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CSB for empanelment of 1990 batch IAS on Feb 5
CSB for empanelment of IAS officers belonging to 1990 batch to the rank of Joint Secretary in the Government of India will be held on February 5, 2010.
Who will succeed Lt Gen V K Singh ?
Who will succeed Eastern Army Commander Lt Gen V K Singh on March 1 ?.Tie is said to be between Lt Gen Vikram Singh and Lt Gen Lamba.Lt Gen Singh is taking over as Chief of the Army.
Will Subba Rao go ?
Though RBI Governor Subba Rao has his tenure till Sept. 2011, rumours have already spread that a woman is taking over as RBI Governor. The Exporters lobby has reportedly convinced Finance Minister that the Governor has to go due to his total inaction in the face of appreciation of the rupee in the last three months.
S Sundaresan is new Petroleum Secretary
S. Sundaresan, who so far was Special Secretary Petroleum & Natural Gas, has assumed charge as Secretary Petroleum & Natural Gas. He is an IAS officer of the 1976 batch who belongs to the Kerala cadre. He has succeeded RS Pandey who retired as Secretary Petroleum & Natural Gas. With S Sundaresan taking charge, the Indian Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas will have continuity. It was quite essential in the wake of current scenario. RS Pandey is a 1972 batch IAS officer of Nagaland cadre.
 (We said on June 17, 2009)
Nanda Kumar to retire
Secretary Agriculture in the Government of India T Nanda Kumar is superannuating by this month end. He is 1972 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre.
Ms. Renuka Mattu is in the run for top slot in BCAS
As the grapevine has it Ms. Renuka Mattu, (ADVS) Additional Director, VIP Security, Intelligence Bureau (IB) in Government of India is also one of the candidates who is in the race of the post of Commissioner, Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS). She is an IPS officer of the 1976 batch who belongs to the Uttarakhand cadre.
Two in race for the slot of Member Mechanical, Railway Board
As the grapevine has it, there are two incumbents in the race for the slot of Member Mechanical, Railway Board, after present incumbent Praveen Kumar superannuates as Member Mechanical in the Railway Board on March 31, 2010. They are Sanjeev Handa General Manager (GM) East Central Railway (ECR)  & S.K..Manglik General Manager (GM) West Central Railway (WCR).
Vikram Srivastava is new DG of CRPF
Vikram Srivastava has taken over as new DGP of CRPF.He is 1973 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
(We said this earlier & on December 11, 2009)
P. Chidambram to put his report card before media
P. Chidambram Indian Home Minister, will be addressing a press conference on February 1, 2010 to put report card of his achievements and review of his Ministry’s work.
Ranjeet Kumar Bhatia takes charge as DG, IBP
Ranjeet Kumar Bhatia took over the charge as the Director General (DG) of the Indo Tibetan Border Police Force (ITBP) from Vikram Srivastava at a simple but impressive ceremony in the CGO Complex on January 31, 2010. Born in Jodhpur (Rajasthan), he joined the Indian Police Service (IPS) in 1974 after obtaining a master’s degree in Economics. He also holds a Masters Diploma in Public Administration. He is a UP cadre officer and has served in the CBI, Cabinet Secretariat and CISF. Hitherto, he was DG of National Disaster Response Force and Civil Defence (NDRFCD). Bhatia has served in various key positions in UP. He was Additional Director General (Security) and UP-Nepal Border Force, IG (Establishment), IG (Security), IG (Vigilance), IG Kanpur Zone and IG Bareilly Zone etc. During his stint in three dacoits infested districts of UP, he busted 12 inter state gangs of dacoits. As SP Allahabad, he neutralized a notorious gang of dacoits, which carried a reward of rupees one lakh. As IG (Establishment) in UP he was instrumental in carrying out the restructuring of the mammoth UP Police in late 1990’s. He had a glorious career as Additional Director General in CISF.
