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Now a new land scam in Army ?
As the grapevine has it, a new land scam involving the Indian Army is in the offing in Pune.3 GOC have claimed that the land in question doesn’t belong to them. However, government authorities compensated original landowners. The million-dollar question is to whom does the land belong.
File of empanelment of 1990 batch IAS reaches to Minister Personnel
Finally the file pertaining to the empanelment of 1990 batch IAS officers to the rank of Joint Secretary in the Government of India has reached to Minister of State Personnel Prithviraj Chauhan on Thursday.
Total number of empanelled officers is now 55
One name of Gujarat cadre 1990 batch IAS officer has been added in the final list of empanelment of 1990 batch IAS officers.Now the total number of empanelled IAS officers is 55.
Five MP cadre IAS officers empanelled
Five Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officers have been empanelled to the rank of Joint Secretary in the Government of India.
PMO, 10 Janpath differ over NAC revival
Differences between the PMO and 10 Janpath over the revival of National Advisory Council (NAC) are being widely discussed in the corridors of power in New Delhi. While Ms. Sonia Gandhi is in favour of reviving the NAC, PMO is highly opposed to it.
Petroleum sector to adopt PS bank style of selecting chiefs
As the grapevine has it, the top brass in the Petroleum Ministry is toying with the idea of selecting CMDs & Directors in oil companies like it is presently being done in case of public sector banks.
Public Enterprise to be delinked from Dept of Heavy Industries
The Department of Public Enterprise may soon be delinked from the Department of Heavy Industries and linked to Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
Ajit Sharan empanelled in GoI
Ajit M Sharan has been empanelled to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India. He is 1979 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.
Anand Kumar may be Jt. Secr (Tourism)
1984 batch Kerala cadre IAS officer, Anand Kumar, may be the next Joint Secretary (Tourism). The post is lying vacant at present.
Kapoor is also a strong contender for NTPC CMD’s post
Director (Commercial ) in the NTPC I J Kapoor is also considered to be a powerful contender for the post of CMD NTPC. He is appearing for the interview on March 9 .
CCIT Hyderabad takes VRS
Mrs. Radha Srivastava, CCIT – 1, Hyderabad, has been granted Voluntary Retirement with effect from Feb 26, 2010.
Mankad is head of CBDT related committee
Former Secretary Finance P G Mankad is now heading a committee set up by the GoI for CBDT related issues.He is retired 1964 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
IRS officer takes VRS
VK Shridhar, CCIT (CCA), Pune, has been granted Voluntary Retirement with effect from March 9, 2010.
Bhide may be accommodated in Home Ministry
Grapevine has it that the outgoing Secretary (Revenue) PV Bhide may be accommodated in Home Ministry. He is retired 1973 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.
Mishra is OSD in CBDT
Sanjay Kumar Mishra, DIT, Transfer Pricing – I, New Delhi, has been posted as OSD (FT & TR – I) in CBDT
B Doley posted as Dy AG in Assam, Guwahati
B Doley, Deputy Accountant General, in the office of Accountant General (Audit), Meghalaya, Shillong, has been transferred and posted as Deputy Accountant General in the office of Principal Accountant General (Audit), Assam, Guwahati.
Rakesh Yadav of SG/IRSE transferred
Rakesh Yadav of SG/IRSE has been, on completion of tenure, transferred from RB to NR.
Dept of Justice preparing new guidelines
Department of Justice is these days busy preparing new guidelines pertaining to judicial standards and accountability of the powers that be. .
Only six 1979 batch IFS officers empanelled
Only six, of the 10, 1979 batch IFS officers have been empanelled during one such recent exercise.
Many vacancies being filled up in Competition Commission
There are many posts that are being filled up in the Competition Commission.
Defence Minister discusses new proposals with Army Chief designate
Believe it or not, the Union Defence Minister AK Antony, it has come to be known, discusses new proposals pertaining to the Army, with the Army Chief designate VK Singh.
Bhowmik to continue as MD of HPL
Swapan Bhowmik will continue to MD of the Haldia Petrochemicals Limited (HPL) be in charge of the company till a new executive is found.
Ms. Jhanja Tripathi is Secretary Railway Sports Control Board
Ms. Jhanja Tripathi has joined as Secretary of the Railway Sports Control Board. Earlier, she was Executive Director (ED) with the Sports Authority of India (SAI). She is an officer of the Indian Railway Accounts service who belongs to the 1986 batch.
IG Training Centre NSG, retiring soon
Maj Gen VK Sharma, IG of the elite National Security Guard (NSG), who is based in Manesar near New Delhi is going to retire on March 31, 2010.
Former IPS officer to be Security Advisor in Jharkhand ?
C Lima Imachan is likely to be appointed security advisor in Jharkhand. He is retired 1977 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre.
Warning of Sharad Pawar
Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has warned officers in agriculture and food ministries over their lack of care in preparing answers for the parliament –‘ you are not taking Parliament seriously’.  He told the officials to correct several mistakes in answers prepared.  Pawar has warned senior officers to submit answers sufficiently early for studying them. 
M Subhashini to move Hamburg
Minister in Indian High Commission in London M Subhashini has been shifted to Hamburg.
Jha appointed Member BSNL Board
R N Jha, an ITS officer of 1982 batch, has been appointed member of the board on Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited. Jha is currently vice-chairman of the International Telecommunications Union headquarterd at Geneva.
Strange rule in Karnataka Government
Strange rule exists in Karnataka as far as allotment of Government houses to its officers was concerned. At a stretch its officers are allowed to stay in Government houses for a maximum period of seven years then one has to move into a rented house. And those who build their houses in the name of their next of kin or family members in any part of the state have to vacate government houses within one month’s time.
AI registers 24.8 percent passenger carriage in Q3
India’s national air carrier National Aviation Company of India Limited (NACIL) i.e. Air India of which CMD is Arvind Jadhav, has registered an impressive increase of 24.8 per cent in passenger carriage during the October-December, 2009 quarter. As compared to the same period last year, AI has also registered a 14.4 per cent increase in load factor. Jadhav is an IAS officer of the 1978 batch who belongs to the Karnataka cadre.
S.K. Mishra joins as IG (G) Intelligence in BSF
S.K. Mishra has joined on the post of IG (G) Intelligence FHQ, Border Security Force (BSF). He is an IPS officer of the 1985 batch who belongs to the Jammu&Kashmir cadre.
Ahuja retires in Lok Sabha Secretariat
Additional Secretary Lok Sabha Secretariat R C Ahuja has retired.
Officers promoted as DIGs in BSF
Certain officers have been promoted as DIGs in BSF. They are: A.Karan Singh Rathore 13th Battalion BSF to DIG SHQ Siliguri, B.Ravi Gandhi FTR (HQ) Shillong promoted as DIG (G) Intelligence at the same place, C. J.C. Shingla has been promoted as DIG (HQ) New Delhi, D.Raj Singh Rathore SHQ, Gujarat has been promoted as DIG at same place, E.J.S. Oberai BSF Academy has been promoted as DIG at the same place.
F.Karan Singh Rajawat Frontiner HQ Srinagar has been promoted as DIG (Prov.) at the same place, G.Pradeep Katiyal SHQ Gurudaspur has been promoted as DIG with Special DG (HQ) Chandigarh, H.Kuldeep Guliya FTR N/Range has been promoted as DIG (Prov.) at the same place & I.Madan Singh Rathore FTR (HQ) Gujarat has been promoted as DIG (Ops) at the same place.
IAS transfers in Tamil Nadu
As many as three IAS officers have got new postings in Tamil Nadu. They are: Ms. Jayashree Raghunandan former Commissioner of Social Defence and Member Secretary (i/c), Tamil Nadu State Commission for Women on return from leave to Commissioner for Disciplinary Proceedings Chennai, G.A. Rajkumar IAS, Principal Secretary / Commissioner of Indian Medicine and Homeopathy to Principal Secretary / Commissioner of Archives and Historical Research and Ramesh Kumar Khanna Principal Secretary / Commissioner of Archives and Historical Research to Principal Secretary / Commissioner of Indian Medicine and Homeopathy.
Ms. Aparna U, DM Jaunpur creates a record
Ms. Aparna U., District Magistrate (DM) of Jaunpur District in Uttar Pradesh has made a record for staying for longest period spanning in 3 years and 8 months at Jaunpur as DM. She is 1st lady DM of Jaunpur in history who has completed such a long tenure. She is very strict in administration and famous for taking immediate action. She is also known for immediate transfer of the person who does not perform government duty as per requirement. She is an IAS officer of the 2001 batch who belongs to the UP cadre.
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.
IPS postings in Haryana
Vikas Kumar Arora has now been transferred as SP Bhiwani ‘ Sibash Kabiraj has been shifted to Yamunanagar.
IFS officers transferred in Madhya Pradesh
The Madhya Pradesh Government has transferred six Indfian Forest Service (IFS) officers. They are:Satya Nand Additional Secretary Forest to CF in PCCF office,Shiv Prasad Sharma CF Bhopal to Additional Secretary Forest, Kamlesh Chaturvedi CF Guna to CF Bhopal, P.K.Singh CF (working plan) Shivpuri to CF Guna, Pushkar Singh OSD Forest in state secretariat Bhopal to CCF Wildlife Bhopal & Rajesh Kumar CCF Joint Forest Management (JFM)Bhopal  to OSD in state secretariat.
Transfers of Railway officers in WCR
Certain officers West Central Railways (WCR) have been transferred. They are: Sumit Sardana Senior Divisional Engineer (DEN) coordination Bhopal to Deputy Chief Engineer coordination, Pranab Kumar Deputy Chief Engineer Track Machine Jabalpur to Senior Divisional Engineer (DEN) coordination Bhopal, Ajay Sinha Senior Divisional Engineer (DEN) operations Bhopal to Senior Divisional Engineer (DEN) Rolling Stock Katni & D.L.Meena Senior Divisional Engineer (DEN) Rolling Stock Katni to Senior Divisional Engineer (DEN) operations Bhopal.
IAS reshuffle in Bihar
K C Saha will now be Development Commissioner.A K Sinha has been made APC.Santosh Mathew will be Principal Secretary Rural Development.Rameshwar Singh has been appointed Principal Secretary Industries .Vijay Prakash will be Principal Secretary Planning.

