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Arun Mishra is new Secretary Drinking Water
Arun Mishra has been appointed new Secretary Drinking Water in the Government of India.1976 batch UP cadre IAS officer Mishra is presently posted in the Planning Commission.He will succeed Rajwant Sandhu who is going to Himachal Pradesh as Chief Secretary.
Subhash Joshi to be Special DG CRPF ?
Uttarakhand DGP Subhash Joshi is being appointed Special DGP CRPF with headquarters in Guwahati. He is 1976 batch IPS officer of Uttarakhand cadre.
DoPT makes Cooling off Mandatory after every Deputation
DoPT vide OM No. 6/8/2009-Estt.(Pay II), dated 17th June 2010 has made Cooling off mandatory after every deputation upto JS level.
Ajay Kumar Bhalla may take over as JS, Coal
Ajay Kumar Bhalla Delhi based Principal Resident Commiossioner (PRC)with Meghalaya Government will be Joint Secretary Coal. Ajay Kumar Bhalla is an IAS officer of the 1984 batch who belongs to the Assam-Meghalaya (A-M) cadre. He will be filling up the slot that fell vacant following departure of K.S. Kropha.
Additional Secretary Banking to be from West Bengal ?
Grapevine has it that a West Bengal cadre IAS officer is being appointed Additional Secretary Banking.
TOP FIVE PLUS ONE OF MAHARASHTRA CM
In the corridors of power five IAS officers are considered to be close to Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan. Top five are :-
1 Swadheen Kshtriya 1980 batch

2 A K Jain 1982 batch

3 Nitin Kareer 1988 batch

4 Ratnakar Gaikwad 1975 batch

5 Azeez M Khan 1979 natch and
One person behind the scene is former Chief Secretary Johny Joseph..
Narang to be Member of CBEC ?
In all probability G S Narang will be new Member of the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC).
S.K. Goyal is Chairman, IIFCL
S.K. Goyal who till recently was CMD UCO Bank has joined as new
Chairman, India Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd (IIFCL). His tenure
will be of three years. Soon after assuming charge S.K. Goyal told
whispersinthecorridors.com that he will work out his road map on the
soonest. However, Goyal said “we have to play a very important role in
financing infrastructure of India, as it is the backbone of the
Economy.”
(We said this on April 21, 2010)
Appointments in banks delayed
Appointments of CMDs and EDs in public sector banks have been delayed
certain queries in a three page letter to Financial Services
department were raised by the Government of India (GOI).
Justice Rebellow is new CJ of Allahabad HC
Senior Judge of the Bombay High Court Justice F I Rebellow is new Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court.
C.B. Singh to be Director, Petroleum
As the grapevine has it C.B. Singh on central deputation is poised to be a Director in Petroleum Ministry. He is an Indian Economic Service
(IES) officer of the 1986 batch.
D.K. Bhalla empanelled as Joint Secretary in GOI
Devinder Kumar Bhalla has been empanelled in Government of India (GOI)  as Joint Secretary .Presently he is Delhi based Resident Commissioner
(RC) with the Nagaland government. He is an IAS officer of the1986 batch who belongs to the Nagaland cadre.
Raja Shrivastava to join ITBP
Raja Shrivastava is joining ITBP as DIG. He is 1985 batch UP cadre IPS officer.

