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Kaun Banega R & AW Chief (1)  U K Bansal
Name of Special Secretary Home in the Government of India U K Bansal is in circulation for the post of R&AW Chief. 1974 batch UP cadre IPS officer Bansal is also having R&AW background.
Sri Kumar to be Vigilance Commissioner
Former DGP of Karnataka R Sri Kumar will be new Vigilance Commissioner in the CVC. Formal orders of 1973 batch retired IPS officer Sri Kumar are expected to be issued soon.
Gill loses battle to Sri Kumar
Infact former DG of the CRPF A S Gill was number one in the panel prepared for the post of Vigilance Commissioner. In the meanwhile name of former DGP of Rajasthan Gill came in the media in connection with the Soharabuddin case and he lost to number two in the panel Sri Kumar.
Garg to be Vigilance Commissioner
Finally controversy is over and a banker has been chosen as new Vigilance Commissioner in the CVC. Former CMD of the Corporation Bank J M Garg will now succeed Ranjana Kumar as Vigilance Commissioner.
( We said this on February 6 )
Ashok Lavasa to move in the Ministry of Power
Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs Ashok Lavasa is moving to the Ministry of Power.1980 batch Haryana cadre IAS officer Lavasa has recently been empanelled to the rank of Additional Secretary.
Ms. Upma Shrivastava to be Jt Secretary DoPT
Ms. Upma Shrivastava is poised to be Joint Secretary in DoPT. She will be in charge of training. Ms. Shrivastava is Manipur- Tripura (M-T) cadre IAS officer of 1988 batch.
Shambhu Singh tipped to be Jt Secr Home
 