(We said this on January 8, 2010)
Air Marshal Joseph Neri takes charge
Air Marshal Joseph Neri has taken over as the new Air Officer-in-Charge Maintenance (AOM) on February 1, 2010 at Air Headquarters.  AOM is responsible for ‘Maintenance Management’ of all weapon systems and equipment of Indian Air Force (IAF).  He was formerly the Director General of Aircraft at Air Headquarters.
Will Narendra Modi break Jyoti Basu's record?
Political circles are rife with speculations that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi may break record of Jyoti Basu who became Chief Minister of West Bengal for the first time in 1977 and continued till 2000 while he (Basu) had quit on health grounds.
What if Sarthak Behuria doesn’t get extension?
What will happen in case Sarthak Behuria, CMD, Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), whose term expires in February 2010, was not given extension? Otherwise Behuria is to retire in 2012.
Scenario-1: Some interim arrangement may see a Director of IOC holding charge as acting CMD in IOC.
Scenario-2: An officer of the Petroleum Ministry may get additional charge till a new CMD was selected.
Rohit Nandan gets additional charge
Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Civil Aviation Rohit Nandan has been given additional charge of the Commissioner of Bureau of Civil Aviation. He is 1982 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
T. Heerjee GM, Air India seeks VR
T Heerjee, General Manager (GM) with the National Aviation Company of India Limited (NACIL) i.e. Air India  (AI), who looks after Commercial department has sought voluntary retirement effective from February 15, 2010.
Oil India’s net profit up by over 23 per cent
Assam-based Oil India Ltd (OIL) has registered a 23.5o per cent jump in its net profit for the third quarter that ended on December 31, 2009, said Nayan Moni Borah Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of the OIL. This is quite remarkable because there were many roadblocks like melt down in global economy & problems in the North East. Borah told <whispersinthecorridors.com> that net profit in the October-December quarter was registered at Rs 717.28 crore. Thus, it was 23.48 per cent higher than Rs 580.87 crore of the corresponding period last year, he added.
Was BHEL CMD choice of Vilasrao Deshmukh ?
It may sound to be intriguing but it is a fact that BHEL CMD BP Rao was not the choice of Minister for Heavy Industries Vilasrao Deshmukh. Rao reportedly got the coveted post without Deshmukh’s recommendation.
Will Jamir join Union Cabinet ?
Former Governor of Maharashtra S C Jamir is likely to be inducted into the Union Cabinet.
Viplav Kumar Choudhary posted in NHRC
Viplav Kumar Choudhary has been appointed as SP-II at National Human Right Commission (NHRC). He is an IPS officer of the 1997 batch who belongs to the Jammu & Kashmir cadre.
Anoop Chand Pandey appointed Jt.Secretary, Labour & Employment
Anoop Chand Pandey is tipped be appointed as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Employment. He is an IAS officer of the 1984 batch who belongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre.
Resignation of nine IRS officers accepted
Resignation of nine IRS officers has been accepted. They are Sandeep Rewaji Rathod, Pallavi Akurathi, Ajay Gupta, Vijay Kiran Anand, Seema Tripathi, Sheetal S Ugale, Raghav Lancer, Akhilesh Kumar Chaurasia and Vidisha Maitra.
1985 batch IAS is now PS in Bihar
Four 1985 batch IAS officers have been promoted to the rank of Principal Secretary in Bihar. They are Mssrs Shashi Shekhar Sharma, Tripurari Sharan, Rabindra Panwar and Arun Kumar Singh
1994 batch IAS officers get super-time acale
Three 1994 batch IAS officers have been given super-time scale in Bihar. They are Mssrs Atish Chandra, Pran Mohan Thakur and Upendra Kumar Rai.
IAS and IPS reshuffle likely in Orissa
IAS and IPS reshuffle in likely to take place in Orissa in a week or two.