Rajiv Jaideo to be Director (HR) MMTC

Rajiv Jaideo is being tipped to be Director (HR) in the MMTC. The PESB is believed to have put the name of Jaideo as number one in the panel. Jaideo is presently ED in the MMTC
Rashmi Goel is JS Home
Rashmi Goel in new Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs. She is 1983 batch IRAS officer.
Who has maximum detractors in BJP ?
In the BJP, only Arun Jaitley and Ms. Sushma Swaraj have maximum detractors.
Member (Finance) post in Postal Board is being revived
The post of Member (Finance) in Postal Board is being revived as per recommendation of the 5th Pay Commission and the Administrative Reform Commission.
CITs transfers after CBDT chief return from foreign tour
Transfer order of Commissioners of Income Tax (CITs) will be issued after S.S.N.Moorthy is Chairman Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)
returns to India from his foreign tour.
1990 batch IPS to get promotion in UP
1990 batch IPS officers are being promoted to the rank of IG in Uttar Pradesh in a day or two.
IAS postings in Sikkim
S D Basi will be Principal Secretary Personnel. B K Kharel has been made Secretary cum Commissioner Land Revenue and Disaster Management. Ms Nalini G Pradhan has been posted as Secretary Food and Civil Supplies. K T Chankapa will be Secretary Transport. Ms Nim Yethenpa has been given additional charge of Information Technology.
Move to create 4 new posts of IG in CRPF
The Central government’s Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has sent a proposal for creating four IG level posts in CRPF for anti naxalites
operation. ACC has approved it while order is under submission.
Chatterjee moves to Prague
Second Secretary in Dhaka Somnath Chatterjee has been moved from Dhaka to Prague.
Ms Meenakshi Gupta goes to CAG office
Ms. Meenakshi Gupta, on her relief from the post of Accountant General (A&E)-I, Uttar Pradesh, Allahabad by Ms. Mala Sinha has been transferred and posted as Principal Director of Audit (Direct Taxes) in the CAG office.
Pay package of new BSNL CMD to be best in the Telecom industry
As the grapevine has it, pay package of new Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) of the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) will be best in
the industry. It may be stated that existing CMD of BSL Kuldeep Goyal is due to retire on July25, 2010.
A.K. Mishra elevated as ED in AAI
A.K. Mishra, who so far was a General Manager (GM) in Airports Authority of India (AAI) being headed by V.P. Agrawal, has been
promoted as an Executive Director (ED). Mishra who was earlier GM Electrical in AAI’s corporate office on elevation will continue to be
in AAI’s corporate office.
Who will be new PS to Meghalaya CM?
Who will be new Principal Secretary (PS) to Meghalaya Chief Minister Dr. Mukul Sangma? This question is hot topic of discussion in
corridors of power, specially in the North East.
Secretary Home GoI and Kerala cadre IPS
Secretary Home in the Government of India, G K Pillai, has written a letter to the Kerala Government about a senior IPS officer meeting some people with terrorist links in Qatar,
Railway postings
R N Bartarya, HAG/IRTS, has been posted in the Railway Board as ADV (Infrastructure).K L Pandey IRTS has been promoted to the SAG.
107 new Kendriya Vidyalayas
The Government of India has decided to set up 107 new Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) in the country.
Maj Gen Pramod Behl takes over as Director General (Resettlement)
Major General Pramod Behl has taken over as the Director General Resettlement (DGR). He is an alumnus of National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla, Pune and was commissioned in the GRENADIERS Regiment of Infantry in
Committee for data protection and security & privacy norms
The Government of India has constituted a Group of Officers under the Chairmanship of
Secretary, Department of Personnel and Training, to develop a framework that could balance the country's interests and concerns on privacy, data protection and security and which could respect the domain legislations on the subject. The framework developed by the Group would include legal provisions, principles and elements of data protection, security and privacy.

Promotions upto DGM level BHEL executives announced

Promotions upto DGM level executives in BHEL have been announced. The names of those promoted as AGMs and GMs are however yet to be announced. They are expected to be announced next week.

Chugh is now Principal Advisor Planning Commission
Arvind Kumar Chugh has been appointed Principal Advisor, Planning Commission, in the rank and pay of Secretary to Government of India. He is 1974 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre.
Ms Rout is new JS Women and Child Welfare
Ms. Sadhana Rout has been appointed Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Women & Child Development.She is 1984 batch Indian Information Service officer.
Cooling off period of IAS officer waived
The ACC has approved waiving-off cooling-off of  Santosh Kumar, IAS (MH-94) and his inter cadre deputation from Maharashtra to Jharkhand cadre for a period of 3 years.
Sikri  gets additional charge of Coal Ministry
D.K. Sikri, IAS(GJ-75), Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development, will hold the additional charge of the post of Secretary, Ministry of Coal, during the period of absence on leave of  C. Balakrishnan, IAS(HP-74) from 26th June, 2010 to 28th July.
Tenure of Alok Sheel extended
Deputation tenure of Dr. Alok Sheel, IAS(KL-82), on the post of Joint Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, has been revised upto 22.10.2013 instead of upto 1.7.2012.
Paliwal is new CVO SAIL
C.B. Paliwal, IAS(UP-81) has been appointed Chief Vigilance Officer in the Steel Authority of India Limited(SAIL).

