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INDIA’S BUSINESS HOUSE (11)
A large merchant banker helps companies bribe bureaurcats and journalists by allocating them shares regularly.Guess the name.
Gujral is new Secretary Road Transport and Highways
R S Gujral will succeed Brahm Dutt on August 1 as Secretary Road Transport and Highways. He is 1976 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.
( We said this on June 17 and July 22 )
Empanelment list of 1980 batch IAS
List of empanelment of 1980 batch IAS officers to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India is still lying in the PMO.
Who will be Secretary Tourism ?
Who will be new Secretary Tourism in the Government of India ? So far no name has come in circulation. Secretary Tourism Sujit Banerjee is retiring by this month end.
Will Rita Sinha be Member CIC ?
Name of Ms Rita Sinha has started doing the round for the post of Member in the Central Information Commission. 1973 batch UP cadre IAS officer Ms Sinha who is Secretary Land Resources is retiring by this month end.
IAS officers seeks VRS
Topper of 1980 batch IAS V Ramani is reported to have sought VRS .He is 1980 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.
IRS officer seeks VRS
1978 batch IRS officer Amitabh Kumar has been granted VRS.He is Commissioner Income Tax in Salem.Amitabh Kumar is going to start practice in Delhi.
S.K.G.Rahte promoted as Joint Secretary  Agriculture and Co-operation
S.K.G.Rahte who so far was Director in Central government’s Ministry of Agriculture has been promoted as Joint Secretary  Agriculture and
Co-operation  GOI.He is an IAS officer of the1990 batch who belongs to the Jharkhand cadre.