CORPORATE
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 HL Bajaj is retiring on May 22, 2010.
 Rizvi is number two in panel for Director (Technical) NFL
 The PESB is reported to have put S M H Rizvi number two in the panel for the post of Director (Technical) NFL.

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Good thing BJP has realized walking out of the House is not right!!
Now seems BJP has decided to stay put in the House and fight!!
 
Yes what’s the use of staging walk outs and ‘showing the back’!!!
Stay in the House and with apni arguments Sarkaar ko karro attack!!
 
What purpose does a walk out serve????
By walking out from their duty MPs swerve!!
 
Do not leave the battlefield and let the Treasury Army win!!!
Stay in the House and Sarkaar ko karro pin!!
 
Strategize and come totally prepared!!!
Without these two Sarkaar’s jiggery pokkery cannot be bared!!
 
Take advantage of the weaknesses of those sitting on the Treasury Benches!!!
‘Work the trenches’!!!
 
Like its known when in a corner Pranab Da flies off the handle or PC becomes rude!!!
Or Pawar tries to fib his way out and Mamtha becomes crude!!
 
On Kashmir it would be prudent that Mohna calls the Opposition,
And makes ‘let us be one on this issue’ proposition!!
 
Hope you recall Pakis saying Indo Pak talks are not moving ahead,
Because there is political bickering in India….to the Media this story was fed!!
 
No doubt if a peace solution is found the Party in power will politically gain!!
Get the Opposition on board and so what if on them too fall a few drops of ‘kudos’ rain??
 
BJP too has to realize that in any such agreement there will be give and take!!!!
They should keep in mind what is at stake!!!
 
Though personally I feel Pakis will accept nothing less than Kashmir’s ‘liberation’!
And please do not forget this Pakistan has the title of Rogue Nation!!!
 
And it is well known Paki Government is actually ‘in a minority’!!
The Army and the rogue element are in a majority!!
 
India should demand that Paki Government get Letters of Authority from the majority!
Because India cannot negotiate with Paki Government that is in a minority!!
 
Pawar says he does not have a clue on the affect of fuel hike on prices of food!!!
And I’m sure he hopes his message will be understood!!
 
