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C.S. Verma soon to be appointed CMD SAIL
BHEL's Director Finance C S Verma has been appointed for the top job at steel maker SAIL. C. S. Verma has been the finance director with BHEL for the last five years. A formal order in this regard is expected on Monday. He is believed to be a financial ace .He is going to replace S.K.Roongta who retired on May 31, 2010. Verma served as Director for Finance of ITI Ltd. from February 2002 to August 31, 2005. During his service of more than three years in the Telecom major, Verma through adroit management of funds and strategic deployment of scarce resources lent the much needed financial muscle required for ITI to operate in the highly competitive telecom markets. He has over two decades of professional experience and is credited to be an expert in funds mobilization having raised huge resources for the Indian Railway Finance Corporation and served as its Group General Manager. Verma served as General Manager of Delhi Stock Exchange (DSE) for about four years and served in a Financial Institution for about 9 years. He has handled a number of foreign issues, swap transactions and derivative products. A widely traveled S.C.Verma , is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India and also an Fellow Member of the Institute of Cost & Works Accountants of India. He studied Masters degree in Commerce, a Masters degree in Management and a Bachelors degree in Law.
( We said this on May 5 )
Shetty to be Development Commissioner ?
Dr K V A Shetty is likely to be appointed Development Commissioner (Handicraft) in the Government of India. He is 1983 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.
Ajit Singh may get a berth in the Cabinet
As the grapevine has it, former Indian Minister Ajit Singh is poised to become a Minister at the Centre.
One Muslim canidate to get a berth in the Cabinet
As the grapevine has it, one incumbent from the Muslim community is poised become a Minister at the Centre. Though, Ghulam Nabi Azad is there as Health Minister, people feel that he represents the Jammu & Kashmir.
Will Gulati join as DG, FSI?
Will A.K.Gulati join as Director General (DG) of the Dehradun located Forest Survey of India (FSI) who was recently appointed as DG, FSI? The post is vacant since July2009. He is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1977 batch & is from the Himachal Pradesh cadre who was recently promoted as PCCF.
Ms Srivastava posted in MEA
Ms Esha Srivastava (IFS 2004) has been posted in MEA as Under Secretary in the Europe West Division after her return from posting to Paris.
G.A. Rajkumar posted as CMD, TN Cement Corporation
G.A. Rajkumar, Principal Secretary / Commissioner Archives and Historical Research has been posted as Chairman and Managing Director of the Tamil Nadu Cements Corporation Limited (TANCEM). He is an IAS officer of the 1978 batch who belongs to the Tamil Nadu cadre.
Bala Shekhar is now Additional Secretary in Lok Sabha
Bala Shekhar has been promoted to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Lok Sabha Secretariat.
A. Mohammed Aslam posted as Director of Land Reforms in TN
A. Mohammed Aslam Additional Secretary Transport Department with the Tamil Nadu Government has been transferred as Director of Land Reforms vice A. Ramalingam who was holding additional charge. He is an IAS officer of the 1995 batch who belongs to the Tamil Nadu cadre.
Bureaucratic reshuffle on cards in Jharkhand
A major bureaucratic reshuffle is expected to take place in Jharkhand in a week or two.
Asthana moves to Mexico City
Dinkar Asthana Counsellor in Indian High Commission Colombo has been moved to Mexico City.
1984 batch to be ADG in Orissa
1984 batch IPS officer Ramesh P Singh is being promoted to the rank of ADG in Orissa,
1992 batch IPS to get IG rank in Orissa
Lalit  Das is being promoted to the rank of IG in Orissa. He is 1992 batch IPS officer.                 
