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Rajiv Mathur to succeed Vijay Kumar ?
In all probability Rajiv Mathur will succeed Vijay Kumar as Director of National Police Academy,Hyderabad. 1974 batch Chhattisgarh cadre IPS officer Mathur is presently DG NCRB..
Will Ramasubban be Secretary Fertilisers ?
There are rumours that 1976 batch West Bengal cadre IAS officer K S Ramasubban will succeed S Krishnan as Secretary Fertilisers on September 1. Insiders, however, rule out this possibility since Ramasubban is retiring on April 1.
Ravi Mathur to be Additional Secretary Labour
Ravi Mathur is being appointed Additional Secretary Labour in the Government of India. He is 1979 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre
P K Mishra appointed Secretary Steel
Establishment Officer in the Department of Personnel P K Mishra has been appointed new Secretary Steel.1976 batch UP cadre IAS officer Mishra will succeed Atul Chaturvedi on September 1.
( We said this on July 3)
Will Kuldeep Chaturvedi be Member (Traffic)
Grapevine has it that Kuldeep Chaturvedi is being appointed Member (Traffic) in the Railway Board.
Goyal to join RCT !
Member (Staff) in the Railway Board who has applied for VRS is reportedly joining the Railway Claims Tribunal (RCT) as Member. He is reportedly leaving on Monday.
Who will be Member Staff in Railway Board ?
Name of GM Southern Railway Deepak Krishnan has also started doing the round for the post of Member (Staff) Railway Board. Name of GM of ECOR, A K Vohra is already in circulation.
Mahmood Ahmad tipped to be Director UD
Mahmood Ahmad on central deputation is likely to be appointed as
Director in Ministry of Urban Development (UD). He is an Indian Postal
& Telegraph Service (IP&TS) cadre officer of the 1993 batch.
Ms. Alka Panda posted as Dy. DG, BIS
Ms. Alka Panda has been appointed as Deputy Director General (DDG) in
Bureau of Indian Standard (BIS), Government of India. She is an IAS
officer of the 1983 batch who belongs to the Orissa cadre.
Govt to keep a vigil on Black berry
An officer of the rank of Addl. D.G. of Secret Agency would keep
vigilance of Black Berry Phone Server in India. Like the American
concept, Indian Government also wants a security checkup for Black
Berry Server. Government does not want to take any risk for national
security.
Sudip Bandopadhya of TMC likely to get a cabinet berth
Sudip Bandopadhya a Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha who belongs to
Trinmool Congress may become a Minister in Government of India.
Two Secr rank officers in GOI to get new assignments
Two Secretary rank officers are likely to get new assignments. One of them is tipped to be a Member of the Election Commission and other one may head for the establishment of Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) as a Member.
Keshav Chandra is GM, North Frontier Railway
Keshav Chandra has taken over the charge of General Manager, North
Frontier Railway (NFR), Guwahati, Assam. Earlier, he was posted as AGM
in Northern Railway.
Muruganandam assumes office of PS to Vasan
N Muruganandam who has been posted on central deputation as private secretary (PS) to Union Minister of Shipping GK Vasan has assumed his office. He is Tamil Nadu cadre Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the 1991.
None empanelled from Punjab
Out of the three 1980 batch IAS officers in Punjab, no one has been empanelled to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India.
IA&AS officer Hegde transferred to Bangalore
IA&AS officer T. L. Hegde, Deputy Director in the branch office Chennai of the office of Director General of Audit, Post & Telecommunications, Delhi, has been transferred and posted as Deputy Director in the branch office Bangalore of the office of Principal Director of Audit, Scientific Departments, New Delhi.
GM FCI UP Region goes on leave
General Manager of Food Corporation of India UP region Pushpendra Rajput has reportedly been sent on long leave. He is 1999 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.
Chaturvedi is GM FCI UP Region
R K Chaturvedi has been sent from the FCI Headquarters to take charge of General Manager ,UP Region.
Dr Shashikala Gurpur appointed member of 19th Law Commission
The dean of Symbiosis Law Institute, Pune, Dr Shashikala Gurpur, has been appointed part time member of the 19th Law Commission.
Sharma promoted as Principal Staff Officer
DOPT has promoted Senior Principal Private Secretary, M.C. Sharma (Commerce), as Principal Staff Officers (equivalent to Director).
Sanjay Sanskrityayan promoted in RPF
Sanjay Sanskrityayan, Deputy CSC, NWR has been promoted as DIG-cum-Addl. CSC, Northern Western Railway. He is a Railway Protection Force (RPF) cadre officer.
Two CSS officers join IIPA
Two Officers from Central Secretariat Service Namely V Peddanna and Mrs. Saheli Ghosh Ray have joined the APPA course in the IIPA.
UP POLITICS (5)
There is still rumour that Amar Singh will return to his old party Samajwadi Party. One can not rule out the possibility. Samajwadi party leaders, however, rule out the possibility.
Zero level man-days is Gujarat’s USP: Narendra Modi
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in meeting with delegation of office bearers of top investment firms across the globe in Gandhinagar
