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Ramasundaram to be AS and FA Steel ?

S Ramasundaram is likely to be appointed Additional Secretary and FA in the Ministry of Steel. He is 1979 batch IAS officer of TamilNadu cadre.

Gudey Srinivas to be JS (P) in MHA ?

Gudey Srinivas is likely to be appointed new Joint Secretary (P) in the MHA.He is 1990 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre. Name of one 1984 batch IAS officer of TamilNadu cadre is also in circulation for the post.

Ms. Rajni Razadan's order as Member UPSC issued

The formal order relating appointment of Ms Rajni Razdan as a Member havebeen issued . She was Secretary Department of Pension & Pensioners Welfare.She is an IAS officer of the 1973 batch who belongs to the Haryana cadre.

( We said this on April 12 )

Sharma joins CBI as DIG

Rajeev Kumar Sharma has joined the CBI in Delhi as DIG.1990 batch IPS officer Sharma has been posted in EOW.

( We said this on March 9 and again on March 16 )

Asif Jalal joins CBI

Asif Jalal has joined the CBI as SP.2002 batch IPS officer Jalal has been posted in Delhi EOW.

( We said this on March 15 )

Desh Deepak Verma joins GoI as AS Food

Desh Deepak Verma has joined the Government of India as Additional Secretary Food and Public Distribution. He is 1978 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

( We said this on February 5 )

Bhatia gets three months extension

Ujal singh Bhatia Ambassador to WTO Geneva has got three month extension after his retirement.1974 batch Orissa cadre IAS officer Bhatia is scheduled to retire on April 30.

Jayant Dasgupta appointed as Permanent Representative at WTO, Geneva.

Jayant Dasgupta has been appointed as Permanent Representative of Government of India at WTO, Geneva.He is an IAS officer of the 1981 batch who belongs to the Bihar cadre.

( We said this on March 13,2008 )

Topden appointed Ambassador to Greece

Tsewang Topden, presently High Commissioner to Namibia has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Greece.

Srivastava appointed Ambassador

D.N Srivastava, presently Ambassador of India to Democratic Republic of Congo, has been concurrently accredited as the Ambassador of India to Central African Republic and Republic of Congo with residence in Kinshasa.

Posts of Vigilance Commissioners lying vacant

Posts of Vigilance Commissioners (two: One IPS other Banking) have been lying vacant for the last six months..

Ms. Sudha Ravi's successor yet to be named

Successor Ms. Sudha Ravi who was Washington based Representative of the State Bank of India (SBI) is is yet to be named. She had recently come back to SBI's corporate office as DGM Enterprise Risk Management Department.

Muthusamy is number two in panel

The PESB is believed to have put the name of P Muthusamy number two in the panel prepared for the post of Director in the Hindustan Papers Ltd..

Bharadwaj is number two in panel of Director WAPCOS

Rajiv Bharadwaj reportedly figure number two in the panel prepared by the PESB for the post of Director (Finance) WAPCOS.

Maj Gen Dalbir Singh promoted

Maj Gen Dalbir Singh has been promoted to the rank of Lt Gen in the India Army under the Command Staff Scheme.

Maj Gen S A Hasnain promoted

Maj Gen S A Hasnain has been promoted to the rank of Lt Gen in the India Army under the Command Staff Scheme.

Maj Gen Chachra promoted

Maj Gen S Chachra has been promoted to the rank of Lt Gen in the India Army under the Command Staff Scheme.

Maj Gen Pastore promoted

Maj Gen Pastore Singh has been promoted to the rank of Lt Gen in the India Army under the Command Staff Scheme.

Maj Gen Bhatia promoted

Maj Gen Vinod Bhatia has been promoted to the rank of Lt Gen in the India Army under the Command Staff Scheme.

Maj Gen Nehra promoted

Maj Gen J P Nehra has been promoted to the rank of Lt Gen in the India Army under the Command Staff Scheme.

Maj Gen Langer promoted

Maj Gen S Langer has been promoted to the rank of Lt Gen in the India Army under the Command Staff Scheme.

Maj Gen Chaudhry promoted

Maj Gen Chaudhry has been promoted to the rank of Lt Gen in the India Army under the Command Staff Scheme.

A Minor bureaucratic reshuffle in Rajasthan

In a minor bureaucratic reshuffle in Rajasthan on Thursday,1981 batch IAS
officer Rohit R Brandon was appointed as Chairman of the Rajasthan Civil
Services Appellate Tribunal. Ms.Malvika Panwar was posted as Principal
Secretary Sports & Youth Welfare(on the vacant post) .Vinod Kapoor
Secretary of the Justice Mathur Commission has been posted as Secretary
Horticulture(newly created post),though he will continue to hold both charges
till further orders. Likewise, Bhawani Singh Detha Collector Churu was
transferred to state secretariat Jaipur as Deputy Secretary Finance (Taxes).