Ms Alka Bhargava gets charge of KVC
Ms Alka Bhargava Director in the HRD Ministry in addition to her own charge has been appointed Commissioner Kendriya Vidlaya Sangathan for a period of six months .She is 1987 batch IFS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.
Poddar appointed CVO of BBUNL
M.K. Poddar has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer in the Bharat Bhari Udyog Nigam Limited (BBUNL), Kolkata. He is 1990 batch IRSME officer.
Nair gets three months extension
Central deputation tenure of Venugopal K.Nair as Chief Vigilance Officer in the Steel Authority of India Limited has been extended for a period of three months beyond 14.1.2010, He is 1979 batch IPS officer of Kerala cadre.
Sundari Nanda moves to Goa
Ms S Sundari Nanda has been moved from Delhi to Goa. She is 1988 batch IPS officer of UT cadre.
Jaiswal returns to Delhi
Bhola Shankar Jaiswal has been transferred to Delhi from Arunachal Pradesh. He is 2001 batch IPS officer of UT cadre.
Atul Katiyar shifted to Arunachal Pradesh
DCP outer Delhi Atul Katiyar has been transferred to Arunachal Pradesh. He is 1997 batch IPS officer of UT cadre.
Lt Gen GM Nair takes over as Military Secretary
Lt Gen GM Nair, SM, VSM assumed charge of Military Secretary on Monday at Army Headquarters in New Delhi. He is Masters in Defence Studies from Madras University, M Phil in Defence and Management Studies from DAVV, Indore and MS in Strategic Studies from US Army War College.
Madhya Pradesh High Court Judge transferred
Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre, Judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court has been transferred as a Judge of the Rajasthan High Court.
CIT (Appeals) Rajahmundry takes voluntary retirement
The request of CIT (Appeals) Rajahmundry, Rajesh Ojha, for voluntary retirement has been accepted. He will retire on February 3.
RTI
Non speaking order by the Commission
The Appellant requested the CIC to instruct Mrs. Padma Balasubramanian, Hon’ble Information Commissioner, to furnish reasons for arriving to a conclusion in the decision against appellant’s complaint No. 242/ICPB/2006 on Appellate Tribunal for Electricity,
according to which no quasi-judicial forum is bound to or expected to give any explanation or justification of its orders or its opinions thereof other than what is contained therein. The appellant claimed that this quasi-judicial decision is issued contrary to the main aim and objective of the RTI Act, 2005 and specifically pointed to section 4(1)(d). The Commission clarified that all orders of the Information Commission are expected to be speaking orders. If an appellant finds the decision of the Commission to be flawed in any way, he is free to challenge it in Writ before the High Court.
Comments
Section 4 of the RTI Act has seen very little implementation till date and needs to be enforced. All Public Authorities are expected to provide reasons for its administrative or quasi-judicial decisions to the effected public. The reasons for all orders like the transfer and postings, should be a part and parcel of the order.
[Shri S. S. Meera v. CIC in Appeal No.CIC/WB/A/2008/01443]
Mrs . Anuradha Verma (dranuradhaverma@yahoo.co.in)
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Sengupta to be Chairman of Tata Sponge !
Partha Sengupta is likely to be appointed chairman of Tata Sponge in place of A.D. Baijal. Baijal is retiring on April 1.
Where is Suresh Neotia of Ambuja Cement ?
Where is Suresh Neotia of Ambuja Cement ? Rumours are that he has moved to real estate business.
Wipro Technologies appoints Rajan Kohli as Chief Marketing officer
Wipro Technologies, the IT services business of Wipro, has appointed Rajan Kohli as Chief Marketing officer.
Anuraag Fulay joins PNC as VP marketing
Anuraag A Fulay who was Executive Producer with BBH India has joined Pritish Nandy Communications (PNC) as VP marketing & business development.
Dinesh Shrivastava quits Delhi Press
The Group Business Manager of Delhi Press, Dinesh Kumar Shrivastava has quit.

