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Soniaji take care of Congress party and ------ ?
An insider had narrated this incident. Once Sonia Gandhi rang up the then Prime Minister P V Narsimha Rao to tell him about an issue and the reply came “ Soniaji, take care of your family and I shall take care of the Congress Party”.  Is the history being repeated again “Soniaji pl take care of the Congress Party and I shall take care of the Government ?.
Pratyush Sinha may remain CVC beyond his retirement
The Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) Pratyush Sinha who is due to retire in September 2010 may be able to continue for one more year, beyond his retirement, if the tenure of CVC is increased by one year by the time of his retirement.
Afazal Amanullah  empanelled in GoI
Principal Secretary Home in Bihar, Afzal Amanullah, has been empanelled to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India. He is 1979 batch IAS officer.
Vijay Kumar to be JS Rural Development
T Vijay Kumar is likely to be appointed Joint Secretary (Rural Development) in the Government of India. He is 1983 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre
Dilip Sinha posted in MEA as Additional Secretary
Dilip Sinha (IFS 1978) has been posted as Additional Secretary in MEA incharge of International Organisation and Environment. He was Ambassador to Greece earlier.
Two in fray for the post of Member UPSC
As the grapevine has it, there is a tie between Harishanker Brahma IAS (AP,1975) Secretary Power & S.K. Khurana Chairman Railway Board (CRB) for the post of Member UPSC.
Shatrughna Singh is Joint Secretary in PMO
Shatrughna Singh has joined the PMO as Joint Secretary. He is an IAS officer of the 1983 batch who belongs to the Uttarakhand cadre.
(We said this last month)
Satnam Singh is ahead in Race of CMD NTPC ?
CMD of the Power Finance Corporation Satnam Singh is ahead in the race for the post of CMD NTPC. Interview for the post is scheduled to take place on March 9.
Singhal  is strong insider candidate
Director (Finance) in the NTPC A K Singhal, an insider, is strong contender for the post of CMD NTPC. He is appearing for interview for the post on March 9.
Rizvi to be ED in Corporate office BHEL
Rizvi is likely to be promoted to the rank of ED in the Corporate office of the BHEL.
Chauhan joins as IG SSB
Devendra Singh Chauhan has joined on Wednesday as IG SSB in the Government of India. He is 1988 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
Sheel Vardhan Singh joins IB Hqs
Sheel Vardhan Singh has joined the IB Headquarters on Wednesday. He is 1986 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre.
Extended tenure of Bhupinder Singh to end in April
Extended tenure of Joint Secretary Textiles , Bhupinder Singh, is coming to an end in April 2010. He is 1985 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.
PMO and BSNL
Now PMO is reportedly in possession of a report about Irregularities  and poor performance of the BSNL. Who is to be blamed and how many heads will roll ?.One can only wait and watch.
Ramakrishna is no 2 for the post of Member
As the grapevine has it Ramakrishna Member in CEA is number two in the panel for the slot of Member(Technical) of the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity Present incumbent H.L.Bajaj is retiring on May 22, 2010.
A.K. Chauhan is very lucky
A.K. Chauhan  who is tipped to be Director General (DG) Competition Commission is really very lucky . He was one of the three contenders for the slot. However, two UP cadre IAS officers did not get clearance from their parent cadre. On the other hand Chauhan’s dossier’s were complete even to the extent of vigilance clearance. He is an IRS-IT officer of the 1984 batch & is presently posted in Nagpur.
Promotions in RPF soon
As the grapevine has it promotions of DIGs to IGs in Railway Protection Force (RPF) are on the anvil.
Ajit Kumar gets extension
India’s Counsel General in Frankfurt Ajit Kumar has been granted extension till June 2011.
Rakesh is number two in panel for Konkan Railways
Rakesh has been put number two in the panel for the post of Director (Works and Ways) in the Konkan Railways.
Ms. Akoijam Rina transferred to IDI in Oslo, Norway
Services of Ms. Akoijam Rina, Senior Deputy Accountant General, in the office of Principal Accountant General (Audit), Assam, Guwahati, are placed at the disposal of INTOSAI Development Initiative (IDI) in Oslo, Norway, for appointment as Progamme Manager, on deputation basis for a period of two years.
Dr. Arun Gupta of IRMS/DOB transferred
Dr. Arun Gupta of IRMS/DOB has been transferred from NR.
Nitesh Kumar Vyas joins in Madhya Pradesh
Nitesh Kumar Vyas who on was Director of the Gandhinagar(Gujarat) located centre of National Institute of Fashion Technology(NIFT) on his return has joined as Director Institutional Finance in Madhya Pradesh. He is a Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officer of the 1996 batch.
Stocks of the Adani group plummet
Stocks of the Adani group of industries have plummeted ever since the CBI arrested its Managing Director (MD) Rajesh Adani, last week.As the grapevine has it bureaucrats have begun to distance from the Adani group of industries
Lt Gen Verma is new DG Military Training
Lt Gen A M Verma has taken over as new DG Military Training in the MoD Headquarters.
Transfer postings in LIC in April
List of transfers and fresh postings of officers in LIC may be announced by first week of April
3 IFS officers promoted as Addl PCCF in Himachal Pradesh
As many as three Indian Forest Service (IFS) officers of the 1980 batch have been promoted as Additional PCCFs. They are: Hardip Singh Kingra,Dr.Sharad Singh Negi & Parveen Thaplyal. Of them Thaplyal is in the parent cadre while Kingra & Negi are on deputation, so both of them have got proforma promotion.
(We said this on September 12, 2009)
Sarkar transferred to Mumbai
A N. Sarkar Accountant General of Nagaland  has been transferred to Mumbai as principal director of audit Western Railway, Mumbai. He has been replaced by Biju Jacob.
First woman IAS officer passed away in Mumbai
First woman IAS officer of Maharashtra Malti Tambe Vaidya has passed away in Mumbai.Retired 1955 batch IAS officer Malti was 78.
IAS postings in Madhya Pradesh
Sayed Sohel Ali has been appointed Deputy Secretary Medical Education.O P Tawar will move as Deputy Secretary Horticulture.
Last date for submission of option forms for AGT in Income Tax deptt extended
Last date for submission of option forms for Annual general transfers (AGT) 2010, at the level of Commissioner of Income Tax, Additional and Joint Commissioners of Income Tax and Deputy and Assistant Commissioners of Income Tax has been extended to March 9.
Transfers of IPS officers on the anvil in Rajasthan
As the grapevine has it transfers of IPS officers are on the anvil in Rajasthan.
Transfers of IAS officers on the anvil in Rajasthan
As the grapevine has it transfers of IAS officers are on the anvil in Rajasthan
CCIT Trichy transferred
PK Sarangi, CCIT, Trichy, has been transferred and posted as DGIT (Inv), Chennai.
Sanjay Mishra posted as OSD in CBDT
Sanjay Kumar Mishra, DIT, Transfer Pricing – I, New Delhi, has been posted as OSD (FT & TR – I) in CBDT
CCIT – 1, Hyderabad granted Voluntary Retirement
Mrs. Radha Srivastava, CCIT – 1, Hyderabad, has been granted Voluntary Retirement with effect from Feb 26, 2010.
CCIT (CCA), Pune, granted Voluntary Retirement
VK Shridhar, CCIT (CCA), Pune, has been granted Voluntary Retirement with effect from March 9, 2010.

