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IAS may not be Secretary Parliamentary Affairs
This time IAS officer is unlikely to be appointed Secretary Parliamentary Affairs .1973 batch UP cadre IAS officer Anil Kumar who is presently Secretary Parliamentary Affairs is retiring next month end.
New policy for empanelment of IPS officers likely
As the grapevine has it, a meeting for framing new policy/amendments for the empanelment of IPS officers of ranks of Additional DG and DG for the central deputation will be held within two to three days.
Mohan Kumar to be Secretary Water Resources
G Mohan Kumar is being appointed Joint Secretary Water Resources in the Government of India. He is 1979 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.
Will Brijlal be DGP during next Assly polls in Uttar Pradesh ?
It is being widely presumed that Brijlal is going to be DGP during next Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh which are slated to be held next year.
Vijay Raman moves to Kolkata
Special DG CRPF in Chhattisgarh Vijay Raman has moved to Kolkata in the same capacity. He is 1975 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
Subhash Joshi posted in Guwahati as Special DG CRPF
Subhash Joshi has been appointed Special DG CRPF with headquarters in Guwahati. He is 1976 batch IPS officer of Uttarakhand cadre.
( We said this on June 25 )
Jena joins GoI
Vandana Kumari Jena has joined the Planning Commission as Advisor. She is 1979 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.
Shahare is now JS in MEA
Rajeev Shahare (IFS 1986) has joined in MEA as Joint Secretary of WANA Division after his return from posting to Riyadh.
New post of Additional Secretary in RD
A new post of Additional Secretary is being created in the Department of Rural Development in the Government of India.
V. Thulasidas India’s “Aviation Man”
V. Thulasidas, IAS (Rtd.), former Chairman and Managing Director of Air India, is among the most experienced bureaucrat in the Indian Aviation sector and can rightly be termed as India’s “Aviation Man”. From among the IAS officers, Thulasidas, has the distinction of having the longest and most varied experience in the aviation sector. An officer of the 1972 batch (MT cadre) he started his aviation career with a stint as Under Secretary in the Ministry of Civil Aviation in 1979. His work in the Ministry involved matters relating to Air India, Indian Airlines, International Airports Authority of India and the subsidiaries of the airlines.
Later, he worked as Director (Air) and Joint Secretary (Air) in the Ministry of Defence, from 1988 to 1993. He was also on the Board of Directors of Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL). He was appointed the Chairman and Managing Director of Air India in December 2003. During his tenure in Air India, aviation in India registered unprecedented growth, both in terms of passenger traffic and number of airlines and aircraft. While in Air India, Thulasidas was elected to the Board of Governors of IATA, was elected the first Chairman of the Federation of India Airlines, was the President of the National Civil Aviation Committee of the CII, was elected the President of the Aeronautical Society Of India and was on the Board of Air Mauritius.
After retirement in March 2008, Thulasidas is still involved with the aviation sector. He was appointed as Special Officer of Kannur International Airport project by the Kerala Government. Now, he has assumed the charge as Managing Director of the Kannur International Airport Limited (KIAL). He is also the Executive Vice Chairmanship of Rajiv Gandhi Academy for Aviation Technology, a State Government concern, in Thiruvananthapuram.".
Only IAS in GoI dealing with IT for past eight years - Is he an IT man ?
Believe it or not, there is only one IAS in the Government of India who is dealing with IT for the past eight years. And he is none other than the 1975 batch AP cadre officer Rentala Chandrashekhar. He is presently Secretary IT in the GoI. Earlier when in Andhra Pradesh also, he was dealing with the same subject.
