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A hazardous bill in the offing ?
Our government is churning out one hazardous bill after another. This time it is a bill called the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage and it's coming up for a vote in a couple of days. The bill lets U.S. Corporations off the hook for any nuclear accidents they cause on Indian soil. They'd only have to pay a meagre amount and Indian Taxpayers would be stuck paying crores for the nuclear clean up and to compensate the victims.
Sarma to join GoI
G V Venugopala Sarma is all set to join the Government of India as Joint Secretary Home. He is 1986 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.
About two dozen officers apply for Chief Statistician of India
At the close of the time for receipt of applications of the post of Chief Statistician of India, i.e., 15:00 Hours today, about twenty applications have been received, including eight from the officers of the Indian Statistical Service. They are : S.C. Seddey, DG, NSSO; S.K. Das, DG, CSO; A.K. Yogi, Retired ADG, NSSO; Jogeshwar Dash, ADG, NSSO; Ramesh Kolli, ADG, CSO; Rajiv Mehta, ADG, NSSO; Harcharan Singh, DDG, Labour and Employment, and Tushar Ranjan Mohanty, DDG, Tribal Affairs.
Who will be Member of CBDT ? (4) A K Basu
Name of A K Basu is being considered for the post of Member CBDT..1974 batch IRS officer Basu retires on 1 June ,2011.
Rahul Mahajan more in news than Rahul Gandhi
Political analysts are studying as to why Rahul Mahajan, son of slain Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Pramod Mahajan, is more in news than his name sake i.e. AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi.
Anandrao Vishnu Patil to be PS Vilas Rao Deshmukh
Anandrao Vishnu Patil Collector of the Nilgiris District headquartered as Ooty, on central eputation has been posted as private secretary (PS) to Indian Heavy Industries Minister Vilas Rao Deshmukh. He is an IAS officer of the 1998 batch who belongs to the Tamil Nadu cadre.
Maharashtra politics being governed from Indore !
As the grapevine has it, Maharashtra politics is being run from Indore. It is not a secret as to who is the religious person based in Indore.
Das is new Chief Controller (R&D) DRDA
Former Director of the Naval Material Research Lab Dr J Narayana Das has taken over as the Chief Controller (R&D) of DRDO in-charge of Human Resource Management Division.
How fortunes turned for a businessman in Raipur?
Heard at a high profile party in Delhi as to how fortunes of a Raipur based businessman in Chhattisgarh turned four years ago?.
Tenure of Jt Secr Coal ends in April
Tenure of Joint Secretary Coal, K S Kropha is ending in April 2010. He is 1982 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.
Posting of Chakravarti yet to be decided
Posting of Counsel General in Milan, Sarvajit Chakravarti, has not yet been decided.
Ketan Shukla joins MEA Hqs
Deputy High Commissioner in Nairobi Ketan Shukla has joined the MEA Headquarters.
Post of GM, Assam vacant in FCI
The post of General Manager (GM) for Assam in Food Corporation of India (FCI) is lying vacant. It has now been circulated.
MB Lal ADG Wildlife to retire
MB Lal, ADG Wildlife to Government of India (GOI), is going to retire on July 31, 2010.He is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1974 batch who belongs to the AGMU cadre.
BS Sajwan is PCCF, Arunachal Pradesh
BS Sajwan is new PCCF in Arunachal Pradesh. He is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1976 batch from the AGMU cadre. Earlier on central deputation he was Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Delhi based National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB).
(We said this on November 7,2009)
Das is Director Textiles
S S Das has joined as Director Textiles in the Government of India. He is 1989 batch Indian Trade Service officer.
Stakes quite high in Banagalore civic body polls
Stakes are quite high in polls for the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palika (BBMP) slated to be held on March 28, 2010 because political analysts are describing it as an acid test for Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yedyurappa.
H S Roy of IRSS recommended to hold Jt. Secr or equivalent post
The name of H S Roy, 1982 batch of Indian Railway Store Services (IRSS), has been recommended for holding the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent under Central Staffing Scheme
ISS officer Thomas gets new posting on promotion
