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Selection of new CVC this week ?
Selection of new CVC is expected to be made this week. Tenure of present CVC Pratyush Sinha is coming to an end on September 6.
Will Justice Shah be CIC ?
Name of former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court Justice A P Shah is doing the round for the post of Chief Information Commissioner (CIC).Tenure of present CIC Wajahat Habibullah will come to an end in October.
Post in HRD likely to be upgraded
Joint Secretary level post of 1980 batch Bihar cadre IAS officer N K Sinha (Bihar) in Human Resource Development is likely to be upgraded.
NDMA to have three IAS Members !
National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) will have three Members from the IAS , Two from the IPS and one from defence services.
Arun Panda appointed as Joint Secretary Health and Family Welfare
Arun Panda on central deputation has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. He is an IAS officer of
the 1984 batch who belongs to the Orissa cadre.
( We said this on July 21 )
Kaun Banega Tea Board Chief (2) Race for new Chairman Tea Board starts
Race for new Chairman of the Tea Board has begun. As it is the central deputation tenure of Basudeb Banerjee as Chairman Tea Board will conclude in October 2010. He is an IAS officer of the 1983 batch who belongs to the West Bengal cadre.
DoP's new guideline
The Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) has issued a new guideline for empanelling officers in Government of India (GOI).As the grapevine has it, DoPT has said that those officers who are already on deputation to Government of India (GOI) cannot be considered for empanelment. They must report to their parent cadres on completion of their deputation tenure & meet the stipulation of completing cooling off period. Then only they could be considered for empanelment.
G Panmei goes to USA for foreign Training programme
G Panmei, IRS (C&CE : 1989), Managing Director, National Cooperative Development Corporation, has left for long term foreign Training programme in Master of Public Administration at Minnesota, USA.
Wings of SEBI chief clipped
Wings of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) chief C.B. Bhave have been clipped. This was amply clear recently when it was decided that the Forward Markets Commission (FMC) would regulate the trading of commodities.
New SEBI Chief to be an IAS
If insiders are to be believed, new SEBI Chief will only be from the IAS. Rumours are however rife that a top banker will make it to the post.
Sinha to be Director (HR) NTC!
R K Sinha is being tipped to be new Director (HR) of the National Textile Corporation (NTC).
Why delay in posting of new GMs in Railway?
Why is there such a delay in posting of new General Managers (GMs) in Railways? This question is hotly being discussed in Railway circles.
As grapevine has it Cabinet Secretary has objected that as to how V.N. Tripathi could be appointed as Member Traffic while there are
incumbents senior to him are eligible. The Railway Ministry had proposed appointment of Varun Bhartwar as GM ER in anticipation to
appointment of Tripathi as Member Traffic. However, post of GM ER is yet to fall vacant.
Will there be fresh panel for CBDT ?
In case the name of Laxman Das is added, the CBDT will have to furnish fresh panel to the CoS for Member CBDT.
Four vacancies of Member in CBDT this year
There are going to be four vacancies of the Member in the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) this year.
Ajay Bhatnagar in fray for post of IG, CSF
As the grapevine has it, name of Ajay Bhatnagar (IPS, 1989 batch, Jharkhand cadre) is in circulation for the post of IG, CISF that will fall vacant next month once deputation tenure of Umesh Kumar, IG, CISF ends on September 12, 2010.
IA&AS officer Mehta transferred
IA&AS officer R.K. Mehta, Deputy Accountant General (Elect. Board), in the office of Accountant General (C&RA), Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow has been transferred and posted as Deputy Accountant General (Coml/Wks/CAP), in the office of Accountant General (Audit), Bihar, Patna. He will relieve Ms. Smriti of the additional charge held by her.
Diwakar Nath Misra’s central deputation on anvil
The Government of India (GOI) in the offer list has retained the name of Diwakar Nath Misra. He is an IAS officer of the 2000 batch who belongs to the Assam- Meghalaya (A-M) cadre.
Dependra Pathak to tour Germany
Dependra Pathak who on central deputation is Director Exploration in Ministry of Petroleum will be touring Germany from August 29, 2010 to
September 5, 2010 on an official tour. He is an IPS officer of the1990 batch who belongs to the AGMU cadre.