Review of IPS officers held
Review of IPS officers of the1988 batch and batches above that for Central deputation has been done. These officers were not considered in last meeting. Orders in this regard will be issued shortly.
Santosh Vaidya is Secretary NDMC
Santosh Vaidya who so far was Additional CEO, Delhi Jal Board has now
assumed the charge as Secretary NDMC. He is an IAS officer of the1998
batch who belongs to the UT cadre.
Sudhir Kumar is Additional CEO, Delhi Jal Board
Sudhir Kumar who so far was Secretary NDMC has now assumed the charge
as Additional CEO, Delhi Jal Board. He is an IAS officer of the1999
batch who belongs to the UT cadre.
Anurag Agrawal is SP Moorigaon in Assam
Anurag Agrawal who was earlier SP Special Branch in Guwahati located
PHQ has now assumed the charge as SP Moorigaon in Assam. He is an IPS
officer of the1998 batch who belongs to the Assam-Meghalaya (A-M)
cadre.
Bakshish Singh is number two in panel for Member Operations AAI
Bakshish Singh Executive Director (ED) is said to be number two in the panel prepared for the post of Member (Operations) in the AAI.
Gordian knot of DG, FIEO yet to be cut
The Gordian knot on the issue of absorption of Ajay Sahai as the Director General (DG) of the Federation of Indian Export Organisation (FIEO) being headed by A Sakthivel is yet to be cut.  As the grapevine has it, exporters in hush hush tones are talking about prolonged battle on this issue in the FIEO’s managing committee. A Sakthivel is known
for his dynamism
A.K. Jha to be new DG, NIESBUD
As the grapevine has it, A.K. Jha - Director in the central government’s Ministry of Small Scale Industries (SSIs) is going to be new Director General (DG) of the National Institute for Entrepreneurship and small Business Development (NIESBUD), Noida. A. K. Jha is an Indian Economic Service (IES) officer of the 1985 batch. Selection of Member Operations in AAI in next few days. The post of Member Operations in AAI is going to be vacant in September 2010, as Mr. Praveen Sethi is going to be retired, interviews for this post had held fortnight ago, GM’S & ED’Sof Aai are eligible to apply for this
post.
Capt Sharma in Air India has been made ED Western Region
Capt A K Sharma, ED Ground Handling, in Air India has been made ED Western Region, Mumbai.
Marihar in Air India has been made ED Related Business
R Marihar, ED Western Region, in Air India has been made ED Related Business.
Nitish Kumar has liking for direct IAS
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has a liking for the direct recruit IAS officers. This is evident from the fact that out of 39 districts he posted 36 direct recruit IAS officers as DM in the recent bureaucratic reshuffle.
R.G. Verma to be promoted as Joint Secretary DoPT
As the grapevine has it, R.G. Verma Director DoPT in Government of India (GOI) would be promoted to the rank of Joint Secretary soon. He is a CSS cadre officer of the1981 batch.
T K A Nair to get award
Vice President M Hamid Ansari will present the 13th A K Nair Memorial Award in Kerala to T K A Nair, Principal Secretary to Prime Minister.
CAT asks TN Government to promote IAS officer
The CAT has asked the TamilNadu Government to promote 1987 batch IAS officer Jasbir Singh Bajaj.The TamilNadu Government had denied super-time scale to Bajaj. The CAT has expressed annoyance over denial of promotion to Bajaj.
Deputation tenure of IPS officer extended
Central deputation tenure of R.K. Mishra Inspector General(IG), CISF has been extended upto October 31. He is 1986 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre.
Reshuffle in Pakistan bureaucracy on cards
Some high level resuffle in Pakistan's federal bureaucracy appears to be on the cards. The Federal Finance Secretary salman Siddique and his Additional secretary Asif Bajwa are likely to be shifted out of Finance Ministry. Dr Waqar Masud an old favorite of late Benazir Bhutto presently sidelined as Textiles Secretary is likely to be inducted as the new Finance Secretary.