Alok Kumar moves to Chandigarh

Alok Kumar has been posted in Chandgarh. He is 1996 batch IPS officer of UT cadre.

Much qualified IRS officer: Ms. Renuka Jain Gupta

There is a Chinese proverb which says that learning is like rowing upstream: not to advance is to drop back. It is all the more relevant in the fast changing world of today. Working in different Ministries and Departments and dealing with numerous varied subjects is a great learning opportunity for the Civil servants. However, there are some bureaucrats who continue to pursue formal education while discharging their official duties. One such person is Mrs. Renuka Jain Gupta, IRS (1992 Batch). She did her graduation in Electronics Engineering (B.E.) from Delhi College of Engineering in 1988. Thereafter she enrolled for the Master of Engineering course in Electronics & Telecommunication from Delhi College of Engineering, Delhi. She joined Indian Railways Service of Signal Engineers in 1991 and completed her Master of Engineering (M.E.) in 1992. She joined the Indian Revenue Service in 1992. She did Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) from Indira Gandhi National Open University, (IGNOU) New Delhi with specialization in Finance in 2000. This was followed by a degree in law (L.L.B.) from the Delhi University in 2003 and Master of Arts (Economics) from Indira Gandhi National Open University, (IGNOU) New Delhi in 2007. Her latest degree is a Master of Philosophy (M. Phil.)  degree in Social Science awarded by Panjab University, Chandigarh in 2008. Apart from the formal education, she has also attended a 3 month Road Safety course organized by Danish Road Directorate, Denmark in 2004 and 9 month Advanced Professional Course in Public Policy and Administration of the Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi. She has also co-authored books on Electrical Engineering for students of Engineering and on Science that are used in classes IX & X .

Faiz Ur Rehman is CPMG, Maharashtra circle

Faiz Ur Rehman is Chief Post Master General (CPMG) of the Maharashtra Circle. Earlier he was CPMG in Uttarakhand.

Record of JS empanelment in GoI

The empanelment of 1990 batch IAS officials for the post of Joint secretary is considered a record since the last empanelment was done in September 2008. It is now been done in April 2010 after a period of two years.

Anup Chandra Pandey joins GoI

Dr Anup Chandra Pandey has joined the Government of India as Joint Secretary Labour. He is 1984 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

( We said this on March 26 )

Bureaucratic reshuffle in Karnataka in May

As the grapevine has it, the bureaucracy in Karnataka will see a major change in May 2010.

P K Mohanty appointed Information Commissioner in Orissa

Secretary to Chief Minister, Pramod Kumar Mohanty has been appointed as the new Information Commissioner. He is 1991 batch IAS officer. Mohanty is retiring on April 30.

Kuldeep Singh goes to Copenhagen

Counsel in Ho Chi Minh City Kuldeep Singh has been posted as First Secretary in Copenhagen on a vacant post.

Atulya Mishra to be Chairman of Chennai Port Trust

In all probability, Atulya Mishra will be new Chairman of the Chennai Port Trust.He is 1988 batch IAS officer of TamilNadu cadre. Search Committee is believed to have cleared the name of Mishra for the post

Two in fray for the slot of ED (Engineering) in AAI

As the grapevine has it, there are many General Managers (GMs) who are in fray for the post of Executive Director (ED) for Finance wing in the Airports Authority of India (AAI) of which Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) is V.P.Agrawal. They are: Shankar Chaudhary & Suresh.

Renu Pillai joins GoI

Ms Renu Pillai has joined the Government of India as Director Census Operations in Chhattisgarh. She is 1991 batch IAS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre.

1976 batch IPS officials comparatively older

The IPS officials belonging to 1976 batch would retire soon as they are comparatively older than those belonging to other batches.

IA&AS officer Ms. Suparna Deb transferred

Ms. Suparna Deb, Accountant General (A&E), Orissa, Bhubaneswar, on relief from her present duties by Shri AK Singh, is transferred and posted as Principal Director of Audit, Ordnance Factories, Kolkata.

Functional Directors in central PSUs will now be half the board’s strength

The corporate governance norms being made mandatory for the central PSUs to follow stipulate that the number of functional directors should not exceed 50 per cent of the board’s strength and at least one-third should be independent directors.

