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P K Basu appointed Secretary Agriculture
As predicted on this portal this morning, P K Basu has been appointed new Secretary Agriculture in the Government of India. Soft spoken 1976 batch Bihar cadre IAS officer Basu is presently Special Secretary in the Ministry. He will succeed 1972 batch IAS officer Nand Kumar who is superannuating on February 28.
( We said this only yesterday morning )
Social Welfare Committee to prepare RFD
The GoI has constituted Social Welfare Committee, for 2009-2010, to prepare results-framework document (RFD) for reforms with SP Jakhanwal (IAS 1963 Bihar), Ex-Secretary to GOI as its Convener. Its other members K Shankar Narayanan (IAS 1970 MP), Secretary - Coordination & Public Grievances, Dev Swarup (IAS 1969 HP), of National Commission for Minorities and R Poornalingam (IAS 1970 Tamil Nadu)
Sinha takes over as NIA Chief
S C Sinha has taken over as new NIA Chief on Friday. He is 1975 batch IPS officer of Haryana cadre. Prior to this he was Special Director CBI.
( We said this on January 5 )
Will Uma Bharti’s entry be announced in Indore ?
Grapevine has it that re-entry of Uma Bharti into the BJP is going to be announced next week in Indore session of the party.
Pandey is Dy Secretary DEA
Ritvik R Pandey has been appointed Deputy Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs. He is 1998 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.
( We said this on January 4 )
Where is the file of Subba Rao ?
A Subba Rao has reportedly been selected by UPSC for the post of Surveyor General of India. No one knows the reason of delay for the ACC clearance.
IPS officer suspended in West Bengal
1986 batch IPS officer Gaurav Dutta has been suspended in West Bengal on charges of misconduct.
North East contribution to IAS fraternity not bad
North- Eastern states (Manipur, Meghalaya and Nagaland) despite being disturbed for long have contributed more than 20 IAS officers to the country.
Nagesh Singh to return to MEA
Counsellor PMI New York Nagesh Singh is returning to the MEA Headquarters next month.
Four IPS officers in Tamil Nadu elevated as ADGs
KP Maghendhran, S. George, T. K. Rajendran & P.C. Lallawmsanga of 1984 batch have been promoted as ADGs in Tamil Nadu
Five IPS officers in Tamil Nadu elevated as IGs
As many as five IPS officers of 1992 batch have been promoted as IGs in Tamil Nadu. They are: Rajeev Kumar, Sandeep Rai Rathore, Abhay
Kumar Singh, K. Vannia Perumal & G. Dorairaj.
Seven 1996 batch IPS promoted as DIG
As many as seven IPS officers of 1996 batch have been promoted as DIGs in Tamil Nadu. They are: K Shankar, A Amalraj, H M Jayaram, J
Rajendran, R Thirugnanan, AG Pon Mannickavel & KP Shanmuga Rajeshwaran.
IAS reshuffle in Chhattisgarh
There is IAS reshuffle in Chhattisgarh. New postings are :-Mssrs S Minj ACS Panchayat and Rural Development.Vivek Dhand PS Food and Labour.D S Mishra PS Agriculture.Nidhi Chibbar Secretary Gad.P C Dalai PS Forests.Jawahar Sarkar Secretary Urban Development.Renu Pillai Secretary Finance.Srinivaslu Registrar Cooperative Societies and Amit Kataria Collector Dhamtari.
Shishir Kumar to be DG,Economic Intelligence CBEC
Shishir Kumar, an officer of Central Board of Excise & Customs from 1975 batch, has been appointed as Director General(DG) of the Central Economic Intelligence Bureau & Special Secretary.  He will assume charge on February 15, 2010.
Search Committee to select Chairman on Monday
Search Committee is meeting in Delhi on Monday to select Chairman of the Electricity Appellate Tribunal.
One Post of Director vacant in HRD
The post of Director that was being held by   Dr (Ms.) Alka Bhargava who was a Director in the Government of India (GOI) & was holding additional charge as Commissioner KVS has now fallen vacant. It is so because she has joined one-year course in NDC, Delhi. She is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1987 batch who belongs to Assam-Meghalaya (A-M) cadre.