CSS officer to be Addl Secr CVC
Hari Kumar is being appointed new Additional secretary in the CVC. He is 1977 batch CSS officer.
Ramachandran’s central deputation on the anvil
The Government of India (GOI) in the offer list has retained the name of T.K. Ramachandran. He is an IAS officer of the 1991 batch who belongs to the Tamil Nadu cadre.
IRS (C&CE) officer is Director IT
V Sivasubramanian has joined as Director Information Technology in the Government of India. He is 1991 batch IRS (C&CE) officer.
Why IFS officers are much in demand?
Why officers belonging to Indian Forest Service (IFS) are much in demand for slots of Directors in Government of India (GOI) run various ministries & departments? Cabinet Secretary reportedly asked this question at one stage to GOI K.M. Chandrasekhar. Well, IFS officers have experience of field, especially in districts, which is possessed by IAS officers as well.
Chairman of NTPC to retire this month
Chairman of the NTPC R S Sharma is superannuating by this month end.
Minor bureaucratic changes in Madhya Pradesh
In a minor bureaucratic reshuffle the Madhya Pradesh government has assigned Sewaram Principal Secretary (PS) additional charge of Science & Technology. He is already holding charge of Fisheries, Horticulture, Food Processing, Biodiversity & Biotechnology. Ajit Kesri Commissioner Food & Civil Supplies has been given additional charge of Managing Director (MD) of MP State Warehousing Corporation.
IAS changes in J & K
B R Sharma will be new Principal Secretary Home.Samuel Verghese has been moved as Chairman of the J&K Special Tribunal. Asghar Hussain Samoon. Will be new Divisional Commissioner Kashmir.Naseem Lankar will now be Secretary School Education.K B Agarwal has been posted as Secretary Roads and Buildings Department. Basharat Ahmad Dhar will now move to Power Development Department (PDD).Mohammad Sayeed Khan has been appointed Secretary GAD.G A Peer has been madre Excise Commissioner in place of Pradeep Gupta, who was posted as Secretary CAPD and Transport departments.G A Qureshi will move as Joint Financial Commissioner (Agrarian Reforms). Vinod Sharma, will be Vice Chairman, Jammu Development Authority.
Vyas replaces Ganai as PS to J & K CM
Bharat Bhushan Vyas has been appointed appointed new Principal Secretary to the J & K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah.He is 1986 batch IAS officer.He will succeed K A Ganaie who has been transferred as Principal Secretary Planning and Development Department.
IPS reshuffle in J & K
There is major IPS reshuffle in J & K. New postings are Mssrs:-K Rajendra ADGP Armed and Law and Order, B Srinivas Chief of Intelligence Wing, Farooq Ahmad IG Security, S M Sahai, who was Officer on Special Duty in Resident Commissioner's office in Delhi IG Kashmir, Farooq Ahmad IGP Security ,Ram Lubhaya PHQ,Rafiq-ul-Hassan PHQ,Armed Dilbagh Singh Director Police Training Academy, Udhampur, Naveen Agarwal IG Railways,Arun Chowdhary IG Technical Services , CID D R Doley IG Headquarters,Chisti IG Armed/IRP Kashmir, Ravinder Kotwal IG Armed/IRP Jammu. Kifayat Haider SSP Security Kashmir,
IAS postings in Punjab
Dr Abhinav will be new ADC and ADC (development), Moga, Rupanjali will be new SDM, Khamano, Amit Kumar moves as SDM, Moonak, Joram Beda is the new SDM, Nihal Singh Wala and Neelima SDM, Lehra.
IAS shake-up in Uttar Pradesh
Raju Sharma will now be Member (Judicial. Sanjay Agarwal will replace Sharma as principal secretary, higher education. Lalit Verma will also be Member (Judicial Kumar Arvind Singh Deo will replace him. Jacob Thomas will look after Medical Education.Thomas's current charge, of Food and Civil Supplies will now be held by JN Chamber. PS PWD and CEO UP State Expressways Industrial Development Authority, Ravindra Singh, has been given the additional charge of housing and city planning and Kanshiram Integrated City Development departments.
Air India's short  term promotional schemes:
The National Aviation Company of India Limited (NACIL) of which CMD is Arvind Jadhav (IAS, 1978 batch –Karnataka cadre)  has announced short term promotional schemes that will be in force till September 30,2010. 1/ Monsoon Special Fare in Executive class: For Sale & Travel effective from August 21, 2010 to September 30,2010. Passenger pays full fare economy class and travels in Executive class. 2/Introduction of Special  fares on select domestic sectors under
‘UEIP’  fare basis : For Sale & Travel  effective from August 21, 2010 to September 30,2010. 3/The existing Companion free scheme in Full fare Economy class also extended on Easy Fare under ‘MEIP’  fare basis : For Sale & Travel effective from August 21, 2010 to September 30,2010. For further details  visit www.airindia.in

