It’s indeed very refreshing apart from being very informative .Let there be little focus on the corporate world. Banks, Insurance Sector also . Any way good work being done.
Bikash Narayan Mishra

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Uday Verma is new Secretary MSME
Special Secretary in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Uday Verma will succeed Dinesh Rai as Secretary Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) in the Government of India on September 1. He is 1976 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
Will Balakrishnan move from Coal ?
Latest grapevine has it that Secretary Coal C Balakrishnan is moving to the Fertilisers Ministry. He is 1974 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.
Behuria to move to Coal
In the event of Balakrishnan’s change to Fertilisers, Dr Sutanu Behuria may be appointed Secretary Coal. He is 1976 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre IAS officer.
Shyam Agrawal to succeed Dr Behuria
Dr Shyam Agrawal is likely to succeed Dr Sunatanu Behuria as Additional Secretary and FA in the Ministry of Commerce. He is 1980 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.
Will Madhukar Gupta head NDMA ?
Will former Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta succeed Gen N C Vij as Vice Chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority. Name of Gupta reportedly figure in the panel prepared for the post. Gupta is retired 1971 batch IAS officer of Uttarakhand cadre.
CoS meeting to select CBDT & CBEC members deferred
CoS meeting to prepare panel for the Members of the CBDT and CBEC has been deferred.Meeting was scheduled to take place on Monday.
SEBI chief unlikely to get extension
SEBI Chief C B Bhave is unlikely to get extension. 1975 batch former IAS officer Bhave is scheduled to retire in January.
Ravi Mathur joins GoI
Ravi Mathur has joined the Government of India on Monday as Additional Secretary Labour. He is 1979 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.
Basvaraju empanelled in GoI
1988 batch Karnataka cadre IAS officer Basvaraju has been empanelled to the rank of Joint Secretary in the Government of India.
Amarenrda Sinha is Joint Secretary, MSME
Amarendra Sinha on central deputation has joined as Joint Secretary Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME)in Government of India (GOI). He is an IAS officer of the 1981 batch who belongs to the Uttarakhand cadre.
28 BSNL officers in fray for post of MTNL’s CMD
Following 28 candidates have applied for the post of CMD, MTNL.  R K
Agarwal Dir (CM) BSNL, Om Vir Singh CGM UP (E), A. K. Tandon CGM NETF,
A. N. Rai CGM Oissa, N. N. Gupta CGM Jammu and Kashmir Circle, Pradeep
K. Agarwal GM (D) Jaipur TD Rajasthan Circle, T. N. Shukla GMTD
Gorakhpur UP (E) Circle, D C Jain GMTD Vijaywada Andhra Pradesh
Circle, Rajeev Agarwal PGM Hyderabad Andhra Pradesh Circle, Praveen
Varshney CE (E) Maharashtra Zone Mumbai, A Subramanian CGM Chennai TD, S. K. Bhandari   PGM Ahmedabad, A. K. Gupta CGM Haryana Circle, Deepak Chaturvedi GMTD Dharmshala Himachal Pradesh Circle, M. S .S. Rao
GM(ADM)BSNL , Jainendra Kumar CGM WTP Mumbai, A. K. Garg CGM Calcutta Telephones, R. N. Padukone PGM BSNL ,  N. K. Yadav PGM (VAS) BSNL, Mohan Lal GM(Mobile) Pune, A. K. Bhargava GM(NWP-I/GSM) BSNL, Pradeep Nagpal GM (Inspection Circle), N. N. Banerjee CGM Assam Circle, Gopal Das CMD BSNL, Rajesh Wadhwa Director (CFA) BSNL , A. K. Gupta
Principal CE(C) BSNL ,Ram Yagya CGM Chattisgarh Circle & S. S. Sirohi
