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P K Mishra to be Secretary Steel
Latest information says that Establishment Officer in the Department of Personnel P K Mishra is being appointed Secretary Steel. He is 1976 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
Goyal  applies for VRS ?
Railway Board is agog with rumours that Member Staff A K Goyal has applied for VRS .
Will the next EC be PM’s choice ?
It is being hotly debated in the bureaucratic circles these days whether the next Election Commissioner be the choice of Madam Sonia Gandhi or the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh. Let’s also wait and watch.
Cadre of IAS officer changed
Cadre of Dr. Neeraj Kharwal has been changed from Bihar to Uttarakhand. He is 2007 batch IAS officer.
Deputation tenure of Alok Kumar extended
Deputation tenure of Alok Kumar, IAS(UP:88), as Secretary, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) under the Ministry of Power, has been extended for a period of three months beyond July 3.
Dr. Rakesh Hooja to take over as Director, IIPA on Friday
Dr. Rakesh Hooja whose request for voluntary retirement has been accepted by the Government of Rajasthan w.e.f. August 4 is likely to take over as Director, Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi, on August 6. He has been appointed for three years. The tenure could be extended for two years. The post of IIPA director is considered equal to secretary in GoI.
Jha is new JS and FA Social Justice
Ajay Narayan Jha has been appointed Joint Secretary and Financial Advisor in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. He is 1982 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre IAS officer.
Praveen Kumar appointed as CEO in Tamil Nadu
The Election Commission of India has appointed Praveen Kumar, IAS, as Chief Electoral Officer and also designated him as Secretary to Government, Public (Elections) Department. A Tamil Nadu cadre IAS officer of 1987 batch, Praveen Kumar, was so far Secretary Expenditure with Tamil Nadu government's Finance Department. He has succeeded Naresh Gupta who had retired on July 31, 2010.
( We said this on July 28 )
Sharan is new CVO BSNL
A.N. Sharan presently working as Director in the Ministry of Textiles has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer in the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL). He is 1985 batch IFS officer of Jharkhand cadre.
Chacko on the Board of MCX
DG of the Institute of Foreign Trade K T Chacko has been nominated on the Board of Multi Commodities Exchange of India.He is former 1973 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
IA&AS officer Ratnaparkhi transferred to Mumbai
IA&AS officer P. A. Ratnaparkhi, Director (Admn/TFC), in the office of Principal Director of Audit, South Central Railway, Secunderabad, has been transferred and posted as Director in the branch office Mumbai of the office of Principal Director of Commercial Audit and Ex-officio Member, Audit Board-IV, New Delhi against an existing vacancy.
DG NSG to retire this month
DG NSG N P S Aulakh is superannuating by this month end. He is 1972 batch IPS officer of Punjab cadre.
C Achuthan appointed member of 19th Law Commission
Corporate law expert and former Chairman of the Securities Appellate Tribunal, C Achuthan has been appointed part time member of the 19th Law Commission.
J.N. Banati promoted as Principal Staff Officer
DOPT has been promoted Senior Principal Private Secretary, J.N. Banati (Agriculture), as Principal Staff Officers (equivalent to Director).
Shukla is now DIG RPF
U.S. Shukla, Deputy CSC, Western Railway has been promoted as DIG-cum-Addl. CSC, Western Railway. He is a Railway Protection Force (RPF) cadre officer.
Four IDAS officers join IIPA
Four Officers from Indians Ordinance Factory Services Namely Dr. Abdul Samadh Khan, Mrs. Mamta Updhay Lal ,Kailash Nath Arya and Manoj Kumar Mohopatra have joined the APPA Course in the IIPA.
Will R K Sharma be new Chief Secretary of UP ?
Rumour mill says that 1976 batch IAS officer R K Sharma is going to replace Atul Kumar Gupta as Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh.
DPC for ACS in Maharashtra on August 13
DPC for the promotion to the rank of ACS in Maharashtra is going to take place on August 13.
UP POLITICS (3)
Mayawati has already started Vidhan Sabha poll preparations. Process of candidate selection has been started by the BSP. Her emphasis is now on her original vote bank with committed voters.
Forward Market Regulator is on anvil
Forward Market Regulator is in the offing. Meanwhile B C Khatua has been given re-employment for one year.
Two posts lying vacant in Settlement Commission
