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OSD to be appointed to succeed CS next month
An OSD is being appointed to succeed Cabinet Secretary K M Chandra Sekhar in the second week of May. Cabinet Secretary is retiring on June 13.
Country is short of 557 IPS officers
If informed sources are to be believed country is short of 557 IPS officers.
Will Rajiv be DG NDRF ?
Name of Additional DG SSB Rajiv has also started doing the round for the post of DG of National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF). He is 1975 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
Kedar promoted as Additional Secretary
CS Kedar, Director General Employees State Insurance Corporation has been promoted to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India with effect from March,26.He is 1979 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.
( We said this on December3,2009)
Shiv Shankar Menon is new NSA
Shiv Shankar Menon former Secretary of the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has been appointed as new National Security Advisor (NSA). M.K.Narayanan who has now been appointed Governor, West Bengal, so far occupied the slot. Menon is a retired Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer of the 1972 batch. He is rated as an excellent Diplomat.
(We said this in January 2010)
Azad to be promoted this month
Yasho Vardhan Azad is being promoted to the rank of Special Director in the Intelligence Bureau this month. He is 1976 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
R.K.Garg posted SBI's CGM,Guwahati circle
R.K. Garg has been posted as Chief General Manager (CGM)Guwahati circle. Hitherto he was CGM New Business Ventures in the Head Office,Mumbai.
Raghavan to be Joint Secretary Biotechnology
As the grapevine has it Raghavan on central deputation is poised to be Joint Secretary Biotechnology. He is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1983 batch who belongs to the Orissa cadre.
IAS unlikely to be Member UPSC ?
An IAS officer is unlikely to be appointed new Member of the Union Public Service Commission.
IAS to be Secretary Power ?
If PMO sources are to be believed, only an IAS officer will be posted on May 1 as Secretary Power.
Ms. Alka Tyagi to vie for MMTC’s top slot
As the grapevine has it, Ms. Alka Tyagi, Chairperson-Cum-Managing Director (CMD), Hindustan Diamond Pvt Ltd Mumbai is vying for the post of MMTC’s CMD. She is an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of the 1984 batch.
N. Gokulram to return to his parent cadre
N. Gokulram Advisor Planning Commission on his own request is returning his parent Karnataka cadre. He is an IAS officer of  the 1974 batch who belongs to the Karnataka Cadre.
( We said this on March 29 )
Gurvin to return in June
IA&AS officer Gurvin, posted as Director, is returning from London in June.
Devangan is back to MT cadre
Vivek Kumar Devangan is back to the parent Manipur-Tripura cadre after completion of deputation tenure. He is 1993 batch IAS officer.
Deepak Narayan to be Asst Director,IMF
Deepak Narayan would be appointed as Assistant Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington for a period of three years.He is an IA&AS Service Officer of the 1993 batch.
G. Singgradelu appointed as recovery officer
G. Singgradelu has been appointed as recovery officer, Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT) under Ministry of Finance Government of India. Place of posting is Chennai.He is Defence Service, AF(HQ), Civil Service officer of  the 1997 batch.
Minnie Mathew returns to Andhra Pradesh
The ACC has approved the repatriation of Ms Minnie Mathew Chairperson, Coconut Development Board under the Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, to her cadre. She is 1976 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.
Ms Sangwan moves as Joint Secretary
Ms. Sheila Sangwan IRS(C&CE-76) has been moved, from the post of Financial Adviser in the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) under the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), to the post of Joint Secretary and Financial Adviser in the Department of Science and Technology. She is 1976 batch IRS (C&CE) officer.
3 GGMs return from IRTC to save their houses
As many as three Group General Managers (GGMs) who were on deputation to the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRTC) have returned to Indian Railways. They had to do so because the authorities in Railways had told them if they didn’t report back March 31, 2010 then they would not be entitled to stay in Railway quarters that they have been occupying in Delhi.
A banker poised to head NHB
With authorities decision of not to offload equity of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) from the National Housing Bank (NHB) bankers have heaved a sigh of relief because it has paved the way for appointment of a banker as its chief. RBI’s stake in NHB is to the extent of Rs.450 crore.
Srivastava to continue in Beijing
Prasanna Srivastava is going to continue in Indian Embassy in Beijing till 2013.He is 2006 batch IFS officer.
Two Railway officers empanelled for elevation
As the grapevine has it, two senior officers of Indian Railways have been empanelled for appointment to senior positions. Hey are: Rajeev Bhargawa & Chandra Shekhar.
IA & AS Officer TS Shivappa transferred
TS Shivappa, Director (LB) in this office, on relief from his present duties by Pravindra Yadav, is posted as Director (Exam) in the office of Comptroller & Auditor General of India.
Pande gets extension in tenure
IG in the SPG, S K Pande, has been granted extension in deputation tenure till November,27.He is 1988 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
Bureaucratic reshuffle in Maharashtra in last week
A major bureaucratic reshuffle is expected to take place in Maharashtra in the last week of this month.
Srinivas posted in Oman
G. Srinivas (IAAS-1997) has been deputed to the State Audit Institution (SAI), Sultanate of Oman, for appointment as Expert (SGRF & Pension Funds).
Kiran Chaddha is MD of Rashtriya Mahila Kosh
CSS officer Kiran Chaddha has replaced Ms Snehlata Kumar as MD of the Rashtriya Mahila Kosh.
Justice Rao is new Member (Judicial) CAT Hyderabad
Justice P V Rao has been moved from Bangalore to Hyderabad as Member (Judicial) of the CAT. He will succeed Justice P L Reddy who is superannuating on April 17.
Ms.Divya Singh’s resignation accepted by the Rajasthan Govt
The Rajasthan Government has accepted the resignation of Ms.Divya Singh with retrospective effect from April 1, 2010 who was earlier Chairperson of the State Subordinate & Secretarial Services Selection Board.
Baldauf is new COO of Air India
Air India has appointed Executive Vice President of Flight Operaions,Austrian Airlines Gustav Baldauf as its chief operating officer. Baldauf earlier had a stint with private airline Jet Airways.