Rajneesh Vaish empanelled in GoI
Rajneesh Vaish has been empanelled to the rank of Joint Secretary in the Government of India.He is 1985 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Mukul Joshi to be Secretary  Pharmaceuticals
Mukul Joshi is being appointed Secretary Department of Pharmaceuticals. He is 1975 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.
Behuria  to be Secretary Fertilisers
Finally it has been decided to appoint Dr Sutanu Behuria as Secretary Fertilisers in the Government of India. He is 1976 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.
Raman to be Secretary Chemicals and Petro-Chemicals
M Raman is being tipped to be new Secretary Chemicals and Petro-Chemicals.He is 1976 batch IAS officer of TamilNadu cadre.

“Housing for rural poor will change face of rural areas”

“The provisions of proposed State Mission for Rural Housing and Habitat under which clusters of low cost, eco-friendly pucca houses are to be constructed in rural areas with financial assistance from the State Government, can really change the lives of the rural poor and will also help check migration from rural to urban areas”, said S. Sridhar, Chairman & Managing Director, Central Bank of India while addressing the 140th meeting of State Level Bankers’ Committee, Madhya Pradesh, at which Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan was the Chief Guest. The meeting was conducted by B. Mondal, General Manager of the Bank.

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Will J&K Bank Chairman resign ?
The J & K Government is believed to have asked Jammu and Kashmir Bank Limited (JKBL) chairman Dr Haseeb Drabu to resign.
Koutons Retail--Not quitting in a hurry
Not all is well with Koutons Retail India Ltd, as it has plunged deeper into trouble with its key management personnel now moving out to look for alternative career options with reports of the retail chain now struggling to pay salaries.

The market is already abuzz with the news that the lower-level employees of the retail chain numbering about 300 have not  been paid salaries for the past six months, retail industry sources said.
 
The latest in the chain of resignations had been  three directors and two senior executives putting in their papers during the past one-and-a-half months. Those who have been reported to have put in their papers are -- Rajiv Grover and Anik K. Khatod of  Argonaut Private Equity and Ajay Mittal  appointed by  venture capital firm UTI Ventures. The retail chain established in 1991, sells clothing for men, women and children from 1,374 outlets across India.
 
Another key personnel to quit the organisation was Ajay Mahajan, Chief Financial Officer leaving the existing board members of the company surprised as it was only on August 13, the company's board had met to consider and take on record un-audited financial results for the quarter ended 30 June and also declared the audited result for fiscal 2010.
Kolangara resigns from Ambika Cotton Mills Board
Sunil Kumar Kolangara, Nominee Director of UTI Venture Funds Management Company Pvt. Ltd., has resigned from the Board of Directors of the  Ambika Cotton Mills with effect from August 12, 2010.
Jain is CEO Tulip Telecom
Tulip Telecom  has appointed Sanjay Jain as Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
MPSEZ in Indonesia rail-and-project 
Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone (MPSEZ) along with other Adani Group subsidiaries wouldl participate in the construction of a rail-and-port project in Indonesia estimated to cost more than $1.6 billion.
Credit Suisse appoints MD
Credit Suisse has appointed Sanjeev Bajaj as Managing Director and Head (Fixed Income) India.
Jain is Company Secy. Astral Poly Technik
Ms. Richa Jain has been appointed as Company Secretary and Compliance Officer of  Astral Poly Technik Ltd with effect from August 25, 2010.
Falcon Tyres appoints Additional Director
Falcon Tyres has appointed Vijay Vaid as Additional Director of the company with effect from 14 August 2010.
Madison Media appoints Business Director
Madison Media has appointed Rajat Girdhar as the Business Director of its digital arm.
Kedlaya resigns from Wintac Ltd Board 
H. R. Kedlaya, Non-Executive and Independent Director of  Wintac Ltd has resigned as Director of the Company owning to his poor health. 
GIVO appoints CFO
GIVO Ltd has appointed  R. K. Sharma as Chief Finance Officer (CFO) of the Company in addition to his present responsibilities as Company Secretary and Compliance Officer of the Company.
Vallance is MD Firstsource Solutions
Firstsource Solutions Ltd has appointed Alexander Matthew Vallance as the Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of the Company w.e.f. July 28, 2010.
Beckons Industries recommends directors
Beckons Industries Ltd has recommended the appointment of Rana Watt as Wholetime Director and Deepak Kumar as Wholetime Executive Director of the Company by the Shareholders at their ensuing Annual General Meeting.
 