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Amar Singh is now cozying up to Maya!!!
Maybe very soon he could replace Mishra as Maya’s saaya!!
 
They say ‘never speak against someone to such an extent’,
‘That when you both chum up you feel ashamed because too far you know you went’!
 
If a sound byte recall is done Amar will realize ‘in abusing Maya he crossed every hadh’!
He called her a pygmy and now he says ‘Maya ka oocha hai kadh’!!!
 
Many will say ‘ after abusing her left and right he’s going to her with what face’???
Maya may take Amar into BSP but she’ll keep him in his place!!!!
 
Amar’s forte is that his self-respect is elastic!!!
Without a doubt people with self-respect will say ‘ in self respect Amar is a spastic’!
 
For political gains he can really stoop!!!!
You can say even down into poop!!
 
If he has a CD on Mulayam’s family then he should hand it over to the Media!!!
So that what happens behind the scenes Public gets an idea!!
 
And then hopefully Mulayam will also reveal scum on Amar Singh!!!
And then ‘jaise ko taisa milla..... kaisa mazaa aaya’ we all will happily sing!!!
 
Mulayam will not throw Amar out and on his own Amar's not going to leave!!!
Amar's standard reply is ' On health grounds I've taken leave'!!!
 
Jaya says Mulayam is her Papa... what about Amar Singh!!!!
Without giving her realtionship with Amar a name his praises karr rahi hai sing!! 
 
Amar’s bro Big B says Award policy needs to be reviewed!!
Very hypocritical this demand of his is being viewed!!
 
His Dad, he, his wife and Bahu all have wangled such awards courtesy Gandhi pariwaar!
Ek nahi chaar chaar!!
 
His Dad got it for the Tippler’s National Anthem Madhushala!!!
Which was sadly and wrongly prescribed in syllabusus of many a paathshaala!
 
He and his wife got it maybe for getting over the Rekha episode and staying together!
The award was because their marriage ne storm named Rekha kiya weather!!
 
Did the Bahu get it for being a beauty Queen or the number of boyfriends she had?
For accepting her despite her past a Padma Bhushan should be given to Big B’s lad!!
 
It takes guts to marry a Lady with such a past!!!
Looks more like a Bollywood movie multistar cast!!!
 
Why was Saif Ali Khan given the award... how did they justify this one???
Maybe they said he deserves a award because he's Sharmila and Patautdi's son???
 
Pawar’s prediction on milk prices is bang on!!!!
Up the price of milk has gone!!
 
There’s no shortage of milk but price has gone up 'taking Pawar’s cue',
To pay obeisance to him outside his door traders, Middlemen and hoarders queue!!
 
Has he thought of cutting the price additions from farm to retail buyer????
A study will show him it’s these additions that are making prices go higher and higher!
 
Wholesale prices fall but retail prices do not do so!!!
In fact funnily higher the prices go!!
 
Praful Patel aka Hawa Hawai Mantri has for Congress some advice!!!
He says please do not be misled by NCP's meagre size!!!
 
And believe me post Pawar Praful will be the first to jump overboard!!!
That is if before that he's not already 'Congress ke aboard'!!!
 
BT Brinjal should never be allowed and more so because Pawar is plugging for it!!
Free of charge or for the sake on the Nation on BT Brinjal's side Pawar will not sit!
 
Remember when you try to modify Mother Nature's doing there's a price to pay!!!
This is Mother Nature's way!!!
 
Drunk driving needs to be tackled….. it is culpable homicide!!!
Of course Ram Jethmalani will have his take and take the drunken lots side!
 
This alcohol level in this Lady’s blood was nine times the permissible limit!!!
Hadh ho gayi ji this is really the limit!!
 
In our Country if you have money you can get away with murder in broad daylight!
Mow down people in a drunken stupor and trust your moolah to ‘set things right’!!!
 
Confucius says…. If you have money you have the license to kill!!!!
The law allows you to do what you will!!!

Bharat Kumar

 
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WHO WILL BE THE QUEEN’S CHOICE FOR PRIME MINISTER AFTER DR. MANMOHAN SINGH?
Digvijay Singh
Digvijay Singh would be the most likely choice.
Prasanna Mishra pkm1942@gmail.com
Chidambaram
Present Home Minister is the best person for PM post
K L Wasan klwasan@yahoo.com
Pranab Mukherjee
I think, Finance Miinister Pranab Mukherjee is the most deserving candidate and very close to Mrs. Sonia Gandhi, he is also party loyal, intellectual, having handle all kind of portfolio in the GOI, very matured and a good bureaucrats.
I think he is better candidate than Dr. Manmohan Singh as a PM, Dr. Manmohan Singh is very good as FM. Mukherjee probably the PM after Congress government comes to power.
Rajib Das rajib_312@yahoo.com

