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INDIA’s BUSINESS HOUSE (8 )
One business house is from old school of thoughts. They only provide funds during the elections to all the political parties. Guess the name.
CSB clears 1980 batch of IAS for Addl. Secretary in GOI
CSB has reportedly cleared about four dozen names of 1980 batch IAS officers for
empanelment to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India (GOI) .
S. Vijay Kumar posted as Secretary Mines
S. Vijay Kumar has been appointed as Secretary Mines in Government of India (GOI). Presently he is Special Secretary Mines. He will succeed Secretary Mines Ms.Santha Sheela Nair who is retiring by this month end. She is 1973 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre. S. Vijay Kumar is an IAS officer of the 1976 batch who belongs to the Himachal
Pradesh cadre.
( We said this on June 22 and again on July 15 )
Will Kohli be Member Planning Commission ?
Grapevine has it that former Chairman of the Punjab National Bank and IIFCL, S S Kohli, is being appointed Member of the Planning Commission.
Ms. Upma Srivastava tipped to be Jt. Secretary Health
As the grapevine has it, Ms. Upma Srivastava is tipped to be Joint
Secretary Health. She is an IAS officer of the 1988 batch who belongs
to the Sikkim cadre.
Will Mauskar be Secretary ?
Will Jayant M Mauskar be Secretary ? The 1977 batch Assam Meghalaya cadre IAS officer is retiring in October 2011 and posting of Secretary is to be made by March 2011. Chances are that he may be made Principal Advisor or Chairman of Pollution Control Board.
Sinha is now JS Projects Division in MEA
Alok Sinha (IFS 1986) has been posted as Joint Secretary in charge of Projects Division after his return from posting to Nepal.
Shringla moves as JS SAARC Division
Harsh Shringla (IFS 1984) has been shifted from Joint Secretary of the SAARC Division to UNP Division.
Oldest living ICS officer
The oldest living ICS officer in the world turned 104 a few days ago. Professor Samuel Martin Burke, 1930 batch ICS of the Punjab cadre, also becomes the oldest ICS officer ever to have reached such an advanced age. He was a top Pakistani diplomat, professor at the University of Minnesota and author of books on Akbar, Jinnah and the last days of the Raj in India. He still reads the 'Times' newspaper daily and at the age of 104 is hale and hearty.
No officer empanelled from Bihar,  Uttarakhand, Nagaland and Jharkhand
No IAS officer belonging to 1977 batch has been empanelled to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India from Bihar, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand and Nagaland.
Ms. Sujata Chaturvedi joins APPA course
Ms.Sujata Chaturvedi former Director in the Ministry of Urban Development  has joined nine months long APPA course in the New Delhi located Indian Institute of Public Affairs (IIPA) that commenced on July 1,2010 .
Sujit Banerjee to retire this month end
Secretary Tourism in the Government Sujit Banerjee is retiring by this month end. He is 1972 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
Thinking to have a retired IRS officer as vigilance commissioner
As the grapevine has it, there is a thinking going on in the Government of India (GOI) as to why not have a senior retired  Income Tax (IRS) officer as a vigilance commissioner.
Addl Secr (Home) has good rapport with Home Minister
It is widely believed that the Additional Secretary (Home) Mrs. B Bhamathi has good rapport with the Union Home Minister P Chidambaram only because both are tough in Administration.
Director (Estate) post vacant in GoI
The post of Director (Estate) is still vacant after pre-mature repatriation of D. Suresh in his parent cadre. He is an IAS officer of 1995 batch who belongs to the Haryana cadre
Ms.Sundari Nanda, IG - Goa applies for long leave
As the grapevine has it, Ms.Sunari Nanda, IG – Goa, has applied for a long leave. She is an IPS officer of the 1988 batch who belongs to the UT cadre.
Vigilance conference of Western Zone in Goa on July 25, 2010
A daylong conference of top judges from Western India will be held in Goa on July 25, 2010. For this Indian Law Minister Dr. M. Veerappa Moily will be reaching. Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice S.H. Kapadia besides several Supreme and High Court Judges are reaching Goa. They will among others deliberate on recommendation of the 13th Finance Commission, which had mooted a plan of Rs 5000 for improving
the working of judiciary.