Shambhu Singh, Delhi based Resident Commissioner - Manipur Bhawan, on central deputation, is likely to be appointed as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). The name of Singh was in the offer list of Government of India and cleared by CSB for consideration as J.S. He is Manipur Tripura cadre IAS officer of 1986 batch.
No name for Election Commissioner
Government has so far not finalized any name for the post of Election Commissioner. Meanwhile, half a dozen names are currently doing the round in the corridors of power.
Cabinet Secretary for reconsideration of selection in PS banks
As the grapevine has it, Cabinet Secretary K.M. Chandrasekhar has sought for reconsideration of CMDs in public sector banks.
22 posts of Chief Commissioner vacant in Customs and Central Excise
Altogether 22 posts have been lying vacant in the Central Excise and Customs for quite some time.
UP POLITICS (7)
BJP is now relying on Backward and Brahmin votes. Kurmis  will also vote in the event of Uma Bharti’s return to the party fold.
Singh promoted as DIG in RPF
S.K. Singh, Sr. DSC, BSB/North Eastern Railway, has been promoted as DIG-Ops II/RPSF, Central Railway. He is a Railway Protection Force (RPF) cadre officer.
IA&AS officer Ms. Chinchkhandi transferred to Mumbai
IA&AS officer Ms. J.M. Chinchkhandi, Deputy Accountant General (RAIT), in the office of Accountant General (C&RA), Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, has been transferred and posted as Deputy Director, in the office of Principal Director of Audit, Central Railway, Mumbai.
R.K. Meena appointed Director, MHA
R.K. Meena has been appointed as Director - anti-naxalites management in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). He is Andhra Pradesh cadre IPS officer of the 1995 batch.
K.C. Meena elevated in IB
K.C. Meena has been promoted as Joint Director in central government's Intelligence Bureau (IB). He is West Bengal cadre IPS officer of the 1988 batch.
Dr. Ravi Shankar appointed DIG in NIA
Dr. Ravi Shankar has been appointed as DIG, NIA in Hyderabad. He is Andhra Pradesh cadre IPS officer of the 1994 batch.
Ms. Anita Bhatnagar poised for elevation
Ms. Anita Bhatnagar, Joint Secretary Human Resource Development (HRD) in Government of India, is due for promotion. Uttar Pradesh Government has asked for her dossier from the Central Government for her promotion. She is Uttar Pradesh cadre IAS officer of the 1985 batch.
As the grapevine has it decks have been cleared for Anindo Majumdar,
an IAS of the UT cadre belonging to the 1985 batch to join as Joint Secretary Agriculture.
Sanjeev Kumar joins KRIBHCO
Sanjeev Kumar has joined the KRIBCO as Director. He is 1993 batch IRS (C&CE) officer.
Yogesh Baweja to be Director DAVP
As the grapevine has it, Yogesh Baweja is poised to be appointed as Director DAVP. Baweja who is an Indian Information Service (IIS) officer is Director News in All India Radio (AIR), Delhi.
1977 batch IPS in MP to get DG rank
Two 1977 batch IPS officers in Madhya Pradesh, V M Kanwar and V K Pawar, are expected to be promoted to the rank of DG this month.
Ms. Mukta Tomar posted to Chicago
As the grapevine has it, Ms. Mukta Tomar, Deputy High Commissioner in Dhaka, is poised to go to Chicago based Indian consulate. She is an Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer of 1984 batch.
Subir Gokarn to assume charge of HR in RBI
Subir Gokarn, one of the four deputy governors with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is going to assume charge of Human Resource (HR) from August 10, 2010.
Dr K.C.Chakrabarty DG, RBI virtually with no work
Dr K.C.Chakrabarty, DG, RBI who was recently stripped off of his charge of Human Resource (HR), virtually is now having no work to do. He has got four more years to go.
Bhushan Gagrani is back to Maharashtra cadre
Bhushan Gagrani, who recently finished MBA in public policies from University of Birmingham, is back to his parent cadre of Maharashtra. He is an IAS officer of the 1990 batch.
Prof Ranbir Singh appointed 19th Law Commission member
Prof Ranbir Singh, Vice-Chancellor of National Law University, Delhi, has been appointed part time member of the 19th Law Commission.
U.S. Paliwal tipped to be ED, National Housing Bank
U. S. Paliwal is tipped to be an Executive Director (ED) with the National Housing Bank (NHB). Presently he is a Chief General Manager (CGM) with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
Vinod Sharma appointed Member of National Commission
Political Editor of the Hindustan Times, Vinod Sharma, has been appointed member of the National Commission for Minorities.
 ( We said this on March 26 )
Silver Jubilee of 1985 IAS batch in Mussourie
Silver jubilee re union of IAS officers belonging 1985 batch is going to take place the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) from August 20 to 22, 2010.
22 CFs elevated as CCF in TN
The Tamil Nadu government has elevated 22 Indian Forest Service (IFS) officers as Chief Conservators of Forest (CCFs).
REC's Director (technical) Guljeet Kapur to retire in December
Director (technical) of Rural Electrical Corporation (REC) Guljeet Kapur will superannuate in December 2010.
Stakes of Government to go up in NHB, NABARD
Stakes of Government will go up in National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) and National Housing Bank (NHB).
One post of Advisor in Settlement Commission to be filled
One post of Advisor (at the Joint Secretary level) will be filled up in the Competition Commission. It has been circulated.

BHEL signs contract with Abhijeet Infra for Thermal Power Plant in Jharkhand
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has signed a contract with Abhijeet Infra Limited (AINL), an Independent Power Producer (IPP) for setting up a 1,080 MW thermal power plant (4x270 MW) in Jharkhand. Valued at Rs.2,525 Crore, the contract envisages supplying and installing the main plant package for Phase-I (2x270 MW) and Phase-II (2x270 MW) of their upcoming coal-based Matrishri Usha Jayaswal Mega Power Plant, located at Latehar district of Jharkhand, near Ranchi. The order once again reflects the confidence reposed by IPPs in BHEL’s capabilities. It also reinforces BHEL’s leadership status in the execution of thermal power projects involving supply of state-of-the-art equipment, suited to Indian coal and Indian conditions. Significantly, BHEL secured its highest ever orders from Private Power Utilities in fiscal 2009-10. Out of the total orders of 16,489 MW for Power Plant Equipment received by BHEL during the year, the orders received from IPPs alone accounted for 14,689 MW. This constituted nearly 90% of the total orders booked by BHEL’s Power Sector.
Dr. Rakesh Hooja takes over as Director, IIPA
Dr. Rakesh Hooja whose request for voluntary retirement was accepted by the Government of Rajasthan w.e.f. August 4. has taken over as Director, Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi . 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.