CORPORATE
Jha to replace Srikumar in IOC
AN Jha, presently General Manager of Bihar State Office in Indian Oil Corporation Limited, is going to replace N Srikumar who is presently posted at Mumbai office of Indian Oil Corporation Limited
Srikanth is Director of NML
S Srikanth, has taken over as Director, National Metallurgical Laboratory (NML), Jamshedpur
Singh is new CMD of MECON
Lal Ratnakar Singh has been appointed new CMD of MECON .
Bhat is CGM Corporation Bank
U. Balakrishna Bhat GM of Corporation Bank, has been elevated as Chief General Manager of the bank.
Sanjay Kapoor promoted in Airte
Airtel has promoted Sanjay Kapoor as its chief executive for India and South Asia.He will succeed Manoj Kohli.
Jai Menon moves to Corporate office of Bharti Group
Dr. Jai Menon, who is currently Group CIO, Bharti Enterprises has been moved to the Bharti group corporate office as Group Director - IT.
HUDCO earmarks 5% of its Profits
Board of Directors of HUDCO in its recent meeting held on 24th February 2010 had approved the creation of an exclusive budget amounting to 5% of net profits to further stimulate social housing through interest subsidisation. The allocation shall be non-lapsable and carried forward if any part remains unutilized. This would enable HUDCO to offer concessional terms for its borrowers in this segment. HUDCO, since its establishment in 1970, has focused its activities towards providing affordable housing to the economically weaker sections and the low income groups as well as providing basic infrastructure facilities for improving the quality of life of the citizens, especially the poor. HUDCO’s support for over 14 million housing units throughout the country, has predominantly addressed the needs of the weaker sections of the society, with as much as 94 per cent of the units, having benefitted the economically weaker sections and low income groups. HUDCO has the unique distinction of having supported 1 in every 14 houses in the country.