 

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Mohna says he’s not a US devotee!!!!
But just the opposite is evident from what we get to see!!!
 
Fact is the Nuclear Civil Liability (NCL) draft the Government proposed,
By ‘Indians was strongly opposed’!!!!
 
It undervalued Indian lives and was a ‘give away’!!!!
That is why ‘Mohna is pro US many say’!!!!
 
In the end grudgingly Mohna decided to give in!!!!
‘No welcome gift for Obama’ would be like a cardinal sin!!!
 
On Obama's arrival here he wanted to present Obama with a pro supplier NCL Bill!!
Present the pro supplier Bill to Obama with a covering note ‘ did as you did will’!
 
BJP says Kashmiris want autonomy and not jobs!!!!
From BJP one of it’s ‘high spin lobs’!!!!
 
Fact is Kashmiris are like kids who do not know what’s good for them!!!!
Like a flower trying to cut itself from the stem!!
 
Basically we’ve spoilt Kashmiris rotten!!!!
More than their fair share they’ve gotten!!
 
And if they did not want jobs then why did shopkeepers in the outskirts of Srinagar,
Pelt the stone pelters with stones and drove them out of their ‘nagar’ (area) !!!
 
Majority of Kashmiris are sick and tired of the bandh calls by hardliners!!!
In fact some say these guys are the ‘biggest whiners’!!!
 
Fact is these whiners get their orders from across the border!!!!
And orders are always the same ‘ create civil disorder’!!!
 
Doctor’s prescription is first get rid of Omar!!!!
And then let the whiners know ‘it’s now a fight aar ya paar’!!!!
 
Yes provide jobs and encourage trade!!!!
Try to make the Kashmir Industry ‘make the grade’!!!
 
Modi says ‘Congress has given supari to CBI to finish me’!!!!
In quite a few cases this ‘supari to CBI’ we get to see!!!!
 
 
Confucius says…… that is why they say CBI means Congress’s Bureau Investigation!
And do not forget it is supposed to be the premiere investigation agency of the Nation!!
 
Adds…. It is misused to let off friends and to persecute foes!!!
Q’s let off and hounding of 1984 genocide witnesses were the lows!!!!

Bharat Kumar

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“Good governance in India ; a paradigm shift !”

J L Nehru, a liberal democrat, governed India by allowing the public sector to attain “commanding heights of economy” to build infra-structures.
Sardar Patel , India’s Bismarck, ruled with an “iron hand”.
Lal Bahadur Shastri governed with his “modesty and honesty”.
Indira Gandhi ruled through “Nationalization” and later through “Emergency’, that proved her waterloo.
Sanjay Gandhi, the extra-constitutional authority during the emergency , ruled through “ Coercion”.
Rajiv Gandhi governed through “Missions”.
Morarji Desai governed through his “ Obduracy and the infamous Urine therapy”.
P V Narasimha Rao ruled by exchanging “Suite-cases of black money”.
H D Deve Gowda , a Prime Minister by chance, ruled by upholding “ liberalization”.
Atal Behari Vajpai governed through “delegation of power” to his close confidants both at “home” and “office”.
Dr Man Mohan Singh, the de jure PM, governs through “Groups of Ministers” .
Sonia Gandhi, the de facto PM, rules by “ back-seat driving” to avoid accountability.
State Chief Ministers rule by building infrastructure (including parks and memorials) through “Corruption” and by playing the Dalit, Hindutva and minority cards”.
Can the Aam aadmi still claim with pride: "Mera Desh Mahaan???”