Alka Panda is ADG BIS
Ms. Alka Panda has been appointed as Additional Director General, Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) (Joint Secretary level) under the Department o Consumer Affairs. She is 1983 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre

(We said this on July, 14)

IAS transfers in Tamil Nadu

As many as eight IAS officers have been transferred in Tamil Nadu. While Dr. P. Rama Mohana Rao has been posted as Agricultural Production Commissioner & Principal Secretary to Government, Agriculture Department, Mrs. M.P. Nirmala has been posted as Secretary to Government, Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries Department , C. Muthukumaraswamy has been posted as Commissioner of Land Reforms, A. Sukumaran as Secretary to Government, Social Welfare and Nutritious Meal Programme Department, K. Sellamuthu as Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Fisheries Development Corporation Limited, Dr. R. Vijaykumar as Chairman and Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Handicrafts Development Corporation Limited, Mrs. R. Vaskui as Director of Social Welfare, D. Uthirakumaran as Director of Small Savings and Harmander Singh has been posted as Industries Commissioner and Director of Industries and Commerce.

RTI
Details of Accounts of Tihar Jail Prisoners

The detail of the convicts having more than Rs. 40,000/- in their P.P. Accounts during a particular period were refused by the PIO claiming exemption under section 8(1)(e) & 8(1)(j). The Commission noted that as per circular, ordinarily a prisoner should not be allowed to keep more than Rs. 5,000/- in his P.P. Account. If prisoner's residence is outside Delhi or a foreigner, the above limit can be relaxed to Rs. 25,000/- at the discretion of the Superintendent Jail, giving the reasons to be recorded in writing. The Commission observed that the prison authorities want to retain discretion with regard to this matter so that they can favour select prisoners. The PIO was directed by the Commission to disclose how many prisoners had more than Rs.40,000/- in their P.P. Account.
Comments
When it is evident that a number of prisoners were permitted to keep over Rs. 40000/-  in the P.P. Account, which is more than the revised permissible amount of Rs. 25,000/-, it means that rules have been broken to favour a few prisoner. In such a situation, the information cannot be claimed as fiduciary or personal and the invocation of the exemptions would no longer hold good.
[Devanand v. Superintendent of Prisons, Tihar Jail in Decision No.
CIC/SG/A/2010/001780/8794]
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CORPORATE
Sodhi is acting MD of Amul
R S Sodhi has been appointed acting Managing Director  of Amul. Meanwhile, Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), which markets Amul, has formed a seven-member committee to select managing director.
BSNL re-designates 315 GMs as Sr. GMs
The state owned telecom giant, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has redesignated 315 officers of the rank of General Managers as Senior General Managers. All the General Managers upto the mid-1984 batch have been affected and elevated as Senior General Managers.
Engagement ceremony
Engagement ceremony of Lakshmi, daughter of Venu Srinivasan - CMD of TVS Motor Company Rohan the son of Infosys' Chief  Narayana Murthy  has taken place in Chennai.
Bharti Airtel appoints new CEO for Delhi and NCR
Bharti Airtel has appointed Sanjeev Kumar Saxena as the Chief Executive Officer for mobile services in Delhi and NCR.
Murthy is Group Finance Director, Yash Birla Group
Yash Birla Group has appointed PVR Murthy as Group Finance Director. Murthy will oversee all finance related activities of the group.
Narayanan is GM Maxus Delhi
Maxus Delhi has appointed V Narayanan as General Manager in Delhi. He will share the responsibility with Mausumi Kar, who currently heads the Delhi office as GM.
Venkatasubramanian quitting Lintas Media Group
It is learnt that Ramachandran Venkatasubramanian, Vice President, Lintas Media Group (LMG) is leaving the agency.
Mukherji joins Linkedin as Director-Advertising Sales
Dhiman Mukherji has left AOL and joined Linkedin as Director-Advertising Sales Team .
Joseph is Editorial Head , Open Magazine
Manu Joseph has joined Open Magazine as Editorial Head
Avery Dennison appoints new MD
Avery Dennison Materials South Asia has appointed Anil Sharma as its new Managing Director. He succeeds Raj Srinivasan, who has been made Vice President, New Product Introduction, Avery Research Center, Pasadena, California.
Mehta is Director-Finance, Castrol India
Amish Mehta has been reappointed as Wholetime Director of Castrol India Ltd, with effect from July 19, 2010 for a period of five years while being designated as Director-Finance .
JSL Ltd changes name
JSL Ltd has changed its name from "JSL Limited" to "JSL Stainless Limited". 
Antony among global panel members
JRG International DMCC, Dubai, has appointed George V. Antony, the Professor at the Albertian Institute of Management  in Kochi, as one among their six global industry advisory panel members.
Kumkum Garg is new Director of Manipal Institute
Dr Kumkum Garg has taken over as the new director of Manipal Institute of Technology.

