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Adani is close to whom ?
It is widely being discussed in the corporate world that fast rising business group led by Gautam Adani is with whom –Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi or Ten Janpath ?.
Many contenders are there for Vigilance Commissioner
There are many top bankers who are in the fray for slot of vigilance commissioner. They are: A.C. Mahajan CMD Canara Bank, J.M.Garg CMD Corporation Bank, R S Reddy, CMD Andhra Bank & Ms. Usha Thorat Deputy Governor Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
3 contenders for Commissioner’s slot in BCAS
A three-member panel has been prepared for the post of Commissioner of Security (Civil Aviation) in Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS). Those officers who are there in the panel are : K S Sankarnarayanan -IPS 1976 batch West Bengal cadre, G.S. Malhi- IPS 1974 batch Haryana cadre & Rajiv Saxena -IPS 1975 Uttar Pradesh cadre.
HSU Kamath tipped to CMD of a bank
As the grapevine has it, HSU Kamath Executive Director (ED) of the Canara Bank is poised to be Chairman & Managing Directors (CMD) of one of the public sector bank.
S. Sundaresan’s file still in PMO
The file relating to proposed appointment of S. Sundaresan as Secretary Petroleum & Natural Gas is still in the PMO. He is an IAS officer of the 1976 batch who belongs to the Kerala cadre.
Manoj Singh to be new Commissioner Navodaya Vidalaya Samiti
Manoj Singh has been appointed as Commissioner, Navodaya Vidalaya Samiti (NVS). The post is equivalent to Joint Secretary. He is an IAS officer of the 1989 batch who belongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre.
T.S. Kripanidhi to be new FA, CRPF
T.S. Kripanidhi has been appointed as Financial Advisor, CRPF.He is an officer of the Indian Defence Account Service (IDAS).
( We said this on December 24 )
Vivek Joshi tipped to Joint Secretary Social Justice
As the grapevine has it Vivek Joshi may be appointed as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Social Justice and Welfare. He is an IAS officer of 1989 batch who belongs to the Haryana cadre.
Why appointments of Governors were delayed?
Why appointments of new Governors were delayed? This question is doing rounds in corridors of power. As the grapevine has it delay was due to a decision about allocation of the slot to outgoing National Security Advisor (NSA).
Will the post of NSA be abolished?
Will the post of National Security Advisor (NSA) be abolished? Answer to this question is simply yes if one goes by un cordial relations that outgoing National Security Advisor (NSA) M.K. Narayanan with Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram.
Recession in global economy came as a boon for Indian Army
Recession in global economy came as a boon for Indian Army as it stopped the exodus of middle-rung officers to greener pastures at least by 50 percent. While more than 600 army men had opted for pre-mature retirement in 2008, in 2009 the number came down to 280 people.
Vijay Kumar could not make it !
Against the belief everyone in the corridors of power that A K Vijay Kumar ,Executive Director an outstanding officer on deputation to GAIL will make up for the post of Director Engineering India Ltd (EIL),P K Rastogi was put number one in the panel leaving the other contender D Moudgil to fill the second slot.
FM Guard’s central deputation on the anvil
The Government of India (GOI) has retained the name of FM Guard in the offer list. He is an IPS officer of the 1982 batch who belongs to the Gujarat cadre.
Mrinal Pande to be Member of Prasar Bharti
Noted Journalist Mrinal Pande is being appointed new Member of the Prasar Bharti.
Keshav Chandra stands a chance of becoming GM
As the grapevine has it, Keshav Chandra stands a chance of becoming one of the General Managers (GMs) in Indian Railways provided the concerning authorities treat his last year’s empanelment valid up to March 31, 2010.
Rajesh Verma to join Rio Tinto as India Head
As the grapevine has it, Rajesh Verma Deputy Commissioner with Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC) who belongs to the category of jewellery appraiser & has sought voluntary retirement is going to join Rio Tinto - an Australian multinational on an annual package of over Rs. 45 lakh, as its Country Head.
D. Rajgopalan to head SSNL in Gujarat
Gujarat Government being led by Chief Minister Narendra Modi has appointed D. Rajgopalan ex Chief Secretary of Gujarat as new Chairman of Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Limited (SSNL). Rajgopalan had retired last month after extended service ended. D. Rajagopalan is an IAS officer of the 1974 batch & belongs to the Gujarat cadre. Rajagopalan is M.Sc. (Physics). It may be stated here that D. Rajgopalan had played a major role in grand success of Vibrant Gujarat Business Summit 2007. He was Principal Secretary for Industries and Mines then. Rajgopalan started his career as Assistant Collector Rajkot.
