Audit in Northeast Frontier Railway transferred
Ajaib Singh, Principal Director of Audit, Northeast Frontier Railway, Guwahati - on relief from his present duties by Ms. Y Ray Chaudhuri who will hold additional charge of the post alongwith her regular duties till further orders - has been transferred and posted as Accountant General (A&E), Punjab, Chandigarh.
RK Ganta to go to USA for foreign Training programme
RK Ganta, IAS (PB : 1993), Secretary, Home and Justice, Chandigarh, has been selected for long term foreign Training programme in Master in International Development Policy at Duke University, USA.
Narang replaces Verma in MEA
Amit Narang (IFS 2001) has been posted in MEA as Deputy Secretary in the UNES Division in place of Pranay Verma (IFS 1995), Director.
Craze for Civil Services in West Bengal declining
Craze for Civil Services in West Bengal is declining by the day. Though three candidates from the state have made it to the qualifying list this year, there have been years when the state drew a complete blank. The better students in West Bengal now opt for engineering and management or go abroad for higher studies.
New Vice Chairman of NDMA may not be from Army
New Vice Chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority is unlikely to be from Army. Tenure of present Vice Chairman Gen N C Vij is coming to an end next month.
Radhakrishnaiah is back to Gujarat
E Radhakrishnaiah ,IG Western Sector in CRPF, is now back to the parent Gujarat Cadre. He is 1986 batch IPS officer.
Will Kamble go to Dhaka ?
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 Kerala cadre.
Diwakar Gupta to be new MD SBI !
In all probability Diwakar Gupta will succeed Sanjay Bhattacharya as MD of the State Bank of India in October.
Juthika Patankar empanelled in GoI
Juthika Patankar has been empanelled to the rank of Joint Secretary in the Government of India. Patankar is 1988 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.
CVC indicts 13 Rly officials
Of the 92 government officials indicted by the Central Vigilance Commission, in June, for their alleged involvement in corruption, 13 officials are from the Ministry of Railways.
Manju Jain joins IIPA
Indian Railway Account Service officer Ms. Manju Shah Jain has joined the APPA course in the IIPA.
K.S. Sethi to be DIG in MoEF
As the grapevine has it, K.S. Sethi has been selected for the post of DIG in MoEF. He is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1990 batch who belongs to the Manipur- Tripura (MT) cadre.
Many officers to run in Marathon race in November
A Marathon race will be organized in the month of November 2010 in Delhi. A number of officers will also participate. They are: Manoj Yadav Joint Director Intelligence Bureau, Desh Raj DIG BPR&D, and Ms. Mamta Singh SSP NHRC
Special scheme for girls' empowerment named after Rajiv Gandhi
SABLA- Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Girls, has been approved by CCEA.  The scheme will be implemented initially in 200 Districts on pilot basis. The Scheme aims at empowering girls by providing them nutritional supplement as well as skill upgradation. This scheme is likely to be launched on birthday of former Prime Minister late Rajiv Gandhi i.e.August 20, 2010.
PS Home in AP shifted
Andhra Pradesh Principal Secretary Home Ajay Mishra has been transferred to infrastructure and investment department. Y Srilakshmi has been posted as commissioner, public health and family welfare.
ACHIEVER
I was generally browsing your website, when I came across your Achievements Section. Here I would like to inform you about JS Mishra (IAS, 1980 Batch RR, UP Cadre) who has written several professional books on Urban Development (his 2 books, one on "Mahakumbh: The Greatest Show on Earth"; and the other "Dream Cities" are also in our library). 
He also got the All India Management Association Public Service Excellence Award for the successful conduct of the Allahabad 2000 Mahakumbh. 
He has also published three books on hindi poetry and won several awards. 
Some of his poetries have been selected by Times Music and they launched a music CD of his poetry which was sung by legendary singers like Asha Bhosle, Hariharan and Roop Kumar Rathod.
I am just sharing this with you as I thought you might be interested in this profile.
HUDCO posts highest ever Net profit
The Housing and Urban Development Corporation Ltd. (HUDCO) has posted a net profit of Rs. 495.31 crore in the financial year 2009-10 -- the highest ever earned by HUDCO since its inception in 1970. It also declared a record dividend of Rs. 59.08 crore to the Government.
The dividend cheque for the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (MoHUPA) was presented to the Union Minister for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation & Tourism, Kumari Selja, by the Additional Secretary, MoHUPA and HUDCO CMD Dr. PK Mohanty, in a brief ceremony attended by Secretary (MoHUPA), Ms Kiran Dhingra and other senior officials from the Ministry and HUDCO in New Delhi recently.
During the financial year 2009–10, HUDCO also approved loans for Rs 16,623 crore, with special emphasis on social housing lending for the EWS and LIG Categories and on extending support to priority urban infrastructure, covering water supply, sewerage, drainage, solid waste management, roads, and social infrastructure.
The new Corporate Plan 2020, recently approved by the HUDCO Board of directors was also presented before the Minister projecting a lending target of Rs. 70,900 crore by the year 2020 with 50% contribution for Housing and balance 50% for core and other infrastructure development.
Vijay Yadav IG in MP bereaved