Ms. Subhashini PAG (C & CA) Karnataka transferred
Ms. Subhashini Srinivasan, Principal Accountant General (C & CA), Karnataka, Bangalore, on expiry of her leave, is transferred and posted as Principal Accountant General (C & RA), Tamil Nadu, Chennai. The post of Accountant General (C & RA), Tamil Nadu, Chennai, is upgraded to the level of Principal Accountant General with effect from the date Ms. Subhashini Srinivasan takes over charge of  the post.
Both Cong & BJP bereft of tribal leadership
Despite tribal population in India being in several crores, both the main political parties - the Congress and the BJP - have failed to cultivate a nationally accepted tribal leader.
Now Milk Regulatory Authority in Maharashtra
A new Milk Regulatory Authority is being set up in Maharashtra.
Ombudsman for NREGA in Punjab
The Punjab Government is going to appoint Ombudsmen to keep an eye on the disbursal of funds for the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA).
Mohit to be Director NIVH
Anuradha Mohit will be new Director of the NIVH ,Dehradun.
Sandhu is Associate Member in SAL
Former additional advocate-general of Punjab Harpreet Sandhu has been registered as an associate member of the Singapore Academy of Law (SAL).
Is Karnataka worse than Chhattisgarh ?
Karnataka Chief Secteray S V Ranganath  has  said "I refuse to believe that Karnataka is worse than Chhattisgarh." Reaction of Karnataka Chief Secretary came when it was brought to his notice that no proposal has been sent for last year's Prime Minister's Award for Excellence in Public Administration.
Ganga Kumar to attend Summer seminar
Ganga Kumar, ISS-2000, who is empanelled for Deputy Secretary to GoI has been invited to participate 41st summer seminar on "health care financing and insurance system".
Kundan Kumar posted in cadre
Kundan Kumar, SAG/IRSME/Southern Railway, has been transferred to South East Central Railway.
Promotion of IRAS officers
JAG IRAS officers have been  placed in Selection Grade from January 1. They are Mssrs Tarika Roy, K.Balasubrahmanyam, Bandana Sharma, Muktesh Mittal, Amitesh Kumar Sinha, Muddit Mittal, Sudeshna Sen, Sanjeev Kumar, G.V.Ramadevi, Rupanagudi Ananth, Sudhir Kumar, Pranav Kumar Mallick, Prashant Nikam Nanasaheb, Sundeep Pal, U.Govindu, Girraj Kumar Meena, Satish Navaratan Bansal, Amitabh Ramesh Gupta, Pramod Kumar Maheshwari, Keshav Dev Sharma, R.Manjunatha Rao, Mahesh Kumar Sharma, Vinod Kumar, Arati Ganguly, Kudumula Jaya Rao, Kota Venkata Ramana and Issac Indwar.
Railway postings and transfers
Ms Padmini Radhakrishnan, SAG/IRAS, on return from deputation  has been posted to SWR in the cadre.A.Venkata Reddy, SAG/IRAS on return from deputation has been posted to SECR in the cadre. H.O.Chopra, SS/IRAS/Railway Board  has been  transferred to DMW/Patiala. O.P.Yadav, SG/IRAS/NWR has been moved to RCF/Kapurthala. M.H.Khan, SS/IRAS/RCF has been transferred to NWR. Ram Autar, SS/IRAS/CORE  will go to NWR and P.Nagarajan, SS/IRAS/SECR to SR.A.Verma, SAG/IRAS, on return from deputation has been posted to COFMOW in the cadre.
Vipul Mitra Gujarat’s Tourism Secretary accompanying Amitabh Bachchan
Noted film actor Amitabh Bachchan who is being shot as brand ambassador for the Gujarat tourism for the last days is being accompanied Vipul Mitra Gujarat Government’s Tourism Secretary. He had met Amitabh Bachchan a few months back. Vipul Mitra who is an IAS officer of the 1986 batch & belongs to the Gujarat cadre.
Post of Dy Director Advisor/Joint Advisor in TRAI vacant
The post of Deputy Director Advisor/Joint Advisor, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is proposed to be filled up on deputation basis.
The Bhopal post website launched
Website of veteran journalist Raj Kumar Keshwani “thebhopalpost.com “ has been launched.
Four new DIGs Jail in Orissa
Four more DIGs  are being appointed in Orissa to strengthen the jail administration .
2 IFS officers transferred in MP