Aaj Ki Aawaz

To Congress MPs Pranab Da explained fuel price hike!!!
Something that he sure does dislike!!!
 
But then facing all round criticism he’s trying to garner support!!!
And later to Sonia karre ga Pranab report!!
 
I think Sonia and Mohna need to read the comments in Whispers 03/03 Forum by Ravi !!
This is exactly what I’ve been saying though I wrote mine like a Kavi!
 
Our Oil PSUs rake in profits and behave like Cologromates!!!!
And keep on demanding higher and higher rates!!
 
This was not the time to increase fuel prices and even if it was not avoidable,
Rise should have been minimal as rise would increase prices of items 'on the table'!!
 
Hike should have been to a lesser extent!!  
Seems ‘overboard’ the Sarkaar went!!
 
And when the Government says the fuel hike will make the Oil Companies hurt,
Then in actuality the Government is following the adage ' slip is longer than the skirt'!
 
Years of pen pushing have made Mohna heartless!!
He was crying for some time that on account of oil India ’s finances were in a mess!
 
For him the only solution was a price hike and he refused to listen to other advise!
He rose for the Nation but for its people he refused to rise!!!
 
Pranab Da too refused to listen and preferred the price hike way!!
And for his info inflation will be in its ‘teens’ by Month of May!!!
 
He’s also keen that interest rates do not rise!!
Maybe this year Corporate India will institute for him a prize!!
 
Sonia and Rahul's 'chuppi' is surprising!!!
The situation are they sizing???
 
Sonia Madam 'chup chup khadhe ho zaroor koi baat hai'!!!
Silence means in the price rise Sonia Madam ka bhi haath hai!! 
 
Request for Saudi Arabia ’s help in resolving Indo Pak tension was to come from Mohna!
But Tharoor jumped the gun and that’s the reason for the ‘ronna dhona’!!
 
Tharoor has Prime Ministerial ambitions and has been trying to make his mark!!
But one after another controversy Tharoor ne kee hai spark!!
 
A Bharat Ratna for Sachin.... what about those who laid down their lives for the Nation?
Between the two there cannot even be a equation!!
 
Can sacrificing one's life be equated to one excelling with the bat and ball????
Look at the one's who laid down their lives and you will find many a Little Master and many a Wall!!!
 
Arre Sachin has made millions and believe me got more than his due!!!
If merit is the consideration he will not even find a place in the Bharat Ratna queue!!
 
Hussein's art hurt religious sentiments and he refused to change!!
In fact he found demands that he stop hurting religious sentiments as strange!!
 
He's proved to be a thankless chap!!
Now he's dishing out ' I did not say India rejected me' kind of crap!!
 
Confucius says.... humor aimed at hurting is not humor and art that insults is not art!!
And believe me to get publicity this man has the art!!
 
Adds..... He lives in Dubai and I challenge him to be insulting to Islam and say its art!!!
In pieces out of Dubai Hussien ko they will literally cart!!