(We said this on Jun 10)

Badoni is CVO of  THDC
Himanshu Badoni has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer in the Tehri Hydro-electric Development Corporation(THDC), Dehradun.He is 1993 batch IRSE officer.

Railway postings
RK Mangla of SAG/IRSME has been on return from leave trfrd to SER and posted in the cadre, RP Jinger of SAG/IRSE has been transferred from SR to WCR and posted as ADRM/Kota vice Sh. Kaushal Kishore SAG/IRSE, Kaushal Kishore of SAG/IRSE has been transferred from WCR/ADRM/Kota to be posted in the cadre on west Central Rly itself, KL Pandey of SAG/IRTS has been transferred from WCR and appointed to HAG on WCR itself, DK Samantray of SAG/IRAS has been transferred from SER as FA & CAO/C/GRC to ECOR and posted in the cadre, AK Sinha of JAG/officer of RPF has been transferred from NCR, as Sr. DSC/ALD to ER in the same capacity and posted as Sr. SC/RPF/HQ/D&G, AK Aggarwal of SAG/IRSME has been transferred from DMW to ECOR and posted as CME(CHOD) vice DK Saraf by temporarily downgrading post of CME/ECOR from HAG to SAG, DK Saraf of HAG/IRSME has been transferred from ECOR to SWR in the same capacity and posted as Chief Mechanical Engineering against an existing vacancy, R Srinivas of JAG/IRSSE has been transferred from SCR to SR, RK Gudeshar of JAG/IRSSE has been transferred from NFR to NWR and Anup Kumar Sharma of JAG/IRSSE has been transferred from NWR to NFR.

CORPORATE
CMD EIL given additional charge as Director (Commercial)
The Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas vide their letter No.31018/5/2010-CA dated June 16, 2010 has entrusted the additional charge of the post of Director (Commercial), Engineers India Limited to  AK Purwaha, Chairman and Managing Director, Engineers India Limited, on ad-hoc basis, for a period of three months, with effect from June 1, 2010 or till a regular incumbent is appointed, or until further orders, whichever is earlier.
Banga joins CD&R
Former Hindustan Lever man M.S. Banga, popularly known as Vindi, has joined private equity fund Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R).
Sunil Sanghai to join HSBC
Sunil Sanghai is joining HSBC as head of global banking in India from Goldman Sachs.
Kataria quits HSBC to join Religare Capital Markets
Tarun Kataria has quit as the head of global banking and markets HSBC in India to join Religare Capital Markets Ltd as CEO.
Gupte appointed Director in Alstoms
Lalita Gupte has been appointed as a member in board of directors of Alstom's.
Mishra is GM CBI Kolkata
R. Mishra has moved from Chandigarh and joined as head of Kolkata zone of the Central Bank of India.
Ashu Dutt is Chief Consulting Editor (Financial Markets) ET Now
ET Now has appointed Ashu Dutt as Chief Consulting Editor ( Financial Markets).
Mistry is VP (Ad Sales), 123greetings
Dinyar Mistry has joined 123greetings.com as Vice President (Ad Sales)
Munakata resigns as Hitachi Home and Life Solutions Chairman 
Kenichi Munakata has resigned as Chairman and also as Director from the Board of  Hitachi Home And Life Solutions with effect from June 20, 2010. Shinichi Iizuka has been appointed as Director and Chairman of the Company with effect from June 21, 2010.
TDBA appoints Group Creative Director
TDBA India has appointed  Tarvinderjit Singh and Rishi Chanana as Group Creative Director and Creative Director respectively.

Aaj ki Aawaz

Food inflation accelerates!!!
And to raise interest rates for whose green signal Pranab Da waits???
 
Or is he too busy firefighting or traveling overseas,
And seems in his absence work in Finance Ministry and RBI does cease!!
 
Economist PM should have stepped in!!
Not raising interest rates in present scenario is in economics a cardinal sin!!
 
Or as finance is Pranab’s domain!!!
Out of it Mohna does remain!!
 
Though some say that Pranab Da does not want to fiddle with the interest rates,
As Industry does not want this and they are ‘Pranab’s mates’!!
 