Two posts of Member in Settlement Commission based in Kolkata and Delhi have been currently lying vacant. A couple of IRS (C&EC) are in the run.
None empanelled from Punjab
Out of the three 1980 batch IAS officers no one has been empanelled to the rank of Joint Secretary in the Government of India.
Two Secretaries to meet soon for improving air link to Andamans
Home Secretary and Secretary (Civil Aviation) will meet today to discuss strengthen the infrastructure of Civil Aviation and air facility in Andaman and Nicobar island.
Steps being taken for NIA’s HQ building in Delhi
Cabinet Committee of Accommodation (CCA) has given approval to establish Headquarter of prestigious and newly NIA in Delhi. Ministry of Urban Development will accordingly take action to establish HQ office as early as possible.
Ashwani Kumar going on 1 year training
Ashwani Kumar Director (UT) will be going on training from last week of August, 2010 for the period of one year. He is an IAS officer of the 1992 batch who belongs to the UT cadre.
Sridhar appointed President and COO, NIIT GIS
S Sridhar has been appointed as President and COO of NIIT GIS at its Corporate Office in New Delhi.
Mewa Singh’s deputation to Punjab extended
Inter cadre deputation of Mewa Singh to Punjab has been extended by two more years. He is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1991 batch who belongs to the Tamil Nadu cadre.
K. Muralidharan GM, NHB granted VR
K. Muralidharan who was General Manager (GM) Refinancing with the National Housing Bank (NHB) has been voluntary retirement (VR).
I C Sharma to attend International Conference
I.C.  Sharma ,Executive Director, New Horizons India Limited will attend the International Conference to be held Washington D.C. from 10th to 15th August 2010 and represent the company  .New Horizons Computer Learning Centers is the world’s largest Computer training company, public listed and headquartered in Conshohocken, Philadelphia with franchised computer training centers in over 60 countries.
Empanelment of IRS officers of 1981 batch done
Emapanelment of Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officers belonging to the 1981 batch for posting as Joint Secretary in Government of India (GOI) has been completed. Altogether there were 70 officers in fray.
Five IAS get ACS rank in Gujarat
The Government of Gujarat has promoted five Principal Secretary rank IAS officers to Additional Chief Secretary's (ACS) rank at their existing places of postings.They are : V.N.Maira-Planning (1976 batch) Dr. Varesh Sinha -Labour and Employment, R.M.Patel-Panchayat, Gram/Gruh nirman (1977 batch ) and R.S.Saxena- Science & Technology and M.M. Shrivastava- Finance (1978 batch) .
Seven IAS officers get Principal Secretary rank
The seven officers have been promoted to the rank of principal secretary in Gujarat.They are Mssrs Sujit Gulati, Anil Mukim,PK Gera ,Atanu Chakravarthy,
AM Tiwari, Poonamchand Parmar and GC Murmu.
IPS changes in Gujarat
Dr Mira Ramnivas will now be Additional Police Commissioner (Administration) Ahemdabad. Sanjay Srivastava has been made JCP Surat. U D Joshi will now be JCP PHQ.
Amit Cowshish re-designated
Proposal of the Ministry of Defence for redesignation of Amit Cowshish, IDAS(77), presently Additional Financial Advisor, Ministry of Defence (Finance), in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary, as Additional Financial Advisor and Additional Secretary has been accepted.
Civil Service expresses solidarity with anti-corruption drive in NAFED
In an unprecedented expression of solidarity, the Civil Service fraternity has stood behind the operation clean-up in corruption ridden NAFED. Dr. C. V. Ananda Bose(IAS Officer 1977 Kerala cadre) who took strong action against the wrong doers, unmindful of the
consequences, is slated to receive an important assignment, sending the right signals down the line. Dr. Bose was recently empanelled as Secretary to Government.
Ritu Bahri to be Judge of Punjab and Haryana HC !
Ritu Bahri is being tipped to be a judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
Railway transfers and postings
RK verma of SAG/IRSE has been posted as CTE in WR itself while Atul Kumar of SAG/IRSS on being relieved from the post of COS/Metro
has been transferred to CR and posted in the cadre.
Post of OSD in ITPO on deputation basis vacant
One post of Officer on Special Duty in Indian Trade Promotion Organization (ITPO - A Government of India Enterprise) under the administrative control of the Department of Commerce for a period of two years on deputation basis is vacant.
Srivastava appointed Additional Secretary Mines
 