ISS officer K Thomas, Director, NSSO (DPC), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Nagpur, has been posted as DDG, NSSO (DPC), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Nagpur.
ISS officer Rakshit gets new posting on promotion
ISS officer Manik Lal Rakshit, Director, NSSO (DPC), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Nagpur, has been posted as DDG, NSSO (DPC), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Nagpur.
ISS officer Chattopadhyaya gets new posting on promotion
ISS officer Soumendra Chattopadhyaya, Director, DGCIS, Ministry of Commerce, Kolkata has been posted as DDG, NSSO (SDRD), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Kolkata.
Dearth of IAS officers in Orissa
There is a dearth of IAS officers in Orissa.
Rahul Gandhi’s new Team
Everybody in the country is keen to know the inner ring of rising star in the Congress Politics Rahul Gandhi. The “RG “ Brigade reportedly consists of Mssrs Rajiv Satav, Jitendra Singh, Kanishka Singh, Manik Tagore, Ashok Tanwar, Hibi Eden, Man Singh, Meenakshi Natrajan, R P N Singh, Jatin Prasad, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Sachin Pilot, Dipendra Hudda, Jyoti Mirdha , Sandeep Dixit, Pradeep Jain, Sachin Rao, Ms. Latika Dikshit Syed and Vijay Inder Singla.
40 IPS officers of 1984 and 1985 batch empanelled for Jt. Secr level
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the empanelment of 40 IPS officers of 1984 and 1985 batch for holding the posts of Joint Secretary or equivalent in the Government of India. Those officers of 1984 batch empanelled are Dharmendra Kumar of AGMU cadre, S K Jain , Mukesh Sahay and Arvind Kumar of AM cadre, Sudeep Lakhtakia, N Sambasiva Rao and T Krishna Raju of AP cadre, Rajesh Ranjan and K S Dwivedi of Bihar cadre, Rakesh Asthana of Gujarat cadre, D K Pandey of Jharkhand cadre, Vinson M Paul and Arun Kumar Sinha of Kerala cadre, Vishnu Dev Mishra of Maharashtra cadre, M S Gupta and V K Johari of MP cadre, Santosh Macherla of MT cadre, Ramesh Prasad Singh of Orissa cadre, Samant Kumar Goel of Punjab cadre, Rajani Kant Mishra, S Javeed Ahmad, Subesh Kumar Singh and A P Maheshwari of UP cadre and C V Muralidhar of West Bengal cadre. Similarly those officers of 1985 batch empanelled are Amulya Kumar Patnaik and Ajay Kashyap of AGMU cadre, P S Purohit of AM cadre, Kr Rajesh Chandra of Bihar cadre, A K Singh of Gujarat cadre, Rishi Raj Singh of Kerala cadre, H N Sathyanarayana Rao and Ashit Mohan Prasad of Karnataka cadre, Subodh Kumar Jaiswal of Maharashtra, B M Kumar of MP cadre, Avinash Mohananey of Sikkim cadre, Sangram Jangid of Tamil Nadu cadre, Hitesh Chandra Awasthi, Ashok K Dhar Dwivedi, Arun Kumar and Sukhdev Singh Sidhu of UP cadre.
Ms.Archana Patnaik posted as Collector,the Nilgiris
Ms. Archana Patnaik Executive Director, State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil nadu Limited (SIPCOT) and Diretor, Tamil nadu Industrial Guidance and Export Promotion Bureau (GUIDANCE) has been transferred to Ooty as Collector, the Nilgiris district.She is an IAS officer of the 2002 batch who belongs to the Tamil Nadu cadre.
IPS reshuffle in Andhra Pradesh
There is major IPS reshuffle in Andhra Pradesh. New postings are :-A. Sivasankar-Chairman, State-level Police Recruitment Board, Alok Srivastava-Additional DG (Legal), Dr. C.N. Gopinath Reddy-DG and IG of Prisons and Director of Correctional Services, Lokender Sharma-Additional DG (Organisation), J.V. Ramudu-Managing Director, A.P. State Police Housing Corporation Ltd.D. Boobathi Babu-DG of Special Protection Force, N. Sambasiva Rao-Director, Andhra Pradesh Police Academy, T. Krishna Raju-Additional DG (Administration), Dr. M. Malakondaiah-Director, Anti-Corruption Bureau, Santosh Mehra-IG, Rayalasesema, R.P. Thakur-IG, Warangal, J. Purnachander Rao-Commissioner of Visakhapatnam, Vinoy Kumar Singh-IG, Greyhounds, Anjani Kumar-IG, Hyderabad, N. Hanumantha Rao-IG, CID.C.V. Anand-Additional Commissioner (Traffic), Hyderabad, A.B. Venkateswara Rao-IG, A.P.S.P., Ravi Gupta-IG, Police Computer Services and Standardisation, Ch.D. Tirumala Rao-Additional Commissioner (coordination), Hyderabad, Mohd. Ahsan Reza-IG, Home Guards, Rajiv Ratan-IG, Training and V.R.K. Mohan Rao-IG, Police Transport Organisation. K. Satyanarayana IG CID,Madireddy Pratap CEO AP INVEST.
Bajaj is Group Editor of Peoples Group of News Papers
Avdesh Bajaj has taken over as Group Editor of the People’s Group of News Papers.
IAS changes in Karnataka
N S Channappa Gowda will be DC Chikmagalur, P C Jaffer has been made DC Mandya and N Prasanna Kumar, Director, PPUM and Director NREGS, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department, Bangalore.