Bharat Kumar

Forum
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Why are the Keralites ahead in GOI?"
Merit cannot be the monopoly of any State. The contention that a large number of Secretaries holding important portfolios in the Central Government come from a particular community of a particular State is an open secret. The Chief Editor, who is un-biased, is requested to post my views on the site to dispel the misleading impressions from Raji Phillip's mind.
Madhu Syem ,Bhubaneshwar
Keralites in civil services
Percentagewise  Keralites contribution is much less compared to states like Bihar.The jaundice of politics into the educational field has affected the standard of education in Kerala.Most of those Malayalee officers in civil services like Cabinet Secretary and Home Secretary are born,brought up and educated out side Kerala.Few brilliant officers in the Kerala cadre are driven out due the nasty politics of Kerala.Unlike Gujrath,every civil servant wanted to run away from the state of Kerala.  
N K Nair
I do not hide.
I am the Principal Secretary of PWD in Kerala.
Tom Jose
CSS & CSSS
Illogic argument.  But DOPT should be blamed for this because it is they who created the posts of PPS/Sr.PPS and PSO which is practically nothing when compared to posts to their equal counterparts.  Apart from this they call themselves US/DS and Directors which is something strange.  Instead of these posts; if the posts of PS and PA had been increased this would have resulted in more efficiency and CSSS would have retained its reputation serving the senior officers; because most of the PPS/Sr.PPPS/PSO restrict themselves only to engagements of officers which is very easy to handle but stay away from taking important dictations and doing other work on computers.
Saran
CSSS officer known for his multiplicity of skills ?
Today a CSSS officer is known for his multiplicity of skills. He manages office work effectively and whenever required field work also. It is also a known fact that PAs who qualify Combined Limited Departmental Examination accelerate thousands time better than those of the CSS officers (Assistants) who qualify this examination. We have heard that once upon a time CSS officers were known as pillars of Central Sect (early 1970s) but the present state of CSS managed affairs is known to all of us. Whereas, a CSSS officer by his exposure at Senior levels and assisting the top bureaucrats and minds of the country gets them tremendous exposure which is unparallel and whenever they are given a chance, they stipulate the area of work assigned to them.
S Gosain
Who’s a professional ?
A job that needs high level of education, skills & training is certainly a profession and whosoever does that job is a professional. Civil service  certainly qualifies to be called a profession and civil servants as professionals. It is an area that demands specialisation. Civil servants are given training, exposure and experience to hone their skills, capabilities and competencies. Those who take their job sincerely, deliver well, while others abort. The loss to public services is caused when dishonesty supervises civil services and turns them into uncivil service, drawing general anger, expressed in questions like the one under the survey whether civil services qualify to be termed professional. One must remember that the most difficult of all professions is "public service", for it demands too much, compensates too little comparatively and wades through conflicting demands all the time. It is also to be remembered that the executive jurisdiction of the government is too vast for any fair comparison with the private sector. Civil servants can be highly qualified, experienced assets of the government as also the civil society.
M L Gupta
 
Cooperation to stop corruption of all types
We the citizens have moral duties to eradicate all types of corruptions, whatsoever it may be. It is proved that Governments money go waste due to mismanagement, corrupt practices by most of the higher ups of each and every department. So, if at least 10% of the officials of every organisation keeps their eye open, I feel there will not be a single case of corruption. 
Ajay Prasad
 
RTI Ghost
The advice given by a Minister to the President is not his personal view. The advice is arrived at in the Secretariat after consideration at several levels. A reply to a Parliament question is prepared in the Secretariat and Minister only presents a reply. The common man is not concerned with the process of tendering an advice to the President or replying to a Parliament Question.  Whatever is written in the Notes sheets of a file is a part of the secretarial process. Notes should not come under the definition of 'information 'for the purpose of RTI Act. Copies of Notes are demanded by vested interest for identifying the persons and to launch a witch hunt. Professional RTI activists write one hundred questions in single applications and those hundred questions pertain 100 different authorities.  The tragedy with the RTI Act, is that it is being misused to the core by vested interests. Considerable time of the Secretariat is lost in preparing replies and searching out documents.  For a good decision making, officers should be free to express their views without fear. After the advent of RTI era, there is great deal of hesitation among officers to express freely. If the Secretariat has to survive RTI Ghost will have to be contained. Some amendments to the RTI Act to exclude notes from 'information’, one application-one question restriction and revealing purpose etc. are absolutely necessary.  The paltry fee of Rs. 10 is not enough  to filter frivolous applications by vested interests.
K R Gatti