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What does absence of Ms. Sonia Gandhi from Parliament during PM’s reply indicates?
Eyebrows are being raised over the absence of UPA Chairperson Ms. Sonia Gandhi from the Parliament during the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh's reply to the motion of thanks on the president's address, moreso, because she had earlier patted the Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherji for his ‘excellent budget’.
Bhaskar to be JS IPP
V Bhaskar is being appointed Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Industrial Policy and Promotion in the Government of India. He is 1981 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.
( We said this on January 15 )
Dash to retire
Secretary Heavy Industries S N Dash is superannuating by this month end. He is 1973 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.
Mayawati wants return of IAS officers
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has asked for the services of about half a dozen UP cadre IAS officers currently on deputation to the Government of India.
Dr Mishra appointed Ambassador
Dr. Jitendra Nath Misra, presently Consul General of India in Ho Chi Minh City, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Lao People’s Democratic Republic in succession to Suresh Kumar Goel.
Praveen Kumar to retire as Member Mechanical, Railway Board
Praveen Kumar Member Mechanical in the Railway Board is going to superannuate on March 31, 2010.
IRS officer returns to cadre
Sat Paul presently working as Chief Vigilance Officer in the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited has returned to the parent Revenue Department to avail benefit of his promotion in the parent Department. He is 1976 batch IRS (IT) officer.
Top brass in Indian Railways is a worried lot
As the grapevine has it, top brass in Indian Railways are a worried lot as far as paying 10 per cent of service tax to CBEC from next financial year was concerned. They are busy evolving a way out to protect Railways from paying the service tax. Otherwise, economy of Indian Railways will nosedive, said insiders in the Railway Board.
CAT sets aside appointment of Assam DGP
The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has set aside the appointment of Assam DGP Shankar Barua and asked the state government to appoint new official to the post within a month. ADGP (Home Guard) Sharda Prasad had challenged Barua’s appointment on the ground of seniority.
Seniority is not fundamental right
The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has also made it clear that public employees cannot claim seniority as a “fundamental right”.
Four new Air India Directors
Former IAF Chief Air Chief Marshal Fali H Major , eminent industrialist Anand G Mahindra, Ficci secretary general Amit Mitra and industrialist Harsh Neotia have been nominated on the board of the Air India.
BSNL Cancels Rs 35,000 cr tender
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has reportedly decided to scrap Rs 35,000-crore tender to procure equipment for 93 million new GSM lines.
Retired Maj Generals to be benefited
Following the decision of the Armed Forces Tribunal, most of the retired Major Generals will be benefited with regard to pensions.
23 IRS officers promoted as Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise
As many as 23 IRS officers have been promoted in the grade of the Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise and given fresh postings. They are Rameshwar Prasad Meena who has been promoted and transferred to CX-III, Kolkata, Pawan Kumar Sinha promoted and transferred to Customs(A), Ahmedabad, Mandalika Srinivas promoted and transferred to CX-III(A), Hyderabad, Pramod Kumar Agarwal promoted and transferred to Joint CDR, CESTAT, Mumbai, Ms V. Rama Mathew promoted and transferred to CX , Cochin, Ms Mallika Mahajan Sinha promoted and transferred to CX-V(A), Ahmedabad, Atul Dikshit promoted and transferred to Systems, Delhi, Pramod Kumar Singh promoted and transferred to CX-II(A), Mumbai, Hari Shankar Sharma promoted and transferred to TAR, Delhi, Vivek Ranjan promoted and transferred to DGEP, Delhi, Uma Shankar promoted and transferred to TAR, Mumbai, Ajay Dixit promoted and transferred to Customs (P), Tuticorin, Ms Hemambika R. Priya promoted and transferred to CX-IV(A), Delhi, Shyam Raj Prasad promoted and transferred to CX, Trichy, Ms B.V. Sivanaga Kumari promoted and transferred to Customs (P), Trichy and Shyam Singh Bhagat who has been promoted and transferred to ADG, Audit, Mumbai
12 Commissioners of Customs and Central Excise transferred
As many as 12 Commissioners of Customs and Central Excise have been transferred. They are S.B. Singh from Customs (A), Ahmedabad to Customs, Ahmedabad, M. Vinod Kumar from CX, Cochin to Customs, Cochin, H.K. Thakur from Customs (P), Delhi to CX-I, Chandigarh, H.K. Chaturvedi from Systems, Delhi to Customs (P), Delhi, O.P. Dadhich from DGEP, Delhi to Customs (P), Jodhpur, C. Rajan from Customs, Chennai to DRI, Chennai, Arun Tandon from DRI, Chennai to CX-I(A), Chennai, T. Somasundaram from CX-I(A) Chennai to CX, Pondicherry, M.V.B. Rao from CX, Pondicherry to Customs, Chennai, Dr. Anup Kumar Srivastava from CX-II, Meerut to CX-I, Delhi, Dr. Vinod Kumar Goel from Service Tax, Kolkata to Customs (Import & General), Delhi and Dr Hemant A. Bhatt from TAR, Nagpur to CX, Shillong.
Proposal of Police University in cold storage