A K SAXENA (A retired civil servant--With malice towards none!)

MPs seeking three fold hike 
"How far is it justified for the MPs , our representatives, who boast of being servants of aam aadmi, to seek three fold hike in their salaries when Aam Aadmi is writhing in pain due to unprecedented escalation of prices ? "
DM
Code of conduct for MPs ?
This is in regard to the hike in the salary & perks of MPs. Having argued (by MPs) that they should be given salary hikes along the similar lines with the Government employees (though, unlike babus, the bulk of their remuneration comes from hefty perks, salary being just the icing on the cake) should they also not lay down some minimum qualification for themselves? and should they not lay down some code of conduct/rules for themselves (like the Disciplinary & conduct rules, Service Rules Leave Rules etc) in line with the Govt employees?
DK
Delhi celebrates!
Really. The Games logo and the theme song released the other day is a big joke with Delhites. Caught in the worst traffic snarl on the waterlogged roads of Delhi after even a moderate rainfall one is forced to add after the song "meri dilli meri jaan, meri dilli meri shaan" hum sab hain pareshan. kuch public ka bhi karo dhyan. What about giving a final touch to this song by also adding what one would have seen at the back of trucks "Mera Bharat mahaan.Sau me se nabe beimaan (90 out of 100 are dishonest).as for the logo it will be more appropriate to show the figures beating their forehead rather than jumping with joy.So far no one is celebrating.
Aarti Khosla
Federal structure demands consideration by NDC
Developmental legislation, such as the N-liability Bill, which have all the impact on the state governments as in the case of Bhopal, deserve to be considered and approved by the National Development Council, where state Chief Ministers take part. Whose responsibility will it be in case of any nuclear disaster? Obviously that of the state concerned to reach immediate relief, provide rehabilitation and dispose of the radiating material or equipment. One equipment from the Delhi University created so much of panic & devastation and deaths too. The two governments took lot of time to react and act. It exposed the limitations of the state government in such matters. Delhi is no exception and all states suffer from this limitation. It was, therefore, incumbent upon the GOI to have placed the matter before the NDC and take the states into confidence. Non participation of the states in such important matters does not augur well for the growth scenario of the country. It adds to civil society worries when such a significant legislation is passed with just 252 votes, which is less than even 50% of the membership of the Lok Sabha! Our MPs have been demanding hefty raise in their salaries(which was approved after the N-Liability Bill was passed in less than one minute!!!), on the ground that they work very hard and actively contribute in making laws for the country. This number of 252 is a very good example of how many of them do really hard work & contribute to making laws for the welfare of the people! Some of them even chose to strike satirical notes and even mixed up Mexico with the Gulf of Mexico! Was it not the sacred duty of each and every parliamentarian to participate actively in the making of this law or its consideration? Can the nation hope anything from such representatives of the people? Can they tell the people as to what more important work they were doing when a piece of legislation that was agitating the minds of the people was being discussed in parliament? An honest analysis may even reveal that some of them were attending meetings where they accepted sitting fees( I refrain from explaining more). Will these representatives stand by the people if nuclear disaster takes place? Or they will put up a show of asking the Govt for extradition of an Anderson or a Quatrcchi or some other prominent figure? These names provide cheap punching bags for politicians, providing them publicity and opportunities for appearing on the television. We feel let down and join the Minister Shri Chavan in praying to God that no occasion ever arises to invoke the N-liability law in India!
M l Gupta
Total anarchy in transfer and posting orders of CBDT
The transfer and posting orders of Joint commissioners of Income tax is held up for last one month for no reason.
1. It is in the backdrop of the fact that there is huge shortage of officers in the field at Joint commissioner level leading to slackness in functioning of field formation of I.T.Department.
2. This has resulted in total demoralization of 30 odd officers who have made representation for transfer from one station to another.
3. Government is loosing Rs. 30 lakhs per month as it is paying salary to these officers while these officers are waiting for their orders and not doing any work.

I hope the concerned officers clear the file promptly before dirty linen is washed in public.

Nageswar Rao

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