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T A Vaidyanathan

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Will Anil Kumar be next Secretary Power ?
Power Secretary H S Brahma is believed to have directed that all the files should be routed through Special Secretary Power Anil Kumar. This is the indication that Anil Kumar is going to succeed Brahma in April. Anil Kumar is 1976 batch IAS officer of Nagaland cadre.
Appointment of new Ambassadors on the anvil
As the grapevine has it, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) is soon going to appoint at least four Ambassadors including one to Ukraine.
Mystery shrouds delay in appointment of Addl.Secretaries
Mystery shrouds delay in issuance of appointment orders pertaining to three IAS officers as Additional Secretaries in Government of India (GOI).
K A Singh Deo in the run for SAIL top job
Name of Kumar Arvind Singh Deo has started doing the round for the post of CMD SAIL. He is 1984 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre. Singh Deo had been Joint Secretary Steel.
PD Meena to be Joint Secretary Tribal Welfare
As the grapevine has it, PD Meena is going to be appointed as Joint Secretary in Tribal Welfare department. He is an IAS officer of the 1980 batch who belongs to the Madhya Pradesh cadre. At present he is Principal Secretary (PS) PWD & Sports & Youth Welfare with the Madhya Pradesh Government.
Singh to be Ambassador to Mongolia
Satbir Singh, currently Deputy Chief of Mission in Indian Embassy, Moscow is being appointed the next Ambassador of India to Mongolia.
Names for Delhi HC Judges in circulation
Names of Mssrs Abhinav Vashistha, Minaxi Arora, Maninder Acharya and Virmani are doing the round for Judges of the Delhi High Court.
Lokesh to succeed Tamiz Ahmad
MK Lokesh has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the United Arab Emirates in succession to Talmiz Ahmad.
D.P.S. Sandhu, Director in PMO gets extension
D.P.S. Sandhu, Director in PMO has got an extension till February 17, 2012. He is an IRTS Officer, 1988 batch.
Vishwajit Banerjee debarred by Centre
Vishwajit Banerjee who was appointed as Director, Minstry of Defence has now been de-barred for five years to undertake any assignment on deputation Central as he failed to join. He is an IAS officer, of the1991 batch, who belongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre
K.P. Yadav debarred by Centre
K.P. Yadav who was appointed as Deputy Secretary Ministry of Mines has now been de-barred for five years to undertake any assignment on deputation Central as he failed to join. He is an IRTS Officer, 1998 batch.
Ansman Patnaik gets extension as Director, Revenue
Ansman Patnaik, Director Revenue in the Ministry of Finance has got an extension till April 15, 2010 from February 12, 2010. He is an IRS IT 1994 batch.
J.C. Dwivedi transferred to Delhi
J.C. Dwivedi has been transferred from Arunanchal Pradesh to Delhi. He is an IPS officer of the 1996 batch who belongs to the AGMU Cadre
A.K. Ojha transferred to Delhi
A.K. Ojha has been transferred from Lakshwadeep to Delhi. He is an IPS officer of the 1998 batch who belongs to the AGMU cadre.
Alok Kumar transferred to Arunanchal Pradesh
Alok Kumar DCP Special Cell Delhi Police has been transferred from Delhi to Arunanchal Pradesh. He is an IPS officer of the 2000 batch who belongs to the AGMU cadre.
DD Lapang looking for bright officers
Meghalaya Chief Minister DD Lapang who is striving hard to turn the state Meghalaya as number state in the North East has asked bright officers of the Assam-Meghalaya (A-M) cadre to return from central deputation to state. He is Chief Minister of the state for 5th time.
IA &AS officer Ms. Nandana Munshi transferred to Kolkata
Ms. Nandana Munshi, Principal Director of Audit, East Coast Railway, Bhubaneswar, is transferred and posted as Principal Director of Commercial Audit and Ex-Officio Member Audit Board-I, Kolkata. She will also hold additional charge of Principal Director of Commercial Audit and Ex-Officio Member Audit Board-II, Kolkata.
Arshinder Chawla joins ITBP, Shimla Sector
Arshinder Singh Chawla has joined ITBP as DIG, Shimla sector. He is 1993 batch IPS officer of Haryana cadre.
JP Birdi soon be elevated as DG
As the grapevine has it, JP Birdi is soon going to be elevated as DG in Punjab. He is an IPS officer of the 1977 batch who belongs to the Punjab cadre.
New Executive body of ITGOA constituted
The new Executive body of Income Tax Gazetted Officers Association (ITGOA) has been constituted with B Shanthi Kumar (ITO – AP) as its President, Timir H Chakravorty (DCIT – NER) and Rajv Puri (ITO NWR) vice presidents, Rajesh D Menon (ACIT – Mumbai) Secretary General, Anantharaman NV Iyer (ACIT – Mumbai) Treasurer, YS Meena (ITO – Gujarat) and VM Jayadevan (ITO – Kerala) joint Secretaries and Diwakar Singh (ITO – Bihar) and Baswanand (ITO – Delhi) as Assistant Secretaries. The other office bearers are Raghvendra Singh (ITO, UP (W) Kanpur) North Zone Secretary, B Sangadevan (ACIT – TN) South Zone Secretary, KK Nath (DCIT – Orissa) East Zone Secretary, Sunil Kumar (ITO – Pune) West Zone Secretary, SN Bhadra (ITO – MP & CG) Central Zone Secretary and CK Singh (ITO UP (E) – Lucknow) as Auditor.
Punjab Bhawan official suspended
General Manager of the Punjab Bhawan in Delhi has been suspended for not showing courtesy of a High Court Judge.
Pankaj Sharma appointed Member
Central Government has appointed Pankaj Sharma as a member of the Central Board of Film Certification with immediate effect. A notification to this effect has been issued by the Government today. A journalist of long standing Sharma is currently edits the official journal of the Congress party—“Congress Sandesh”. He served with the Times of India group for more than two and a half decades and has produced and presented several prominent programs for different television channels including Doordarshan during his long career. Sharma is presently the Editor & CEO of News Views India also. Being the member of Central Film Censor Board Pankaj Sharma will undertake the responsibility of previewing all the important films before their final release. The Censor Board is headed by Smt Sharmila Tagore. 
Dr. (Ms.) Kiran Soni Gupta to hold additional charge in Rajasthan
Dr. (Ms.) Kiran Soni Commissioner Jaipur has been given additional charge of Commissioner Bharatpur till further orders. She is an IAS officer of the1985 batch, who belongs to the Rajasthan cadre.
Bhasin appointed CMD Indian Bank
The appointment committee of the cabinet (ACC) has cleared the appointment of (We said this in November 2009)Executive Director United Bank if India as Chairman and Managing Director, Indian Bank.

