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Who will be Secretary Power (5)
One more powerful player in the Power Sector is JP Group. In bureaucracy this group has a lot of influence courtesy NOIDA projects. This time they may like to have the Secretary of ther choice. Let us see.
Chaturvedi to move to Commonwealth Games
Additional Secretary Banking, G C Chaturvedi, is being moved to Commonwealth Games Secretariat as Special DG Finance and Accounts. He is 1977 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
37 Brigadiers in Indian Army promoted
Altogether 37 Brigadiers have been promoted to the rank of Major General in the Indian Army.
Neelmani is new Bihar DGP
Neelmani has been appointed new DGP of Bihar.1975 batch IPS officer Neelmani will take over from Anand Shankar on March 1.
( We said this on February 9 )
Chauhan appointed DG Competition Commission
Chauhan an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer has been appointed as Director General (DG) Competition Commission.
Sibabrata Tripathi to be Indian Envoy to Kenya
Sibabrata Tripathi has been appointed as next High Commissioner of India to Kenya in succession to PS Randhawa. Sibabrata Tripathi is an Indian Foreign service(IFS)officer of the 1979 batch.
Seven IAS officers suspended in Madhya Pradesh
Altogether seven IAS officers have been suspended during the second Chief Ministership of Shivraj Singh in Madhya Pradesh.
A.K. Mittal gets HAG scale
A.K. Mittal promoted to HAG scale.  He is an IRSE officer equivalent to Additional Secretary.
R. Hari debarred by Central Government
R. Hari who was appointed as Director, National Textile Corporation has been debarred for 2 years and the related panel has also been rejected by ACC.
V.N. Sharma Director, Balmer Lawrie gets extension
V.N. Sharma, Director, Manufacturing Business Balmer Lawrie & Co. Ltd Kolkata has got an extension till his retirement i.e. upto  July 31, 2012.
Manjhi is Dy Secretary Personnel
Rajiv Manjhi has joined as Deuty Secretary in the Department of Personnel. He is 1990 batch CSS officer.
Lok Sabha TV is headless all over again !
Lok Sabha TV Acting Chief Executive and Programming Pankaj Saxena has quit in the middle of the budget session.Wednesday was his last working day.The reasons for his resignation is not known,but it has surprised many people.The standard of Lok Sabha TV has gone down considerably in last four months .It remains to be seen if the Speaker takes serious note of it and hands over the charge to a professional to stem the rot or gives it to some serving or retired bureaucrat to compound the misery.
Gaya Prasad joins HRD Ministry
Gaya Prasad has joined the HRD Ministry as Director. He is 1995 batch ISS officer.
IA&AS officer Biju Jacob posted as Accountant General (Audit), Nagaland
Biju Jacob (IA&AS-93), on repatriation to the department and on his promotion to the Senior Administrative Grade of IA&AS has been transferred and posted as Accountant General (Audit), Nagaland, Kohima.
Krishnan to be ED, R&D BHEL ?
R K Krishnan is likely to be appointed ED, R&D, in the BHEL
DPC for induction in CBI held
A meeting for inducting IPS officers to the rank of one ADG, three DIGs and three SPs in Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was held recently.
Vijay Kumar gets foreign posting
Vijay Kumar has been appointed Counsellor Permanent Mission of India. He is 1992 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.
CPMG changes in March ?
Changes in the Chief Post Master General level are expected to take place in March. Mumbai will have new CPMG.
CVC recommends prosecution of one IAS officer
The CVC has recommended prosecution of one IAS officer of the UT cadre.
No one from Maharashtra applies for Chairman JNPT
This is really unprecedented that no officer from Maharashtra has applied for the post of Chairman Jawahar Lal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT).So fat this prestigious post has always been held by Maharashtra cadre officers.
Chaturvedi opposed IAS in Electricity Appellate Tribunal
Former Cabinet Secretary, BK Chaturvedi reportedly opposed having an IAS as Member (Technical) in Electricity Appellate Tribunal. Finally the Search Committee selected a technocrat.
Sarthak Behuria not to continue as IOC chief
As the grapevine has it, Sarthak Behuria, CMD, Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), whose term expires on February 28, 2010, will cease to be IOC’s CMD after his term ends. The PESB in course of an appraisal for the same on February 25, 2010 rejected idea of extension to him. Otherwise Behuria is to retire in 2012.