The Madhya Pradesh government has transferred two Indian Forest Service (IFS) officers. They are : R.S. Negi (1976 batch) PCCF Bio diversity and Chief Wild Life Warden to PCCF Working Plan and Land Records and H.S. Pabla (1977 batch) PCCF Working Plan and Land Records to PCCF Bio diversity and Chief Wild Life Warde
Kumar posted in CBDT
B Srinivas Kumar, DCIT Cir (15 – 1), New Delhi, has been posted as OSD in VSL II division of CBDT.
Gupta posted as OSD
Rakesh Kumar Gupta, DDIT (Inv), Kanpur, has been posted as OSD in ITA II division of CBDT.
IAS changes in Nagaland
Toshi Aier has been posted as additional chief secretary to the chief minister and would continue to hold the charge of finance commissioner. C J Ponraj in addition to his assignment as state chief electoral officer has been made principal secretary, justice and law.
Dr. Supriya De posted as OSD in CBDT
Dr. Supriya De, Additional DIT, HRD, New Delhi, has been posted as OSD in CBDT. Dr. De shall work as OSD in the office of the Chief Economic Advisor, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry Of Finance.

CORPORATE
Damodaran  to head RBI Pannel
Former SEBI Chairman M Damodaran has been appointed head of an RBI panel to review the services rendered to retail and small customers by banks and their Ombudsman scheme for addressing grievances.
Chatterjee is new MD of SBB
Upratik Chatterjee has taken over as Managing Director of the State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur (SBBJ)..
Ravi takes over as GM IED
Ravi R has assumed the as General Manager (IED)in Head Office after retirement of present incumbent on 31.05.201
B Muthuraman is Vice President CII
B Muthuraman, Vice Chairman, Tata Steel, has been elected as the Vice President of Confederation of Indian Industry for the year 2010-11.
Saxena no longer EIL Director (Commercial)
R K Saxena, Director (Commercial) Engineers India Ltd (EIL) has ceased to be the Director of the Company on attaining the age of superannuation on May 31, 2010.
Tusnial is Additional Director of Assam Company India Ltd
Assam Company India Limited has appointed  Pradip Tusnial  as Additional Director of the Company w.e.f. May 7, 2010
Dani resigns as Director Asian Paints Ltd
Hasit Dani, Non-Executive Director of the Asian Paints Ltd has resigned with effect from June 03, 2010.
New appointments in Lavazza
R. Shivashankar will be the Director-South Asia, and Sanjay Coutinho as the Chief Executive Officer, Barista Coffee Italian-owned coffee brand Lavazza Ltd, India.
Sleeba is now JMD of V Guard
Former CMD of the FACT Dr George Sleeba has been appointed Joint Managing Director of V Guard Industries Ltd .

Aaj Ki Aawaz
Now the truth about Pawar is out!!
And facts literally do shout!!
 
Confirms why people say that Pawar is an out and out lout!!
On this now there should not be any doubt!
 
His daughter Supriya says she stands by her original statement!!
This is what she actually meant!!
 
‘We just have a share in the Company that bid for an IPL team’!!!
To a dimwit ludicrous this statement would seem!!
 
She carefully words her statement ‘ For an IPL team my Dad did not bid’!!
Fact is behind his front man he hid!!
 
Fact is Deshpande is a Pawar front man!!!
And now to save Pawar’s skin the man is doing whatever he can!!
 
So be it sports or his Ministry Pawar has all five fingers in ghee!!
In money making Pawar has been busy as a bee!!
 
But on account of numerical compulsions Pawar will not be taken to task!!
Not even a question Mohna can afford to ask!!
 
His sidekick Praful is hell bent to run AI into the ground or crash!!
And the allegations are that this is being done for ‘hard cash’!!
 
First he made AI buy planes and made its finances go ‘upside down’!!
Then with its operations he started to clown!!
 
With him at the helm the reputation of AI has gone from bad to worse!!
For AI Praful is a curse!!
 