(We said this on November 12, 2009)
Bansal appointed ED, UBI
The ACC also cleared the appointment of S. L. Bansal, General Manager, Union Bank as Executive Director, United Bank of India.

(We said this in November 2009)
Singh elevated Dy. MD, IDBI Bank
B.P. Singh Executive Director, IDBI Bank has been elevated as Deputy Managing Director (Dy. MD), IDBI Bank.
HUDCO earmarks 3% Profit towards CSR activities
HUDCO is one of the first PSUs to have earmarked a significant percentage of its net profits for CSR activities. Taking immediate cognizance of the recent DPE proposal cleared by the committee of secretaries, the Board of Directors of HUDCO in its recent meeting approved creation of an exclusive budget amounting to 3% of net profits for activities under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), which shall be non-lapsable and carried forward if any part is unutilized.

The draft DPE guidelines provides for a CSR budget of 2% to 3% of the net profit subject to a minimum of Rs. 3.00 crore for PSEs having a net profit between Rs.100 crore to 500 crore to be created through a board resolution. The provision of three percent of its net profits is the highest in the band provided in the draft guidelines, which are expected to be notified shortly.

HUDCO, since its establishment in 1970, has focused its activities towards providing affordable housing to the economically weaker sections and the low income groups as well as providing basic infrastructure facilities for improving the quality of life of the citizens, especially the poor. Being totally committed to its contribution to the society as a whole, HUDCO’s activities have constantly been guided by its Corporate Social Responsibility.
 