S.K. Srivastava presently Additional Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Mines. He is 1978 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.
 
      ( We said this on July 2)
 
Rakesh Sarwal is new JS AYUSH
 
Dr. Rakesh Sarwal presently working as Joint Secretary in the Department  of Public Enterprises as Joint Secretary  has now been made Joint Secretary in the Department of Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH).He is 1988 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre IAS officer.
 
A K Singh is new DDG CAPART
 
 
Ajay Kumar Singh presently working as Director in the Department of Land Resources has been appointed as Deputy Director General, in the Council for Advancement of People's Action and Rural Technology (CAPART) (Joint Secretary level).He is 1987 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.
 
 
 
Tripathi is now JS Cabinet Secretariat

Upendra Tripathi presently Joint Secretary, Ministry of Minority Affairs has been appointed  as Joint Secretary, in the Cabinet Secretariat. He is 1980 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre. Earlier 1981 batch Bihar cadre IAS officer B P Sharma had been appointed to the post.
 
 
Dilsher Singh Kalha returns to Punjab cadre

As the grapevine has it Dilsher Singh Kalha Advisor to the Planning Commission of India (PCI) has returned to his parent cadre of Punjab. He is an IAS officer of the 1977 batch.

Gupta posted as Secretary in Railway Board
V K Gupta, HAG/IRSE, Adviser (Land & Amenities), Railway Board has been temporarily  posted as Secretary, Railway Board in his present grade for a period of three months or until further orders. He has replaced Shivaji Rakshit, IRAS who took VRS.

CORPORATE

Gopal Das is Acting CMD of BSNL
Gopal Das who is Director (HR) has been appointed acting CMD of the BSNL.
Dy Governor stripped off portfolios
In an unprecedented move Deputy Governor of the RBI Dr K C Chakrabarty has been stripped of his important portfolios.He will now look after the Raj Bhasha Department ,IT,Customer Services and Inspection
IPS officer Gautam is CMD of Urja Vikas Nigam in Gujarat
1992 batch IPS officer V J Gautam has been appointed new CMD of the Urja Vikas Nigam , Vadodara.
Mukesh Ambani eyes BP assets in Africa 
Grapevine has it that  Reliance Industries Ltd Chairman Mukesh Ambani is keen on buying the assets of the British Petroleum (BP) Company in Tanzania and three other African countries. 
Scooters India to be revived
Scooters India Limited which launched Lambretta in 70s and then Vijay Super is likely to be revived.
Dhawan appointed President of Symphony
Sanjay Dhawan has been appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Symphony Service Corp., a global company specializing in software product.
McGarty is President Lupin Pharmaceuticals
Lupin Ltd has announced the appointment of Paul McGarty as president of its US subsidiary, Lupin Pharmaceuticals.
Sona Koyo Steering appoints Additional Director
 Sona Koyo Steering Systems Limited has appointed Dr. Rakesh Mohan as Additional Director of the Company. 
Royal Cushion Vinyl makes top-level appointments 
Royal Cushion Vinyl Products Ltd has re-appointed  Mahesh K. Shah as Managing Director,  Vinod K. Shah as Executive Director and  Mukesh A. Motasha as Executive Director for a period of 3 years w.e.f. April 01, 2011 subject to approval of the Central Govt. including shareholders .
Kumar is Additional Director, Indraprastha Medical Corp.
Indraprastha Medical Corporation Limited has appointed Rajendra Kumar, Secretary (Health & Family Welfare), Govt. of NCT of Delhi as an Additional Director of the Company.
Nair resigns as Whole-time Director  Sabero Organics
S.R.B. Nair, Whole-time Director of Sabero Organics Gujarat Ltd has tendered his resignation from the office of the Director of the Company w.e.f. July 31, 2010.
Sharma resigns as Bata India Director
M. K. Sharma, Independent Director of Bata India Ltd has resigned from the Board of the Company and his resignation was accepted with regret by the Board of Directors at its meeting held on July 29, 2010. 
Chopra is MD, Piccadily Agro 
Harvinder Chopra has been appointed as the Managing Director by the board of directors of Piccadily Agro Industries Ltd  with effect from August 2, 2010 for a period of three years.
 