N.V. Patel to head Vadodara Dev.Authority
The Gujarat Government being led by Chief Minister Narendra Modi has appointed outgoing Chairman of Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Limited (SSNL) N. V. Patel as Chairman of the Vadodara Urban Development Authority (VUDA).
Kanubhai Mistry to head GPCB
BJP leader Kanubhai Mistry has been appointed as new Chairman of the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) by the Gujarat Government being led by Chief Minister Narendra Modi.
Dharmendra Shah to head AUDA
BJP leader Dharmendra Shah has been appointed as new Chairman of Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA) by the Gujarat Government being led by Chief Minister Narendra Modi.
Ashok Bhavsar to head GUDA
BJP leader Ashok Bhavsar has been appointed as Chairman of Gandhinagar Urban Development Authority (GUDA) by the Gujarat Government being led by Chief Minister Narendra Modi.
Amoh Shah to head BUDA
BJP leader Amoh Shah has been appointed as Chairman of Bhavnagar Urban Development Authority (BUDA) by the Gujarat Government being led by Chief Minister Narendra Modi.
Pankaj Kumar shifted to Delhi
Pankaj Kumar has been moved to Delhi by the Air India as General Manager Ground Handling Northern Region.
Deputy Director promoted
RK Gandhi, Deputy Director (Ad-hoc) in the office of Principal Director of Audit, North Central Railway, Allahabad, has been promoted and posted as Deputy Director in the same office.
Raj Kumar to go to Melbourne
Raj Kumar US (LAC) in the MEA will succeed Ram Chander consul inMelbourne.
ISS officer gets new posting on promotion
ISS officer G Sajeevan, Director, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, New Delhi, has been posted as DDG, MSME, DCSSI, New Delhi.
DoPT launches 'Online Certificate Course on RTI'
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India (GoI) has launched an 'Online Certificate Course on RTI' for various stakeholders on, both, the demand and supply sides of the RTI implementation regime. This Online Certificate Course on RTI is launched in association with the Centre for Good Governance, Hyderabad.
Virendra Sinha to be Director (Services ) Balmer Lawrie !
Virendra Sinha is being tipped to be Director (Services) of the Balmer Lawrie & Co. The PESB has reportedly put the name of Sinha number one in the panel.
CBEC promotes 61 Joint Commissioners to Addl Commissioners
The Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC) has promoted 61 officers belonging batches of 1996 & 1997 from Joint Commissioners to the post of Additional Commissioners. Those who have been promoted are: A.K. Saha, Ajay, Ali Akbar, Amandeep Singh, Ms.Ambika S. Kaur, Ms. Anita Singh, Amitesh Bharat Singh, Anil Kumar Mishra, Anil Kumar Singh, Arvind Madvan, B.R.Parulkar, B. Suresh Babu, Bashistha Prasad,  Bhabani Prasanna, C. Mani, C.P. Vijayadharan, C. Ram Kumar, Deepankar Arun, Devi Singh Negi, G.K.Dixit, Ganga Singh Karki , H.R. Garg, Jeetesh Nagori, Jitendra Kumar ,  K. Balamurugan, K. K. kataria, K.N. Nagarajan. K. Ramakrishnan,  K. S. Nautiyal, K.Siddana, Ms. Kavita Bhatnagar, Ms. Limatulla, M.J. Raman, Manoj Kumar Rajak, Mohammed Yoosaf P. K. ,  Ms.Minu Pramod , Ms.Monika A. Batra, N. sasidharan, Nagvenkar Devendra Vasudev, Narayan Prasad Agrawal, Nilesh Kumar Gupta, P. Anand Kumar, R. Ajith Kumar, R. Jagannathan , R.. Karukaran, R.R.Bangar, Rajendra Chaudhary, Rajesh Kumar Verma, Ram Pratap, Ranjit Jacob Koshy, S.S. R. Lobo , Sameer Chitkara, Satish S. Dhawale, Shambhoo Dayal, Sunil Singh Katiyar, Suresh Nandanwar, Vijay Risi , Vinay Kumar Singh & Vinod Kumar Gahlot.
Two MDs suspended in UP
UP Government has suspended MD of the Export Corporation P K Singh and MD of the Handicraft Corporation Vanshraj Singh.
3 IFS in Himachal Pradesh to elevated as Addl PCCF
As many as three Indian Forest Service (IFS) of Himachal Pradesh (HP) cadre who belong to the 1980 batch will soon be elevated as Additional PCCF. They are: Hardip Singh Kingra, Pravin Thapliyal & Sharad Singh Negi. Of them Thapliyal is in the parent cadre while Kingra & Negi are on deputation, so both of them will get proforma promotion..
GoI rejects extension (UPDATED)
The GoI has rejected the proposal of the Department of AYUSH for the extension of Central deputation tenure of  B. Anand,IAS(TN-87), Joint Secretary in that Department beyond  January 30.
Singh appointed CVO of Jute Corporation (UPDATED)
Sanjay Kumar Singh has been appointed as Chief Vigilancer Officer in the Jute Corporation of India, Kolkata. He is 1992 batch IDAS officer.
Rameshram Mishra is new Secretary to Tamil Nadu Governor (UPDATED)