Exposure visit of trainee IAS to DCID, Duke University from May 15
While six weeks of the total 8-week of 3rd round Phase-III Mid Career Training for IAS officers were completed at LBSNAA, Mussoorie in 2009. The remaining two weeks of the training i.e. Exposure visit to DCID, Duke University, USA will now be held from 15th May, 2010 to 29th May, 2010.
Wage/manpower rationalization in Air India
As the grapevine has it, there is going to be a rationalization of wages & manpower in National Aviation Company of India Limited (NACIL) i.e. Air India of which CMD is Arvind Jadhav. He is an IAS officer of the 1978 batch who belongs to the Karnataka cadre.
Three Punjab cities get first police Commissioners
Three cities of Punjab Friday got police commissioners for the first time. While DIG level IPS officer Gaurav Yadav has been appointed police commissioner of Jalandhar city, Ishwar Singh of Ludhiana and and Virender Kumar of Amritsar. The Punjab government had only last month announced implementing police commissioner system in these cities. Till now these places had a Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) as head of the district's police force.
Environment plan to be drawn by states
All Indian states are going to draw their Environment plans. This was aimed at devolving more funds to states from the Government of India (GOI) & abroad..
IRPS officer posted as GM RLDA
Ms Devika Chhikara CPO(IR)/N Rly has been posted as General Manager (HRD) in Rail Land Development Authority,New Delhi on Deputation. She is 1983 batch IRPS officer.
Talwar gets two year extension
Director of the PGI Chandigarh Dr KK Talwar has been given two years extension.
IPS changes in Punjab
There are new IPS postings.
Rohit Choudhary will be IG, Bathinda zone. Jitendra Kumar has been posted as DIG, Ludhiana Range.SS Chouhan becomes DIG, Jalandhar Range. NS Dhillon will be DIG, Faridkot Range. PK Rai becomes Deputy Commissioner, Police, Jalandhar. Sukhchain Singh has been made SSP, Bathinda. Inder Mohan Singh becomes SSP, Muktsar. Kaustabh Sharma has been posted as Deputy Commissioner, Police, Amritsar. Gurpreet Singh Gill will now be SSP, Fatehgarh Sahib. Ashish Choudhary has been appointed SSP, Jalandhar and RK Jaiswal has been moved as is AIG, Intelligence in Chandigarh.
IAS changes in Punjab
Suresh Kumar, Principal Secretary, Technical Education and Industrial Training has been given additional charge of chairman, Punjab State Board of Technical Education and Industrial Training. Mandeep Singh Sandhu will now be Principal Secretary, School Education; TR Sarangal gets additional charge of Principal Secretary, Social Security, Development of Women and Children.
Jasbir Singh Bir will now be Secretary, General Administration. GS Garewal, becomes Commissioner, Patiala Division. Samir Kumar has been made Secretary, Home Affairs and Justice. Vikas Partap Singh will get additional charge of NRI affairs Dr Arvinder Singh has been posted as Secretary Transport in addition to Deputy Commissioner, Gurdwara Elections.VK Sharma moves as Secretary, Revenue. Hussan Lal is now Special Secretary, Tourism and in addition Director-Cum-Special Secretary, Cultural Affairs, Museums, Archives and Archaeology and in addition Director, Tourism and MD, PTDC. MR Aggarwal will now be Secretary, PSEB.
TN Lakshminarayanan passes away
TN Lakshminarayanan IAS (TN:1944: War Service) passed away on February 10 at Chennai after a brief illness. He was close to 88. His
younger brother   T.N.Seshan IAS (TN:1955) is the former  Cabinet Secretary and Chief Election Commissioner of India.  Two of
Lakshminarayanan's sons-in-law are  IAS officers of the T.N.Cadre: Dr.Sitharam Gurumurhi IAS(Retd)(TN:72), Member, State Planning
Commission, Government of Tamil Nadu and Arun Ramanathan IAS (Retd) (TN:73), former Secretary, Financial Services Department.
IDAS officer is CVO of Jute Corporation of India
Sanjay Kumar Singh has been appointed CVO of the Jute Corporation of India. He is 1992 batch IDAS officer.