Rahul Gandhi gets down to business on returning to India
AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi on his return from foreign tour has got down to the job of serving the party again. Gandhi is paying more attention to Uttar Pradesh with the help of his team, which is consists of high profile people. They belong to IITs and are
management gurus. This experienced technical and management team will analyse the Election Survey and Election procedure and to provide its report to Rahul Gandhi.
Singh is new ED (Security) ONGC
Shambu Nath Singh has been appointed new Executive Director ((Security) in the
ONGC. He is 1986 batch IPS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.Singh is presently in the IB.
( We said this on June 10)
Sajjanhar is new Ambassador to Sweden
Ashok Sajjanhar, currently Ambassador of India in Kazakhstan, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Sweden
Milap Jain to be CCIT I Delhi
Milap Jain is being tipped to be new CCIT I Delhi.In all probability 1973 batch IRS officer Milap Jain will succeed Ms Meenakshi Singh on August 1.
Prakash goes on inter-state deputation
T Gnana Prakash has gone on  an inter cadre deputation to Karnataka.He is 1993 batch IFS officer of Punjab cadre.
NDC to meet on July 24, 2010
The meeting of National Development Council (NDC) will be held in Delhi on July 24, 2010.
British PM Cameron to tour India on July 28 & 29, 2010
British Prime Minister David Cameron will be touring India on July 28 and 29, 2010. He will also visit Bangalore located Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) of which Chairman is Ashok Nayak.
MHA seeks OSD to Home Minister
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has sought applications from IPS officers belonging to batches between 1993 and 1996 for the post of OSD to Indian Home Minister P.C. Chidambaram. Aspirants for the slot have to submit their bio data in two pages latest by July 23, 2010. The slot fell vacant in the wake of Safi Ahsan Rizvi OSD toChidambaram has returned to the Intelligence Bureau (IB).  Rizvi is an IPS officer of 1989 batch who belongs to the Uttarakhand cadre.
Bharat Chaturvedi is GM Audit in Air India
Bharat Chaturvedi who so far was General Manager (GM) ground handling
in Air India (AI).
Ms. Deepa Mahajan is VP, Hotel Corporation
Ms.Deepa Mahajan, who so far was General Manager (GM) Personnel in Eastern India with Air India (AI), is now vice president (VP), Hotel Corporation of India (HCI).
Justice Samvatsar to head Union Carbide gas Commission ?
Retired Judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court Justice Samvatsar is likely to be appointed Chairman of the Union Carbide Gas Commission proposed to be set up by the Madhya Pradesh Government.
Ashok Acharya gets a posting in Goa
Ashok Acharya has been posted as Secretary Urban Development (UD),
Water Resources (WR) and Housing in Goa government. Ashok Acharya is
an IAS officer of the 1994 batch who belongs to the UT cadre.
Minor changes likely in Bihar
There will be a minor bureaucratic reshuffle in Bihar.
Bob is new PS to AP Chief Minister
Busi Sam Bob has taken over as new Principal Secretary to the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister. He is 1983 batch IAS officer.
( We said this on July 14 )
IPS changes in J & K
Mansoor Ahmad Antoo will be new SSP Baramulla. Showkat Malik has been moved to Railways. Bashir Ahmad Khan will be SSP Anantnag.A S Bali has been made Director Telecom. Mohammad Sayeed Punoo has been transferred as SP Awantipora.Shafqat Wattali will head South Kashmir Range.
Jannat Hussain is new CIC AP
Jannat Hussain has taken over as new Chief Information Commissioner in Andhra Pradesh. He is 1977 batch IAS officer.
IFS changes in Maharashtra
25 Indian Forest Service officers have been reshuffled in Maharashtra on Monday.
Agrawal is now Advisor to AP Chief Minister
Pradip Kumar Agrawal has been appointed Advisor to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister.He is retired 1975 batch IAS Officer.
