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India Post to enter banking sector
The Department of Post of which Secretary is Ms. Radhika Doraiswamy , is going to enter into core banking through its 4000 post offices in urban areas.
Brijeshwar Singh NHAI chief gets 3 months extension
Brijeshwar Singh Chairman NHAI has been given three extension in his tenure.He is 1975 batch IAS officer of TamilNadu cadre.
Kaun Banega Tea Board Chief ? (5) K.K. Mittal
As the grapevine has it, K.K. Mittal, Commissioner and Secretary with the Assam government, is in race for the post of Chairman Tea Board. He is 1983 batch IAS officer of the Assam cadre.
Salauddin Ahmed is Rajasthan Chief Secretary
Salauddin Ahmed Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) to the Rajasthan government has been appointed as new Chief Secretary of the Rajasthan government. He is an IAS officer of 1975 batch who belongs to the Rajasthan cadre.He will succeed T Srinivasan who retires on August 31, 2010.
(We said this on June 9, 2010)
B K Patnaik is new Chief Secretary of Orissa
B K Patnaik has been appointed new Chief Secretary of Orissa. He is 1976 batch IAS officer.Patnaik was PS to the Orissa Chief Minister.
( We said this on June 7 )
Padhi is new Principal Secretary to Orissa CM
Aditya Prasad Padhi has been appointed new Principal Secretary to the Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. He is 1973 batch IAS officer.
Finally Bank CMD’s appointment controversy is over
Whom will Indian Prime Minister Dr. Man Mohan Singh pay heed to as far
as appointment of senior bankers as CMDs in public sector banks is concerned ?
Whether Dr. Singh will give weightage to Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee or DoPT. This question is hotly being discussed in banking, corporate & official circles because DoPT had raised certain issues to which Pranab Mukherjee has already responded and sent the file to PMO.Now the controversy is over and orders are expected soon.
Raman to be CMD of Canara Bank
S. Raman will take over as CMD of the Canara Bank.He is presently Executive Director of Union Bank of India.
( We said this on June 1 )
Pradeep to be CMD of Corporation Bank
Ramnath Pradeep, ED, Central Bank of India is all set to take over as CMD of the Corporation Bank .
( We said this on March 25 )
Arun Kaul to be CMD of UCO Bank
ED of the Central Bank of India Arun Kaul will be the new CMD of Kolkata-headquartered UCO Bank.
( We said this on March 26 )
Naveen Verma tipped to join in NSA
As the grapevine has it Naveen Verma who is Joint Secretary in central government’s Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is likely to join in National Security Advisor (NSA) Secretariat after completion of his deputation period of five years. He is an IAS officer of the1982 batch
who belongs to the Bihar cadre.
Who will be new DGP of Andhra Pradesh ?
R.R. Girish Kumar retires today as the next Director-General of Police, but his successor has yet not been made. Arvind Kumar is said to be ahead in the race.
Gotsurve joins MEA
Atul Gotsurve (IFS 2004) has joined MEA as Under Secretary in the LAC Division after his return from posting to Cuba.
Choudhury to assume charge as CMD, NTPC on Sept 1
Arup Roy Choudhury, Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) NBCC, will assume
charge as new CMD NTPC in place of R.S. Sharma who retires on August 31, 2010.
(We said this on July 27, 2010)
Justice Mishra to be new CJ of Rajasthan High Court ?
Justice Arun Mishra of the Madhya Pradesh High Court is likely to be appointed new Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court.
DTC spells bad news for SEZs in India
The recently announced Direct Tax Code (DTC) by Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has come as a harbinger of bad news for those who have set up or are setting up Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in India. The tax exemption that SEZs enjoy will be deprived of that
once DTC comes into force next year. Thus, overnight SEZs have turned highly unviable ventures. "The Centre, on Tuesday, said requests from certain quarters to provide income tax (IT) benefits for Special Economic Zones units in the Direct Taxes Code would be considered
before the proposed code is finalised for replacing the Income Tax Act." This was stated by Indian Minister of state for Finance S S Palanimanickam in the Rajya Sabha on May 6,2010. However, the DTC is totally silent on the IT exemption to units coming up in SEZs.
1978 batch IAS gets ACS rank in Punjab
Three 1978 batch IAS officers in Punjab Mssrs G S Sandhu, Sudhir Mittal and Ms Sujata Dass have been promoted to the rank of Chief Secretary.
All things on hold till Commonwealth Games
In the wake of delay in preparations for ensuing Commonwealth Games, everything else has now been put on the back burner in the Government of India (GOI).
Rakesh Singh gets pro-forma promotion
Punjab cadre 1978 batch IAS officer Rakesh Singh has been given pro-forma promotion to the rank of Chief Secretary. He is presently Additional Secretary Banking the Government of India.
Railways score a hat trick for Director’s post as ACC in DoPT
It is the third IRPS officer in a row in Chetain Jain who has become Director ACC in DoPT. He has succeeded Prabhat on 1992 batch and Prabhat had succeeded Alok Kumar an IRPS officer of 1987 batch.
IAS postings in Orissa
U N Behera has been appointed new Principal Secretary Home .Aurbinda Behera will be new Principal Secretary Forests and Environment.
Prabhat, Director (ACC) goes to USA for Training
Prabhat, Director (ACC), Department of Personnel and Training, New Delhi, has left for long term foreign Training programme in Master in International Development Policy at Duke University, USA.
A tale of twins in All India services