HUDCO has always reached out to people affected by natural calamities like earthquake, landslides, cyclones, sea erosions and flooding etc. through its support for building technologies and special loan assistance for rehabilitation of the affected. HUDCO’s assistance has helped in the rehabilitation of over 41 lakh families affected by natural calamities. HUDCO has also contributed in the Government of India’s efforts in promoting heritage conservation for major historic, religious and archaeological centres like Bodhgaya, Ajanta, Ellora, Red Fort, Varanasi etc.
 
HUDCO, continuing with its social commitments, is poised to contribute significantly towards improving the quality of life of our citizens with exclusive focus on the weaker sections and the down-trodden.

ADGs promotions & transfers in Tamil Nadu

The Tamil Nadu Government has assigned postings to ADGs including four
IPS officers who were promoted from IG to ADG,last week. They are:
K.P.Maghendhran ADG Crime, S. George ADG CVO State Transport
Corporation Nagarcoil(Kanyakumari) ,T. K. Rajendran  ADG
Administration , R.Shekhar ADG Training & P.C. Lallawmsanga ADG
Coastal Security Zone.

Transfers of IGs coupled with promotions in Tamil Nadu

The Tamil Nadu Government has given new postings to certain IPS officers of IG rank including three of its five IPS officers of 1992 batch who had been promoted as IGs last week. Of them  Rajeev Kumar DIG CRPF Imphal & Sandeep Rai Rathore DIG CISF Delhi will get proforma promotions. Postings of others are: Abhay Kumar Singh Commissioner of Police Tirunelbeli City, K. Vannia Perumal Commissioner of Police Trichy city, G. Dorairaj IG North Zone , Ashish Bhengra Tamil Nadu Uniformed Services Recruitment Board, Pramod Kumar IG Qwest Zone to Additional Commissioner of Police Headquarters Chennai police. P.Sivanasndi Commissioner of Police Coimbatore City to IG West Zone, M. Ravi Additional Commissioner of Police Traffic Chennai police, Mohammed Shakeel Akhtar Additional Commissioner of Police Law & Order Chennai Police A.M.S.Gunaseelan IG Railways Chennai, Karuna Sagar IG Modernization Chennai, M.N. Manunatha IG Crime,

Transfers of DIGs coupled with promotions in Tamil Nadu

The Tamil Nadu Government has given new postings to certain IPS officers of DIG rank including  seven IPS officers of 1996 batch who had been promoted as DIGs last week. They are:M. Ramasubramani DIG Kancheepuram Range, P. Kannappan DIG Crime branch CID, G. Venkatraman DIG Selem Range,Sandeep Mittal DIG Madurai, Shailesh Kumar Yadav on return from GOI to DIG Dindigul , A. Amalraj DIG Trichy range, H. M. Jayaram DIG Armed Police Chennai , J. Rajendran, R. Thirugnanan DIG Thanjavur Range, A. G. Pon Mannickavel  DIG Railways Chennai & K.P. Shanmuga Rajeshwaran DIG  Tirunelbeli Range

Adithela to be Secretary to HP Governor
A V Prasad Adithela is being appointed Secretary to the Himachal Pradesh Governor Ms Urmila Singh. He is 1986 batch IAS officer.
CRISIL registers an increase of 14.1 per cent