CORPORATE
Anand Sen appointed Chairman of Tata Ryerson
Tata Group’s Senior vice-president Anand Sen has been appointed Chairman of Tata Ryerson. He may also take over Tata’s shared services, leaving flat products for TV Narendran.
Chopra is President of ICAI
Amarjit Chopra has been elected as the President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). G. Ramaswamy will be Vice-President .

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Saare jahan se achcha Hindustan humaara,
And Pakis ne iss Guleistan jaise Hindustan mein ghuss ke Hundustaniyon ko maara!
 
Sharukh tweets…he’s an Indian, born in Dilli, owes everything to Mumbai City,
But then why did he say exclusion of Pakis in IPL was shitty (slang for horrendous)??
 
Had he lost someone near and dear in the 26/11 attack,
Would he have wanted Pakis in the IPL to ‘be back’???
 
Yes yes his name is Khan and he calls himself Badshah of Bollywood!!
But Indians now see through ‘put on patriotism’… touch wood!!
 
Okay tomorrow his PRO guys may say ‘ he did this for Congress’!!!
‘Into duty for its Project Woo Congress ne kiya Sharukh ko press’!!
 
Has Diggy been appointed as the ‘ Congress’s rep for its Project Woo’????
In project Woo to woo the Muslim vote bank everything possible Congress will do!
 
Seems My Name is Khan too is part of this Project Woo!!!
Congress got Sharukh to let out ‘on Paki players exclusion’ a boo!!
 
Maybe Congress’s Nehru Cap will be replaced with the Muslim prayer cap!!
Ultimate aim….. try to get as many Muslims into Congress’s lap!!
 
I’m sure many non Muslim Indians must be feeling are we lesser Hindustanis???
Why Congress is even sensitive towards Pakistanis!!
 
Chalo like they say ‘in politics everything is fair’!!!
And in the end it’s all about ‘ enjoying the fruits of sitting on The Chair’!!!
 
If you ask me … Sena itches to sit on the chair and feels Marathi Manoos is the route!!
And in actuality for Muslims Congress does not care a hoot!!!
 
After vowing not to talk on Mulayam Amar has done a somersault!!
Mulayam ko kiya verbally assault!!
 
He’s likened Mulayam to a green snake!!
And said Mulayam’s love for Muslims is fake!!
 
He’s said that Thackrey is better than Mulayam Singh!!!
Fact is like I’ve explained above..... all of them ‘are the same thing’!!
 
Amar is a worried man….. doobthe Amar wants ‘political tinke’ ka sahaara!!!
Apna head harr political Party ke door pe Amar ne hai maara!!
 
Amar’s fortes are fixing and creating hullaa!!
No Party wants deadweight like Amar around its neck or galaa!!
 
Like NREGA the new ‘right to food’ Act will also be a leaky one!!!
Unless something about plugging the leaks is done!!
 
Going by the tried and tested formula only a fraction reaches the cause,
Sarkaar needs to work on the delivery flaws!!
 
The right to food act would mean 62,000 crores being spent!!
And pilferages on the way will mean only 8 paisa will reach of every Rupee sent!
 
Corruption in sourcing and distribution will be the major leaks!!!
Of 'standard 82%' corruption the system sure reeks!!
 
When Mohna plans withdrawal of the stimulus package he should keep this stimulus is mind!!
Into various types of investments its way the pilfered money will find!!
 
Pilfered money will go into lockers as cash or valuables , housing, stocks and land!!
Latter three will be like a stimulus and will give the economy a helping hand!
 
Confucius says………Rahul needs to think on this!!
He too has said by a huge margin the target such schemes do miss!!
 
Adds.... why after one year of Congrerss's rule there is always 'tezzi'???
How come within one year of its rule land and housing prices go up like crazy???
 
Flash..... at Balasahib the non Marathi Manoos lot in Mumbai had their revenge!!
His targetting 'outsiders' kiya 'outsiders' ne avenge!!
 
Had Sena not targetted the non Marathi Manoos lot!!!
Believe me a lot of support for protesting against Sharukh Sena would have got!!
 
And may I point out the next time India faces a terror attack!!
Sharukh Khan will face from left and right flack!!
 
And the apoology that Sharukh twitted is like a slap on Sena's face!!!
Maybe now the 'outsiders' will demand that from Mumbia Sena shifts its base!
 