Here is an interesting tale of twins both of whom are in All India Services. They are: A.P.Joshi and A.K. Joshi. While, A.P.Joshi is an IAS officer of the 1978 batch from the Karnataka cadre, A. K. Joshi is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1975 batch who belongs to the Maharashtra cadre. Of them IAS brother is elder to the IFS brother by three minutes. They are “look alike to such an extent that if one sees them separately then he/she cannot differentiate
between the elder & the younger Joshi. A.P. Joshi on central deputation is Additional Secretary Atomic Energy. Alok Kumar Joshi is new PCCF Head of Force (HOF) in Maharashtra.
Andhra Bank CMD retiring today
Andhra Bank’s Chairman and Managing Director R S Reddy is superannuating on August 31.
Ramachandran to be new CMD Andhra Bank
R Ramachandran is all set to new CMD of the Andhra Bank. He is presently Executive Director in the Syndicate Bank.
( We said this on June 1 )
Dange tipped to be Information commissioner in Maharashtra
As the grapevine has it, J.P. Dange, Chief Secretary of Maharashtra, is tipped to be Chief Information Commissioner in Maharashtra in November. Dange is an IAS officer of the Maharashtra cadre who belongs to the 1973 batch.
Ramesh to be IG CRPF Raipur Sector
B N Ramesh is moving as IG CRPF Raipur Sector. He is 1988 batch IPS officer of West Bengal cadre.
Gurdayal Singh Member CEA may get 6 months extension
Gurdayal Singh Member Hydro who has additional charge of Chairperson(Secy.Level post) in the central government Central Electricity Authority (CEA) is likely to get six months extension. He is an Engineering background officer.
Deputation tenure of Sema extended
Central deputation tenure of G. Akheto Sema as Chief Vigilance Officer in the North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Ltd.(NEEPCO) Shillong has been extended for a period of two years. He is 1992 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
Gautam is new IG Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh
Arun Dev Gautam has been appointed new IG of Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh.He has replaced Ramesh Sharma who retired on Tuesday.He is 1992 batch IPS officer.
Anil Kumar Sachan’s central deputation on the anvil
The Government of India (GOI) has in the offer list retained the name of Anil Kumar Sachan. He is an IAS officer of the 1983 batch who belongs to the Assam-Meghalaya cadre.
Search Committee for Dy Governor RBI
A Search Committee is being set up for the selection of the new Deputy Governor of the RBI. Will he be an insider or outsider ?.
New ruling of Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has made it clear that the appointments committee of the cabinet, which decides postings of senior civil servants, is bound to disclose its reasons for turning down promotions or selections, so that it is not accused of “arbitrariness”.
Khanna to go to Denmark ?
Part-time Member in the Board of Re-construction of Public Sector Undertakings Sushil Khanna is likely to go on an assignment to Denmark.
Decision on new Financial Commissioner (FC) of Railways delayed
As the grapevine has it, decision to finalise name for next Financial Commissioner (FC) by the Railway Ministry has been delayed.
C.B. Singh is Director, Petroleum
C.B. Singh on central deputation has joined as Director Petroleum. He is an Indian Economic Service (IES) officer of the 1986 batch.
Interview for BPCL’s CMD on Sept 28
Interview for the post of Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of the Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) will be held on September 28, 2010.
TCS official annoys senior secretaries
Senior Secretaries are reportedly annoyed with TCS official.The official has been asked not to interfere in Indian Government business at all.
UPSC returns promotion file of IIS officers
UPSC has returned the file to the Ministry of I & B, related to about 40 IIS officer's promotions from STS to JAG Reason behind this is said to be non availability of ACRs of some officers. MIB had started promotion process in march this year & sent the file to UPSC in May. Despite several reminders by the MIB the concerned senior officers did't bother to send  ACRs within stipulated period. some ACR cases are said to be of years 2006-07 & .2007-08. UPSC reasons that all required ACRs should be enclosed with each case. Its quite surprising that, instead of pursuing, why MIB is not initiating actions against those erring officers who are responsible for inordinate delay ?
MP Govt to host national meet on skill development
The Madhya Pradesh government's department of Technical Education & Training of which Principal Secretary is Dr. Pukhraj Maru , is going
to hold one day national meet von skill development in Bhopal located RCVP Noronha Academy of Administration & Management (RCVPNAAM) on
September 1, 2010. Giving this information Dr. Maru said the workshop will be inaugurated by Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh
Chouhan. Key note address will be delivered by Narendra Jadhav a Member in the Planning Commission of India(PCI). Dr.Maru is an IAS officer of
the 1980 batch who belongs to the MP cadre.
Four IPS in Madhya Pradesh transferred
Madhya Pradesh government has transferred four IPS officers. Accordingly S Satish Bano has been posted as City Superintendant of Police (CSP) Nagda, Shiyas A has been posted as SDOP Kalaras, Jaydevan A has been posted as SDOP Khajuraho and Lalit Shakyawar has been posted as SDOP Jaora, district Ratlam.
IT officer in Tamil Nadu promoted for a day
IT officer S Kannan, posted in the Tamil Nadu region, has been promoted as Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax (ACIT) on Monday (Aug 30) and retained as CCIT (CCA) in the same region as he retires on Tuesday (Aug 31).
Mrs. Dokania promoted as JCIT
Mrs. Rita Kumari Dokania has been promoted as Joint Commssioner of Income Tax (JCIT).
CCIT Ahmedabad gets addl charge
CCIT Ahmedabad DS Rastogi has been given the additional charge of CCIT – II, Ahmedabad.