CORPORATE
Ruchi Group is No. 1 in MP
Ruchi Group is rising to number one position in Madhya Pradesh. It deals in Soya, Oil, milk and Steel.
Air India manager resigns ?
Air India Manager rank officer based in Mumbai Ranjan Malhotra is believed to have resigned.
Venkataraman is now GM SBH
Former General Manager of the State Bank of Indore S. Venkataraman has joined the State Bank of Hyderabad as GM.
Agrawal is head of BBMB
ED NHPC AB Agrawal is now going to head the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB).

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Another RTI in the offing in Pakistan
The way a section of the political class in Pakistan is attempting for deepening the roots of democratic system against all odds deserves to be taken note of. The PCCR headed by senator Reza Rabbani has proposed another land mark amendment to Article 6 of their Constitution whereby not only the plotters and executors of a coup against the lawful government of the day but also the members of judiciary validating such coups, e.g. in the name of law of necessity (as was done to validate the coups by Ziaul Haq and Parvez Musharraf) shall be liable to face trial for a cognizable offence. One has to wait and watch to what extent these efforts succeed.
NN Ojhas

Undercurrents in CPOs
It is High time the government should realise the problems and undercurrents in CPOs and enquire into the system of their command.
Saumya

Why other cadres are after these posts ?
What harm PPS/Sr.PPS/PSO are doing to the interest of these people who criticise the existence of these posts. The poor PA or Steno D may also one day reach that position if he works hard. LDC becomes SO over a period of time. The same is the case with Steno. The assistant perform all the work in clerical cadre also. The US/DS Dir enjoy more than PSO or PPS. Do your work yaar. Do not bother about others. Be happy with what ever you have got. Don't try to criticise others unnecessarily unless someone harms you. The stenographers have sufferred for a long time. Now when they have got little avenues for their promotion why pain in the stomach of others. You say the PPS/Sr PPS/Dir do not work at all. It is only the PA or Steno who works. Remember the PPS did not join as PPS. Once upon a time he was himself a PA as a Deputy Secretary was assistant at a time. So leave this issue. Every one has his own luck. It is said that no one can get more that what he deserves and no one can get anything before time. So leave it that way. Apply your energy in other constructive work instead of criticism.
Ramesh R

Change the name of AP
There is lot of pressure to create a Telengana State which will cover maximum area. If their demand is to be fulfilled and the State not to be broken, simply change the name of AP to Telengana. If we go on for such demands for breaking the state then there will be demand to have state on the basis of caste/ religion which is not good. We are Indians. That should be the motto.
P Dash

Gross misuse of office car facility
Everybody knows how the office cars are misused grossly particularly by officers as well as by their family members. Very often, it is deployed as a tool to assert the authority of the officers besides extracting undue advantages. Obviously, it is quite illegal. but since this evil cannot be curbed due to incorrigible poor conscience of users and the vested interest at different levels, the solution lies in the government taking a firm decision to completely withdraw this facility altogether and instead give a reasonable allowance at different levels so that they will have no option but to drive or use their own cars. This will not only ensure a discrete and a genuine use of the car facility and save unnecessary government expenditure but it will also go a long way in removing the arrogance of officers and establish government's good intention to preserve common justice and equality. In any case, the real question is why should such a facility be provided when our people are dishonest and do not recognize the importance and value of the care and concern of the government to provide them the comfort of office vehicle.
A Concerned officer

Special allowance
"As per DoPT F No 14017/4/2005-AIS(ll) dated 10 Feb 2009, a "Special Allowance for officers belonging to North-East Cadres of All India Services" is payable to the officers belonging to North-East Cadres of All India Services while they are actually working in the North-East Region @ 25% of their basic pay in addition to other allowances presently payable to them.
This allowance is now being paid to AIS officers in addition to 12.5% SDA. However the Central Service Officers are getting only 12.5 % SDA. The Special allowance for AIS officers should be paid to Central Services Officers also, who come for a limited period on tenure basis to North East and are working in same conditions. The matter may be examined and necessary orders be issued for all central services."
Kumar

Let the Charity begin at home!"
The Cabinet Secretary's 'Advisories' to all States'Chief Secretaries as reported in your site on 12-3-10, is a charade.As the head of Civil Services,he is expected to lead by examples.His popularity rating among Union Secretaries,is at its lowest ebb.Compare him with the Cabinet Secretaries of yester years-- fiercely assertive and brutally frank in their advice to successive PMs! Differences in their approaches are visible.The Cabinet Secretaries in the halcyon days of bureaucracy had no axe to grind. String pulling for getting post-retirement bonanzas was foreign to their genres! A 'Yes Prime Minister' type( Read as Yes Madam type)Civil Servant has no business advising State Chief Secretaries on having 'firm approach'.Let the charity begin at home!We already have enough "Kathaavachaks" in this country masquerading as Godmen!!!No sermons please.
A K SAXENA(A retired civil servant)

TAIL-PIECE
Regarding today's tail-piece,
"Welcome to Pakistan. We have following courses for you,"
At first glance, I read it as -
"We have following curses for you"
Sunita Sindwani