Rameshram Mishra, IAS, Principal Secretary /Chairman and Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Salt Corporation Limited has been transferred to Secretary to Governor vice Hans Raj Verma.

Meet on Ports underway in Mumbai (UPDATED)

Two day national meet on major & non major ports to discuss different issues began at Grand Hyatt Mumbai on January 21, 2010 with key note address by GOI's Shipping Secretary K.Mohandas.

Rajiv Yadav is Member Administration in NHAI (UPDATED)

Rajiv Yadav has joined as Member (Finance) in the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on January 21, 2010. He is an IAS officer of 1981 batch who belongs to the Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

(We said this on January 20, 2010)
Sood appointed CVO Mazagon Dock Ltd (UPDATED)
Sanjeev Sood, has been appointed  IRSEE(85) as Chief Vigilance Officer in the Mazagon Dock Limited, Mumbai. He is 1985 batch IRSEE officer.

Indian Revenue Cricket Team runner-up in India Post Cup (UPDATED)

The Indian Revenue Cricket Team was the runners-up at the India Post Cup held at Kolkata. The team lost to BSNL in a keenly contested final played at the Eden Gardens by nine runs. Member (R), CBDT, who was in town, witnessed the match for sometime along with CCIT-I, Kolkata. Chasing 292 in 40 overs, Indian Revenue was in a spot of bother at 40 for 3. However, they fought back valiantly and ended at 282 with Prasenjit Ganguly scoring a ton and Parag Khanapurkar scoring 66 fine runs. The team was led by Amit Velaskar who was declared the Man of the Series for his outstanding batting.

Nominations for IRS Association (UPDATED)

One nomination each has been received for the office bearers of Indian Revenue Service (IRS) body for the posts of President, Vice-President, General Secretary and Treasurer. According to the returning officer Rajnish Kumar three nominations have been filed for the post of Joint General Secretaries. The nominations received so far are as follows- President- Sunil Chopra, Vice-President- S.K. Singh, General Secretary – Amitabh Kumar, Treasurer – Sambit Tripathy, Joint General Secretary – Ramesh Chander, Praveen Siddarth and Vimal Anand and Members – Milap Jain, Kalyan Anand, Siddarth Pradhan, P.K. Kedia, Gunjan Prasad, D.N. Kar, S.K. Mishra, Navneet Manohar and Nikhil Verma.