GoI contemplating Health Insurance scheme

GoI is contemplating introduction of a Health Insurance scheme for central government employees and pensioners and their family members all over India. The scheme is proposed to be implemented on voluntary basis for existing employees and pensioners and compulsorily for future employees and pensioners.

Chandra Prakash Singh to hold charge of TANGEDCO also

Chandra Prakash Singh (1981 batch) shall function as Chairman cum Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Electricity Board Limited (TNEB) and Chairman cum Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited (TANGEDCO).

Two point agenda of Akali Dal (Badal)
Akali Dal (Badal) wants to give message to people of Punjab, if Sukhbir Singh Badal will become Chief Minister of Punjab, there will be two points agenda of Akali Dal i.e. (i) Akali Dal will create understanding between different groups and parties of Punjab for good governance and progress of Punjab. (ii) Akali Dal will Co-operate and make good understanding with Central Government for development and good future of Punjab State. The Prime Minister has allotted funds for development of Punjab. Sukhbir Singh Badal has admired the action of PM and change in his attitude towards Central Government is quite visible.
Ms Neela Gangadharan is new Secretary Justice 
Chief Secretary of Kerala Government Ms Neela Gangadharan  has  been appointed Secretary Jusice in the Government of India.She is 1975 batch IAS officer.
( We said this  on April 13 )
Ms Bhupinder Prasad moves to Inland Waterways Authority
Secretary Justice Ms Bhupinder Prasad has moved to Inland Waterways Authority as Chairperson. She is 1976 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.
( We said this on April 13 )
Dr Lalit K Panwar is new CMD ITDC
Dr Lalit K Panwar Principal Secretary School Education with the Rajasthan government has been appointed new CMD of the India Tourism Development
Corporation (ITDC) . He is IAS officer of the 1979 batch who belongs to the Rajasthan cadre. Dr. Panwar has, had the distinction of having served the
Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation (RTDC) as its CMD for five years. Dr.Panwar who had obtained his Ph.D from the Rajasthan University in 1998 was also Director, Tourism with the Rajasthan Government. He had done his PhD in Ecotourism. Besides, Dr. Lalit K Panwar has authored two books. One of them was titled “Ecotorism in Indian Desert” while he was co-author of a book on “Palace on Wheels” with Mrs. Dharmendra Kanwar. It may be recalled here that Dr. Panwar was instrumental of “Palace on Wheels” on broad gauge line.
( We said this on October 26, 2009)
Arvind Kumar elevated as ED in NTPC
Arvind Kumar who so far was General Manager (GM) with NTPC has been elevated
as an Executive Director (ED).
Tanmay Kumar gets additional charge in Rajasthan
Tanmay Kumar, Secretary, Relief Disaster Management & Commissioner, Employment Guarantee Scheme, has been given additional charge of Secretary IT & Telecom by the Rajasthan government. He is Rajasthan cadre IAS officer of 1993 batch.
IAS & IPS officers facing trial on the Criminal charges in CBI cases
The number of IAS and IPS officers facing trial on the Criminal charges in CBI cases as on March 31,.2010 are 84 and 33 respectively
Cases being investigated against IAS and IPS officers by CBI
The number of cases being investigated against IAS and IPS officers by CBI , as on March 31, 2010, are 21 and 6 respectively.


CORPORATE
Jhaveri to be Country Manager Citigroup

Pramit Jhaveri is being promoted to country manager investment banking for Citigroup in India.

O.P. Maken elevated as ED in NTPC

O.P. Maken who so far was General Manager (GM) with NTPC has been elevated as an Executive Director (ED). Presently he is posted in joint venture of NTPC & Bharat Forge.

Many in fray for the slot of ED (Engineering) in AAI

As the grapevine has it there are many General Managers (GMs) who are in fray for two posts of Executive Directors (EDs) for Engineering wing in the Airports Authority of India (AAI) of which Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) is V.P.Agrawal. They are: V.K.Malhotra, Anuj Agrawal & A.K.Mishra.

Srivastava to be Director (Finance) WAPCOS !

P P Srivastava is likely to be appointed Member (Finance) in the WAPCOS.The PESB has reportedly put the name of Srivasava number one in the panel.

Banerjee to be Director Hindustan Papers !

In all probability Amitabh Banerjee will be Director in the Hindustan Papers. The PESB is reportedly put his name number one in the panel.


Aaj Ki Aawaz

Diggy says when PC makes up his mind!
Him abs inflexible you will find!!
 
Basically PC’s is in a fix!
The Dhantewada attack hit his efficient Mantri tag for a six!
 
Now PC is trying to get back his efficient tag!!!
But as of now karr raha hai badly lag!!
 