Gujarat Tourism adjudged best upcoming Tourism Department
The SAFARI INDIA, a prestigious regional tourism magazine covering India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan and South East Asia has recognized Gujarat Government’s Tourism Department as the Best upcoming Tourism Department for its outstanding and professional efforts initiated under the dynamic leadership of Chief Minister Narendra Modi in promoting and executing Tourism industry innovatively in the state. The award will be given at “Tourism Leaders’ Conclave and Commonwealth Games” organized by Pacific Area Travel Writers Association – PATWA - at Gurgaon on 18th August 2010. State Tourism Secretary Vipul Mittra will accept the award. The award, according to Sagar Ahluwalia, the Editorial Advisor of SAFARI, recognizes the leadership quality in the field of hotel, tourism, destinations, airlines, travel agent and individuals. It also recognizes the professional work done by the state government.
Parvela Raghu to hold charge of CIT-3, Mumbai
Parvela Raghu, CIT – 5, Ahmedabad, presently posted as CIT (OSD), Mumbai, will hold the charge of CIT-3, Mumbai, w.e.f. Aug 2, 2010.
Railway transfers and postings
Suresh Gupta of SAG/IRSE has been transferred from WCR to the Rly itself, Sushil Kumar of SAG/IRSS has been on return from deputation transferred to metro as COS, B. Deva Singh of SAG/IRSE has been transferred from WCR and posted as CSO on the Rly. itself and RS Punia of SAG/IRSE has been transferred from WCR to SECR and posted in the cadre.
Chug presents cheque of Rs.11,000 towards PM’s Relief Fund
K.K. Chug, Director, Department of Personnel & Training, presented a cheque for amount of Rs.11,000/- towards Prime Minister National Relief Fund to MOS (PP) on 19.7.2010. Chug is reported to be contributing amount accruing to him from his writings and some other assignment he gets to the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund. Till the presentation of this cheque, Chug has contributed Rs 25,000/- towards Prime Minister's National Relief Fund and with this cheque Chug's contribution would amount to Rs.36,000/-. Author of three books, Insaan Nahin Badla, Pahela Pyar and Mera Pahela Shatak, Chug has in pipeline books Mera Beta, Chhoti Badi Baaten (Hindi poetry), a story book under the title Pada Likha Angootha Chaap. Shri Chug also proposes to bring out poetry book My Son and A World of My Dreams in English. Chug dreams of presenting cheque for an amount of Rs.1,00,000/- towards the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund accruing from his writings but this would be the first milestone. He dreams of presenting lakhs and lakhs of Rupees towards Prime Minister's National Relief Fund which may accrue to him from his writings. Some of the poems posted in his blog kkchug.blogspot.com could be of interest to the readers.
Gupta is High Commissioner to Kingdom of Lesotho (UPDATED)
Virendra Gupta presently High Commissioner of India to South Africa, has been concurrently accredited as the High Commissioner of India to the Kingdom of Lesotho with residence in Pretoria.
Ausuf Sayeed is new Ambassador to Yemen (UPDATED)
Ausuf Sayeed presently Joint Secretary at Headquarters, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Yemen.
Deputation tenure extended of IPS officer (UPDATED)
Inter-Cadre deputation tenure of Ms Shobha Ohatkar from Bihar cadre to Maharashtra cadre has been extended by two years beyond 30th June, 2010, as a special case.She is 1990 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre.
IPS officer Alok Kumar to go on inter-cadre deputation (UPDATED)
Alok Kumar is going on Inter-Cadre deputation from Jammu & Kashmir cadre to Bihar cadre for a period of five years .He is 1997 batch IPS officer of J & K cadre.
IFS officer to go on inter-cadre deputation (UPDATED)
Deepa D. Nair is going on inter-cadre deputation for five years from Manipur-Tripura to Kerala. She is 2001 batch IFS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.
IA &AS officer is new JS Personnel and Training (UPDATED)
MS. Mamta Jundra has been appointed as Joint Secretary, in the Departmentof Personnel and Training. She is 1985 batch IA&AS officer.