Means he has nothing to do with the fuel hike!!!!!
Now if Congress blames him for high food prices he’ll tell Congress to take a hike!!
 
Amar Singh is officially no longer Thakur Amar Singh,
On his Website Thakur title kiya Amar ne bahaar fling!!
 
Nowadays he’s trying to show he’s a multitalented man!!!
A few films with him in sidey roles already are in the can!!!

Hussein says his decision to become a Qatari was commercial!!!!
So his Indianess was superficial!!

Confucius says....He can change his Motherland for money...his initials mean Money (pe) Fidah!
Aise aadmi ka paisa hothaa hai Khudaa!!!

Bharat Kumar

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Why are the Keralites ahead ?
The Keralites are more meritorious than others due to high literacy rates. This is the secret of their predominance in civil services and holding responsible positions in the Central Government.
Raji Phillip,Thiruvantipuram

Reg above whisper
Please note that the literacy rate of Kashmiri Pandits in J&K was 99.8% and were meritotious too. What happened to them.
Siri

Let's not criticise any one
Any CSS officer, who finds chance to work with Secretary level officers/Ministers as OSD or Additional PS, never likes to leave that seat. While working there, he gets support of Gr.D/C, etc. Does it mean, he/she is incompetent or the domestic servant. I feel, while working with senior officers, any job required by them from their sub-ordinate officers is taken as prashad and is followed word for word. This is the system. Let's not criticise any one and work like a team in the Central Secretariat (CSS & CSSS should unite together).
Lal Gulab

CSSS should not try to infringe on the area of CSS
Passing an exam does not relate to one being from CSS or CSSS. It is one's effort/hardwork which makes one pass an exam. Some brilliant and competent persons, who are so loyal to their work have not bothered to take their SO's promotion examination seriously. CSSS should not try to infringe on the area of CSS. If this allowed then CSS people should also be allowed to infringe in other services. Their one Ministry of the Government of India, in which there is no IAS boss. IAS cannot infringe on the Railways as the job their is very technical in nature. Similar analogy should exist in respect of CSS and CSSS.
Anurag Srivastava

For short term benefits
I have read many times biased views about PPS/SPPS and now PSOs from the PA/PS who themselves are part of the cadre. I think their views are expressed for short term benefits. It is a evolutionary process from PA to PSO and everybody has to undergo various stages and one should not undermine their senior colleagues because they themselves have also to grow into that stages. It does not help if we keep on striking against each other because united we win and divided we lose. One should think of widening the promotion prospects in the cadre as a whole and not with narrow mindedness of short term benefits.
Mukesh Randev

A thing that is self evident
It is for them to decide whether they would like to be so called and known. Your survey will neither help nor hinder.
Keshav Prasad

Hussain is no painter at all
There is this huge debate going on in the media about the painter MF Hussain’s decision to become a Quatari. Allah help Quatar! Hussains paintings are a cross between a street cinema poster and a giant cartoon. He is no painter at all but a creation of shrewd media hype and a successful fooling of the West. The Indian elite has mortgaged its intellect to the West and is incapable of independent judgement in these matters. Hussain is street smart and is at best, an art trader. His despicable paintings sell at crazy prices and there are any number of status seekers with tons of black money to buy them. His so called art is like the Emperors clothes....they simply arnt there! And nobody has the courage to call the bluff! Hussain is a shrewd businessman and a con artist par excellence. His real reason for staying in the Middle East , as opposed to his stated reasons is to avoid Indian Income Tax. Let us see if he will paint nude paintings of the Prophet Muhammed and his wife ( will their souls rest in peace?) in his new found haven of freedom , the Islamic kingdom of Quatar. In India he could get away with obscene paintings of Hindu godesses, like Saraswati etc. by saying he wanted artistic freedom ,(to hurt the religious sentiments of Hindus?). During the Emergency he ingratiated himself with Indira Gandhi by making a painting of her as Durga. Since then he has been a darling of the Gandhi Pariwar. Never mind that he committed sacrilege by depicting Durga as a professional Indian politician. Hindus don’t mind such insults to their religion or religious beliefs. Or even if their religious leaders are handcuffed in America and paraded in public like common criminals or if propaganda campaigns are launched on the Internet slandering Hindu religious leaders by the Vatican.
D Choudhury