CGM Punjab circle.
Railway officials move to CAT against Port Trust appointment
After the opposition by the IAS lobby now the Railway officials have moved to the CAT against the appointment of Port Cadre officer G J Rao as Chairman of the Paradeep Port Trust.
Will Chairman of Cochin Port Trust get extension ?
Three months extension in tenure has been recommended by the Shipping Ministry to Chairman of the Cochin Port Trust N Ramachandran. Deputation tenure of 1978 BATCH Assam-Meghalaya cadre IPS officer Ramachandran was to expire on October 17.
Who will be Director (HR) ONGC ?
Who will be new Director (HR) in the ONGC ?. Currently five names are doing the round in the Oil Sector. They are Mssrs :- K S Jamestin, Sridhar Vyas, Preeti Mathur, Zakir Hussain and Sunder Lal.
Bar on accepting appointments with foreign organizations removed
The bar on accepting appointments with foreign organizations, if the officer had official dealings with the organizations in the last five years, is completely removed in respect of officers of the rank of Director and below. For officers of the rank of Joint Secretary and above, in cases where the Secretary of the concerned Ministry categorically certifies that the officer did not use his official position to get the foreign assignment, such cases will be considered by the Committee of Secretaries based on the merits of each individual case and appropriate recommendations will be made if the post has been offered by applying against an open advertisement.
Puneet Agarwal to go to USA for foreign Training programme
Puneet Agarwal, IAS (MT : 1998), Deputy Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat, Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi, has been selected for long term foreign Training programme in Executive Master of Public Administration at Syracuse University, USA.
IA&AS officer Nedunchezhian transferred
IA&AS officer C. Nedunchezhian, Senior Deputy Accountant General (Admn./Coml), in the office of Principal Accountant General (C&RA), Tamil Nadu, Chennai has been transferred and posted as Senior Deputy Accountant General(Admn), in the office of Principal Accountant General (CA), Tamil Nadu & Puducherry, Chennai.
CVC indicts five officials from Ministry of Personnel
Of the 92 government officials indicted by the Central Vigilance Commission, in June, for their alleged involvement in corruption, five officials are from Ministry of Personnel.
One dozen Jharkhand bureaucrats did not furnish property details
About one dozen IAS officers in Jharkhand have not furnished property details for the last three years.
Mala Srivastava replaces Swaraj Puri
Ms Mala Srivastava has replaced former Madhya Pradesh DGP Swaraj Puri as Member of the Grievances Redressal Authority Narmada Valley Development.She is 1971 batch retired IAS officer.
Uniyal posted in Rail Bhawan
Pramod Uniyal,HAG/IRTS/Railway Board, presently working as Adv(tourism &  catering)/Railway Board has been posted as Addl Member (C&IS)/Railway Board on promotion.
Delhi University VC to get extension
Delhi University Vice Chancellor Professor Deepak Pental is getting extension till December 1.
Minor bureaucratic reshuffle in Chhattisgarh
In a minor bureaucratic reshuffle the Chhattisgarh government has posted Serjius Minj (1978 batch IAS) as Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Industries while Ramesh Kumar has gone Village Industries department.
Additional charge to Om Prakash in Uttarakhand