Jitin Prasad is annoyed with IOC chief
As the grapevine has it, Indian Minister of State for Petroleum & Natural Gas Jitin Prasad had said that he would not like Sarthak Behuria Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), whose deputation tenure is coming to an end on February 28, 2010, to continue.
(We had said this in late December 2009).
Sarthak Behuria offered Advisor’s slot in Petronet LNG
As the grapevine has it, Sarthak Behuria, CMD, Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), whose term expires on February 28, 2010, has been offered the job of Advisor in Petronet LNG Limited. Behuria is to retire in 2012.
BM Bansal to head IOC
As the grapevine has it, BM Bansal, Director, Business Development (BD), in Indian Corporation (IOC), by virtue of his being the senior most Director will head IOC once term of present CMD Sarthak Behuria expires on February 28, 2010. It may be stated that the ACC had cleared the extension of BM Bansal two days ago, till he superannuates by the end of 2011. His term was expiring on February 28, 2010.
A. K. Srivastava appointed IG MoEF
A.K.Srivastava has been appointed as as I.G Forests in the Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF). He is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1980 batch who belongs to the Jammu & Kashmir cadre. At present he is posted as Joint Secretary Commission for Economical Backward Classes in  Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
Tanmay Lal to move to Nairobi
DCM in Indian Embassy Bangkok Tanmay Lal has been transferred to Nairobi.
Why I should not sell my space ?
Owner of a popular newspaper is reported to have said at a recent meeting that when the Editors and Correspondents have been doing this for 20 years, why I should not sell my space ?
Undertaking required for promotion in RBI
RBI officials are in a quandary. RBI Deputy Governor KC Chakravarty has now made it mandatory for promotion seekers to give an undertaking saying that they do not have any health problem or family problem. “Who doesn’t has a health or some or the other family problem these days?”, officials ask.
P Jaipal is number Two in the race for Director (Corporate Planning) HUDCO
P Jaipal has been put on number Two for the post of Director (Corporate Planning) in HUDCO.
Administrative officer’s post in Customs & Central Excise vacant
A post of Administrative officer in the Customs & Central Excise Settlement Commission, Principal Bench, Delhi, is vacant.
Maitra posted in Railway Board
A K Maitra SAG IRTS has been posted in Rail Bhawan as Director (Vigilance ).
IPS changes in Karnataka
B.S. Prakash has been appointed SP of Chamarajanagar.D.C. Rajappa will now be SP Bijapur. Ravi Nayak has been posted to Gadag. Assistant Superintendents of Police Chandra Gupat and Thyagarajan have been promoted and posted at Haveri and Kolar respectively.
1985 batch IAS promoted 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 get super-time scale in Bihar
Three 1994 batch IAS officers in Bihar have been given super-time scale.They are Mssrs
Atish Chandra, DM Pran Mohan Thakur and Upendra Kumar Rai.
Srivastava gets six months extension in DGH
S.K. Srivastava, Director (Operations) Oil India Ltd has been asked to continue for another six months as the Director-General at the Directorate-General of Hydrocarbons (DGH).
Bureaucratic changes in Orissa
S Aswathy,Narayan Jena and Hrushikesh Tripathy will be new Collectors of Mayurbhanj,Jagatsinghpur and Khurda respectively.P K Mehrada has been made Director NRHM. Pramod Mohanty and S Narayan will be Collectors of Jajpur and Balangir respectively.Dhiren Das has been made Additional Secretary Water Resources,
CCIT Hyderabad to retire on 28th
Chief Commissioner of Income Tax (CCIT), Hyderabad, Radha Shrivastava, is due to retire on February 28. CCIT – II Hyderabad, AK Basu will look after the additional charge of CCIT Hyderabad.
DGIT Chennai (Inv) to retire on 28th
DGIT Chennai (Inv), KK Tripathi is due to retire on February 28. CCIT Chennai, PM Vasan, will look after the additional charge of DGIT Chennai (Inv).
CCIT Guwahati to retire on 28th
Chief Commissioner of Income Tax (CCIT), Guwahati, T Hangzo, is due to retire on February 28. CCIT Shillong, PK Ray, will look after the additional charge of CCIT Guwahati.
Tripathi appointed High Commissioner to Kenya
Sibabrata Tripathi, currently Joint Secretary at Headquarters has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to Kenya in succession to  P.S. Randhawa.