But again on account of numerical compulsions Praful will not be taken to task!!
Not even a question Mohna can afford to ask!!
 
Karuna celebrated his birthday Maya style!!
Like Maya he got gifts from DMK’s rank and file!!
 
My guess is Raja gift was most expensive!!!
He knows on gifts Karuna has always been hypersensitive!!
 
This is the same Raja who they say became a real Raja kind courtesy 2 G spectrum!
And for whom support in 10 Janpath and 7 RCR support Karuna did drum!!
 
Karuna did this is because Raja did the needful!!!
You must have heard Karuna’s ‘Raja is a Dalit and so he’s being hounded’ cock and bull!
 
But again on account of numerical compulsions Raja will not be taken to task!!
Not even a question Mohna can afford to ask!!
 
Though there are rumors that in the next Cabinet reshuffle Raja will be shunted out!!
Will Congress be able to placate Karuna or will Karuna and in turn Raja win this bout?
 
Mamtha has made the Commies eat dirt in Kolkata!!
Kaat diya Commies ka patta!!
 
Will she now spend more time in Dilli???
After TMC’s win in Kolkata MC elections question sounds silly!!
 
But on account of numerical compulsion Mamtha will not be taken to task!!
Not even a question Mohna can afford to ask!!
 
Confucius says…. kahi numbers ki majboori aur kahi apno ki wajah se majboori!
And our dear Mohna says ' I toh just do my majdoori (labor)'!!
 
 
Bharat Kumar

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Use Army for keeping peace with Tribals & Maoists
Contingents of Indian army are sent to foreign countries for peace keeping purpose under the aegis of UN from time to time. How incongruous it would be if the same army is used for surgical strikes against its own people within the country and following international hue and cry contingents of foreign armies are sent to India for peacekeeping by the UN in Naxal dominated areas.(As per media reports ,surgical strikes by army are being considered in Dantewada and Malkangiri forests).If Army is to be used at all, it should be for peacekeeping purposes like winning the hearts and minds of tribal youth and weaning them away from the path of violence and not for surgical strikes. When government can appoint retired bureaucrats as interlocutors to hold talks with Naga leaders, what stops it from following the same policy in case of tribals/Maoists now that National Advisory Council has persons like Aruna Roy , NC saxena. Jean Derez etc as its members.
Sudhir Chopra

CS deserves extension 
Cabinet Secretary definitely deserves the extension. He is really good for the civil service and the country.
Singh
 
Comments on NHB are totally baseless
Your comments on National Housing Bank (NHB) are totally baseless and wrong. The Bank is functioning absolutely normally and heading for record profit for the year 2009-10 (NHB's accounting year being July - June). Barring the stimulus package of the last year (2008-09) the Bank would be doing an all time high disbursement during this year which will end on June 30, 2010.The Bank has achieved all time high regulatory activities which include regulatory inspection and regulatory approvals. Other development activities are in full swing and on course.
V.K.Badami
General Manager
National Housing Bank
New Delhi
 
Burden on Aam Admi
Non spent amount by CM, Delhi has resulted in a burden on Aam Admi.  Of Rs.6000 crores sanctioned by Centre for Delhi's infrastructure, merely 22 crores have been spent and rest has lapsed. Any explanations ?
Kishore Dudani

Discrimination
This is misnomer. Such statements are given everywhere by those who do not know the ground realities without any survey about the background of those who have been entering the services since the introduction in 1958, a good eleven years after independence. Over 90% of those belong to rural backgrounds and poor families who made it with great difficulty and with education in rural government schools unlike those from elite schools and colleges. Latter mostly belong to elite backgrounds who represent India and do not want to understand what is happening in the Bharat. Is it not a discrimination that the sons and daughters of senior and powerful bureaucrats and politicians only occupy the elite and powerful positions. Should such people not be barred from entering the services to allow their own poor and lesser mortals brethren who belong to their own castes. Do the powerful people of upper caster bother for their people in the villages. In my opinion they serve their own purposes in life and for them others should go to hell.
Partap Singh