The Board of Directors of CRISIL Limited of which Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is Ms. Roopa Kudva, at its meeting in Mumbai on February 18, 2010 approved the audited financial results for the year ended December 31, 2009.CRISIL registered a consolidated total income of Rs. 538.99 crore for the year, up from Rs. 472.56 crore in the previous year, from continuing operations1, an increase of 14.1 per cent. Its consolidated profit after tax for 2009 was Rs. 160.78 crore, as against Rs. 135.27 crore in the previous year, from continuing operations1, an increase of 18.9 per cent. The directors have recommended the payment of final dividend of Rs. 25 per share for the year. In the year, CRISIL paid three interim dividends, each of Rs. 25 per share; in total, therefore, the dividend paid by the company for 2009 was Rs. 100 per share, as against Rs. 70 per share in the previous year.CRISIL’s rating revenues grew significantly in 2009,
 driven by strong performance in bank loan ratings (BLR) and small and medium enterprise (SME) ratings. Despite the recent recession in the global financial markets, Irevna, CRISIL's off-shoring division, added several strategic and high-potential clients to its portfolio. CRISIL’s domestic research arm, CRISIL Research, launched independent equity research services and grew its traditional businesses, despite the challenging market conditions. CRISIL Risk and Infrastructure Solutions Ltd (CRIS), CRISIL’s wholly owned subsidiary, increased its global footprint by executing mandates in South Africa, Mozambique, Georgia, Bangladesh, and East Asia Pacific. CRISIL and its group companies continued to collaborate strongly with S&P. CRISIL and S&P worked together on deepening analytics, launching new business initiatives, jointly executing projects, training employees, and building franchise. CRISIL and S&P together conducted several investor events,
 including mid-year market outlook road shows in India and Singapore. CRISIL, S&P, and the National Stock Exchange of India jointly organised a seminar, ‘Unlocking the potential of India’s credit markets’. CRIS is collaborating with S&P in its infrastructure initiatives. CRIS also participated in a panel discussion in an S&P-hosted seminar, ‘Developing Public Sector Finance as a New Asset Class’ at the 42nd Annual Meeting of Asian Development Bank at Bali, Indonesia. CRIS contributed a thought-leadership opinion piece, and case studies, to the S&P publication ‘Building Asia’s Infrastructure, Building Asia’s Public Finance’,released at the seminar. CRS worked with S&P Risk Solutions in delivering solutions to clients in the Asia-Pacific region.

CORPORATE
Jayesh Gardia is CEO, Vodafone for MP & CG
Jayesh Gardia has joined at Bhopal as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Vodafone for Madhya Pradesh (MP) & Chhattisgarh (CG). Earlier, Gardia was heading Vodafone operations in Maharashtra & was based in Mumbai.
Hridayeshwar Jha to take over Tata’s Orissa project
Hridayeshwar Jha, who was in charge of Tata’s long products, will take over the reigns of the Orissa project from B.K. Singh, who retires on April 1.
Goi approves Rs. 800 Cr equity support to NACIL
The Government of India has on Thursday approved the proposal for release of equity support of Rs.800 crores in two equal monthly installments to National Aviation Company of India Limited (NACIL). This equity infusion had earlier been approved by the GoM headed by the Finance Minister. The release of funds will be calibrated to the achievement of milestones laid down by the Group of Ministers (GoM).
New CEO of Jaguar
Ralf Speth has been appointed by the Tata Motors as the chief executive of Jaguar Land Rover with the overall responsibility for JLR operations.

Question is wrong
Given the political system the India follows, Perhaps your question is wrong. The question should read like Who will be the people's choice for Prime Minister after Dr. Manmohan Singh?
DK dkvfeb@hotmail.com

Pranab Mukherjee
I think Pronab Mukherjee may be first choice of Madam Sonia.
Vinod Kumar vinod_khokar_29@yahoo.com
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Venom against postal dept rubbish
I am surprised to note the venom, in the post on Department of Posts. Does the writer know that the post office is disbursing 50% of NREGS amounts to more then 5 crore beneficiaries all over India? Does he know that the Department has been shortlisted for the Prime Ministers award as an organisation? Does he know that it remits more than 5 crore remittances of migrant labour from cities to villages every month? Is he aware that this department is the soul presence in 80% of villages where no bank exists? The writer is no doubt a sophisticated elite who sneers at organisations which exist for the poor and less then well to do. If there are meetings now been re-organised in different locations it is because this department is now getting ready to make a huge leap into world class technology. If it has achieved so much without much technology what do you think will be its achievement when all its post offices are networked and the very ordinary man who the writer obviously is not, will be able to use state of the art technolgy for his savings, his insurance needs and his remittances needs in the remotest part of the country. It is easy to sneer, but what this Department is doing is trying to create a huge and complicated infrastructure, if travelling and monitoring is not needed for this, no doubt the writer can wave his magic wand and tell the Department what he wishes to do. By the way the Posts carries out its NREGA payments to beneficiaries without any remunerations. Does the writer take that into account when he talks about so called losses?
Ratnakar

Who is Daam Dev ?
Corruption guru of our times is baba DAAMdev aka Sharad Pawar"
R Swami