Tribals are Congress’s vote bank!!!
And I’m sure hearing PC Sonia’s think tank’s heart sank!!
 
Like I said this fight has to be attack and woo!!!
A lot of precision will be required in the ‘Maoist surgery’ that forces do!
 
And Sarkaar will have to ensure that in tribal areas benefits reach the grass root!
Stop the en-route 92% loot!!
 
Tharoor and his hoor have given Hawala a new twist!!
Converts from $ to Rs., and  to make black into white sweat money does assist!
 
Insiders say its Tharoor’s money and he made it during his UN days!!
They say in UN the will is there and so to make money they have the ways!
 
Why for the past three months has Sunanda been treat like VVIP by MEA????
Is it the Ministry of External Affairs ( love affairs outside India) or MEA???
 
Sunanda was chosen despite a sea of people more qualified for this kaam!!!!
And franchisee still has not responded to queries ‘who recommended her naam’!!
 
Tharoor is ready to make a statement in The House!!
Some way the flames he wants to douse!!
 
Should the House’s time be wasted with such a statement????
For taking up issues for the Nation to The House PMs are by the people sent!
 
Confucius says……House should not be distracted by IPL!!!!
Get ready now for Indian Political League or IPL!
 
Flash…… PC has tripped,
His stock has dipped!!!
 
Now with BJP praising him more knives are out against him in Congress!!
In the House emotional button he did press!!!
 
But fact is buck did stop at his table!!!
And now the feeling on the street is ‘he is not that capable!!!
 
All his PM dreams have been smashed!!!
His hopes to become PM have crashed!!
 
Now I Tax has got into the IPL drama and rightly so!!!!
How is IPL a Charity Organization and I'm sure to this any sane person will say no??
 
Hope now the true picture will emerge!!!
And hopefully in IPL there will be a purge!!!
 
BCCI is already talking of clipping Modi’s wings!!!!
But then BCCI is known to change the tune it sings!!!
 
Maybe Modi will make Pawar an offer he cannot refuse!!
In the past too this route Modi did use!!!
 
No doubt Modi and his near and dear have benefited from the IPL in a big way!!
And Sunanda is the front for Tharoor's investment many say!!
 
Investigate Modi and Tharoor!!!
And keep Modi from IPL and Tharoor from the Government durr (far)!!
Bharat Kumar


Forum
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CSS and CSS

When a Steno Grade D is a Grade D for the past 23-25 years but exposed to more work just because of his experience, logically speaking, there is no necessity for the posts of PPS/Sr.PPS and PSO who are virtually enjoying at the cost of these stagnated stenos. Apart from this, you should also be aware that recent hike in GP has not given these stenos any benefit in fixation of basis but the benefit has gone to freshers who entered service in between 2006-08 or got ACP during the above period. In steno line it is guaranteed that PPS/Sr.PPS and PSOs are enjoying like anythging with all benefits.

R S Bisth

DoP is a poorly managed department.

The Board of which she is a chairperson has no member finance of a rank similar to other members-The JS&FA is treated worse than even a simple SAG officer i. e. DDG- The Project Arrow is nothing more than a facade-the look of the Post Office has been revamped but the attitude of counter clerks and officers is as feudal as ever. Speed Posts is anything but speedy, complaints are not received promptly-would the Secretary
Look at the departments expenditure and revenue statement, it survives on life support of Ministry of Finance. It is certainly another event in our system ridden with apathy towards the interests of the people.

Vandana

It is a concoction

Shortage of officers in army is a "concoction" to extract favours from the government for the army. Large number of army officers are deployed in purely non-combat duties. If these officers are diverted to combat appointments, the shortage will become minimal. Some of the departments from where these officers can be moved out are BRO, Cabinet Secretariat, MES, MAP, AWHO etc. These organizations have virtually become dumping grounds for Army officers. There is practically not much contribution by the army officers posted therein.

Samalochak

PC is doing a good job.

PC Chidambaram is the first Home Minister to understand the Maoist insurgency as a law and order problem. Prior to PC, every other politician thought of it as a socio economic problem, and thus allowed things to come to such a pass. A law and order problem has to be first seen as a law and order problem in order to solve it. It is only with PC that hope has come about for its solution. Neither Mani Shankar Aiyar (a retired Foreign Service officer and hence particularly unaware of grassroots realities in India) of too much use in this regard except that they are given to mouthing platitudes and doing nothing. Platitudes have led us nowhere. PC is the only person who can do anything about this menace.