Aaj Ki Aawaz
Kalmadi is breathing a sigh of relief!!!
‘Media attention shelf life is very short’ is the belief!!
Media has moved on!!!
So now Kalmadi is no longer hiding in ‘ the john’ (toilet)!!
Fact of the matter is the OC ‘top brass’ had a say in all the purchases made!!
A very dubious role the top brass played!!
Specs were made to suit ‘favorites’ and evaluations were fudged!!
In a very biased manner quotes were judged!!
Standard norms were bypassed for placing orders!!
Purchases are full of disorders!!
Of course the ‘OC top brass’ would have covered their steps!!
And worked through the junior staff who they recruited as their ‘reps’!!!
However seems in their rashness to make money!!
They bought/hired products at rates that ‘were ludicrously funny’!!!
Did they feel they would not come under scrutiny?????
Seems ‘greed’ took over by causing in their ‘minds’ a mutiny!!!
And now they give excuses for the ludicrously high prices/rates!!
‘The treadmills come with a service mechanic’ Kalmadi states!!!
Fact is the treadmills have been hired for Rs. 1 lac!!!
And rented to CWG for Rs. 9 lac……just one example in ‘ludicrous purchases’ stack!
Now Kalmadi’s hope is ‘if the Games finish without any major hitch’!!!
Then he’ll say ‘Media carried out a hunt de witch’!!
And we all have noted Mohna, Sonia and Rahul’s silence on this matter!!
Their ‘silence’ file is getting fatter and fatter!!
After all we are keeping a record of the issues they’ve just kept mum!!!!
Like on inflation Mohna fibbed and there were no comments from Rahul or his Mom!!
Mohna just gave us the lollipop that inflation will come down!!!
However both Sonia and Rahul on various guplas and inflation ‘were out of town’!!
Confucius says….. when those at the helm duck away!!!
‘Andher nagri chaupat taaj’ is what people say!!
Bharat Kumar