Railway transfers and postings

V. Natrajan of SG/IRSE has been transferred from CORE to SR, P Kalimuthu of SAG/IRSE has been transferred from SWR to SR and posted as ADRM - Salem, Dr. PL Bankar of SAG/IRPS has been transferred from WCR to WR in the same capacity and posted in the cadre, JK Guria of SAG/IRSE has been transferred from ECR to ECOR and posted in the cadre, P. Mundiy of IRSME has been transferred from ECOR to be posted in the cadre on the Rly. itself and J Digi of IRSME has been transferred from SR as ADRM - Sambalpur/ECoR.

Transfers in Railways cancelled

Ran Vijay of JAG/IRSEE has been transferred from NCR to IRCAMTECH Gwalior and transfer of Shirish Kumar Sinha of SG/IRSEE from NCR to CLW has been cancelled

Pandey appointed CVO of ILK
A.K. Pandey has been appointed as common Chief Vigilance Officer in the Instrumentation Limited, Kota (ILK), Rajasthan Electronics & Instrumentation Limited (REIL), Jaipur, Hindustan Salts Limited (HSL). Sambhar Salts Limited, Kota (SSL). He is 1991 batch IRSE officer.
Avinash Dikshit is Commissioner, KVS 
Avinash Dikshit an IDAS cadre officer of the 1986 batch officer has assumed charge as Commissioner Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS). He had earlier worked as private secretary (PS) to Indian Minister for Human Resource Development Kapil Sibal while latter was Indian Minister for Science and Technology (S & T).

(We said this on February 7, 2010)

Syndicate Bank's Regional Office in Jaipur

Indian Minister of State for Finance Namo Narayan Meena will inaugurate 38th regional office of Syndicate Bank on April 8, 2010. Earlier it used to be in Faridabad.

A move in ITDC for re-employment to officers

As the grapevine has it, there is a move to re-employ those Assistant Managers & above in ITDC who have retired or are going to retire between February 1, 2009 & October 31, 2010. This move has been mooted in the wake of ensuing Commonwealth Games (CWG). However, whatever has to happen in this regard will happen only after return of Additional Secretary Tourism to Government of India (GOI) & CMD ITDC Sanjay Kothari who is on leave from April 1 to April 9, 2010.

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IPS appointed CMD
For the first time Rajasthan Government has appointed 1977 batch IPS officer M K Devrajan as chairman-cum-managing director of Rajasthan Small Scale Industries Corporation.
Gupta is Field GM PNB in Punjab
Ashok Kumar Gupta has joined as field general manager of Punjab National Bank. He will be overseeing the branches working under all circles in the states of Haryana and Himachal Pradesh besides Chandigarh.
Maddali is CTO GSS America Infotech
Pavan Maddali has been appointed by GSS America Infotech as its Chief Technology Officer.