The changes have been triggered because of some goofup involving the top brass of the federal finance ministry securing the President's approval to the award of the Finance commission by misleading the President on some crucial issues of revenue sharing between the provincess and the federal government. The anomalies pointed out by the Chief Minister of Sind resulted in issuance of amendments twice - in May and June - to the Presidential order which apparently embarrassed the president.
Md. Jamshed transferred to Northern Railway
Md. Jamshed (IRTS 1980) DRM Howrah ,on completion of DRM tenure has
been transfered to Northern Railway.
Deepak Chabra as CSO East Central Railway.
Deepak Chabra (IRTS 1981) DRM Bhavnagar,on completion of DRM tenure
has been transfered as CSO East Central Railway.
A.K.Pavadia SDGM North Western Railway.
A.K.Pavadia (IRTS 1981) DRM Secunderabad, on completion of DRM has
been transfered as SDGM North Western Railway.
IAS changes in Jharkhand
Alka Tiwary will now head Staff Selection Commission. She will also continue to hold the additional charge of housing department secretary.J.B. Tubid has been given the additional charges of excise and prohibition department and commercial taxes commissioner. Arun Kumar Singh was given additional charge of the co-operative department. Vishnu Kumar has been made Secretary labour employment and training department.Finance secretary Sukhdev Singh has been given additional charge of institutional finance department. Sudhir Prasad will hold additional charge of science and technology and Amrendra Pratap Singh will head tourism. Santosh Kumar has been appointed Secretary Revenue
Seven IT officials transferred
As many as seven officers posted in the CCIT (CCA), Delhi Region, have been transferred and posted in the office of DGIT (Vigilance), Delhi. They are Amrish bedi, ACIT, Delhi, Adarsh Modi ACIT, Delhi, Rakesh Gupta ACIT, Delhi, Rajesh Kumar ACIT, Delhi, Akhilesh Bidalia DCIT, Delhi, Aseem Sharma DCIT, Delhi and Amit Jain DCIT, Delhi,
Railway transfer postings
Ganga Ram Agarwal of SAG/IRSEE has been, on being relieved from the post of DRM/JP/NWR, transferred to CR in the same capacity and posted in the cadre by making suitable local adjustment, H. Mohd Farook of SAG/IRSE has been on being relieved from the post of CSO/SCR, posted in the cadre on SCR itself, Adesh Sharma of SAG/IRSE has been, on being relieved from the post of DRM/Hubli/SWR, trasnsferred to SCR in the same capacity and posted as CSO, Arvind Mittal of SAG/IRSSE has been transferred to SCR and posted as DRM/SPJ/ ECR, USS Yadav of SAG/IRSE has been transferred to NER as CTE and posted as DRM SEC/SCR, BK Gupta of SAG/IRSME has been transferred to WCR and posted in the cadre, Harish C. Meena of SG/IRSEE has been transferred to SER and posted in the cadre
Transfer of Anand Madhukar cancelled
Transfer of Anand Madhukar of JAG/IRPS to SER CLW has been cancelled.
Welukar is new VC of Bombay University
Rajan M Welukar has been appointed new Vice Chancellor of the Bombay University.
Neiphiu Rio Nagaland CM’s passion for football
Neiphiu Rio Chief Minister of Nagaland is so much passionate about sports and football in particular that he is on a 10 day personal tour
to South Africa to see finals of FIFA World Cup 2010. Neiphiu Rio has gone there along with six of his 12 cabinet colleagues, after
clearance from Indian Prime Minister Dr Man Mohan Singh. Though, Neiphiu Rio could go as state president of the Nagaland Olympic
association (NOA), he is going to foot in the bill from his pocket because NOA is barely five years old. So will be the case with his
ministers. It is worth mentioning that Neiphiu Rio as the Chief Minister has done a lot for sports promotion in Nagaland. Those who
too have gone to South Africa are: Home Minister Imkong L. Imchen, Planning, Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Minister T.R. Zeliang,
Health and Family Welfare Minister Azo Nienu, Power Minister Doshehe Sema, Agriculture minister Chumben Murry, Parliamentary Secretary for
Rural Department Pangnyu Phom and press secretary to the chief minister Abu Metha.