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Excess employees !
World Bank and other people unnecessarily criticize our country that we have excess Government employees.  In this regard I would like to inform that the percentage of Government servants in comparison to the population of the country is 1.83% in India as against that of United States and Canada, which is 6.88% and 7.92% respectively.  We are trying our best to perform within the constraints and have also been successful in running our country in a democratic manner for the last 63 years.  It is another fact that the Government employees are mainly concentrated in the capitals and there is need for uniform distribution like posting of more government employees in remote and naxal areas.  If this is done there will be less of chaos and poverty and revenue collection and our country will prosper. The other alternative is that we reduce our population drastically.
Anurag Srivastava
No excess employees
Yes I agree with this view. These WB and other organisation are comparing absolute numbers of employees in India with the US and other developed country. As a ratio of population, the employees number is abysmally low. In fact I know about many central government departments where it has become difficult to dispose day to day works due to scarcity of ministerial staff. For example in Income tax department there is one stenographer for every 5 officers on an average. So if one officer is engaging the stenographer, other 4 officers are handicapped. Similar is the case with number of employees at the level of additional commissioner and Commissioners. And also story is similar in other departments. Staff position is better with state governments because they take intake from time to time.
Sanjeev K Singh
Unnecessary criticism
I fully agree that the World Bank and other people unnecessarily criticize our country that we have excess Government employees. Look at the World Bank and all UN Agencies/offices/HQs is overstaffed to a level beyond imagination. What is their own contribution to the world in all these years. All these bodies are dominated by the economically strong countries i.e. USA/Canada/UK etc. They should look into this mismanagement where poor countries also contribute heavily/equally. Then they should criticize us.
Harish Kumar
Don’t demoralise engineers
When we took the 'visitor's book' to Madam PM in July 1982 after her visit of Indoor stadium, she said 'What is there to write'. The same PM on 19th Nov '82 wrote 'You have come upto our expectation'. I still feel we can deliver the best CWG.
SD
UPA responsible for CWG fiasco
The blame for the CWG fiasco should be put squarely on the UPA Government. How can they entrust the conduct of such a prestigious event to a person like Kalmadi. Through political maneuverings he wormed his way into Indian Olympic association as its President has been clinging on to the post for more than a decade. Other than trying to bring mega events where he has vested interests, he has done nothing for the Indian sports. He is now trying to destroy Indian hockey with his international connections. Government should have entrusted the Chairmanship and coordination of OC,CWG to somebody from the private sector or even from bureaucracy with proven administrative ability .They could have even put Shashi Tharoor as the Chairman of the OC.
N Sriram
Taxing the Tax
It will make an interesting reading if a study is conducted to see as to how much a Tax payer has to shell out from every Rupee earned since he has to pay Income Tax, Educational Tax, Road Cess, Road Tax, property Tax, Employment Tax, Sales Tax, value added Tax, Service Tax and so on.  The amount paid as Tax is also Taxed.
Rajeeva
PIL seeking closure of PESB
In a PIL filed before Delhi High Court, the petitioner has sought winding up of Public Enterprises Selection Board ,as the GOI is persistently ignoring its recommendations by appointing No 2 of the panel and ignoring No 1. The PIL is slated for hearing by the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court on 11-08-10.
Suresh Kumar
Illegal and improper appointment of DDG in Commonwealth Games
When Corruption is here, can nepotism be far behind?  The story below is an eminent example of the rampant nepotism and favouritism prevailing in the "Con" wealth games.  Care to know how the all important Director of ConWealth Games was appointed?  Please read on:An official using his political clout has hit the jackpot.  The unedifying story unfolds as follows.  This official was holding the post of Deputy Secretary till 25.07.2010.  He was supposed to retire on 31.07.2010.  Lo and presto, he has been appointed as Director (HR) in the ConWealth Games in the rank of pay of - hold your breath - Joint Secretary! Under normal circumstances, for filling up even very low level posts as "Lower Division Clerk" in Government, there are a number of procedures to be complied with.  However, throwing all norms to the wind, giving transparency and accountability a complete go-by, the powers-that-be in the ConWealth Organizing Committee issued an executive fiat imperiously informing Department of Expenditure (DOE) about the hand-picking of this gentleman. It is widely rumoured that the post was never advertised. No applications were invited. No selection process worth the salt was made. It is widely rumoured that this ignoramous chap was simply hand-picked for this job without any selection process whatsoever and purely on oblique considerations. 
RK Agrawal
Tail-piece
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