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Women’s Bill needs a re-look to make it reach the grass root!
In its present form reserved seats Netas via biwis and Memsahibs will loot!
Sub quotas too will be misused!
Of being Maya Memsahib and still masquerading as a Dalit Maya is often accused!
Problem is those Dalits who have risen in Society using the Dalit tag!
Like Maya still claims to be ‘backward Dalit’ while waiving a Louis Vuitton bag!
Why should someone like Maya still have this tag now?
Usage of this tag now by Maya law should disallow!!
The creamy layer must be removed ….it is logical!!!
Continuance despite having risen is illogical!!!
So Madam Sonia with your think tank please burn midnight oil!
In its present form Bill’s intent Netas via their Biwis and Memsahibs will spoil!!!!
Congress has realized that UPA’s majority is wafer thin!!!
And now Congressis no longer have that ‘aggressive grin’!!!
Congress’s hope is Maya and Mulayam’s DA cases!!!
And the hope that if one ditches the other to give support races!!
I’ve not mentioned Laloo because he does not matter!!
And then Congress placated Laloo via his DA case which in Court CBI did tatter!
Editors from the Indian Media are in Pakistan for aman ki aasha!!
Fact is Pakistan does not understand aman ki bhaasha!!
Who is footing the bill for this aasha charade???
Bills for this charade by whom are being paid???
IBN's Rajdeep Sardesai is there enjoying nihari and paya!!!
He twits that 'with relish nihari and paya khaaya'!!!
Confucius says.....the end result of this charade will be nihari and paya khaya!!!
And India ko wapas empty handed aaya!!!
Flash...... Naxal kill 75 CRPF men!!!
Our Sarkaar will take this threat seriously....when???
The writing on the wall was that they were getting bolder and bolder!!!
And 'their cold bloodededness is getting colder and colder'!!
Yes win back those under their control but its time to attack!!!
Basically they too know that to do this poltical will India does lack!!
Bharat Kumar

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Maoists don’t deserve negotiation
The horrific attack on CRPF personnel on the 6th of April by Maoists terrorists is just further proof (if any were required), that the Maoists are not people that can be negotiated with, and that force must be dealt with by force. There is no shortage of enablers of these criminals in the intellectual circuits of our country, and these people must also be placed under the scanner. And most of all, we must shun these elite supporters of Maoism, and ban them from polite society, for the cause they espouse is barbaric, and a prime example of violence for the sake of violence. Let the full might of the central police forces of the union be made to be felt by these cowards, and let the rule of law and order once again prevail throughout our nation.
-Aditya

Dreams of Dr Moanmohan Singh undermined by bureaucrats                                      
Indian Babus are again up in the arm to exploit their desk power. Right of Information Act failed to subvert their nostalgia towards non-transparency of the governance. Dream of a noble Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, the architect of  transparent and  clean governance, has shattered. 
Such is the case now widely whispered in the lobby of Ministry of Statistics. The present Secretary and Chief Statistician of the Ministry of Statistics to vacate the seat by the end of May 2010. As the post is open for talents hunts both from within the Departments as well as from outside ( because of the technical nature of the post), a Committee for Search was set up to undertake the interviews.   
Interview will take place in the second week of April, 2010 
Search Committee consists of 4 members, viz, Dr Montec Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission, Dr S.P Mukherjee – a veteran Statistician, Dr Subir Gokran, Deputy Governor of RBI and Prof K.L. Krishna – ex- Delhi School of Economics.  
It is sad that among the selected candidates for the interview, Director General (DG) of CSO and DG of NSSO was dropped from the list , whereas his two Deputy Director Generals (DDG) were invited for the interviews. Added to the apathy, one of the two DDGs is to retire within 3-4 months, whereas DG is to retire a few months less than 3 years.   
The present DG is a rank holder in Indian Statistical Service, accredited with the 2nd position in 1975  
Does this situation transmit the transparency of bureaucracy? Why it can not  be construed as favouritism and fraudulent practices by some bureaucrats who supplied information about the candidates to the Search Committee members. This kills the inner motivation of any talents in our country. Probably, this might be the reason that already India lost some its talents, who went abroad and some of them were accredited with Nobel prizes.  
Should PMO office intervene in this case and save the Government before it is blown up by the media.
An officer
Memorable tenure
D Suresh IAS's tenure as Director Estates in Government of India is memorable for his vision and excellence. The outstanding officer can be expected to make unique contributions to Haryana now. His peers and superiors have all praise for him and his subordinates have all fond memories of his tenure in Urban Development.
Vijay Kumar