CITs transfers delayed
As the grapevine has it transfers of Commissioners of Income Tax (CITs) were delayed as Indian Minister of State for Finance S.S.
Palanimanickam was out of station. He had cleared the file on July 7, 2010.
170 CITs to be shifted
As the grapevine has it transfers of Commissioners of Income Tax (CITs) that were delayed will see shifting of at least 170 CITs.
CITs transfers by tonight or on July 9, 2010
As the grapevine has it transfers of Commissioners of Income Tax (CITs) that were delayed are likely to finalized late night on July 8,
2010 or by morning of July 9, 2010.

D’Silva promoted as Asstt Commissioner of Customs & Central Excise

Customs Appraiser Sydney D’Silva has been promoted as Assistant Commissioner of Customs & Central Excise with effect from Jan 8, 2007 and posted to Directorate General, Systems and Data Management, Mumbai.

Seven Dy/Asstt Commissioners of Customs and Central Excise transferred

As many as seven Deputy / Assistant Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise have been transferred. While Vinod Kumar Khosla has been On return from deputation posted in Delhi Customs (Prev.)M.A. Gomes has been transferred from DRI Mumbai to Mumbai CX-IK, J Sanchis has been transferred from CESTAT, Delhi to Mumbai CX-IA, S. Naveen Kushalappa has been transferred from Ahmedabad CX to Bangalore Customs Surinder Gupta has been transferred from Delhi CX to Delhi Customs(Prev.), Gaurav Singh has been transferred from Mumbai CX-I to DRI, Mumbai, Mahender Singh has been transferred from Vigilance Delhi to Delhi CX-I and Preeti Choudhary has been transferred from Mumbai CX-III to Nagpur CX.

Singh to be Director (HR) NTPC ?
S  P  Singh is being tipped to be new Director (HR) in the NTPC.He is said to be number one in the panel.
Bhattacharjee appointed Ambassador to Tajikistan
Asith Kumar Bhattacharjee, Joint Secretary at headquarters, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Tajikistan in succession to  Amar Sinha.
Ajay Mittal's relieved to join HP, Government

Ajay Mittal who in May 2009 had joined as Development Commissioner, Madras Export Processing Zone (MEPZ) has been relieved to rejoin his parent cadre of Himachal Pradesh. It may be recalled here that the Himachal Pradesh Government being headed by Chief Minister Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal had sought repatriation of Mittal who is an IAS officer of the 1982 batch. It may be recalled here that Mittal who is rated as an ace & honest officer was principal secretary (PS) Prof.Dhumal while the latter had become Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh earlier. At that time Ajay Mittal was in the Election Commission where from he was brought to the CM's secretariat in Shimla.

Naveen Singh is head of Corporate Affairs and Public Relations Sahara India
Sahara India chief Subrata Roy has appointed one of his trusted man Naveen Singh as head of Corporate Affairs and Public Relations. Singh is a key part of inner core group of the company.

CORPORATE
Neil Mills is new CEO of SpiceJet
Neil Mills has been appointed new Chief Executive Officer of the low cost airline, SpiceJet. He will succeed Sanjay Agrawal.
Advani appointed Director Blue Star
Vir S Advani has been appointed as wholetime director of the Blue Star company with effect from July 1.
Mashelkar to join Mukesh Ambani Group
Former CSIR Chief Raghunath A Mashelkar is reportedly joining the Mukesh Ambani Group.
Agrawal resigns in MP
MD of the MP Electricity Generation Company R B Agrawal has resigned.
Rahman elected Chairman of TAFI , Tamil Nadu Chapter
HM Talha Rahman, Owner, Travel Care (Madras) Pvt Ltd, has been elected as Chairman of the Travel Agents Federation of India (TAFI), Tamil Nadu Chapter. The newly-elected Chairman, is a chartered accountant by qualification, had been Secretary of the Chapter since its inception in 2004.

Rahul Yadav resigns from Jubilant Organosys Board
Rahul Yadav, Nominee Director of Citicorp International Finance Corporation and HPC (Mauritius) Limited, has resigned from the Board  of  Jubilant Organosys Ltd rwith effect from July 07, 2010.

John appointed whole-time director Federal Bank  
The Board of  Directors of  Federal Bank Limited have approved the appointment of . P.C. John, Executive Director as Whole Time Director of the Bank for a period of 3 years.
 Tata Tea changes name
Tata Tea Limited has changed its name to Tata Global Beverages Limited, effective from July 02, 2010.
Bharadhwaj appointed HSBC India's Head (Personal Financial Services)
HSBC India has appointed Gannesh Bharadhwaj as head ( Personal Financial Services).

Aaj Ki Aawaz

In the Valley basically what was needed was firmness!!
And Nation is paying for the infirmness!! 
 
Because of Congress’s Muslim vote bank fixation,
A heavy price is being paid by the Nation!!
 
Its time Kashmiris realized that Islam mandates one should be true to one’s salt!
And if this is followed in the Valley all the strife will come to a halt!!
 
Kashmiris are a pampered lot!!
More than its fair share Kashmir has got!!
 