( We said this on May 3 )
Sheela Thomas likely to be Chairman, Rubber Board
Principal Secretary to Kerala Chief Minister and Principal Secretary Information and Publicity (IPR) Sheela Thomas is likely to be appointed as Chairman, Rubber Board on deputation. Sheela Thomas is an IAS officer of the 1985 batch who belongs to the Kerala cadre.
Tenure of Cabinet Secretary will be four years
There will now be fixed tenure of Cabinet Secretary for four years.This has been decided at the Cabinet Meeting chaired by Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Thursday.Earlier the tenure of the Cabinet Secretary was for two years which could be extended by one more year.
Chaitanya Prasad is new JS IPP
Chaitanya Prasad has been appointed Joint Secretary Industrial Policy and Promotion in the Government of India. He is 1990 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.
( We said this on June 14 and on July 7 )
Will Thorat be Chairman of National Commission of SC ?
Chairman of the UGC Prof Sukhdeo Thorat is said to be strong contender for the post of Chairman National Commission for Scheduled Castes. Tenure of Buta Singh has expired a couple of months ago.
Sen to be Director Tea Board ,London
Ms Roshni Sen is being tipped to be Director Tea Board in London. She is 1993 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.
Gen Sinho submits report in Delhi
Gen S R Sinho has submitted report of National Commission for Economically Backward Classes in Delhi on Thursday to Union Minister Social Justice Mukul Wasnik.Gen Sinho is the Chairman of the Commission.
Bhagat replaces Sayeed in MEA
Rajinder Bhagat (IFS 1980) is posted in MEA as Joint Secretary in charge of West Africa Division in place of Ausaf Sayeed (IFS 1989) who is going as Ambassador Yemen.
CVC report on Prasar Bharti create ripples
Much awaited report on the functioning of the Prasar Bharti has been submitted by the CVC. The report is said to have created ripples.Now the decision is to be taken by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
Air India to connect Seoul with Delhi
The National Aviation Company of India Limited (NACIL) of which CMD is Arvind Jadhav (IAS, 1978 batch –Karnataka cadre) is going operate Four flights a week from Delhi to Seoul (South Korea) from August 1, 2010 with brand new Boeing B 777 with fully flat beds in executive and first class, generous legroom in Economy class, power inserts for laptops on every seat and personal TVs.
Swami joins MEA as Under Secretary
Rajesh Swami (IFS 2003) has joined MEA as Under Secretary in the Gulf Division after his return from posting to Cairo, Egypt.
Post of vigilance commissioner may remain vacant
If the Government of India (GOI) does not want to displease Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) Pratyush Sinha, then the post of vigilance commissioner may be kept vacant until his tenure concludes as CVC. In that case new CVC and vigilance commissioner will be appointed after that only .
IIPA Director asked to continue till new incumbent assumes charge
The Director of Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), BS Baswan, has been asked to continue till new incumbent assumes charge. Baswan is soon completing 65 years of age.
Ms. Bharti Das elevated as CCA
Ms. Bharti Das, Director (Finance), DGCA has been promoted to the post
of Chief Controller of Accounts (CCA) in the Ministry of Commerce.She
is an ICAS officer of the1988 batch.
B.B. Mishra to join GOI as IG
B.B. Mishra Addl.DG Border Management Assam is all set to join
Government of India (GOI) on central depitation as IG shortly.He is an
IPS officer of the1983 batch who belongs to the Assam cadre.
Sharad Chauhan returns to AGMU cadre
Sharad Chauhan,Director in the Ministry of Health has pre-maturely
returned to his parent cadre of AGMU  as he is due to promoted in
super-time scale.He is an IAS officer of the1994 batch.
50% officers of CSS to be Dy.Secretaries/Directors
ACC has approved that 50% officers of CSS cadre officers will be appointed to posts of Deputy Secretaries and Directors in Government
of. As a result of this decision, other cadre officers are going to suffer.
Prem Narain Saxena tipped to be Deputy Secretary, NetGrid
Prem Narain Saxena Dy.Secretary Disaster Management in Ministry of
Home  Affairs (MHA) is likely to be appointed as Deputy Secretary,
NetGrid.He is a CSS cadre officer.
B. M. S. Rathore posted as new Jt.Secretary MoEF
B. M. S. Rathore an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of 1982 batch
from Madhya Pradesh cadre on central deputation has been posted as new
Joint Secretary  in the Ministry of
Environment & Forest (MoEF) in place of A.K. Goyal  whose deputation
tenure had concluded on June 18, 2010.So far B.M. Rathore was Senior
Advisor with the Winrock International(a body dealing in spheres of
bio diversity and climaste changes). A.K. Goyal is an IFS officer of
the Kerala cadre who belongs to the
1981 batch.
Singh is Director Petroleum
1986 batch Indian Economic Service officer Chandra Bhan Singh has joined as Director in the Ministry of Petroleum.
Manish Pathak is Director Defence
Manish Pathak has joined as Director Defence. Pathak is 1994 batch IP&TA&FS officer.
Alok Shukla is ADG UIAI
Alok Shukla has joined as ADG UIAI. He is 1989 batch Indian Telecom Service officer.
IRS officers to join MEA
Indian Revenue Service officers are in demand in the Ministry of External Affairs. The MEA has asked to Secretary Revenue to send names of meritorious officers to monitor India’s aid projects in Various countries. IRS officers of Income Tax and Customs will go on deputation to the MEA.
B. Praveen Kumar IFS shifted in Rajasthan
B. Praveen Kumar who so far was Director ICDS Project in Jaipur has been shifted by the Rajasthan government as Deputy Conservators of Forest Sariska (Alwar). He is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1996 batch who belongs to the Rajasthan cadre.
Three IAS officers join APPA course
Three IAS officers have joined nine months long APPA course in the New Delhi located Indian Institute of Public Affairs (IIPA) that commenced on July 1,2010 .They are Mssrs:-  Sanjay Kumar Thade, 1989 batch, West Bengal Cadre,Viresh Kumar, 1981 batch, Uttar Pradesh Cadre and  Sujata Chaturvedi, 1991 batch, Bihar Cadre.
Air India operates chartered flights for para military forces
The National Aviation Company of India Limited (NACIL) of which CMD is Arvind Jadhav (IAS, 1978 batch –Karnataka cadre) has begun operating special chartered flights for Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) from Kolkata to North East for ferrying combined para military forces from Kolkata to places like Imphal, Agartala, Aizawl, Silchar with effect from July 21, 2010.
Major arrested in Andman
A Major has been arrested in Andman on Thursday on charges of sending secret information abroad.
IAS officers of 1977 batch given CS grade TN
As many as eight IAS officers of 1977 batch in Tamil Nadu have been promoted to Chief Secretary grade against post mentioned against each of them. They are Debendranath Sarangi ACS Environment and Forests Department, Ms. S. Malathi Vgilance Commissioner and Commissioner for Administrative Reforms, Rakesh Kacker (on deutation to Government of India) Additional Secretary Department of Consumer Affairs in Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Dr. Mrutyunjay Sarangi on deputation to Government of India as Additional Secretary in Cabinet Secretariat, Ajay Bhattacharya on deputation to Government of India as Additional Secretary AS Administrator (USO Fund) in Department of Telecommunications (Ministry of Communications & Information Technology) , Dr.(Ms) Qudsia Gandhi Additional Chief Secretary / Chairperson & Managing Director, Overseas Manpower Corporation Limited, Dr. R. Christodas Gandhi Additional Chief Secretary / Chairperson & Managing Director Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency & Ms. M. Sheela Priya Additional Chief Secretary / Director, Economics and Statistics.
Railway transfers and postings
PK Agarwal of SAG/IRSME has been on being relieved from the post of DRM/PTA transferred from WCR and posted as CME, SK Agarwal of SAG/IRSME has been transferred from DMW to RCF/KXH and posted in the cadre, SC Jethi of SAG/IRTS has been transferred from RSC to CR and posted in the cadre, KS Sahoo of SAG/IRTS has been transferred from SER to ECOR and posted in the cadre, KV Murthy of SAG/IRTS has been transferred from ECOR to ER and posted in the cadre and SK Halder of JAG/IRAS has been transferred from CLW to be placed in selection grade.
Wife of S. V. Ranganath Chief Secretary Karnataka passes away
Mrs. Usha Ranganath wife of S. V. Ranganath Chief Secretary to the
Karnataka Government passed away  after a brief illness in Bangalore on the night of July 22, 2010.She was 51. She will be cremated at 1 pm
on  July 23, 2010.