Orders of three Additional Secretaries
Orders of three Additional Secretaries in the Government of India are expected to be issued in a day or two.
Acharya promoted as CCIT andn transferred to Nashik
The Commissioner of Income Tax HS Acharya has been, in compliance of the order of CAT, PB, New Delhi, has been promoted as CCIT w.e.f. April 6, 2009, and posted as CCIT (OSD) Nashik.Nagaland cadre IAS goes to Bihar
The ACC has approved Inter-Cadre deputation of  Abhijit Sinha, IAS(NL-00) from Nagaland cadre to Bihar for a period of five years .

SAIL's performance based reward for team India
Indian Minister for Steel Virbhadra Singh in presence of Indian Minister of State for Steel A. Sai Prathap and SAIL Chairman S.K. Roongta announced on that SAIL a PSU under Ministry of Steel, will reward the Indian hockey team for achieving victory during different stages of the FIH World Cup 2010 to be held in New Delhi from February 28 to March 13, 2010. SAIL is the Presenting Partner of the tournament. The awards announced are in the following categories: for winning the World Cup Rs. one crore, for reaching finals, silver award of Rs. 50 lakh; for reaching semi-finals, bronze award of Rs. 25 lakh. Singh was speaking at a photo session organized at India Gate today with captains of the 12 teams from different countries taking part in the tournament. SAIL is also presenting a ‘Man of Steel’-Best Defender award in all the matches of the tournament. The award carries a trophy and a cash reward. SAIL’s dedication to the cause of sports has taken the
shape of setting up residential sports academies for football, athletics, archery and hockey in different regions of India, apart from a number of other initiatives. SAIL Hockey Academy was set up in Rourkela, Orissa way back in 1992. SAIL’s Rourkela Steel Plant set it up in Sundargarh, the hockey heartland of India. The main reason for Rourkela being chosen for promoting Hockey is because of the fact that in Sundargarh, for the local tribals Hockey is almost a way of life. The locals have a natural affinity for the game and many of them in the villages start playing the game with hockey sticks carved out from branches of trees. The objective was honing the talent of the youth, for whom hockey is more a way of life than a mere game. The sustained effort has been to catch these talents young and to impart specialized scientific training so that they metamorphose into players of national and international stature. In June 2005, the most
modern facility of Synthetic Turf was installed in the Hockey Stadium at Rourkela. SAIL is also proud that Michael Kindo, one of the stars of the Indian team which won the Hockey World Cup in 1975, was on its rolls.
Budget will consolidate growth with focus on reforms : Arup Roy Choudhury
The Indian Budget 2010-2011 is high on consolidating economic growth while focusing on reforms for sustaining it in the long term. The Finance Minister has rightly focused on infrastructure, roads and railways, power, social sector with emphasis on rural development. “This balanced, broad –based approach towards consolidating the growth process and achieving inclusive growth is commendable”, said Arup Roy Choudhury, Chairman, Standing Conference of Public Enterprises (SCOPE) and CMD, NBCC. SCOPE Chairman said budget is likely to provide big boost to public sector companies in infrastructure, railways, road development, banking sector, power and energy sectors, health sector and social services as many PSEs are engaged in these activities. Welcoming the government’s policy of broad-basing the public sector equity as it will bring better governance in PSEs, Chairman SCOPE cautioned that market should not be flooded with the offerings from PSEs and
it should be left to the managements of PSEs to decide when they should access the market so as to maximize the return from the market. Recognizing the growth challenge that the country faced due to financial crisis of 2008-09 and noting the recovery process during the current financial year, Mr. Arup Roy Choudhury said that the Finance Minister has rightly opted for calibrated exit for fiscal stimulus, thereby guiding the industry in its revival efforts. It is heartening that the government is committed to revert back to fiscal consolidation with lower fiscal deficit targets for coming years. It also needs to be complimented for maintaining its reforms agenda of introducing GST and Direct Tax Code from April 2011. The budget is pro-growth, pro-reforms with clearly identified targets. This should spur growth momentum further to reach double digit GDP growth in near future. Direct tax proposals are welcome. However, the concern on price front remains
as increase in excise duty rates and reverting back to duty on crude and petroleum products may turn out to be inflationary. Also, increasing MAT would be a dampener for the industry sector.
Response of Chairman, SAIL on Budget 2010-11
A substantial part of Plan allocation – more than 45% – has been made towards development of infrastructure in the country, including rural infrastructure. This is welcome,said S.K.Roongta Chairman, SAIL. Highest priority on power capacity addition and emphasis given on road infrastructure, Bharat Nirman, Indira and Rajiv Awas Yojanas, NREGA, health sector and urban infrastructure will speed up economic growth.
Kailash Chand transferred to Delhi