A K Singh

Entire debate on naxal war revolving around service bashing

CPO's officer bashing IPS, army bashing CPO's etc etc without understanding the true nature and organizational ( not military)tactics of Maoists. Had anyone of those involving in service bashing understand the organizational tactics of Maoists, they would not be doing this. Nothing will lessen the grief of those who have lost their family members in Dantewada attack but then indulging in this type of thing is not going to help anybody. All of them writing against IPS officers need to visit A.P and see for themselves how successful they are in countering it at all levels ( militarily, socially, developmentally). All charges of people who write without verifying the facts need to know the role of CPO or military, if any there. Same is the case with the state of Punjab or Tripura. CPO's officer writing against army should realise that they have their own moments of glory and failures like any other organisations. It seems that CPO officers think that the entire panacea of this Naxal thing is military and if IPS officers are removed from there, it is a matter of seconds for them. Addressing grievances related to personnel should be done at proper forums but that should not be made an opportunity during time of introspection. They have not faced the thrust of civilian administration and they don’t realize how hard civil administration is. Similarly they don’t realise it is not easy to be in army even if no conventional wars are being fought.
In civil administration, there are several stakeholders. Sadly, nobody looks towards the impediments created by compulsions of multiparty democracy, federalism, frontal organizations, some NGO's, misgovernance, deprivation, industrial and mining policy. Only civil administration knows and face the burnt of it. It is easy to be critic of others without understanding the ground realities. If CPO officers feel that they can deal with it single handedly, then ???...so my request for CPO officers is to stop bashing of everyone especially army and IPS/IAS and ponder about how to contribute for the same...

Arun Singh
Leave encashment

Leave encashment other than on LTC should be allowed to all Govt. Servants i.e. on tour on availing any kind of leave. People who have Delhi or any other place of working as their home town then leave encashment can be availed only once in 4 years. Many a times leave lapses due to work exigencies and this causes resentment. Govt. may please consider the above request.

V Raghvan

Your Forum dated 14th April about black money. Sonia Gandhi alone can lead the country fast forward.

Garima Gaur

"An endorsement of suggestion"

In your Forum dt 14th April captioned," An appeal to Sonia Gandhi to prove her mettle as Ch.NAC-II, A K Saxena has rightly pinned his hopes on Madam Sonia Gandhi, who is my role model.I would be the second person to propose her name for Bharat Ratna. I am sure she will surely do her best to restore black money to India. I wish her to assumes the charge of Prime Minister of India.

Sania Sultan, an IAS aspirant, Idgah,Bhopal.

Grappling with radiation exposure

While Delhi is grappling with the radiation exposure crisis emerging from the scrap market of Mayapuri somewhere in the governments closets is dusting a report by CAG of India on the waste management in the country which has highlighted these risks some two three years ago itself. Now who bothers about CAG's reports anyway and since executive find them troublesome so often these reports are filed somewhere in the corners. Of-course then for many in government CAG is a bottleneck!

NKS

Vote bank politics

The Government of India seems to be more keen to give identification cards to Bangladeshi's rather than their own citizens such as the Banzaras. I guess, it is the vote bank politics of the Congress Governments.

Rajni Kapoor

Officers are of no use
It is useless to say that there is shortage of Officers in CPMF, because officers are of no use in Forces and just wastage. Officers have created a lot of posts after creation of Forces, but there is no cadre review of lower ranks. The actual shortage is in the rank of lower ranks, which affects the overall output of forces.

Sunny Behra

Making top heavy

We are making top heavy instead of it being in a pyramidical form. The Ministers and Senior Bureaucrats are not ready to shed their feudalistic attitude. They still want to spoon fed. They have personal staff much than their entitlement. They are not ready to bother to see whether there are sufficient officers/staff below them or not. They only want their work to be done. Further they enjoy perks & facilities also much more than their entitlement.

A srivastava

Stagnation in the CSSS cadre

This week itself a presentation was made to MOS(PP)on stagnation in the CSSS cadre. The facts were completely misrepresented. PS are stagnating from 1990 onwards and the period of stagnation has been shown as 18 years whereas in actual it is 20 years and same is the case with Gr. C stenographers and 25 years for Gr.D. CSSS Gazetted association was officially called by JS(CS) and lot of issues came up for discussion but there plight, demand but there was no mention of them in presentation to MOS(PP). Uncalled for information has been added in the presentation to make fool of MOS(PP)/Secy./JS(CS). Is one director level officer is responsible for all this lapse or he is doing it intentionally as he is promoting other interests and always busy in leading delegation of his cadre. This is high time when his activities needs to be checked and justice given to CSSS as he is more than 100 percent bias.

V K Sharma

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