Asthana moves to Delhi
Dr N C Asthana IG Operations CRPF in Srinagar has been moved to Delhi as IG RAF.He is 1986 batch IPS officer of Kerala cadre.
Dua is new IG Operations CRPF in Srinagar
R K Dua IG CRPF in Raipur has been moved to Srinagar in place of Dr N C Asthana. He is CRPF cadre officer.
Dilip Rath to return to West Bengal
The Union Government has approved the proposal for premature repatriation of Dilip Rath, IAS(WB-79) to his parent cadre, with the condition of extended coolong off period.He is presently Joint Secretary in the Department of Animal Husbandry.
( We said this on August 5)
Teri University admissions
" TERI University announces admissions for the 4th MA in Public Policy and Sustainable Development. The programme sponsored by DoPT is suited for mid career civil servants and professionals in the corporate sector. The curriculum comprises of two semesters of course work in the Delhi campus, 6 weeks training at Universities in USA on select modules on public policy and one year major project at the place of posting. The last date for application is 30th September, 2010. Details are available at TERI University website www.teriuniversity.ac.in "
Central Bank signs MOU with DSP BlackRock Investment Managers
Central Bank of India, a leading Nationalized Bank of the country, has signed a distribution agreement with DSP BlackRock Investment Managers which envisages distribution of DSP BlackRock Mutual Fund Schemes through the Bank’s network of over 3600 Branches spread across the country. K.A. Somayajulu, Chief General Manager of the Bank exchanged documents pertaining to the MoU with S. Naganath, President and Chief Investment Officer of the Fund house.  