Justice Kabbin is Chairman of KAT
Justice A C Kabbin has been appointed as chairman of Karnataka Administrative Tribunal (KAT).
Sehgal appointed in UIAI
Rakesh Sehgal has been appointed as Regional Deputy Director General (Joint Secretary level) in the Unique Identification Authority of India. He is 1986 batch IDAS officer.
Ayyangar is now JS NATGRID
DR.G.S.G. Ayyangar, IAS(MT-87) presently working as Adviser (Joint Secretary level), in the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) under the Ministry of Home Affairs has been appointed as Joint Secretary (Operations) in the National Intelligence Grid(NATGRID).He is 1987 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.

BHEL's Net Profit is up 42% percent in Q1

As per the unaudited Financial Results for Q1 of FY 2010-11, the Sales/Income of BHEL from Operations is up nearly 17% Quarter-on-Quarter, Profit before Tax is up 39% Quarter-on-Quarter and Net Profit is up 42% Quarter-on-Quarter. Besides the Company has an outstanding order book position of Rs.1,48,000 Crore at the end of the first quarter of the current fiscal.

Seven 1996 batch IPS in Rajasthan get DIG rank
As many as Seven 1996 batch IPS officials in Rajasthan have been promoted to the rank of DIG. They are Sachin Mittal - SP CID (SB) Jdhpur, Sanjeeb K Narjari – SP Udaipur, LN Meena – SP Jalor, Nisar Ahmad Farooqui – SP Churu, Mehtab Singh – Commandant 5th Batallion, RAC, Jaipur, GN Purohit – SP, ACB, Jaipur and SC Kalla – SP CID (ASB), Jaipur.
Abhay Kumar made MD Jaipur Metro Rail Corp
Rajasthan government has transferred Abhay Kumar, Secretary Revenue, as MD - Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation
A. K. Joshi poised to be new PCCF in Maharashtra

Alok Kumar Joshi is poised to be new PCCF in Maharashtra. He is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1975 batch who belongs to the Maharashtra cadre.

Bureaucrats are busy with preparations for NDC's meeting

Across the country bureaucrats are busy for the NDC meeting scheduled to be held in Delhi on July 24, 2010.