ABC Paper appoints CMD
ABC Paper Ltd has appointed  J. K. Khaitan as Chairman & Managing Director w.e.f. July 17, 2010.
Nagesh is Independent Director, Shoppers Stop
The board of directors of Marico Limited have inducted B. S. Nagesh, Customer Care Associate and Vice Chairman of Shoppers Stop Limited, as a Non-executive Independent Director of the company.
Oriental Bank appoints Director  
Oriental Bank Of Commerce has appointed  B.Sriniwas, as RBI Nominee Director of the bank.
Iyer is CEO, The Collective 
The Collective, the chain of luxury menswear stores has appointed Ram Iyer as the Chief Executive Officer.
Sen is Creative Director, Impact Marketing Services 
Impact Marketing Services, has appointed Kaushik Sen as Creative Director.
Srinivasan is new MD of Federal Bank
Shyam Srinivasan will be the new Managing Director and CEO of the Federal Bank. He will succeed M.Venugopalan who has retired.
Somasundaram is MD and CEO of Lakshmi Vilas Bank
P R Somasundaram has been appointed MD and CEO of Lakshmi Vilas Bank.Earlierhe was the CEO and MD of Standard Chartered - STCI Capital Markets Limited, a subsidiary of Standard Chartered Bank.
New President of Tata Communications
Ms Laurie Bowen has been appointed as President, Sales and Strategy for Global Data & Mobility by the Tata Communications.
New President of Lupin,s US Subsidiary
Paul McGarty has been appointed as President of Lupin,s Ltd subsidiary in the US, Lupin Pharmaceuticals Inc.
BHEL to outstrip its revenue target for 2012
Power equipment blue chip BHEL expects to outstrip its revenue target for 2012 and become a Rs 50,000-crore ($ 11-billion) company, its Chairman and Managing Director, B. Prasad Rao has said. The company, which closed fiscal 2010 with revenue of Rs 34,000 crore, is likely to sustain the 20-25 per cent annual growth rate through 2017, Rao who is evaluating the two Bangalore units' ongoing capacity expansion programme quipped. Stressing that there has been no let-up in orders, he said, “During the first three months of this fiscal, the company has registered orders worth Rs 10,000 crore. A number of tenders are in the pipeline. We expect that there is going to be no let-up in the orders. We had a cumulative average growth rate of around 25 per cent during the Eleventh Plan period and expect this kind of growth rate till 2017”.

 

Aaj Ki Aawaz
 
Hear Kalmadi is pressing his contacts in the Media to do a throttle job!!
In front of one Media baron he did even sob!!
 
He wants the Media glare on the CWG chori to stop!!
And threatens if this goes on CWG could flop!!
 
So in fact he’s found an excuse if CWG Games flop because of the shoddy work!
The Games will flop because of revelations of his chori….. what a jerk??
 
Mohna should have spoken on this chori!!!
But seems he’s not got a yank on his dorri!!!!
 
His Boss has to give him the okay by yanking his dorri!!!
If the yank is not there he will keep quite on this blatant chorri!!
 
Kalmadi’s chori is Congress’s shame!!!
Because Kalmadi carries the Congress name!!!
 