CORPORATE
SAIL joins hands with  IIIT (Bangalore), BIMTECH (Greater Noida) & IMT (Ghaziabad)
Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) for academic collaboration with Birla Institute of Management and Technology (BIMTECH), Greater Noida and Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Ghaziabad and is also entering into an agreement with International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Bangalore, for endowment of SAIL Chair, on January 14, 2010 in the presence of G Ojha, Director (Personnel), SAIL.  The MoUs were signed with the focus of strengthening Industry-Academic interface keeping the objective of fostering collaboration between the two institutions to promote academic and research interactions. The MoU with IIIT was signed by Prof. S Sadagopan, Director, IIIT, Bangalore, while the MoUs with BIMTECH and IMT were signed by Prof. Dr. Anupam Varma, Deputy Director, BIMTECH and Dr B D Singh, Dean (MDP & Consulting), IMT, Ghaziabad. On behalf of SAIL, the MoUs were signed by Shri  S P Patnaik, Executive Director (HRD)/ SAIL MTI.Other senior executives present on the occasion were A S Mathur, Executive Director I/c RDCIS, SAIL, N Neogi, Executive Director, SSO, SAIL and M R Panda, General Manager (HRD), MTI. Prof. Rajagopalan, Professor, IIIT, Bangalore, Dr Rahul Singh, Professor, BIMTECH, Greater Noida and Prof. Anand Khanna, IMT Ghaziabad, senior executives from MTI, RDCIS, CET and SSO, colleagues from MTI, were also present on the occasion.
Prabhat Singh poised to be GAIL’s Director (Marketing)
As the grapevine has it, decks have been cleared for Prabhat Singh to take over the post of Director (Marketing) of GAIL. At present Prabhat Singh is Director, Business Development (BD) for the Exploration & Production (E&P) activities of British Gas in India. His, will be the first ever appointment in any of the PSUs of Government of India at such a high level. Prabhat Singh who has B.Tech degree from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur has around 29 years of experience of working in both MNC’s and the Government held PSU’s at prestigious posts. His vision has given many firsts to the industry/country. It is courtesy him that LPG is now being transported cross-country through pipelines in India. The world’s longest exclusive LPG pipeline from Jamnagar to Loni by GAIL is his gift to India, which was recognized by the Asian Development Bank as the “best managed project” of the year. Prabhat’s forte has been managing people. Recognizing this,
 GAIL India Limited bestowed on him the responsibility of leading their organisational transformational effort. It was a highly human oriented change management initiative, which put “people at the heart of corporate purpose”. He did one-on-one workshops with all the 3400 plus employees spread over more than 91 locations.
(We said this on October 22, 2009)
Bhagirathi Dhall is number two in Panel
The PESB has reportedly put Bhagirathi Dhall number two in the panel for the post of Director (Personnel) Steel Authority of India Lts.(SAIL).

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Army Chief’s (Health) category has been downgraded on account of deafness in one ear!
Defense Mantri could say 'pull back' and 'attack' COAS could hear!!!!
 
In the Armed Forces Health Category is sanctimonious!!!
And our COAS is no longer fit to command is obvious!!
 
There are many Officers who could not be promoted on category grounds!
And many of them in desperation did Defense Ministry ke rounds!!!
 
COAS should represent to Defense Mantri ‘mujhe active command say karro maaf’!!!
'And hand over operational charge to the Vice Chief of Staff'!
 
Because if he continues he makes a precedence for those facing category downgrades!!!
Court would be a viable option now for those who fail the category grades!!!
 
If the Army Chief can Command despite a category downgrade!!!
A Maj.Gen facing category downgrade will say similarly ‘Commander I should be made’!
 
Reports says Noble Laureate Pachauri’s has been indulging in Glacier Astrology!!!
They say his 2035 glacier melting theory is just fakeology!!!
 
Reports also point out to him indulging in fear mongering for gain!!!!
And Pachauri needs to respond with facts to wipe off the stain!!!
 
MOSs have represented to PM ‘Cabinet Mantris are keeping us idle or vela’!!!!!
They lament ‘we stand idle in this power ka mela’!!!!
 
Idle mind is Devil’s workshop and so it would be prudent to allot them kaam!!!
Or MOS meaning Minister on Sleep-mode should be new title or naam!!!!
 
Modi’s example needs to be followed!!!!
Funds mobilized by his appearances or gifts given to him are not ‘personally swallowed’!
 
The money lands up at some Charity’s doorstep or in the CM’s fund…clap clap!!!
What a nice chap!!!!
 
Amar Singh’s politically is now a lightweight!!!!
Veer Singhvi had in his analogy and said ‘Mulayam will not let him go just you wait'!
 
Veer Singhvi is a foodie and so he should be able to gulp down what he had dished out!
His political analysis has been afflicted with gout!!!
 
And they say the final straw ‘that broke the relationship’ was Jaya’s re-nomination!!!
For what … so that she could wave out in Parliament Note of Rs. 500 denomination!!!
 
Seems Amar was told there are only 2 seats and Jaya would be sent to RS again!
And so Amar enacted resignation drama or resignation kee feign!!
 
He thought by the resignation drama he’s get his way!!!!
And ended up being shown ‘bahar ka way’!!!!
 
Shivraj Patil is taking an entourage of 150 for his swearing in!!!!
What does he think ‘an election kiya win’?????
 