Ms.Satya Yadav (88) mother of Vijay Yadav (IPS 1987 bath, MP cadre) IG Special Armed Force (SAF) in Madhya Pradesh passed away after a prolonged illness in Bhopal on August 18, 2010. Among others, she is survived by his two sons: Ajay Singh Yadav -a retired IAS officer of MP cadre(1976 batch) who is also Managing Director (MD), MP State Tourism Development Corporation and her second son is Sanjay Yadav.She was wife of late B.N.Yadav IG Vigilance (IPS officer of 1949 batch).
Deputation tenure of Upma Chaudhary extended
Central deputation tenure of Ms Upma Chaudhary, Joint Secretary Department of Agriculture & Cooperation has been extended upto November 4.She is 1983 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.
Deputation tenure of Sajen Peter extended
Central deputation tenure of Sajen Peter, Chairman, Ruber Board has been extended upto November 4.He is 1982 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

Meira Shankar gets one month extension
In view of President Obama,s visit to India, Ms Meira Shankar has been given one month extension.Indian Ambassador to US Ms Shankar was seheduled to retire in October.
Sinha is new CVO Damodar Valley Corporation
Prahlad Kumar Sinha, IP&TA&FS(1984) has been appointed Chief Vigilance Officer in Damodar Valley Corporation, Kolkata

Barthwar is new GM of Eastern Railway
V.Barthwar has been appointed new General Manager of the Eastern Railway.He is from Mechanical service.
Kulbhushan is GM of ECR
Kulbhushan has been appointed new General Manager of East Central Railway.He is from Electrical Service.
H C Joshi is GM of Central Railway
H C Joshi has been appointed new General Manager of the Central Railway.
Saxena is new GM of NCR
K K Saxena has been appointed new General Manager of North Central Railway.
Srivastava is GM of DLW
K K Srivastava has been appointed General Manager of the DLW