Kashmiris can buy land anywhere in India but non Kashmiris cannot ditto (any where in Kashmir)!!!
Only as visitors or tenants into the Valley they can go!!
 
And Omar is a novice who is in charge of such a sensitive State!!!
As too nervy Omar ko now many rate!!
 
Maybe Pawar is trying to get Congress in a jam!
His ‘please lessen my load’ is just a sham!!
 
Pawar is an old warhorse and knows every trick in the book!!!
Title of the book…… Users Manual for every Crook!!
 
Keshub Mahindra says he wants to do something for those affected by UCC gassing!
The man is just sassing!!
 
All these years he did nothing and now he says ‘ mujhe kuch karna hai’!!
Keshub Bhai you are 80+ and should know ‘ek dinn sabh ko marna hai’!!
 
And here you may buy your way out!!!
But ‘There’ you cannot do so without a doubt!!
 
Congress says ‘on galloping inflation it is worried’!!
Mohna sipping his soup and Sonia her imported coffee do not look flurried!!
 
Yes Congress will be worried when elections near!!!
Then will set in not worry but fear!!!
 
Because now the feeling is ‘Congress ka haath hoarders and munaafa khoro ke saath’!
'Aur Aam Admi ke liye hai Congress ki laath'!!
 
Montek is a Congressi in a Bureaucrat’s clothing!
His pseudo attitude many find loathing!!
 
Confucius says…….. he’s a ‘drawing room economist’!!
Even the simplest issues he does twist!!!

Bharat Kumar

FORUM
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Indian army is most disciplined
For the last several days Forum is carrying write-ups on comparison between the armed forces and the IAS and others specially the CCS. The comparison at times was offensive and ludicrous. A response by one Captain the other day was really touching. It shows the hurt. Why are we mean to our armed forces? Indian army is one of the most disciplined force in the world. Time and again they have shown us their worth. We should be grateful to our army for safeguarding the integrity of our borders at a great sacrifice. Have we forgotten Kargil and other wars they fought for us. It is an insult to those young soldiers-Lieutants, Captains, Majors and colonels who died getting the pieces of our motherland vacated from the enemy to equate them with the file pushers under-secretaries and Deputy Secretaries sitting comfortably in the hallowed corridors of North Block or South Block or umpteen other Bhawans. Indian army has also shown respect for democracy. We are never in danger of a coup or a military rule as some of other nations are. Take our neighbours. Pakistan army has been ruling the roost fomenting trouble. Even when civilian rule is there military overwhelms. Bangladesh has been under army rule. Anytime they can send the chosen prime minister pack her bags. In Burma the Uniform rules keeping the pro Democracy leader under house arrest for so long. Here in our country we grudge the armed forces their due.If you ask me they deserve much more than what they have been given. This comparison is in a bad taste.It needs to be discouraged. As I have written earlier too the bane of our poor governance is the divisive force in the civil services where one All India Service suffers from superiority complex and tries to undermine the contribution of others.
Aarti Khosla

Mid career training abroad futile
Why are IAS, IPS, and other officers being sent abroad in their hundreds for "mid career training" every year? The civil servants of the past were sent for no such training, and they turned out generally better than todays lot. Why is such a huge burden being placed on the taxpayer, in the interests of some scarcely useful "training", aka an extended junket along with family for a year? Should this scandalous practice not be put to a stop at once? Are there no institutes in our nation which can train our so called heaven born (though more often quite ordinarily born, but still eager to sample the high life for free after passing the exam) services to do their job properly without bankrupting the country? Put a stop to this horrid waste!
-Aditya

Revise vehicle allowance
Misuse of Govt. vehicle needs to be relooked in right perspectives specially with reference to the peanuts given in lieu of government vehicles by way of conveyance allowances. Now government work is gradually becoming officers oriented like in pvt. sector. 11 to 12 hrs a day is common now even for director level officers whereas government vehicles are given to only JS and above that too with many ifs & buts leaving no scope but to manipulate logbooks recordings in collusion with driver who definitely takes his shares by various mean. If the cost of maintaining ones vehicle is calculated, it would be atleast 20 times the allowances a poor government officer gets. So there is need to rationalise it by giving options for interest free loan and reasonable allowances for fuel & driver (pvt.) and complete ban on government vehicle.
Suman