Areas of reform necessary for good governance
Three areas of reform are necessary for good governance- first two-to create an All India Judicial Service and to create Police Commissionerate Systems all over the country. The former is necessary to infuse talent into the District Judiciary which continues to draw talent from the provincial level instead of a larger country wide pool and the latter is necessary for modern city administration with our teeming cities needing administrative and systemic overhauls. Both will not happen because of opposition from the IAS. This is not because of the IAS but because those who take decisions for the country (viz. the political executive who were born in British India and tend therefore to revere the ICS and mistakenly think of the IAS as the successor service to the ICS) forget that the IAS was created after the abolition of the ICS to serve in a Parliamentary democracy. We must not confuse the IAS with the ICS. The initial recruits into the IAS were all PCS officers who were looked down upon by the ICS. In fact, till the last man retired, the ICS used to put the IAS into their place. As a matter of fact, most ICS officers preferred officers of the Customs service and other Secretary of State's services over the IAS for manning senior positions (since the IAS was drawn from the PCS who did not have the same caliber as officers from the Secretary of State's services). Thirdly, inter se seniority among officers of different services must not be decided by service, it must be decided by rank in the Civil Services Examination post 1979 when the common Civil service Exam came into being, an officer of same year having a higher rank than those who have lower ranks should rank senior to the latter for purposes of comparison. For example, an IPS officer who was ranked 5th overall in the common Civil Services examination post 1979(and who could have joined the IAS or IForeignS but did not) should logically outrank an IAS officer who was ranked 198, an officer who was ranked 20 in the Common Civil Services Exam post 1979 and joined the IForeignS (who could have joined the IAS but did not) should outrank an IAS officer who was ranked 188, an IRS officer who was ranked 31 in the Common Civil Services Exam post 1979 should outrank an IAS officer who was ranked 178 and so on. This is logical. To have a lower rank officer outrank higher rank officers simply because of service allocated on the basis of the same examination (same everything since 1979) is clearly and manifestly absurd. Probably this fact has never occurred to the pre 1979 officers (senior positions in Government are manned currently by 1970/1973 batches)since at that time the system was different and so were the facts). Or maybe the tribal feeling has taken over to the detriment of logic. But that can not be a deterrent to the political executive which has to take the final call (this being independent India).
Arjun Mallik
Exams are not the answer to good governance
This is in response to having separate exam to IAS. I don't understand the purpose of the question. If the purpose of a separate exam is to provide an excuse to IAS to get additional salary and special privileges, then this indeed this might be a way. In my opinion, the purpose of the exam is only to select individuals with above average intelligence and the temperament to do public service. The expertise comes later with training and on the job experience. IAS are taught general administration, IFS diplomacy and international studies, IRS, tax, etc. At the time of selection with average age of entry no one can claim to be experts in these subjects. In fact by having such exams we only create an elitist mentality and civil servants who believe themselves to be at a level above that of the citizens. We need to weed out poor performers just like it is done in the army. We need persons of all kinds of backgrounds to man the senior positions not a system of reservations for IAS. IAS need to compete with other service as well as outside experts for senior positions where specialist expertise is required. IIT is one of the toughest exams, but you do not see IITans using their all India rank to ask for the best positions in the private sector. They have to prove themselves all the time. All other countries have thrown away their outdated elitist based civil services and have done better. We continue to cling on to our IAS led civil service giving our country the dubious distinction of having the most poor people in the entire world.
Palani. T
Dangerous for nation
It is ominous and dangerous for the nation ,the way some of the TV channels like Times Now are broadcasting daily personal accusations against Gen. Deepak Kapoor, COAS and head of our million strong Indian Army. We do not know how Times Now got a copy of the COI. Those who are in the know, are well aware the politics that made the COI, if true, suggest court-martial of an out standing officer like Gen. Prakash. COAS is with in his powers to order a CM or administrative acion.The TV channels have forced a placid man like our Defence Minister Antony to show his virility and so called honesty to sit on judgement on the COAS. It will demoralize the officer cadre of the Indian army.
N Krishnan