said on August 5, 2010 that a reliable environment is something that an investor looks for, before investing. The Gujarat state has
continuously managed to keep itself investor-friendly region by taking various initiatives even in the time of global financial crisis. The
delegation comprising about 15 office bearers of top investment firms of USA, Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, Abu Dhabi besides India, is
on a tour to Gujarat. Chief Minister said that State government is adopting newer dimension of growth. ‘New Gujarat’ is taking birth
along the 1600-km. coastline and different types of modern cities are going to be developed along with special investor’s zone. Inviting
investors to participate in forthcoming Gujarat Global Investors’ Summit-2011, Chief Minister said that there is no dispute regarding
industrial land in Gujarat. He made it clear that land acquisition should not happen at the cost of farmers. Industries should also not
grow at the cost of environment, Narendra Modi added.
Will Bablani be Member of Settlement Commission ?
Once selected for the post of Member Settlement Commission senior IRS (C&EC) officer A K Bablani has reportedly been denied the job. He is believed to have now given a representation to the Government.
Will Thakur go to Indian HC in Dhaka ?
Pankaj Kumar Thakur is likely to be appointed Ist Secretary Indian High Commission in Dhaka. He is 1998 batch IPS officer of Karnataka cadre.
File for CBDT’s Member moved
As the grapevine has it, file for appointing new CBDT Member has been finally initiated.
K.K. Khandelwal accompanies Sukhbir Kataria to Israel
Sukhbir Kataria, Agriculture Minister with the Haryana government, is leading a delegation to Israel. K.K. Khandelwal Principal Secretary (PS) to Haryana Chief Minister & Director Horticulture are among others who are currently away to Isreal. He is an IAS officer of the 1985 batch who belongs to the Haryana cadre.
CBDT Chairman in CoS
For the first time CBDT Chairman S S N Moorthy has been inducted into the CoS to select the new Members of the CBDT.
K. Rajaraman posted as Secr to Govt (Special Initiatives) in TN
K. Rajaraman Special Officer in the Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Department who was attending to the Chennai Metro Rail Project, is posted to act as Secretary to Government (Special Initiatives). Rajaraman shall also function as Managing Director, Chennai Metro Rail Ltd. vice Dr. T.V. Somanathan who has been deputed to Government of India.
Six IPS promoted as DIG in Punjab
As many as six IPS officers have been promoted as DIG in Punjab. They are Paramraj Singh, (PB :1995), Paramjit Garewal (PB : 1993), kartar Singh (PB : 1993), naresh Kumar (PB : 1994), Ram Singh (PB : 1994), Pramod Ban (PB : 1995), Mohd Faiyaz Farooqui (PB : 1995), Gautam Cheema (PB : 1995) and Laxmee Kant Yadav (PB : 1996).
IAS reshuffle in Andhra Pradesh
Excise Commissioner Hiralal Samaria has been appointed Principal Secretary of the Backward Classes Welfare Department. V.K.G. Agarwal, presently Vice-Chairman and MD of the APIDC will be new Excise Commissioner.Health Secretary P.V. Ramesh will move as Commissioner, Public Health and Family Welfare. V. Nagi Reddy will be new Secretary Health. A.C. Punetha has been transferred as Principal Secretary, Revenue, in place of Rajeswar Tiwari who has been appointed as Metropolitan Commissioner, HMDA. Tiwari will replace B.P. Acharya who has been posted as Principal Secretary, Industries and Commerce Department.A. Vidyasagar has been posted as Special Commissioner in the office of the Chief Commissioner of Land Administration.
IAS changes in Haryana
Anand Mohan Sharan, additional resident commissioner, Haryana Bhawan at New Delhi and Director and Special Secretary, Social Justice and Empowerment and Administrator, Trade Fair Authority has been appointed director and special secretary, Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes.Sant Kumar has been posted as director, Secondary Education. Ashok Khemka has been posted as member secretary, State Administrative Reforms Commission. Neelam Pradeep Kasni will be the new deputy commissioner and commissioner of Karnal. JS Ahlawat will be the new Panipat deputy commissioner.
Dr Iyer administered oath as GERC Member
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi administered oath to Dr. M.K.Iyer
a newly appointed member of Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission
(GERC) on August 5,2010Modi also congratulated him (Dr. Iyer) for the
same.  Chairman of the commission Dr. P.K.Mishra, member Pravin Patel,
Chief Secretary A.K.Joti and K.Kailashnathan Principal Secretary to
Chief Minister were mainly present on the occasion.
IPS reshuffle in Arunachal Pradesh
With madhup tewari joining as DIG Int/Ops,now Devesh Shrivastava will look after DIG headquarters and crime in arunachal.Devesh will also look after charge of MD/police housing corporation and Director Fire Services.Robin Hibu will look after DIG/Eastern Range and Traffic.Tashi Lama will look after Western Range,Training and Mt/Wt.
Sarkar is new CIC West Bengal
Sujit Kumar Sarkar has been appointed new Chief Information Commissioner in West Bengal. He is retired 1972 batch IPS officer.