Army - no longer a hallowed institution
The army is no longer the hallowed institution it once was. But then neither is the judiciary, nor the civil service, nor the political class. And all those who really grudge the army their measly rations and orderlies might as well go and join the army to man posts at Siachen and face the Pakistani bullets or man the Indo-China border and face the Chinese guns or join the NSG and face the terrorists (of course they can have extra rations if they so desire). The people who give up their lives to protect the country deserve better. Even those who use up the measly rations and rum and have orderlies.
A K Singh

Dual standards
Why are different standards adopted by the CBI for civil servants on the one hand and judges and politicians on the other?
Arjun Mallik

Deplorable condition of IRS
I fully echoe the observation about the IRS cadres. As an IRS officer I got my SAG after 24 years whereas officers who were 200 ranks behind me got it 8 years earlier. Had I known that this is the pathetic plight of IRS cadres, I would have never opted for these snail like services. I also see that the basic facilities in the IRS like housing, vehicles are the worst among all central Gr A services. I would advise young civil services aspirants that they should rather opt for Gr B services in the state instead of opting for these two services. Will any chairman or member of these boards ever read this and try to do a bit for these hapless victims of cadre management. Worse this year these two services have recruited jumbo batches of 250 plus. One will be a chairman and the other will be an Additional Commissioner at the end. How funny ?
Anil Singh

Plight of IRS officers
The plight of IRS (Customs and C EX0 is worse that IT. From 1985 till 1997 batches, the Customs and C EXO service ranked equal, some time ahead of Indian Police Service. Today it is the last of the priority in Gp A services. 1989 batch is still Additional Commisioner, long settled court cases settled by Supreme court have been reopened ( interse seniority of promotees has stalled regular promotion of direct recruit officers!! unheard off in any other service but true).
Sanjay Singh

Two IRSs were most ill managed services
It is fully correct that the two IRSs were the most ill managed services. It is 6 years behind the IAAS in promotion. Housing facility is very poor. The cadre never forward request for deputation without creating problem. Large scale transfers were carried out for the sake of transfer. The Boards were most non considerate even for posting to a remote locality due to children education or spouse working in these stations. If an officer requested for A station he is transferred to B station etc. The transfer policy in the two Boards is a big Joke
Din San

PSO/Sr.PPS/PPS
PSO : Only personal work of his/her officer and not official work like taking dictation and transcribing it. For staying late; will order poor Steno D/PA to accompany him because he is PSO and he should not take any responsibility.

Sr.PPS: 95% personal and less important work of his/her officer and only 5% official work. Rest he is Sr.PPS and certainly he is dependent on poor Steno D/PS

PPS: Somewhat better. 60% personal work of his/her officer and 40% official. But will leave office mostly on time by deputing poor steno D/PA.

So, therefore, in steno line. persons without promotion like steno D/PA will have to bear more responsibility by sitting late for assisting and helping these PPS/Sr.PPS/PSO wherelse these persons hold these designations for calling themselves as US/DS Directors. Kudos to the concerned persons who created these above three posts as an experience PA/PS can comfortably handle the official and other works of his senior officer because of experiences in any circumstances.
Saran

I would like inform you about the latest in this matter , though its again not verified but being a Human I can have this perception that in the Madhu Koda case some of the Babus have compromised at some point . The Babus in the Enforcement Directorate office heading this operation are neither moving ahead as it was expected from them nor seems to be interested in giving the logical conclusion to this case. The Involvement of a Senior BJP Leader’s family member in this scam is clear to all the Babus but I don’t understand under what circumstances the Investigating Agencies are not taken the action as per the prescribed Law. The accused are moving free in India and Abroad they are freely disposing their ill -gotten properties , they are getting the new passport from South African countries but the Department called “Enforcement Directorate” is sleeping .
Being A follower of white ambassadors 24X7, you spends quality time in power corridors of Delhi and elsewhere, why don’t you ask these Babus for how long they will take the “Common Man” for granted ?
Since , I have never been to any “Power Corridors” of Delhi and Elsewhere I would like to ask a simple Question to the so called Babus through you if you allow me ! “Why they compromise and never do Justice to the Common Man? None of the cases related to scams in India got the Logical conclusion till today ? Who allow the Babus to negotiate with the Accused in the Dark corner of any prestigious five star Hotel Lobbies ?

In your Blog you have written- “Though we have decided not to reproduce the letter because of certain unverified allegations………………..” I appreciate it but, at the same time I would like to request you why don’t you give me an opportunity to present the evidences to you on this issue.
Since you are quite senior to me I would like to request you kindly help “The Common Man” to fight against the prevailing Corruption and the Babus who are directly or indirectly nurturing the Corruption.
With warm Regards and Great Faith
Chandan .