Sudhakar to be new Secretary Parliamentary Affairs
Latest information says that Special Secretary Corporate Affairs P D Sudhakar is being appointed new Secretary Parliamentary Affairs. He is 1976 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
Senior Bankers’ appointments very soon

Appointment of senior bankers as CMDs & EDs in public sector banks will happen by late evening on August 31, 2010 or September 1, 2010.
Medhekar is new DG NSG
R K Medhekar has been appointed new NSG Chief. He is 1975 batch IPS officer of Kerala cadre.He is presently Special Director BSF.
( We said this on August 23 )

Dash gets extension in deputation tenure
Central deputation tenure of Saroj Kumar Dash, Joint secretary in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, has been extended for a period of three months beyond November 27. He is 1980 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.
Ms Kar appointed JS, National Commission for Minorities
Ms. Esther Sakunthala Kar has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the National Commission for Minorites under the Ministry of Minority Affairs. She is 1983 batch IIS officer.
Gudey Srinivas is new Joint Secretary Mines
Gudey Srinivas, presently working as Director in the Ministry of Mines, has been appointed as Joint Secretary in that Ministry.He is 1990 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.
Maini appointed Dy MD, SIDBI
MK Maini has been appointed Deputy Managing Director of SIDBI. Orders in this regards have been issued on Tuesday
GIC CMD Lohiya gets extension
Yogesh Lohiya’s term as Chairman and Managing Director of General Insurance Corporation of India has been extended.

CORPORATE
Mushtaq Ahmad to be CMD of JKBL ?
ED of the J & K Bank Mushtaq Ahmad is likely to be appointed new Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Bank Limited (JKBL) in place of Dr Haseeb Drabu, who had resigned.
Vineet Jain is new Chairman of PTI
MD of the Times of India Group Vineet Jain has been elected Chairman of the board of directors of the Press Trust of India (PTI).M.P. Veerendrakumar will be Vice-Chairman.Other members of the board are Vijay Kumar Chopra ( Hind Samachar), N. Ravi ( The Hindu), R. Lakshmipathy ( Dinamalar), Aveek Kumar Sarkar ( Ananda Bazar Patrika), Shekhar Gupta ( Indian Express), K.N. Shanth Kumar ( Deccan Herald), Mahendra Mohan Gupta ( Jagran Prakashan), Hormusji N. Cama ( Bombay Samachar), Riyad Mathew ( Malayala Manorama) and Sanjoy Narayan ( Hindustan Times). The Directors from outside the newspaper industry are Professor E.V. Chitnis, Justice S.P. Bharucha and Fali S. Nariman.
New MD of APIIC
Ajay Mishra will be new MD of the Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC).
Moorthy resigns as MD, Wanbury Ltd
K.R.N. Moorthy has tendered his resignation as Joint Managing Director and Director of Wanbury Ltd w.e.f. August 31, 2010.
Sinha resigns from Petronet LNG Board
Ashok Sinha, Nominee Director of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) has resigned from the Board of  Petronet LNG Ltd w.e.f. August 19, 2010 consequent to his demitting the office of Chairman & Managing Director of BPCL.
Kemrock Board accepts Bakshi's resignation  
The Board of Kemrock Industries And Exports Limited has accepted the resignation of Mukund Bakshi as Director of the Company w.e.f. August 28, 2010, who resigned on account on his preoccupation and professional commitments.
Deb appointed MD of Can Fin Homes
Can Fin Homes Limited has appointed Dr. K.K. Deb as a Director and the Managing Director of the Company with effect from June 15, 2010.
Beardsell Ltd appoints Addl. directors
Amrith Anumolu and V.J. Singh (Nominee of LIC) have been appointed as additional directors  of Beardsell Ltd with effect from 12th August 2010 .
Nomura appoints Head (Equity Capital Markets)
Investment bank Nomura has appointed Indraneil Borkakoty as Head ( Equity Capital Markets), India.
RBEI appoints MD
Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions Ltd (RBEI), the engineering and IT solutions subsidiary of Bosch in India, has appointed Vijay Ratnaparkhe as the new Managing Director of RBEI. In his role. Ratnaparkhe will oversee all RBEI operations spread across Bangalore, Coimbatore and Vietnam.
Smadja retires from Infosys Board
Claude Smadja, Independent Director, Infosys Technologies Ltd, has retired from the company's Board of Directors.
Macquarie Capital appoints Head ( Equity Capital Markets) 
Macquarie Capital has appointed Sanjay Agarwal as Head (Equity Capital Markets).
 Vishwanath is CCO of DCB
J.K. Vishwanath has been appointed chief credit officer of Development Credit Bank Ltd.

Aaj Ki Aawaz
Mohna went to see CWG stadium and they showed him around!!
But by blinkers his vision was bound!!
 
They showed him what they wanted him to see!!
Why could you not have gone on a surprise unannounced visit Mohna Ji??
 