CORPORATE

Jiwrajka in NIFT Board
Dilip B. Jiwrajka, Managing Director of Alok Industries, Mumbai has been nominated on the Board of the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT).
Top level changes in offing CDSL
Top level management changes are going to take place at Central Depository Services (India) Ltd . soon.
Sarma is CEO in Eastern States Airtel
Prasanta Das Sarma has taken over as CEO of Airtel's mobility business in Kolkata, West Bengal and Orissa.
Exit of top level management personnel  at Reliance Retail worries Mukesh Ambani
Exit of key management personnel at top level in Reliance Retail worrying RIL Chairman Mukesh Ambani
Thomas Cook (India) Ltd launches student scholarships
Thomas Cook (India) Ltd has launched a Scholarship program for students.
Tainwala appointed Compliance Officer
Dungarmal Tainwala, Whole Time Director, Tainwala Chemical and Plastic (India) Ltd  has been appointed as the Compliance Officer with effect from July 01, 2010.
Greg Estep steps down as Chairman of Agro Tech Food Ltd
 Greg Estep has resigned as Director and Chairman of Agro Tech Foods Ltd  and  Alejandro Castro has resigned as Director from the Board of Directors of the Company .
Shah resigns as Director of Shree Ajit Pulp & Paper Ltd
Nilesh N. Shah has resigned as Independent Director of  Shree Ajit Pulp & Paper Ltd with effect from July 20, 2010.
Subramaninan no longer Director of  IRCON Interational
Ramanathan Subramanian has ceased to be Part-time (Non-Official) Director, IRCON International Ltd .  
IDBI Board approves merger
IDBI Bank Ltd Board of Directors has given in-principle approval to the proposal for merger of IDBI Homefinance Ltd. (a 100% unlisted subsidiary of IDBI Bank Ltd) with IDBI Bank Ltd.
Apoorva Singh is Senior VP Patni Computer Systems
Patni Computer Systems Ltd, has appointed Apoorva Singh as Senior Vice President and Global Head, (Infrastructure Management Services).
Bharti Wal-Mart to hire 1,100 persons this year
Bharti Wal-Mart, the joint venture between Bharti Enterprises and Wal-Mart Stores would hire about 1,100 persons by the end of 2010. 
 21 GMs promoted as ED in BHEL
As many as 21 General Managers/ General Manager (Incharge) have been promoted as Executive Directors in BHEL. They are A Chandrababu – ED (BAP) Ranipet, B Shankar – ED (HR & CC), D Ashok – ED (CBU), Dr. HS Jain – ED (Corporate R&D), GS Bindra – ED (PS-PEM), Jainender Kumar – ED (PS-PMG), Jitendra Kumar – ED (PS-NR), M Rajiv Kumar - ED (PS-ER), PK Agarwal – ED (PS-Marketing – Nuclear and Hydro), PK bajpai – ED (Financial Services) Corporate Office, PK Uppal – ED (IO), Prabhat Kumar – ED (Jhansi), R Krishnan – ED, HPEP, Hyderabad, RK Wanchoo ED (PE & SD), Hyderabad, Ranjan Sahi – ED (CMT & P Monitoring & MM), S Gopalkrishnan – ED (PS – Marketing – Thermal and Gas), SS Gupta (presently on deputation to BHPV as MD) – ED (will continue as MD – BHPV), Subodh Gupta – ED Defence, CPP and PMG), TN Veeraraghvan – ED (TBG), UK Das – ED (PS – SSBG) and WVK Krishna Shankar – ED (P&D).
Eleven GMs in BHEL redesignated as GM (I)
A total of 11 General Managers in BHEL have been redesignated as General Manager (Incharge). They are A Dasgupta – GM Incharge (IO – Projects), AK Dave - GM Incharge (TCB), Ashwani Kumar - GM Incharge (HSE & CSR), Corporate Office, KC Rammurthy - GM Incharge (CE), M Kannappan - GM Incharge Piping Centre and Thirumayam Project), M Karunakarareddy - GM Incharge (Engg and Boilers), RK Malhotra - GM Incharge (Projects and Purchase), RK Sharma - GM Incharge (CMG), Rajeev Hajela - GM Incharge (TL & JV), Dr. Sukul Lomash - GM Incharge (CEPD) and Umesh Mathur - GM Incharge Marketing and Commercial) .
Indo-American appointed in US
Indo- American Gururaj ‘Desh' Deshpande, entrepreneur and Chairman of Tejas Networks, A123 has been appointed Co-Chairman of the U.S. National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (NACIE).

Aaj Ki Aawaz
Mamtha is too busy with Bengal and is ignoring Railways!!
In Bengal all the time she stays!!
 
And the ole Mamtha is now in the past!!!
The ole Mamtha wore he heart on her sleeve and ‘resigned fast’!!
 
Now despite two accidents she’s not even made an offer to resign!!
All that she does now is whine!!
 
And on account of ‘numerical compulsions’ Mohna has his hands tied!!
He's mum though all rules Mamtha has defied!!
 
Pawar too has done the same!!
And Mohna does not even have the guts to say ‘shame shame’!!
 
PC and Diggy are indulging in kushti of the Noora kind!!
Verbally kicking each other in the hind!!
 
To fight Naxalism what is required is a carrot and stick approach!!
First give them a sample of might and then an amnesty karo broach!!
 
Their confidence is high and they will not understand an amnesty as of now!
Will not even agree to a powwow!!
 
And please do not ignore the Naxal and Paki terror link!!
Of a Paki connection Naxalism does stink!!

At the FM Meet it looked like the ' Gulliver Travels' story!!
Looked as if the rest stood on the ground floor and Manpreet Badal stood on the upper storey!!