Though Mani and Gill have taken a anti Kalmadi stance!!
Maybe tacitly to deflect blame on Congress they’ve been made to do a war dance!!
 
Fact is thousands of ‘siphon Companies’ were made!!!!
And via these Companies crores have been waylaid!!
 
Rajya Sabha seats have been sold time and again!!!
And Political Parties have sold seats for gain!!!
 
RS was supposed to be ‘House of Elders’…. now it’s House for Moneybags!!!
Now seats are auctioned and these seats the highest bidder bags!!!
 
Our Netas will make money even from RS seats!!!
In making money all other professions our Neta ji beats!!
 
Now Omar wants a political package and then he’ll ask for an economic one!!!
And then he’ll ask for humanitarian one after the economic one is done!!
 
Now time for talks is over and India needs to take matters head on!!!
And for this first step is expunge from CM’s chair Farroukh’s son!!
 
Then stop all this talk of ‘friendship talks’ with Pakistan !!!!
Make it clear ‘don’t take pangaa with Hindustan ’!!!
 
Increase in the Valley the Armed Forces presence!!!
And make it clear to Armed Forces too ‘ will not tolerate from them any unlawful nonsense’!!!
 
Be fair while fighting terror!!!!
And these cash awards for quelling terror in the Valley are an error!!
 
Confucius says.... Some of our men in khakhi and green are afflicted by greed and lust!
Punishing such men is a must!

Acts out of greed and lust cannot be taken to be damage of the collateral kind!!
Take harsh measures wherever such acts Government does find!!

 
Bharat Kumar

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Request Letter for kind consideration of Kalmadi .

Dear Kalmadi Sir,

I having one spare umbrella at home & want to give on rent. same amount of rent is acceptable as given to AM films, U.K. Rs 6320 is O.K for me for rent for 45 days. In case you want for more, I am happy to give for rent for one year or whole life. Umbrella useful in rain and also Sun. If rain is over, no problem Sun is always shining. I also incidentally have two spare chairs in my house which I am willing to give on rent for Rs. 8600 each. unfortunately do not have anything else to spare. This earning of Rs. 23,520 will be adequate to cover monthly vegetable bills as my salary falls short of expenses & had stopped buying vegetables one year back. Please keep our this deal confidential. No paper work is required. No contract required. I have faith & trust in you. Word of mouth is adequate. This is windfall gain for me therefore do not tell income tax people. It is only to meet both ends.

Thanking You

Ritu Sharma

Don’t demoralise engineers

I was associated with 1982 Asiad and part of 2010 CWG. Please do not demoralise our engineers. This will make things worse. Trust me, most of them are competent and sincere. We have to take clearance from a dozen of authorities. That took time and a very little time was left for execution. This is not the case with other countries, thanks to our democratic system. Our only goal should be successful organisation of CWG. Rest can follow.

SD

A suggestion

It would be in the fitness of things if a part of the 1 lakh crores for the CWG is set aside for renovation and refurbishing of Tihar Jail in Delhi to provide VIP accommodation to the likes of Suresh Kalmadi, T.P. Darbari, Jarnail Singh etc after the Games. Kiran Bedi too could be appointed as a Consultant to Tihar Jail and she could conduct classes in Vipasana meditation to the VIP convicts. Vipasana meditation helped her convicts ,when she was IG (Prisons), to get rid of bad habits like smoking, drinking and fornication. But what about the bad habit of eating black money?

D Choudhury
Kalmadi, the winner

Like the corrupt politicians who after winning an election go around claiming that they have won people’s mandate, Kalmadi and the gang will masquerade themselves as heroes if the CWG happens to be a success. All his misdeeds will be condoned by the benevolent UPA Government and expose journalists will go in search of fresh pastures. Kalmadi will try to ease himself out from IOA and get into other sports bodies. He has already put his full efforts to capture our national game, Hockey and put an octogenarian lady as its President. After doing nothing for sports for more than a decade, he will preside over the final liquidation of hockey.