Then he viewed Peepli Live!!!
Had he seen the ‘uncensored’ version then in shame under the chair karta dive!
 
But the movie was doctored for him!!
Scenes they did not want him to see ‘they did trim’!!
 
It was ‘ Mehengai dainn ko Sarkaar khaye jaath hai’… Sarkaar was put in!!!
Whereas the original song says mehengai is doing us in!!
 
Mohna and Sonia are prisoners of ‘the system’!!
And to show them what the system wants them to see there is a well oiled system!!
 
BJP  has always had a  soft corner for Uncle Sam!!!
Very carefully Congress on the 123 Nuke Deal BJP did damn!!
 
In fact it tried to take credit for the 123 Deal!!
Used to say ‘ from us the credit for the 123 Deal Congress did steal’!!
 
On the Nuke Civil Liability Bill BJP extracted its pound of flesh!!
And showed as if it passed the Bill through ‘pro Public’ mesh!!!
 
Mohna in a hurry to get the Bill passed as a gift for Obama gave in!!
And gave BJP the chance to say ‘on unfair clauses in the Bill UPA we did pin’!
 
Fact is had the Bill gone through in its original form!!
All over the Nation it would have created a storm!!!
 
People are livid as to what people in Bhopal are facing!!!
How victims were short changed and how to save the powerful Sarkaar was found racing!
 
So actually its Bhopal gassing making headlines that made Congress re-think!!!
And that is why Congress did blink!! 
 
Understand that Kalmadi is preparing a dossier!!!!
With a ‘Media giant’ he’s been getting cosier and cosier!!
 
Excuses are being conjured up!!!
And very soon they’ll come out with one gup after another gup!!
 
In fact now Kalmadi wants the ‘whistleblowers’ to be blamed!!
And for doing this our Netas are famed!!
 
Inder Devta too will be put in the dock!!
‘All would have been well’ if Inder Devta had put on the ‘clouds a lock’!!
 
Rains caused damage and delays too!!!
At Inder Devta Kalmadi and his cohorts are going to boo!!
 
Confucius says….. our Netas have the ‘art of getting away’!!!!
And the ‘technology’ to get ‘whistleblowers’ to pay!!

Bharat Kumar

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Diplomacy and timidity
It appears that we always associate diplomacy with timidity. No where it was more exhibited than when we silently gulped the insult when our lady Ambassador (present foreign secretary) was woken up at 3AM and was handed over a protest note against India on a trivial issue some time back. It was also exhibited in the timidity shown by our FM when he swallowed the open insult, all in front of the press, by Pakistan’s India baiter FM, in comparing our Home Secretary with a despicable terrorist. Similarly whether it is Tibet or Kashmir we are always on the defensive. Government never talk or protest against or give publicity about the massacres and atrocities happening in POK. They never had an election. Punjabis are being settled there and a major portion of Gilgit and Baltistan is being ceded away to China. It is no wonder that China considers Kashmir a part of Pakistan. Our governing civilians are still in the 1962 mood with their tails still between their legs. They are not aware that our present day Army is not the same of Nehru of 50s and 60s.It will not be a cake walk as happened in 1962 if they again try to invade us. We need a different type of strategy when dealing with a nation like China, whose founding father himself declared that power flows from the barrel of a gun.
Navnith
Is PPS/Sr.PPS/PSO post necessary ?
Except a very few holding the above posts, the rest are enjoying. They simply refuse to take dictation saying that they are equal to US/DS/Dir. Because of their negligence, the poor steno D or C has to take dictation from senior officers though they are to take the same only at DO/US or equal level. These persons also cry when it comes to sitting late and they want the help of poor Gr 'D' or C. Then what for these posts are existing. It would be better if no of PS posts are increased and these posts are abolished as practically they do not serve the purpose for which it was created; except creating more problems for Gr D & C stenos. After all the salary is not the same for all from Gr.D to PSO. Then why Gr. D and C are to sit late with these persons when they simply attend to telephones only. CS II Section in DOPT is sleeping and it seems they will never wake. They are happy to the maintain the updated seniority list of PS/PPS/Sr. PPS/PSO but they are not bothered about steno D & C. Only God can help us.
G Saran
MP Academy
Does the academy have the right faculty for such foundation course of the elite service. It does not have proper infrastructure even.
S C Agrawal