Hope you recall rumors about Pranab’s closeness to Dhirubhai!!
It is said Dhirubhai considered Pranab to be a Bhai!!
 
In Media back-rooms stories are rated on the juice in each story!!!!
When Bhopal came up it was felt it was very juicy ......sounds gory!!!
 
But in about a week’s time juice was down to a trickle!!
And so Media ‘used the sickle’!!!
 
Bhopal was cut out and replaced with another juicy story or kahani!!!
‘It is all about the juice jaani’!!
 
Like Rajdeep Sardesai of IBN went to Bhopal when ‘juiciness’ in Bhopal was there!
And once juiciness reduced for Bhopal Rajdeep no longer did care!!
 
Prabhu Chawla advised ‘ forget the past and let us move ahead’!!!
That is because in this tragedy his kith and kin were not dead!!
 
Had he lost someone close he’d be demanding ‘ Anderson be lynched’!!
Taken to the nearest tree and winched!!
 
Hai Prabhu ajeeb terri maya because on Banks he wanted past to be dug!!
But wants Bhopal ’s past to be buried or you can say kept under the rug’!
 
In BJP Jaswant Singh is back!!
Hope you recall why and when he was given the sack!!
 
Jaswant’s closeness to Vajpayee got him the sack!!
And then into BJP it got him back!!
 
Advani did not like Jaswant for this closeness one bit!!!
And for quite some time mentally he had dug for Jaswant a pit!!
 
Uma will not find the going that easy for her return!!
Most of the ‘bridges to return’ while exiting and after her exit she did burn!!
 
BJP is still not getting into the groove!!!
As the Opposition Party itself it still has to prove!!
 
Ghadkari they say after his appointment as President has gained in girth!!!
But he has still not been able to prove his worth!!
 
Confucius says….. BJP needs to go back to the drawing board!!!
Appoint a new Neta and devise new Neeti and delay in doing this it simply cannot afford!!
 
Flash…. Cabinet has accepted GOM advice on Bhopal!!!!
And that is all!!

Bharat Kumar
<aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

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Don’t post incorrect information

In response to poster "Rajeev’s comments, please do not post incorrect information. In the first place, no source has been cited for this entirely false "equivalence" cited by the poster "Rajeev". Examples of his erroneous calculations are spread throughout his diatribe. A full General, according to "Rajeev", is equivalent to a Secretary to GoI. Rajeev is apparently "unaware" that the Rank of General (and all other service chiefs) is in the same salary scale as Cabinet Secretary to the Govt. of India, viz. Rs 90,000 per month, as per the MOD VI CPC gazette notification which can be perused by those in doubt, here: http://mod.nic.in/6thCPC/PAYSERVICES-notification.pdf
 
If evidence of his lack of information is insufficient, we may see that furthermore, the grade pay of 6600, payable to "Under Secretaries to the GOI", is allotted to Majors, and not Lieutenant Colonels. Lieutenant Colonels are in Pay Band 4, GP8000, correctly allotable to Directors (Furthermore, they were earlier in S-25, viz. 15100-400-18400), and so have been incorrectly placed in PB4, GP8000. The idea of Colonels being equivalent to Deputy Secretaries is also laughable, considering they are in PB4, GP8700.
 
Spreading misinformation through private websites may be entertaining for Rajeev, but I have furnished the official GOI gazette notification which proves his comments to be rubbish. Any person who wishes to produce equivalences out of his own mind, is equally living in a fantasy world, which it is best to leave.
 
-Aditya

It is disgusting to see some letter writers comparing Army officers with civilian bureaucrats. Degree of precedence of Defence officers were systematically downgraded after independence, since those Gandhians who were at the helm thought foolishly that in a Gandhian democracy there were no place for armed forces. They pushed the armed Forces down, giving their requirements least priority. Even after we got a slap on our face by Chinese, we nver thought of giving them what was due to them. How can we compare Colonels with a Jt Secretaries. How many Colonel Neeraj Sood (late CO of 18th RF) are there amidst these vociferous civilian bureaucrats who have sacrificed or are ready to sacrifice their lives for the country. Armed forces officers are selected after a written examination and a 5 day strenuous physical and psycho analysis in SSBs. They do not get in just through the fluke of a written exam. They do not camp in Delhi or any other state capital almost through out their careers.Those who compare civilian bureaucrats should be sent to places like Siachen and Kupwara, where they will not last even for a week. No wonder many youngsters do not want to join armed forces. It doesn't give them the self respect or prestige, but only ridicule as some writers in your portal have done.
N Krishna

Criteria ?