IT Dy Commissioner Ravichandran gets Voluntry Retirement

Voluntry Retirement request of NippaliL Ravichandran, Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax, Mumbai, has been accepted. He stands retired from August 9, 2010.

IT Asstt Commissioner Thyagarajan gets Voluntry Retirement

Voluntry Retirement request of VM Thyagarajan, Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax, Central Circle, Chennai, has been accepted. He stands retired from August 18, 2010.

18 State Civil Service officers promoted as IAS in Tamil Nadu

As many as 18 Tamil Nadu State Civil Service officers have been promoted as Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers. They are K. Maharabushanam, V. Sampath, C. N. Maheswaran, T. Munsamy, S. Sivashanmugaraja, Mrs. B. Maheswari, Mrs. V. Amuthavalli, K.S. Palanisami, M. Mathivanan, J. Jeyakanthan, K. Baskaran, V. Shantha, M. Karunakaran, S. Natarajan, V. Rajaraman, K. Nagarajan, C.T. Manimekalai, Dr. R. Selvaraj and R. Lilly.   

20 IAS officers in Tamil Nadu transferred

As many as 20 IAS officers in Tamil Nadu have been transferred. Accordingly, V. Sampath, General Manager, Tamil Nadu Ex-Servicemen Corporation is now Additional Commissioner of Industries & Commerce, C.N. Maheswaran is the new Joint Commissioner of Civil Supplies & Consumer Protection, T. Munusamy is Joint Commissioner (Land), Land Administration Department, S. Sivashanmugaraja is Deputy Secretary to Government, Public Department, Mrs. B. Maheshwari, is posted as Joint Commissioner of Municipal Administration Mrs. V. Amuthavalli is Additional Registrar of Cooperative Societies, M. Mathivanan is Additional Commissioner of Sugar, J. Jeyakanthan is Special Officer, Chief Ministers Secretariat, K. Baskaran is Director Information & Public Relations (He will also be the Ex-officio Deputy Secretary to Government, Tamil Development, Religious Endowments & Information Department) who shall also function as Special Officer, Chief Ministers Special Cell, Mrs. V. Shantha is Deputy Secretary to Government , Rural Development and panchayat Raj Deparmtnet, S. Nagarajan is posted as Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department, S. Natarajan is posted as Deputy Secretary to Government, Revenue Department, V. Rajaraman is posted as Deputy Secretary, Monitoring Unit, Chief Ministers Office, K. Nagarajan is posted as Joint Commissioner (DM & M), O/o the Commisisoner of Revenue Administration, Mrs. C.T. Manimekalai is posted as Deputy Secretary to Government, Labour and Employment Department, Dr. R. Selvaraj is posted as Deputy Secretary to Government, Health & Family Welfare Department, Mrs. R. Lilly is posted as Deputy Secretary to Government, Transport Department, K. Maharabushanam is appointed as Executive Director, Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board in the IAS cadre, K.S. Palanisami, is appointed as Commissioner , Corporation of Salem and M. Karnunakaran is appointed as Joint Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Cooperative Milk Producers Federation Limited. 