Om Prakash(IAS ,Uttarakhand cadre) has been given additional charge of Minor Irrigation & Sugarcane in Uttarakhand. So far this charge was with Amarendra Sinha who on central deputation has joined as Joint Secretary Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME)in Government of India (GOI). He is an IAS officer of the 1981 batch who belongs to the Uttarakhand cadre.

Additional charge to P. C. Sharma in Uttarakhand

P. C. Sharma (IAS ,Uttarakhand cadre) has been given additional charge of Irrigation in Uttarakhand. So far this charge was with Amarendra Sinha who on central deputation has joined as Joint Secretary Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME)in Government of India (GOI). He is an IAS officer of the 1981 batch who belongs to the Uttarakhand cadre.

CORPORATE
Reliance Retail: Top guns exit the retail giant 
The Retail boom in India has not come exactly as a blessing for Reliance Retail atleast in terms of  retaining its senior executives for long. And even after four years of the Reliance Group's biggest bet on India's untapped organised retail market, the continuning exodus of the senior executives from Reliance group's retail arm had been rather surprising for the top recruiters in the corporate arena.
 
The latest in the string of  resignations were two top-level executives at Reliance Retail mainly Raghu Pillai and Sanjeev Asthana whose sudden decision to quit surprised even many within the Reliance Group. 
Reliance Retail had been struggling to retain top executives since December 2006 when five senior Reliance Retail executives at the Vice President and Assistant Vice President level deciding to join the south-India based discount chain 'Subhiksha'  in the hope that the former is all set to take over the retail chain.
'The retail boom created immense opportunities for all in the Retail sector in 2006 and as the Indian economy went into recession and revived between 2008 to 2010, more number of executives decided to join other groups with a much higher pay package', a Reliance Retail insider said.
He said that companies continue to poach on talent and Reliance Retail is no exception. The hiring and exit of key executives keep on happening in the Retail business and the Reliance Group is no exception.
Back in December 2006, Rajeev Karwal who quit Electrolux as Managing Director to join Reliance Retail left within a few weeks of joining. His exit followed a string of resignations at the country's biggest Retail House with many moving to south India based retail chain 'Subhiksha' with an ambitious pan India strategy to open 1,000 stores by 2007 which was never realised as it started struggling to survive by the end of 2009.
Reliance Retail had gone on a hiring spree in 2006 when the retail boom made most other players look for key management talent when it hired executives such as Raghu Pillai from Pantaloons, Rajeev Karwal ( Electrolux,)  Sriram Srinivasan ( Indus League), Suresh Chingaravelu  (Prestige Construction) and Sanjeev Asthana (Cargill) among others. The company also carried out an aggressive management restructuring  exercise immediately after exodus of a large number of executives  and hired about 20 expatriate executives, mostly from retail chain Tesco in Thailand in the hope of replacing the executives who went looking for greener pastures. 
Asthana, who quit as the President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Reliance Retail, is learnt to be planning to launch a $100-million (Rs 460 crore) private equity (PE) fund to invest in food and agriculture sectors. The PE firm named ' I-Farm Venture Advisors', the fund would invest in small and medium enterprises where Asthana is believed to be the main promoter.
It was learnt that the Reliance group is once again on a hiring spree while deciding to fill the vacuum in the Retail business left by exit of Raghu Pillai and Sanjeev Asthana from Reliance Retail.
Chances for Anshu Jain to head Deutsche Bank bright
There are chances Anshu Jain may head the Deutsche Bank once Josef Ackermann retires as Chief Executive of Deutsche Bank. Presently, Anshu Jain is Head of the Corporate and Investment Bank in the Deutsche Bank.
Sinha will be in-charge till Biswal takes over
A.K. Sinha Director(Finance),CIL will be in charge till Biswal's joining.
Praj Industries MD resigns
Shashank Inamdar, Managing Director & CEO of Praj Industries Ltd has submitted his resignation to be effective upon the appointment of a new CEO.
Chaudhari to be Exec. Chairman Praj Industries
Pramod Chaudhari to continue as Executive Chairman of Praj Industries Ltd.
Bhatt appointed UB (Holdings) MD
The Board of  United Breweries (Holdings) Limited has approved the appointment of  Harish Bhat as Managing Director of the Company without remuneration, for a period of three years or date of superannuation whichever is earlier.
Seth appointed Country Head, Alcatel-Lucent
Munish Seth has taken over as Country Head of Alcatel-Lucent 
Mohan elevated at Alcatel-Lucent
Vivek Mohan has been elevated as Head (Global Services Business Division) Alcatel-Lucent.
AIMA-IndianOil awards announced
The maiden AIMA-IndianOil Awards for the best motivational practice were conferred upon Marico Ltd. (Manufacturing sector) and Blue Dart Express (Services sector) by Bhaskar Chatterjee, Secretary, Department of Public Enterprises, Govenmnet of India in New Delhi recently.
Mittal resigns from Koutons Board
Ajay Mittal, Nominee Director of UTI Venture Funds Management Co. Pvt. Ltd (UTI Venture) has resigned from the Board of  Koutons Retail India Ltd w.e.f. August 17, 2010. 
SAIL appoints part-time directors 
The Board of Directors of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) have approved the appointment of  Jagdish Khattar and Prof. Subrata Chaudhuri as Part-time Non-official Directors on the Board of SAIL w.e.f. 21.8.2010.
L&T bags order worth Rs 1,195 crore from ONGC
Larsen and Toubro (L&T) has bagged two projects worth Rs 1,195 crore from ONGC to set up additional Processing Units at its Gas Processing complexes at Hazira and Uran.

Aaj Ki Aawaz
MPs get a further 10,000 tax free hike…just for the record!!!
In last five years a 5-fold jump most MP’s net worth did record!!
 
Joke doing the rounds is …. now in ‘chai paani’ rates also there will be 5-fold increase!
You will have to apply five times more grease if a MPs palm you grease!!
 
They stand for elections and get elected so isn’t this an honorary job?????
Take a survey asking ‘ who do you feel Nation ko maximum karte hai rob’??
 
I do not need to tell you what the majority will say!!!
And to ‘do you think they deserve a pay hike’ response will be an emphatic ‘nay’!!
 