I do not know what criteria Dr.Sarkar has put in assessing the present Chairman of Cochin Port Trust as the best.

N Sriram

Raajiv’s comments potray this:

"Start with a cage containing five monkeys.

Inside the cage, hang a banana on a string and place a set of stairs under it. Before long, a monkey will go to the stairs and start to climb towards the banana. As soon as he touches the stairs, spray all of the other monkeys with cold water.

After a while, another monkey makes an attempt with the same result - all the other monkeys are sprayed with cold water. Pretty soon, when another monkey tries to climb the stairs, the other monkeys will try to prevent it.

Now, put away the cold water. Remove one monkey from the cage and replace it with a new one. The new monkey sees the banana and wants to climb the stairs. To his surprise and horror, all of the other monkeys attack him.

After another attempt and attack, he knows that if he tries to climb the stairs, he will be assaulted.

Next, remove another of the original five monkeys and replace it with a new one. The newcomer goes to the stairs and is attacked. The previous newcomer takes part in the punishment with enthusiasm! Likewise, replace a third original monkey with a new one, then a fourth, then the fifth. Every time the newest monkey takes to the stairs, he is attacked.

Most of the monkeys that are beating him have no idea why they were not permitted to climb the stairs or why they are participating in the beating of the newest monkey.

After replacing all the original monkeys, none of the remaining monkeys have ever been sprayed with cold water. Nevertheless, no monkey ever again approaches the stairs to try for the banana. Why not? Because as far as they know that's the way it's always been done round here.

And that, my friends, is how GOI environment is made of. "

that is about a service called CCS and their bosses called IAS...

Rani

Make it daily !

Very interesting and useful cases are being brought to the knowledge of the readers. Can it be made daily or alternate day column?

Irfan Ahmad

An all rounder in civil service

I write this with reference to the news item in ICFRE DG selection which I read a few days ago when I was in India. . I worked for a few years in forestry research in Kerala and now in Nigeria doing Rubber plantation. I happen to know Dr VK Bahuguna when he was MD Tripura Forest Corporation and Head - Rubber Mission. I worked for a few years in Tripura Forest Corporation in the field in not very senior position. I have never seen an all rounder in civil service like Dr Bahuguna. He is immensely talented very sharp, but diffident and a a adored forester in India. The way he raised the profile of Tripura forestry with more focus on poor tribals is the reason he got the innovation award from former president Abul Kalam and this was also published in Singapore based Times issue. I hope he will do the same in Forestry Research.

Akjoseie

Only Soldiers provide security to nation

Rajeeva has laid down his wishlist of equations. Probably he is a steno promoted Under Secretary focused on status.

I would like him to know that Sachin Tendular has been honored with the rank of Group Captian by the IAF.

Probably Rajeeva would be jealous of that and wishes that rank to be blow him (Under Secy) and feel proud of that without deserving it.

Only Soldiers provide security to nation and not sentries of security guard. If the country provides a status of sentries to its soldiers, wonder what securty the contry would desrve !
Lalit

The equation given by Rajeeva for Army ranks and others is a matter of joke. No one but he is is in fools paradise.

Government of India has laid down precedence for ranks higher than that of Maj Gen and nothing below that.

The precedence of all the three chiefs is higher than all the Secretaries.

Grade pay wise, there is no equivalence of the rank Brigs in civil bureaucracy.

Director is of the level of Lt Col.

Below that Army has three ranks to be equated with other three ranks.

There can never be any equivalence to an Armed Forces rank, downing which is a matter of "prarabhda" and great honour /pride as accepted by almost all scriptures of the world including Bhagwat Gita. Being a true soldier and performing a noble task has been honoured in all ages.

It appears likes of Rajeeva have their modern day "Babu" Gita wherein those who serve you have no respect.

Rohit Bal