CORPORATE
Four dozen applicants for CMD of BSNL and MTNL
Over four dozen applications have been received for the post of CMD BSNL and MTNL.A Search Committee has already been set up.
Patwari is Chairman Nagreeka Capital
Nagreeka Capital & Infrastructure Limited has appointed Sushil Patwari as Chairman of the company. Further he also continues to be the Managing Director of the Company.
Joshi joins NDMC Board as Director
Union Ministry of Steel has issued an order appointing G. B. Joshi, Executive Director (Personnel), NMDC Ltd. as Director (Personnel) on the Board of Directors of NMDC Ltd.
Titus reelected Chairman (North), Indo-Italian Chamber
The Indo-Italian Chamber of Commerce and Industry has re-elected  Diljeet Titus, Senior Partner of law firm Titus and Co, as Chairman for the Northern Region.
BHEL's Rajendran conferred PM's Shram Bhushan Award
S.Rajendran working for BHEL's Electronics Division in Bangalore has been conferred with  the Prime Minister's Shram Bhushan Award for 2008. He had earlier received the Shram Vir award in 2002. Rajendran joined the PSU 32 years back as an unskilled worker.
Lanco Infratech appoints Whole-time Director
Lanco Infratech Limited has appointed S.C.Manocha as a Whole Time Director of the Company for a period of 5 years w.e.f. August 14, 2010.
Vaish is Chairman Audit Committee, Omax Autos 
Dr. R.C. Vaish, member of the Audit Committee of Omax Autos Ltd has been appointed as the Chairman of the Audit Committee in place of Salil Bhandari, who resigned from Chairmanship of the Audit Committee.
Dasgupta is Addl. Director MSK Projects 
The Board of MSK Projects (India) Limited has approved appointment of A.K. Dasgupta as Additional Director of the Company; and accepted resignation of  Dipti Shah, Director.
KLG Systel appoints Whole-time director
KLG Systel Limited has reappointed Mukesh Arora as Whole Time Director for a period of 3 years.
Srikanth appointed CFO KLG Systel
KLG Systel Limited has  appointed  S. Srikanth as Chief Finance Officer of the Company in place of  Sanjay Kumar Garg after the approval of Audit Committee.
Pande appointed Director, Visa Steel 
Arvind Pande, Non-Executive and Independent Director of Visa Steel Ltd has ceased to be a Director on the Board of the Company with effect from August 17, 2010 due to retirement.
Das appointed Workmen Employee Director Allahabad Bank 
The Union Ministry of Finance has appointed Gour Das, Special Assistant of Allahabad Bank as Workmen Employee Director of the Bank, for a period of three years from the date of nomination or till he ceases to be workmen employee of the Bank.
Dalmia appointed Director, State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur
State Bank of  Bikaner And Jaipur has appointed Kunal Dalmia as Director for a period of 3 years w.e.f. August 12, 2010.

Aaj Ki Aawaz
Now in the race to CWG finishing line twenty times the money is being spent,
It’ll be said ‘ by a few hundred crores up the oft CWG revised budget went’!
 
Workmanship is shoddy and it’ll be a miracle if things hold up!!
And please do remember actually for preparation time is already up!!
 
Facilities should have been ready and it was showcase time now!!!
Time to generate revenue and not ‘more money karro plough’!!
 
Congressman Kalmadi has made India’s reputation take a dip!!
And mind you what is being revealed is just ‘iceberg’s tip’!!!
 
Such a sporting event is undertaken to make a Nation's prestige rise!!!
In India’s case sadly the opposite has taken place…. downsize!!
 
And what was most appalling!!
That in the Lok Sabha ‘sack Kalmadi calls’ Congress was seen stalling!!
 
On Kalmadi BJP too was soft …. must be because of a Tentwallah!!!
That BJP went soft on Kalmaadi Gameswallah!!
 
Tentwallah’s nephew got orders from CWG in bulk!!!!
So BJP is scared if it demands action on Kalmadi Tentwaalah will go into a sulk!
 
Tentwallah is a Mahajan crony and has his ‘plus points’!!!!
Why do you think people feel BJP disappoints?????
BJP boasts of being a principled and disciplined Party!!
When it comes to corruption its face like Congress is equally ‘warty’!!
 
The difference is Congress when it comes to corruption has tried and tested ways!!
Whereas for its inexperience in this department BJP pays!!
 
Give BJP another five years of power in Dilli and BJP too will get the know-how!
BJP too will get the expertise of ‘how to khao and pachao’ (eat and digest)!!
 
Funnily Farrouk says after the shoe throwing Omar is now in a select club!!!
Hope he realizes what his Muslim brethren will feel when with Bush Omar’s name they club!
 
In Bush’s case he ducked the shoe and in Omar’s case it missed Omar!!!!
I’m sure the cry in the Valley was ‘ abhe aim le karr agli baar maar’!!
 
For a lot whose net worth has gone up many fold in the last five years!!!
Isn’t it funny when they say ‘inflation brings them too to tears’!!
 
Most of our MPs are affluent and still they want a hike in pay!!
A rise in their pay India does flay!!
 
Salaries are performance linked!!!
To serve the Nation an oath MPs have taken and then inked!!
 