CORPORATE

Kaura is new MD of ACC
Kuldip K Kaura has bee appointed as Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director of ACC Limited with effect from 13th August .He succeeds Sumit Banerjee who is joining the Reliance.
Malhotra appointed Director (R&D), IOC 
 
Dr.R.K Malhotra, has been appointed as Director (Research and Development ) of  Indian Oil Corporation  with effect from August 05, 2010.
( We said this on May 12 )

Nerurkar appointed Member of Sports Authority

MD of Tata Steel HM Nerurkar, has been appointed a member of the General Body (Society) of the Sports Authority of India, by the Government of India.
 
Kaura is MD designate ACC Ltd 
 
Kuldip Kaura has resigned as a Non-Executive Director of ACC Ltd  with effect from August 05, 2010 and the company has  appointed him as Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director Designate from August 05, 2010 till August 12, 2010 and as the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of the Company with effect from August 13, 2010 upto and including December 31, 2013.
 
Adani Mining signs pact with Australia's Linc Energy 
 
Adani Mining has concluded a binding agreement with Linc Energy, Australia to purchase a 100% interest in their Galilee coal tenements in the Galilee Basin, Queensland.
 
 Mandawewala appointed Addl. Director
 
Nilkamal Limited has appointed  Rajesh R. Mandawewala as an Additional Director on the Board of Directors of the Company with effect from August 01, 2010.
 
Wadhawan puts in his papers as Director, Ginni Filaments
 
M.P. Wadhawan, Director of Ginni Filaments Ltd has put in his papers and his resignation had been accepted by the Board of  Directors.
 
Agro Dutch Industries' director resigns
 
 Satinder Singh, Executive Director of Agro Dutch Industries has resigned from the company with effect from 02 August 2010.
 
Rathi appointed City Sales Head, Big Connect  
 
 Reliance Broadcast Network Ltd, has announced the appointment of Ashish Rathi as City Sales Head, Mumbai ( Big Connect).
 
Mehra conferred with 'Young Achiever of  the Year Award' 
 
Chandramohan Mehra, head of brand and communications at SBI Life Insurance had been conferred with the 'Young Achiever of the Year Award' at the CMO Asia Awards 2010 ceremony in Singapore.
 
Tata Communications appoints President (Sales & Strategy)
Tata Communications has appointed Laurie Bowen as President ( Sales & Strategy) for Global Data and Mobility responsible for all sales and marketing functions globally except wholesale voice.
NDS appoints Director (Advertising Solutions)
Digital pay-TV solution provider, NDS has appointed Darryn Rodricks as Director , Advertising Solutions, Asia Pacific.
Jagannathan to be MD KLRF Ltd  
KLRF Ltd has re-appointed Suresh Jagannathan as Managing Director for a period of five years effective from March 11, 2011.
Mahindra Satyam expands sales team in Malaysia
Mahindra Satyam has expanded its sales team in Malaysia with appointment of two top-level executives for a bigger penetration into the Malaysian market

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Of course Kalmadi will be ready for a probe!!!
Anything at this time to get off himself the Media’s strobe!!
 
As these are the Commonwealth Games Soctland Yard should be involved!!!
And rest assured ‘the case will be solved’!!!
 
No I do not doubt the investigative prowess of our Indian Agencies!!
But then these Agencies are under pressure due to Political exigencies!!
 
Had these pressures not been there!!!
Faster than Scotland Yard cases our local Agencies would ‘threadbare’!!
 
And now Kalmadi has millions made form CWG under belt!!!
And here in India with moolah and power matters can be easily dealt!!
 
He can afford the best legal minds!!!
In so many ‘political cases’ legal wizardry one finds!!
 
After all here law is ‘how one interprets it’!!!
And in making suitable interpretations here our legal wizards do their bit!!
 
When it comes to law Lawyers tend to interpret the law ‘by between the lines reading’!!!
Just see what in Manu’s case Jethu was pleading!!
 
Jethu by his between the line reading tried to get Manu off the hook!!!
And he still feels that Manu’s one month parole was by the book!!
 