You scratch my back and I will yours !
I had obtained through RTI from NTPC (based on CIC's Order) about the vehicles (daily basis even to the US level officer) and other stationery provided by them to the Officials/Ministers in the Ministry of Power, not backed by any rules/guidelines. I had forwarded the information to the Central Vigilance Commission(CVC). The latter after a lot of bickering gave me a reply under the RTI Act that they have closed the case. I had obtained a copy of the note sheet of the file of CVC in which the case was examined. I was aghast to note that there was no self-contained last note on file while closing the case. The Office of CAG and DOP&T have asked from the CVC the basis on which they closed the case. I understand that till date the CVC has not given any reply. It's just case of 'you scratch my back and I will yours'. The pace at which we are using our energy resources, I am sure, will dry up all them from the earth. The coming generation will not forgive us for this. We need to make a beginning in the form of misuse of vehicles at Government cost, rationing of consumption of diesel & petrol, increase in non-conventional resources power output and creation of efficient means of urban transport. This will not only reduce our subsidiary burden on oil & petrol but also improve our environment and reduce traffic jams. We are normal beings, we cannot do anything. Somebody at the top has to bell the cat. I hope they are listening.
Satya Prakash

Is it called Austerity?
It is well known to all that since the year 2009 the Government of India was maintaining austerity, but from early part of the year the Government of India has withdrawn the circular relating to austerity. It is worth mentioning here that due to austerity drive the bureaucrats of Government was allowed to travel in economy class while on tour, but now as the austerity binding is not there, the same bureaucrat travels by executive class, the fare of which is several times more than the economy class. So, my question to the Minister of Finance, Government of India, whether India is economically so solvent that it can spend lavishly for its bureaucrats. What I feel is that wastage from Government exchequer is a must and in the interest of the Nation, same austerity matter which was prevalent in 2009 should be reimposed.
Ajay Prasad

Our leader should be matured
Those who sing paeans for the 'humble and intellectual' young man of the Gandhi dynasty should know that this young man has not opened his mouth on any of the crucial issues facing our country. Staying with few common people is only a stunt supported by a pliable visual media and will not make him an intellectual. Our nation has already suffered by pushing an immatured Nehru over the heads of more qualified leaders like Sardar Patel. Kashmir, China are the result of this. Same thing is the case with Rajiv Gandhi. Shah Bano case, Ayodhya, Sri Lanka problems all can be traced to him. We should also not forget that even when Indira Gandhi was demolishing one constitutional edifice after another, there were selfish chamchas glorifying her as "Indira is India".
N Krishna

Caste has a divisive potential
The primary argument against caste is that it has a divisive potential. This argument is based on fancy and propagated by vested interest. It completely ignores the politics of the disadvantaged. Nowhere in the independent history or in antiquity has the caste based politics ever harboured the idea of secessionism. Dr Ambedhkar had set the bench mark.. We believe in gaining one constitution , equal right and common destiny. It must be borne in mind this was his instance way back in 1930. As for the facts of today is centuries of oppression have resulted in socio-economic disadvantage which can be tangibly studied in terms of caste- a fact that has been recognised by the apex court. Identities and poverty are closely linked in this country and this cannot be ignored. If we have this blinkered approach I do not think any meaningful reform can ever come from within. Infact post mandal the work place have become more democratic and there is little room to nurse age old stereotypes.
V Shankar

Bring in experienced and mature administrators
Recently, during a visit to one of the big metro town of the country, I realised that how for our narrow self interests and ego, we do not care even two hoots for general public. How can IAS/IPS officers of 8-11 years of service take care of the big towns as DM/SP. Is it not the right time to bring in experienced and mature administrators/top cops to manage the affairs of metro towns. No, it can not happen because IAS do not want to lose magisterial powers. They can not allow professional police officers to take over as in many other big metros having police commissioners as the chief of law and order. This despite the fact that many committees including Senior retired IAS officers, noted jurists etc favouring such system in metros having more than a million population. They simply do not want good governance to protect their own vested interests and boost their egos. The ultimate sufferer is common people.
Arun