Confucius says….In the eyes of the Public MP's image mein there has been a steep fall!
And if a free and fair recall is done 90% of MPs would face recall!!

Bharat Kumar

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An extraordinary piece on Pakistan

The author, Satyabrata Pal, was Indian Ambassador to Pakistan at the time he wrote this article in the summer of 2009, when India did not want to resume any sort of structured dialogue with Pakistan, until it got satisfaction on terrorism.
Ambassador T P Sreenivasan forwarded it recently describing it as "an extraordinary piece on Pakistan - exceptional in perception as well as in language."
Unlike most writers on Pakistan, Ambassador Satyabrata Pal has offered not only a credible diagnosis of the problem of Pakistan, but also proposes clear-cut recommendations for a tenable Indian policy toward Pakistan.

Ram Narayanan
US-India Friendship

President Award

In respect of promotion of steno 'D' this award should be given to DOPT. A 1983 Steno D is being promoted as Steno C according to seniority quote list 2007)i.e. after 24 years; whereas a UDC of 1993 has already become Assistant from SQ 2003. Apart from this, PS in this line are quickly promoted as PPS/Sr.PPS/PSO and their posts are increasing. But a steno D even after 24 years with lesser GP attend to higher officers as an addition to PPS./Sr.PPS/PSO who simply not only rub the chairs as taking dictation is beyond their capacity. Is there anybody in DOPT to consider Steno D pathetic state. In case, if there is none, then steno D designation may be replaced with some animals name. Because, recently, even the Rs.7450 fixation pay(i.e.18,460) has been deprived to them though being adhoc Steno C, they have been given Rs.4600 GP and thus they are adhoc, others who have joined recently have got the benefit of Rs.18460/-. Kudos to DOPT. I feel that DOPY should increase the no of vacancies of PPS/Sr.PPS/PSO and under their rotation policy; all the present PS/Sr.PPS/ should be rotated for the above posts for enjoyment; but Steno D will dance to the work.

Rahul

Go for specialised services

Can you say in how many Developed countries, the system of IAS (the country's administrative service system) prevails. The Britishers started it to rule the mass not to serve the mass. How many really feel the S in IAS stands for service. Bihar since long has been sending maximum number of IAS to the country but the state is poorest in India. Why? If we need to see a developed India we have to go for specialised services only.

Kalpana

India needs to develop a violence Gauge!

With so much of violence all over the country, India needs an instrument to gauge it. We invoke mahatma Gandhi, especially on Independence Day, Gandhi Jayanti & republic Day and talk of the virtues of non-violence. Are we serious? Do we, as individuals really believe in non-violence or it is just another exercise in dissimulation? The country wide atmosphere of violence is the direct product of failure of Rule Of Law. The ease with which police resorts to shooting the agitating masses does not vouch for a vibrant democracy. With the Federation or Union becoming loose and the federating units spinning out of constitutional control, violence presages doom of a healthy democracy in India sooner than wished by hostile forces. With autocracy of the local satraps, democracy has been reduced to a mockery in the hinterland. Incidents like the shooting of the farmers agitating for better compensation for their land, point towards bad economics. Agriculture lends stability to the Indian economy and also the farmers. It is so because it is a sustained source of regular incomes for the family. There is no retirement in farming. It is an assured rural employment guarantee scheme for more than 60% Indians. It never causes economic meltdown. Even with humble incomes, farmers the world over are happier than fixed wage job people. They contribute to preserving a clean & healthy environment. They also lend stability to society by practicing social values and bonds. When the state decides, only in public interest, to alienate them from their only asset i.e. land for ever, they are entitled to demand satisfactory price for it. Instead of allowing them to get paid adequately, if the state fires bullets at them, it is proof of bad economics, worse political vision and worst lawful order. Hiding behind "politics" or other lame excuse only enhances the hostile arrogance towards the people. Another unpleasant fall out of such attitude is that it provokes people's violence. When the people turn violent, no power on earth can stop it. It has failed at global scale in more than one case and it has certainly failed in India under Mahatma Gandhi's Leadership! Abjure state violence and re-establish people's faith in the virtues of non-violence.

M L Gupta