Kailash Chand, 1997 batch AGMU cadre IAS officer, has been transferred from Andaman and Nicobar to Delhi

Verickamackal transferred to Andaman and Nicobar

A Verickamackal, 1988 batch AGMU cadre IAS officer, has been transferred to Andaman and Nicobar

Asim Khurana repatriated

Asim Khurana, joint Secretary in the Department of Foreigners in the Ministry of Home Affairs, has been repatriated to Gujarat cadre. He is 1983 batch IAS officer.

Lamba gets MOS status

SK Lamba, Special Envoy in the PMO, has been given the status of Minister of State.

Pandey appointed Jt Secr in Ministry of Labour

Anoop Chand Pandey has been appointed Joint Secretary in Ministry of Labour. He is 1984 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Ashok Pal posted as DDG in UID

Ashok Pal Singh (IPOS : 1986) has been posted as DDG in UID after waving off of his cooling period by the ACC

Karan Singh appointed Proctor general

Karan Singh has been appointed Proctor General of India ( Immigrants) for a period of five years.

Shrivastava appointed IG (Forests)

AK Shrivastava, Joint secretary – Commission for Backward Classes, has been appointed IG (Forests) in the Ministry of Environment for five years. He is due to retire in 2014.

Arun Sinha appointed Jt. Secr, Dept of Public Enterprise

Arun Sinha, UP cadre IAS officer of 1982 batch, has been appointed Joint Secretary, Department of Public Enterprise for a period of five years.

Bipin Kumar of IOC gets extension

Bipin Kumar, Advisor Security, in the Indian Oil Corporation, has been given 21 months extension upto Nov 30, 2011.

Roy is Addl DG BSF

AN Roy , DGP Haryana (Armed Forces), has been appointed Additional DG BSF on the GoI.