In fact he should have asked the rest ' how's the weather down there'!!
To see eye to eye with him Pranab Da would require to stand tippy toes on a chair!
 
Via Commonwealth the Brit Raj lives on!!
And high time about this something was done!!
 
Why do Nations once ruled by Brits in the name of Commonwealth play these games?
Its one of the biggest shames!!
 
Every time the Commonwealth Games are held Brits remind us of the ‘past’!!
When into the dye of slavery India was cast!!
 
And Kalmadi is laughing to the Bank!!
To get to wealth he’s used Games as a plank!!
 
People say ‘as Congress Party gets its share it is game’!!
And now its pretty obvious Congress is not scared of getting a bad name!!
 
Congress feels public can easily be bought over!!
When needed its self-respect Congress can really lower!!
 
Confucius says….but my opinion is the Indian Voter is changing for the better!!
Now lesser and lesser is money or booze a vote getter!!

Bharat Kumar

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Headless chicken
The UPA Government is the best example of headless chicken. The Paki foreign Minister rebuked India and yet our foreign Minister accepted the humiliation accepted like Balaji Prasadam. Even Bangladeshis could kill 20 of our BSF Jawans we could do nothing. Kashmir problems is created by our own Kashmiries who want to be Pakis. Why we cannot open the borders and send all of them to Pakistan? Now Kerala is slowly Talibanised. This Congress party wants only Hindus to be secular. Others can do what they want. This bunch of eunuchs are going bring disaster to this country by appeasing the enemies of our country.
Rajeeva
How will police work ?

In Uttarakhand the DGP & entire police machinery was changed for the reason of a minor scuffle between Police SHO and an MLA. The police officer was trying to enforce traffic rule and the MLA was not willing to follow the rule. The result was heated exchange of words and manhandling. The result is that the MLA is freely roaming around with no case registered against him or his followers who did violence at the Police station. The entire Police machinery is changed and the SHO and 4-5 constables are in Jail. Let people think how police will implement law & order in society.

DK

Commonwealth woes !

As one who cares about the prestige of the country, I am getting jitters on the preparations for the Commonwealth Games which are only 70 days away. The stadia are leaking with the first rain of the season. The roads are littered with dug stones, earth and other paraphernalia of construction adding to water logging, flooding and woes of commuters. Streetscaping is far from complete. The railings dividing the road have been ripped off at places by vandals. The contractors are complaining and refusing to carry on till they get paid by MCD. The greening of certain areas has yet not begun. Everyone wants more and more money to complete the tasks. Various agencies involved with the CWG related works has resorted to blackmailing to get more funds. Money is being wasted right and left. Who is going to pay for it. Delhites? Even the common man of this country. More funds can be collected only from the people by way of more taxes. We are in for rising cost of everything. The sad part is that so much money seems to have been wasted on works which were not necessary nor do they in any way add to the aesthetics or the beauty of this city. Rather they add to its ugliness. While one day the truth about such massive wastage of funds will come out at the moment we keep our fingers crossed for the smooth hosting of the Games with everything in place before the D-day.

Aarti Khosla

What is the logic?

I know that with the kind of money spend going on for Commonwealth Games we would most likely hold the games and may even boast of these being best ever Commonwealth Games. But is it acceptable that a country with more than 50% population below poverty line spends or throws away its precious financial resources just for a boast? I would be proud on the day when I would say that my nation has ensured that every citizen of the country is able to meet basic needs for human existence. How wise is a Government which on one side wants to tackle its fiscal deficit by curtailing subsidies and on the other side squanders money for a 'boast'! Or is it a easy way to make easy money by its joannies ? Somehow I despite my conscious effort to remove negativity of thought am not able to reconcile to the level of corruption I am witnessing in the name of games. At times I wonder whether the naxalites are right in their approach towards a highly corrupt and exploitative system? How can a PM be such a mute spectator of the loot going on right under his nose and then claim to be honest? Is it the right definition of honesty please?

MB

"Why,this double standard?"

If the Indians are liable to be prosecuted for not paying taxes, then why can the authorities concerned in the GOI be not prosecuted for wasting the tax payers money in the name of building additional infrastructures at the Delhi airport like the Convention centres, restaurants, hotels etc by relaxing the norms ?Are these justifiable? Do we not need more warehouses and silos for the Food Corporation of India to prevent the precious food grains from rotting in the open? What is the motive behind this conspiracy to loot the public?

A K Saxena (A retired civil servant)