Baggage will show how many in this entourage will stay back???
In this entourage kitno ne for an extended stay kiya hai boriya bistar pack!!!
 
Hope he’s not bringing his tailors along with him to stitch togs everyday!!!
For his ‘kapda fixation very dearly he had to pay’!!!
 
Telengana is back on the burner with suicides on the rise!!!!!
If Telegana is acceded to there will be suicides form those who do not want cut in AP’s size!!
 
Me thinks UPA has got itself into a fix!!!!
You now ask PC on Telengana and he emits ‘hics’!!!!
 
Confucius says… Let the people of AP decide and if 'break up' proponent Kashmiris demand the same way!!!
Then as it involves a ‘breakup’ with India entire India should have a say!!!

Flash.... Now Pawar has given the green signal for milk prices to rise!!!!
Continuing with him as Minister for Agri and Food and Supplies is unwise!!

Sonia should bear in mind that its Congress that's getting a bad name!!!
For the price rise and for Congress not kicking Pawar out public is saying 'shame shame'!

Pawar has single handedly changed this Nation's habits of eating!!!!
And on the food front from roaring now India is literally bleating!!!

India is now handicapped on the food front!!!!!
For God's sake karro Pawar ko shunt!!!
Bharat Kumar

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WHETHER MEDIA TRIAL OF FORMER DGP SPS RATHORE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN OTHER NATIONAL ISSUES ?
There is no need of media trail of Rathore at this belated stage. I always felt that media is always reactive and does an approach for some time and forget an issue later.
Ravi
Pushing a teenage girl to suicide, and systematically destroying entire family aftermath is a national issue. It relates to social fabric of country. Media has done right thing by highlighting the related issues.
P S Mehra
Trial should run concurrently along with other pressing national issues.
U G Upreti
De-recognition of teaching malls !
The news of HRD Ministry withdrawing the deemed university status of 44 privately run institutes, is the first pleasant news of the year2010.So it seems. It was music to the ears. My compliments to HRD Minister for this bold step. Kapil Sibal’s no-nonsense approach to tackling corruption in his ministry merits to be followed by his colleagues in other social sector ministries particularly the Min of Health! This is a wake-up call for Ghulam Nabi Azad. There have been stories galore of granting deemed university status to hundreds of private medical colleges by his illustrious predecessor on ‘unmentionable’ considerations. I am sure, Azad will spare no efforts in clearing the decks of his ministry. I had expressed my views about these unethical practices being followed in HRD and Health ministries , on this website last year. I am glad that concrete action has finally been taken by Kapil Sibal with the approval of the PM and the UPA Chairperson, Sonia Gandhi. Fair enough! The compulsions of coalition politics cannot be overlooked. But, should the matter be allowed to rest here? Surely not! What follow-up action is required now? There is a need to probe the roles of corrupt bureaucrats in the HRD and Health ministries .In the case of HRD, the names of Veena Singh(Arjun Singh’ daughter) and her spouse V P Singh, were revealed for appropriate investigation. Ends of Justice would be met only after the roles of these individuals and the bureaucrats concerned, are investigated to logical culminations and appropriate penalties imposed. Details of bureaucrats, who were close to the power that be, during the regimes of Murli Manohar Joshi (NDA) and Arjun Singh( UPA-I&II) and who were considered co-sinners, are well known in the corridors of Shastri Bhavan. What is required is the Political Will. My appeal to both Kapil Sibal and Ghulam Nabi Azad is : Please do not leave the job half-complete ! Granting deemed university status to private institutes by unfair means without conforming to UGC norms, is a serious matter.
A K Saxena (A retired civil servant)
Lower Division Clerks suffering
Since 1959 Lower Division Clerk has been suffering and while all the grade has upgraded twice or thrice after independence. Lower S Division Grade has been down graded after all pay commission while other Group B/C/A service officers have been always granted upgraded pay but LDC was downgraded to Peon while there are three tier examination. All the benefit have been taken by others. after sixth pay commission an anomaly committee has been constituted but perhaps they also not thinks about the future and service condition of LDC/UDC in Central Government. We all the LDC/UDC urge to the central government to take care our service and grant us grade pay of 2400 and 2800 respectively w.e.f. 1/1/2006 so that we are also get some benefit in this dearness era. we think PMO/Expenditure/DoP&T will must care our genuine and factual demand.
Prince