SAIL Chairman commissions upgraded Blast Furnace at Bokaro Steel Plant (UPDATED)

Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) Chairman C.S. Verma on Tuesday inaugurated the Bokaro Steel Plant’s (BSL’s) Blast Furnace-2 upgraded at a cost of Rs. 805 crore. It is the first unit to be commissioned under BSL’s current phase of expansion & modernisation and is part of SAIL’s growth plan to take hot metal production capacity to the level of 23.5 million tonnes by 2012-13. Upgradation of Blast Furnace-2 has increased its working volume from 1758 m3 to 2250 m3 for higher productivity level of 2 tonnes/m3/day by incorporating state-of-art technology. Other major features of the upgraded unit include a higher blast temperature of 12000C obtained from 28 tuyeres, new skip system and modern technologies for cast house & cast house fume extraction, stock house & stockhouse dust suppression, hot blast system & stoves, back draughting system, Gas Cleaning Plant, oxygen enrichment system, new electrical and automation system for all existing as well as new facilities. BSL Managing Director V.K. Srivastava and SAIL Director (Technical) V.K. Gulhati were also present on the occasion.

CORPORATE

Rajshree in NIFT Board
Rajshree of Rajshree Spinning Mills, Coimbatore has been nominated on the Board of the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT).
Nilekani invites Ethiraj to join UID project
Govindraj Ethiraj, Editor-in–Chief, Bloomberg UTV has been invited by Nandan Nilekani to be a part of Government of India’s UIDAI project.
Kumar is COO for Aditya Birla Group's Hypermarkets
Vishak Kumar has taken over as the Chief Operating Officer of the Aditya Birla Group hypermarkets
RIL plans 5,000 more fuel outlets
Reliance Industries Ltd is planning to eventually increase the number of its fuel outlets to 5,000  after diesel prices are completely deregulated in the country.
Rangan appointed Independent Director 
V S Rangan has been appointed as an Independent Director of Atul Ltd
Allahabad Bank appoints part-time non-official Director
Allahabad Bank has nominated Rajesh M. Chaturvedi as part-time non-official Director of the Bank under Chartered Accountant Category for a period of three years .
Ganesh Housing appoints Compliance Officer
 Priti Jani, a qualified Company Secretary, is now appointed as Compliance Officer of  Ganesh Housing Corporation Ltd.
Chaturvedi is CEO 104 FM
Neeraj Chaturvedi has taken over as CEO, 104 FM
Venkateish is CEO Dish TV
Dish TV India Limited has appointed R.C. Venkateish as the CEO of the company

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Catch the word and Win Essays !
One does not become Additional Secretary in 16 years but one does a Joint Secretary. Right? Equivalent to that, a Maj Gen would double, that is 34 years of Service, an old man. Is not that right? And at that age difference, all civility is forgotten by our Civil Services ! Is that ruthlessness worth it ?
So, it the usual Westminster practice. Bury the spirit and intention of the massage but catch a word and become winner of Essay Competition.
Have some standard gentemen !
Nagesh Rao

It’s old Pak habit
So the dialogue has ended in fiasco. The Pakistan side has always been aggressive during talks. How could we forget that in the round of talks between the two foreign secretaries in Delhi, the Pak foreign Secretary had dismissed the evidence given for 26/11 as a piece of literature in the press conference right on our soil. We quietly gulp such insults. This time comparing our home secretary with the terrorist Maood was utter nonsense. Our home secretary had merely stated a fact known to all of us but confirmed by David Headley during interrogation by NIA team in USA. That our External Affairs Minister would just keep quiet on this blatant offence speaks volumes of our politicians. This is what encourages Pakistan to be more and more belligerent. They know we get cowed down by such rude behaviour and we lack guts. In other words we are cowards. If we had self respect we would not have gone for talks specially in the wake of the trouble they created in Kashmir by funding and provoking stone-pelting on our constables and jawans and also what we learnt from Headley about the ISI role in 26/11.Now Pakistan is throwing another challenge to India by terming Kashmir as India-occupied. This is again because we were never aggressive to ask for vacation of P Waziristan In Burma ?