Chalo Laloo and Pawar and their likes have got more loose change!!!
Really Laloo demanding pay hike sure did look and sound strange!!
 
Costs the Railways 11 lakhs/month to ferry files from Delhi to Kolkata and back to Dilli!
Because after becoming Railway Mantri Mamtha Kolkata se bahut kumm hai hilli (moved)!!
 
And Mohna has nothing to say!!!!
If she wants to stay in Kolkata the file ferrying bill Mamtha should pay!!
 
Mohna of course is mum ….. he has no control over Mamtha!!!!
And to question her he lacks the ‘shamta’ (capability)!
 
Nowadays Mohna is totally engrossed with Obama’s upcoming India trip!!!
And that is why on other pressing issues he is losing his grip!!
 
Both on CWG ghoos fest and trouble in the Valley he reacted late!!
His reaction as too late many do rate!!
 
In Punjab maybe son will soon take over from Dad!!
His pitch to Dad ‘ I’m no longer a Kaka or ( spolit) lad’!!
 
His photos in ads now have started to dwarf Dad’s mug shots!!
And in private he has started taking at Dad’s ‘stickiness’ pot shots!!
 
Some say he’ll make a decisive CM and some say he’s a ‘kaka or spoilt lad for life’!
And some say it would be good for the State if the CM’s chair went to his wife!!
 
In neighbouring Haryana Hooda got ‘shooed’!!
Or via the shoe got booed!!!
 
Again many will rue the shoe missing the target!!
Target practice these guys should get!!
 
Confucius says……. Joota hoh Amrican ya Chini ya Hindustani ya Japaani!!
'Shoe them' and see these otherwise thick skinned Netas go paani paani!



Bharat Kumar

FORUM
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Lack of vision lead to shortage

There is shortage because the department is very inward looking. They are not sure of the profile of the service. It's neither an armed force nor a para military like CRPF or BSF. They have an exit policy rather than a retention policy. They seem to be suffering from negative attitude and inferiority complex. They do not allow their personnel to go on deputation for fear that they may not come back. Their selection policies are faulty. Officers are selected by a departmental selection board rather than by UPSC. There are chances of Bhai Bhatijavad. The career profile of the officers is very ill-defined and instead of a selection policy for promotions they have a policy of elimination. How can anybody work in such an environment for life where the officers are not sure whether they would even go to the level of IGs equal to SAG in the civil services. An officer of civil service goes to this level in 16 or even less years. There is something seriously wrong with the department. Otherwise why there should there be so much frustration all around. People want to quit at any cost. ICG should do some soul searching to attract and retain talent.

Partap Singh

Why salary to elected ones ?

As they voluntarily contest election and get elected to serve the people, Public servants like MPs, MLAs, MLCs, Corporators, etc. should not be paid any salary but can be allowed free telephone, free travel and the like which will help serve the community. If they are paid salary, then these free facilities should not be given to them and their performance assessed on annual basis by the community itself (like APARs of the Govt. staff). Government should take necessary action to amend the constitution accordingly.

Prasad

TAIL-PIECE

Classified Secret Information

1.    Kalmadi favorite Sport bungee jumping. He jump. Bungee break. It make loud noise. Bungee made in China. Perhaps Chinese settle scores for Indian brethren. Kalmadi break head & break crown. Remember Jack & Jill.

2.    Pawar claim no terrorist threat during commonwealth games. No worry. All under control. I make arrangement. Why call Security? It not needed. How so sure ask media men surprised. Pawar tell I leave FCI grain open, it soak water, it stink – this old strategy very useful. Chanakya tell in Arthashastra enemy dread it more then Bofors Gun. This more deadly. No ammunition. I put all stinking FCI surplus grain at Pakistan border & near Maoists camp. All terrorist/Maoists faint.

3.    C.M Sheila claim. CWG no theft cases in that time. No pickpockets in Delhi. How possible? People no money in pocket. Before CWG it already reach pocket of you know who? Public pocket already cut. Pickpocket angry. now claiming unemployment allowance.

4.    Jaipal ask swimmers why you wasting time in indoor stadium? It having less water. Roof seepage, little flow. Go to BRT Corridor. It full of water. Also all roads having big swimming pools. Good practice. Free open air in BRT & open road  Swimming Pool. Jaipal’s Urban Planning also highly appreciated it make Delhi permanently look like Mohen-jo-daro and Harappa.

Ritu Sharma