There must be millions of Indians who would be willing to give CWG their umbrellas on rent!
One offer on the Forum on Whispers has already been sent!!
 
M.S Gill who until recently was oblivious about the Games has sprung into action!
Says ' when nothing is ready what can I inspect and take action'???
 
Gill as Khle Mantri is a  flop show!!!!
Till about a few months back he behaved as if nothing about CWG he did know!!
 
Pranab Da has shown that when it comes to economics he's a novice or ignorant or both!
He said 'Inflation is an outfall of growth'!!
 
When parameters like growth, inflation, production etc. are politically calculated!!!
Then a bubble of a kind is created!!!
 
If the correct figures were available!!!
Our economy would not be so unstable!!!
 
What was required now was ebbing of the stimuli!!
But rather than doing this on stats and predictions Government chose to lie!!
 
Confucius says..... when so much money is available at such low rates!!!
Inflation is what it creates!!

Bharat Kumar

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Basic facts...
Petrol Price per liter in our neighbors and other countries
 
Pakistan = 26 Rs
 
Bangladesh = 22 Rs
 
Cuba = 19 Rs
 
Nepal  = 34 Rs
 
Burma = 30 Rs
 
Afghanistan = 36 Rs
 
Qatar = 30 Rs
 
Chine = 23 Rs
 
USA = 2$ a gallon = 30 Rs/liter approx
 
In all these countries, basic cost of petrol is 15-17 Rs and taxation comes to another 15 Rs or so i.e. price doubles because of tax.
 
India=53Rs

 
Basic cost of petrol =16.50 Rs
Central tax = 11.80
Central Excise duty 9.75
State tax=8
Vat 4
 
Total 50.50, now made 53
 
India is the only country which tripples the cost of petrol because of tax
 
India collects the majority of central tax and Central excise from oil only
 
(Actually our cost of oil is even less because ONGC produces 1/3rd of our oil for 20Rs per barrel but sells at 70Rs a barrel to govt, which pockets the royalties.)
 
HPCL profit 574 Cr
IOC 5556 Cr
BPCL 5015 Cr
 
Centre collects corporate tax also from these companies.
 
Why does our Indian govt collect so much tax from a raw material?
 
Because the finance ministry is lazy and corrupt and finds it difficult to collect from end products - because then those babus will have to actually work.
 
So much easier to apply a strangle hold on oil companies and extract the money (like a ransom) even before it has been put to productive use in the economy.
 
Cost to economy because of excessive taxation of oil sector is estimated at 3% of GDP.

( Received to whispersinthecorridors.com )
 

Take suo motto action

The CBI must take suo motto action against scores of officers of CWG Organising Committee without waiting for a green signal. The Court must step in as the GOI is scared of taking action against Kalmadi for fear of being exposed. The CBI must prove its independence.

Asha Gupta

Don't demoralise Engineers

I agree with SD. In all projects the time wasted in getting various clearances is more than double the time left for execution of works. Imagine, just disposing of files consumes more time than building actual structures.

P K Mishra

"Khuda Hafiz to Indo-Pak civilian talks"

As a former diplomat who had a short stint in Pakistan, I think A K Saxena's suggestion of replacing Indo-Pak civilian talks by talks between the Army Chiefs of two countries,is a well thought-out advice. I would like this to be followed during my life time. I am 80+ year old retired IFS officer.

P J Phillip, Pune

Stop political interference in postings

I refer to the letter from Sri Adi Anilraj. The problem with CRPF or any other central forces is the method of selection of its top brass. While excellent officers rot in inconsequential posts those with political support garner all such posts. A DGP of a south Indian state who wont even stand straight in front of his political masters is heading one of the central forces now.

Naveen K

Why same gotra marriage now banned in law ?

The GoI is in the process of drafting law for severe punishment to perpetrators of honour killings. That’s okay. But simultaneously why the government is not amending Hindu marriage act and special marriage act to ban marriages in same gotra. It is scientific fact that marriage in same lineage is bad and causes many complication. Why the govt. is not ready to listen to justified demands of Hindus where as it heeds to even smallest wishes of other communities.

Sanjiv K Singh

TAIL-PIECE

Girl to Ramdev- If I kiss a boy to kya hoga ?

Baba- Narak me jaogi

Girl-Acha agar aapko kiss karu to ?

Baba- Chhalaak ladki,swarg me jana chahti hai !

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