Sharukh was wrong in demanding that in IPL Pakis should have been included!!!
And on this topic 'film abhi baaki hai' .... matter has not been concluded!!


Bharat Kumar

 
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Talent is often recognized with a pinch of salt, especially when it comes from the unexpected quarter. So when a recent personnel ministry report said that Uttar Pradesh and Bihar account for one-fourth of the IAS in the country, it was attributed, by many experts and bureaucrats, to the lack of alternative career opportunities in these two states and feudal mind-set, especially in the latter.
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Shishir Kumar is among the best
Shishir Kumar is one of the best officer of Customs & Central Excise service of 1975 batch. It will reach to new heights under his able guidance. Best of Luck.

Diwakar Joshi
He is one of the Best officers of Customs & Central Excise service of 1975 batch. He will remain in CEIB as DG for a period of more then 2 years. CEIB will reach to new heights under his able guidance. Best of Luck.
S K Mishra

No, how can your Lordship?
Where does a retiring government servant belong to? Where does a retiring Chief Justice of a High Court belong to? The question is significant in the light of the views of Justice AP Shah, CJ, Delhi HC. But before that a few other significant points made by him in an interview to a reporter. The problem with the present system is there is complete lack of transparency, he has said. True. The greater tragedy is it is not limited to the selection of judges alone! It is widely practiced in civil administration. It is responsible for converting steel frame of administration bequeathed to India by the British Government into a pumpkin size Bt Brinjal of sorts(figuratively speaking). It has been supplied oxygen by the maladministration of justice in matters administrative by several orders of the tribunals. The ill reputation of the persons concerned are no secret to the members of the Bar practicing in the tribunal exactly as they know the good reputation of Justice Shah. Justice Shah believes that there is too much secrecy in the system and no reasons are recorded for rejection. Let me put it on record that there is no secrecy at all for those who are deft in managing things. They can obtain copies of any notings including cabinet decisions, provided they are properly networked. No reasons have ever been recorded for not bringing annual panels of eligible officers for appointments on time. The legalese may also be noted--it is extreme ingenuity in interpreting the "rules"! It is only "eligibility list". The tribunals have also concurred with this flawed interpretation!! It only means that it is nothing more than a list of officers, who are eligible to try their "luck" and test their muscle/money power, but they should not dream of automatic promotion according to the seniority list. So even 5 batches can be "bunched' together for drawing up the panels of eligibility, eliminating the undesirable elements(read stubbornly honest & public service minded)in the initial round itself. Then appointments can be made arbitrarily on the basis of pick and choose from later batches creating the anomaly of a senior put to work under his/her junior several years. The tribunal too has justified it. There is a direct connection in raids revealing crores of ill gotten money in the possession of IAS & other officers & even ministers. Everybody has to bid for positions(Offices of Profit!). The highest bidder gets it and has also to keep on paying annual rent and tribute. Those networked are brought back from their graves to serve the several offices carved for them, those not must remain silent or suffer retribution even several years after retirement. But His Lordship has lived up to his reputation: he has announced that he will not accept any post. So far so good. But Lordship nothing beyond that--for you really belong to society now and not merely to Baba Amte's ashram! Voices like yours should not fall silent, for if they do for too long there may be no India after some time. Justices like Shah and all retiring government servants, who opted for public service as a career and lived up to the highest ideals of public service must devote themselves full time to serving the society. Today, people speak not the truth for fear. Injustice is in practice in all branches of governance. Democracy in India is being ridiculed. Governance has fallen in the hands of extra constitutional contraptions outside the laid down law. All plans/ programmes are being hijacked (see NREGA as a sample only). Poverty, backwardness, feudal structures are being spread. Speak for genuine implementation of all plan schemes, since you alone can be the best watchdogs for society with your vast experience of executing them. This is on the positive side. On the other side of the spectrum, pl raise your voice against injustice anywhere in society voluntarily. Then alone the system shall take the desired turn to transparency.
M L Gupta

Count would not be more than 25
This is overall count of Gujarati IAS officers. Even if you will provide number of IAS officers selected through UPSC exams and many promotee IAS officers you will be surprised that count may not be more than 25.
Hitesh Kumar Makwana