Hattrick entry !
I am extremely happy that Mathew C. Kunnumkal, IAS (Kl:76) has joined NIRD as the Director General. In fact, he has made a hattrick entry into NIRD which is a record, I think, in itself. Earlier he worked as Registrar and as Deputy Director General in NIRD. Now he assumed the high office of the Director General. Holding three different hierarchical positions in the same organisation should be a memorable event for any body and I am sure Mathew must be enjoying this record. I am his diehard fan and I am happy that he has started his third innings. I owe a deep sense of gratitude to him, as I was recruited during his time when he was Registrar and I have completed 23 years of service with his continued blessings. I wish and pray the Almighty God that he should complete his term as DG, NIRD, successfully and peacefully. May God bless him and his family.
D. Ramasubrahmanyam,
NIRD, Hyderabad

It’s not that big mystery
This is not such a mystery. A cursory search on the PERSMIN website provides us with the results. There are approximately 85 officers who have given Gujarat as their state of domicile. Certainly much more than 25. In fact, about 350% more.
-Aditya

Same situation in Punjab
I fully support the comments of Arjun Malik about Gujarati people. The same is the situation in Punjab. Earlier we used to see many Sardars in service. But their number is diminishing. They are believe in enterpreneurship. I remeber a true happening. On of my friends was Section Officer in the HRD Ministry. All his brothers have big shops in Lal Quarter, Krishnanagar Delhi. On the plots purchased by his father for sons, his house was simple single storey, whereas brothers have multistory mansions. When enquired about this, by using an abuse to his education and also to us said that I am educated and graduate, where my brothers are under-metric and school drop outs. This is the lessen. Indian education is not helpful as it should be.
Neelkanth

Too daft a comment
Arjun Malik's comments are partial both in content and in presentation. The answer as to why Gujarat is good at producing Ambanis may also lie in the fact that Gujrat is not good at producing IAS and hence..... If the IAS is coveted all over the country barring Gujarat as made out by the writer, it speaks not only of the ability of the Gujratis to excel in other fields and inter alia their limitations in fields such as IAS. Lastly, without an insight into the cultural ethos ( Jainism a la protestant ethics)governing the region, it is churlish to belittle an entire region and laud another. Too daft a comment, should one say!!
Barm3

A very good day to you
I am a regular visitor of your web site and it is really very glad to note that most of your whispers are becoming true . Now a strong whisper of raising the  retirement age from 60to 62 for CPSU employees is going on. You had an article with cover story also in your magazine just couple of months back. Is there any truth in that? If so when you expect the orders? Being a CPSU employee I am very much interested to know that.
Expecting your whisper news.
Rathinasabapathy

It’s unfair to blame IAS for corruption
In my opinion it is unfair to blame IAS for corruption creeping into the cadre as the IAS officers operate in a system and work environment which has been corrupted to the core. They report to politicians majority of whom are in politics to make mullah. Look at the choices available to an IAS officer:
A. To remain honest and allow no deviations from laid out rules, regulations and policies even if it means conflict with the political masters,( The exercise of this choice would have disastrous consequences for carrier with sidelining and punishments being norms of the operative system)
Choice B: To remain personally honest but flexible in allowing the ongoing system to operate on. This approach though morally constraining, helps the officer to sustain in the system and allows his carrier to flourish. A good majority follow this middle path thereby tread through a largely corrupt and inefficient system. However imagine the dilemma of these officers who may find that while they struggle to meet their day to day needs their subordinates enjoy high life with the ill-gotten wealth at their disposal.
Choice C: The dilemma of the choice B leads to number of officers who come from the same social milieu as the rest of the persons operating in the system to join the party and take benefit of the immense powers vested in them by the system. Even Chankya has visualized this situation hundreds of years ago and thus finding a miniscule number of such officers in IAS indulging in corruption is not such a surprise after all and thus the entire service should not be maligned for the deeds of a few.
MB

A lop-sided view
Arre PC Maha Sarkaar has been busy with MNIK as orders came from the very top!
Order from top was crisp and clear ‘all anti MNIK activities ko karro stop’!!
This is a lop-sided view. Cops were busy in protecting Mumbaikars from Shivsena goondas. SS has aided the Islamic terrorists by diverting the cops.
Sampath