CORPORATE
IAS officer Chawla is now MD KSCMF
Rajieev Chawla has been transferred as Managing Director, Karnataka State Co-operative Marketing Federation. He is 1987 batch IAS officer.
Sinor appointed CEO of AMFI
H.N. Sinor has been appointed as the CEO of the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI).
KRIBHCO looking for Operations Director, Hazira Complex
Krishak Bharati Cooperative Limited (KRIBHCO), a Multi-State Cooperative Society having net worth of approx. Rs.2500 crores, is looking for a suitable candidate to head its operations at Hazira, as Operations Director. The appointment will be made for a period of five years or superannuation of the selected candidate, which ever is earlier.
Om Narayan to be in charge, Tata’s special projects
Om Narayan will be in charge for Tata’s special projects.
TBWA appoints Narayan as VP
Anand Narayan of JWT has been appointed as Vice-President TBWA Mumbai.
Ambalavanan appointed Head, Grey’s Chennai operations
Grey has appointed C. Vijai Ambalavanan, Leo Burnett India's Chennai outfit  as the new head of it’s Chennai office.
Sethi quits as Dentsu Communications
Rajat Sethi, Managing Director of Dentsu has quit the agency.
Upputuru quits Dentsu Communications
Titus Upputuru, Creative Head, has quit Dentsu Communications.
Upputuru joins Saatchi & Saatchi
Titus Upputuru who had quit as the Creative Head of Dentsu Communications has joined Saatchi & Saatchi.
Suri appointed Executive Creative Head Dentsu, Marcom
Nitin Suri has joined Dentsu Marcom as executive creative director.
Ashit Desai appointed Dentsu Communications
Ashit Desai has been appointed creative head of Dentsu Communications, Delhi.
and a welcome step, added SAIL Chairman.
Vivek Gaur Sr. VP Genpact resigns
Vivek Gaur Senior Vice-President and CFO of BPO major, Genpact Ltd, a subsidiary of GE has resigned.
Mohit Bhatia is Sr. VP, Genpact
Genpact, BPO major has promoted its CFO Mohit Bhatia as CFO and Senior Vice President to take over from Vivek Gaur.
Navia Asia ropes in Aman Choudhry as client services director
Navia Asia has roped in Aman Choudhary deputy general manager, Percept OOH as national client services director.
Viacom 18 appoints Gaurav Gandhi as Chief Commercial Officer
Gaurav Gandhi executive vice-president - business operations has been appointed as Chief Commercial Officer by Viacom 18.

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There is only one power center
Power center is one and only one Mrs. Sonia Gandhji and four power centers are nothing but paralllel forces without having no direction and end points but instructed by power center to implement imp issues so they are facilitation centers of power but can be called information and implementation center.
Subodh Kumar Sharma

"Pseudo Power Centres in GOI!"
You have been so upfront in identifying so many power centres in GOI who can get anything done. Are they power centres or power brokers? I say this as you have conveniently overlooked 10-Janpath,the actual fountain head from where all power flows and around which all the so-called pseudo-power centres, wheelers and dealers revolve. I had sent you the general perception prevalent among civil servants about the existence sub-power centres in the bureaucratic hierarchy along with details of several top civil servants coming from a particular Indian State. But, you exhibited timidity by not publishing my candid views (along with 'proofs')ostensibly out of fear of the power that be. It was least expected of this website. I had articulated the views of a large number of senior IAS officers in GOI and the Indian States, the great silent majority which you chose to ignore. Are you also K(+)?. If not, please prove me wrong by publishing these views! This is no pressure tactic. I take full responsibility for what I write for this site.
A K Saxena (A retired civil servant)

Tainted officer promoted
Thirteen officers of IDES have been promoted to SAG today. Among them is one officer who is facing charges.
Sudhir Chopra

Disparity with UDC/Steno D
We want to raise our voice against disparity with UDC/Steno D through your esteem website. After three months of issuance of OM dated 16/11/2010 for granting of 4200 (GP) to UDCs/Steno'D' of Central Secretariat/AFHQ/Ext. Affairs/Railways Board, we couldn’t hear anything from DoP&T as there is no one to take pain. Sixth pay commission equated us to Group D and our big brother Asstt of CSS are also makeup their mind that we couldn’t deserve to get 4200 GP. In this regard, one thing is very heartening that our Big brother i.e. Assistant move their file for granting of 4600 GP after three days of issuance of OM dated 13/11/2010 for grant of 4600 (GP) to Inspector etc., This shows their good behave with junior. But in our case, they are not keen to positive noting so that we may also get our due at earliest. It is a matter of concerned for UDCs/Steno D. In other organization junior colleagues also get benefit in front of Promotion and Pay while in Central Secretariat we have been cheated by our Big- brother as they want all benefit for themselves.
Prince

Kudos to Prabhat Singh!
We need such result-oriented, honest persons in every walk of life to wake us up from slumber, especially in bodies like Commonwealth Games Org. Committee and other project-oriented bodies.
KCJ