Hypocrite world
One of my recent experience reminded me of the hypocrite world that we have come to build around us in the modern times. Amir Khusro as you all know was a sufi poet and his poetry inspired the sufi movement. Sufis themselves were fakirs and propagated their wonderful philosophy of life to the common people.In short this was basically a movement of the commoners. Now to celebrate Khusro's poetry an annual festival called Jahan-i-Khusro is held in Delhi every year apparently with handsome governmental support. The festival though can be attended by high and mighty or rich or the so called creme-de-la-creme of Delhi. The elite of Delhi vie for 'passes' of the festival and those who can afford buy the high priced tickets. What an irony and what a festival for a poet whose poetry cannot be heard by the same commoner for whom he wrote! Worse part of the entire hypocrisy is that many in the audience are those who proclaim themselves as communists or socialists.
K K M

What a shame !
The arrest of an officer as senior as the CPMG of Maharashtra and Goa by CBI for corruption has shocked me. Till this time I was thinking there are no avenues of corruption in the postal department atleast. What a shame!
Naveen K

RTI being misused by the vested interests
I am in full agreement that RTI is being misused by the vested interests. The unrelated information, views expressed on Notes are the hindrance of the purpose for which this ACT was brought. I think that all concerned in Government and public should come to a framework which may be workable to the benefit for the concerned. This misuse of the Act for vested interests is hurting the actual beneficiaries. Every one should indicate in the question that in what way this information is beneficial to him. Questions should be restricted as is the case for Parliament Questions. Notes are views of an individual officer and finality decision lies with the highest authorities. Correspondence of the Government depends the decision taken on note side. Since correspondence is based on the decision where is need for Notes. It should be given only if it is brought that it will be beneficial to the applicant to have this information.
Neelkhant

RTI Act is one of the greatest achievements
RTI Act is one of the greatest achievements of the State. Let's not belittle it by raising frivolous objections. vGatti should know that there is provision of putting all possible information on the web so that the Public doesnot bother babus like Mr. Gatt. Instead of thinking about Govt. interest (read his own interest), Gatti should think of the poor man who has to run from pillar to post for any! information.
Arunabh

Keralites Among the top
It is just a passing phase. Sometimes back even in the top private sector companies most of top Financial person was a Keralite. It is not that they are better and others are not, but more of being there at the right time with right connection.
Sarboji

Sachin deserves Bharat Ratna
Sachin Tendulkar deserves to be awarded Bharat Ratna by the Central government. His age should not come in the way.
Kirti Mittal
"Sachin Tendulkar and Bharat Ratna"

Sachin must be given Bharat Ratna for his performance.
Ravi Waghle

Gawaskar is closer to Don Bradman
Sachin Tendulkar should not be awarded Bharat Ratna at this stage. The contribution made by Sunil Gavaskar is no less mean. According to Gary Sobers, Sunil Gawaskar is closer to Don Bradman.
Himesh Goswami

No Bharat Ratna for Sachin Tendulkar, as of now !!!
With reference to your Aaj ki Awaaz (4-3-10) about Sachin Tendulkar, I cannot agree with you more! I find there is a growing demand to confer the highest civilian award “Bharat Ratna” on Sachin . One wonders whether this is really the appropriate time for honoring the living legend!
In my opinion (Sorry, Tom Jose, I am a small fry before you), it will be premature to confer the award now. This will, surely distract his focused attention from cricket and might even affect his performance adversely. Let the ‘Master Blaster’ play for the country for as long as he could. Let him achieve many more milestones and bring more and more glory to Mother India! Let his cricketing records remain unbroken for the millennium.
It is only after he takes retirement from cricket that he could be considered for Bharat Ratna for his incredible “Performance” in cricket (and also for his disarming humility of approach) . The country owes him a lot. Incidentally, Gary Sobers, during an interview on NDTV, considered Sunil Gawaskar, the “Little Master”, as being closer to Don Bradman than Sachin. It is hoped the GOI takes a balanced view in the matter with full application of mind, not heart and after taking into consideration the totality of circumstances. Sachin’s inning is not over, yet!
A K Saxena (A retired civil servant)