If one has been so disturbed to the "Fauzi rants" in this forum, a hilarious but sad state of affairs of Indian Babudom is contained in an Armed Forces Tribunal case. One may read it to ones amazement:
(http://www.indianmilitary.info/)
Recast our diplomacy
So Waziristan is in Burma and 8 PUNJAB is Burmese Government Force ? Well done, Indian Army continues to belong to Queen Victoria, so they argue even today ! OK. It is high time we recast our diplomacy vis-a-vis Pakistan by including dignity and self-respect and the prestige of our country.
Aarti Khosla
Surplus Posts
The 6th CPC has failed to recognise certain posts which is not worth the pay given to it. For ex.; Sr.PPS/PSO and very few technical posts fall under this category. Either they show themselves very busy; but actually the work can be done by an ordinary LDc/UDC. Apart from this, they are also spoiling the chances of the promotion of their junior posts because their posts are increasing in number and when it comes to work they give excuse calling themselves Under Secretaries/Dy. Secretaries and expose their junior to work. It is really surprising that DOPT is remaining silent or these posts must have been created without the knowledge of DOPT
R P Singh
Commonwealth games preparations
Opening Ceremony of Commonwealth Games to be held in Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. This stadium built in 1982 for Asiad games. Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, Talkatora Stadium, Siri Fort complex were all constructed in 1982. The National Stadium built in 1933. Ferozshah Kotla stadium, Ambedkar Stadium, Shivaji Stadium, DLTA etc all constructed in past. Therefore someone kindly enlighten what infrastructure development has taken place now. The construction of commonwealth games village proved good money making occasion for Urban Development Ministry/DDA & it justified squandering of huge amount of money by way of loan to private construction company. Skeletons will fall out after games is over as to who benefitted by how much from this deal. We should all thank Mrs Indira Gandhi who got large number of stadiums constructed in record time and with not a single instance of corruption. This time during commonwealth games only old infrastructure is being renovated & nothing new constructed. Public money is being squandered on repair & renovation work which is lucrative non risky ventures. Urban Development Ministry has diverted precious JNNURM funds on non development works. It has not given timely approvals which has escalated costs of CPWD & lack of time result in shoddy hurried construction work. Now Engineers will be made escape goat. Replacement of plastic chairs of Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium venue of opening closing ceremony costing 25 Crores given to Chinese firm after global tender of very poor quality. Officers afraid chairs will crack in rains of Delhi. Correct Accountability must be ensured & responsibility fixed for this jungle raj.
Dimpy Chopra

Pitiable condition of UDC
I would like to draw kind attention of Dop&T and Ministry of Finance regarding pitiable condition of UDC of Central Secretariat. The 6cpc has widened the gape more. In these days the difference between Basic Pay of UDC and Assistant is approx 10000/-. If we add other allowances in it, the gap between salary will widened more and it reached to Rs. 15000/- . while the work of UDC/Assistant is almost similar in central secretariat but on the front of salary they may not get equal treatment with Assistant. The lowest functionary of the Central Secretariat is UDC/Assistant. besides routine noting and submission of cases, is required to locate and collect other files or papers, information, data and material. The section consisting of UDC/Assistant and Section Officer, while putting up a case, are required to see whether all the statements, so far as they are open to check, are correct; point out mistakes, incorrect statements, missing data or information(if any), draw attention to the statutory or customary procedure and point out the relevant law and rules; furnish other relevant data or information available in the Department; state the questions for consideration and bring out clearly the points requiring decision; draw attention to precedents; evaluate relevant data and information; and suggest, where possible, alternative courses of action for consideration. This all work has been done by LDC/UDC/Asstt and Section Officer but the credit has been always taken by Assistant. The government of India should must think and amend the needful. Upper Division Clerk in Central Secretariat deserves the 4200 GP and it should be paid to them.
Prabhakar Mishra