N Sriram

CRPF spoils the show in Kashmir

CRPF has made a hash of things in Kashmir, even after it was handed over the task after things had largely calmed down, and peace was on the upswing in the valley. From Dantewada to Srinagar, CRPF seems to be unable to acquit the job it has been given. Indeed, the mess made in Kashmir, is ample proof that it is only making things worse!  The BSF should be brought back to security duties in Kashmir. CRPF needs a complete overhaul, and re-training if it is to be able to do its job, as it is defined today. Its personnel seem to be indisciplined, untrained, and utterly vulnerable in the face of anyone except unarmed civilians. The way CRPF is going right now, it should be renamed to "Central Requires Protection Force", not Central Reserve Police!
 
Adi Anilraj

Mismanagement of quarters

Mismanagement of Type IV quarters at Laxmi Bai Nagar, New Delhi by CPWD-
1.CPWD has dug up the whole colony to install light posts ,however as usual it has forgotten to remove the dug up soil .
2.similarly surplus bricks which were brought for the construction are lying all around, this is dangerous for the children and elderly.
3.Nice tiles have been used outside the colony on the pavements, however due to weak foundation work most of the tiles have not been properly fitted making the pavement dangerous at places.
4. The parks in the colony are not maintained at all.
I wonder when will CPWD learn to do its work properly and whether the secretary of the concerned department take note of this complaint and take action against erring officers.

Vikash (a resident of the colony)

"Khuda Hafiz to Indo-Pak civilian talks."

As an Indian Muslim, I would entirely go along with A K Saxena's suggestion as captioned above. Let the Indian Government take his suggestion seriously for establishing lasting peace in the region. I have relations in Pakistan. They pray for peace between the two countries and so does every Indian Muslim. Amen!

Dr Shahid Islam, Bhopal, MP

IAS is against IRS

Its a farce that IAS is against IRS. The reality is that IAS men are smart and use their proximity with political power to get better things to themselves. Where as IRS is always boasting its empty powers and keep their ego at peak taking pride in tax troubling the powers that be. The real shocker is the fact that IRS is against IRS. One rarely finds an IRS helping a fellow IRS. Some of them take pride in launching false vigilance cases and spoiling ACRs to remove another IRS officer in the promotion and other avenues. The fact of the matter is that a negative service like IRS gets help from nobody.

Shari

It’s a shame

I am retired IFS with research background and involved with NGOs. This has reference to your news item about DoPT not clearing the files of MoEF. It is the biggest shame for this Ministry that the post of DG ICFRE has not been filled up for the last 12 months. The selection of Dr Bahuguna only IFS officer who had worked for 12 years in research with credibility is being torpedoed by the power that be to bring in a very poor specimen with no reaserch publications. The file is pending with DoPT for the past 2 months on vague compliants engineered for the purpose. I think PMO need to intervene in such cases. God save this country's forests

R R Daya

Military and Diplomacy

Pakistanis have India phobia and specially their Generals. Coming to India, being saluted, utmost importance being given to them by India or Indian Army is a life long dream for life for them. It is a wish fulfilment. Do not they always wish to stand on the ramarts of Red fort. Let me tell you, our Generals can treat them well and they would listen to them. They understand them. It is well known to Indian Army folks who serve with Pakistani officers in UN Missions. When Nehru had no hesitation in talking to the Pakistani Generals, why should a bloated ego MEA snob refuse to that. For national interests, if Rodhman Hillary Clinton can call on Kayani, why not the Indians. There is something silly about our senior elitist non functional establishment. Most of the time they are more worried about their egoistic equation and status rather than given to achieve something for the country. Their false sense of status si above country. They think that every General in the world is their underdog like it is back home. Country’s interests demands that we deal with any one who matters. Generals after all are a better bet. Why do not we shed known and typical castiest mindset. Another problem is that Indian politicians and diplomacy has been always been outsmarted by the Generals across and Indians are afraid in dealing with them. Mushraff is the example. Break the impasse and talk to Kayani. Or, talk to him through Gen VK Singh being let loose on him militarily.

Radhe Shyam

Spineless honesty is worse than a straight forward dishonesty.

Chaitanya