Proposal to set up Police University in Delhi has been put in cold storage.
Naveen Kumar to join GoI
Naveen Kumar is joining the Government of India as Principal Advisor Planning Commission next week. The Bihar Government has relieved 1975 batch IAS officer Naveen Kumar for joining the GoI.
IPS changes in Bihar
On promotion P N Rai has been appointed ADG Law and Order.P K Thakur will now be ADG Headquarters.R S Bhatti has been made Zonal IG Patna.Abhyanand has been moved as ADG Training.V Narain will be ADG Police Modernisation.A S Nibrhan has been posted as ADG Special Branch.A C Verma has been appointed ADG BMP.Arvind Pande will be DIG Special Branch.
Subhash Kumar gets additional charge
Principal Secretary to Uttarakhand Chief Minister Subhash Kumar has been given additional charge of the Department of Personnel.
Post of Director in Textile ministry vacant
One post of Director is vacant in the Textile ministry.
Vinod Kumar moves to MEA Hqs
Counsel General in Indian Embassy Hamburg B M Vinod Kumar has been moved to the Ministry of External Affairs Headquarters.
Kokate to go on UN Mission
2001 batch IDAS officer Anil Kumar Kisan Kokate is going on UN Mission in Lebanon.
DGs of BSF & BDR to meet on March 7, 2010
DG level talks will be held on March 7, 2010 between Border Security Force (BSF) and Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) regarding various issues like smuggling, terrorism, illegal border crossing etc. Raman Srivastava, DGP of BSF has briefed about it to P. Chidambaram Indian Home Minister.
Patnaik posted as DG (Audit), Central Expenditure, New Delhi
AK Patnaik, Principal Accountant General (Civil Audit), Uttar Pradesh, Allahabad, is transferred and posted as Director General of Audit, Central Expenditure, New Delhi.
HRC in Jharkhand
Human Rights Commission is being set in Jharkhand.
CVC recommends prosecution of one IPoS
The CVC has recommended prosecution of one IPoS officer
Muttuu to return to Uttarakhand next month
S K Muttuu is returning to the parent Uttarakhand cadre next month. He is 1977 batch IAS officer.
Harender Kumar of NCR transferred
Harender Kumar, Group B officer, has been transferred from NCR to CAMTECH /Gwalior. He will continue to hold his lien/Seniority in NCR.
Gupta’s transfer to CAMTECH cancelled
Transfer of DK Gupta, Group B officer, from NCR to CAMTECH has been cancelled
RK Jain of SAG/IRTS transferred
RK Jain of SAG/IRTS who has been transferred from NR is to be appointed to HAG on the Rly. itself and posted as CAO(FOIS).
Kundu of SS/IRSME transferred
US Kundu of SS/IRSME has been transferred from ER to NFR in the same capacity
Jambhulkar of SS/IRSME transferred
Kapil Jambhulkar of SS/IRSME has been transferred from CR to NFR in the same capacity.
Krishna of JAG/IRSME transferred
BM Krishna of JAG/IRSME has been transferred from NFR to RWF in the same capacity.
Paswan of SG/IRSME transferred
SK Paswan of SG/IRSME has been transferred from NFR to ICF in the same capacity.
Bhushan steel raided
Sleuths of Income Tax (IT) in course of raids on different establishments of Bhushan Steel early this week has led to highest disclosure of tax evasion in the country so far. It was put at the mark of Rs.502 crore.
Will Kulnir Krishan move to the CAT ?
taking a cue from the decision of the CAT in favour of Sharda Prasad 1976 batch IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre Kulbir Krishan may also go the same way .
IOOA Delegation meets Vilasrao Deshmukh & Milind Deora
A delegation of IOOA representatives led by Mukul Kumar , President IOOA met Vilasrao Deshmukh Indian Minister for Heavy Industries in his office in on March 3, 2010. During the meeting highlighted the problems being faced by Indian Oil and other Oil PSUs due to inadequate subsidy being given by Government for selling petroleum products at un-remunerative prices resulting in huge under-recoveries. It was mentioned that due to inadequate profits Corporation’s projects may be affected resulting in serious threat to Oil security. Moreover, despite putting best performance by Corporation and achieving highest MOU ratings our executives are unable to get PRP at the prescribed rates due to unavailability of funds whereas PSUs like ONGC are able to offer much higher quantum of benefits to their executives despite having lower MOU ratings because of funds availability. The delegation led by Sh Mukul Kumar met Milind Deora, MP at his camp office in New Delhi
and conveyed the similar concerns. Milind Deora, MP said that he broadly agreed with our proposition and asserted that he would do whatever possible to help Oil PSU Officers cause.

CORPORATE
Who will be MD of HPL ?
Who will be new MD of the Haldia Petrochemicals Limited (HPL) ?. A search Committee headed by Tarun Das has been set up to select new MD. Other members include Purnendu Chatterjee, chairman of The Chatterjee Group (TCG) and a principal promoter of HPL, and Bengal industry secretary Sabyasachi Sen.

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Now Pawar says Fuel Hike was a joint decision but caveat does remain!!
He did not know the impact of fuel hike on food prices he continues to feign!
 
Fact of the matter is even a peon in his Ministry knew the impact!!!
But Pawar is feigning ignorance on what is a ‘foregone fact’!!
 
Sonia says Pranab’s handling of the budget was deft!!!
Did she say deft or deaf????
 
A little bird says Mohna and Pranab got Sonia’s nod via her dukthi nabaz!!
‘If oil prices are not raised for pro poor schemes Sarkaar will suffer from ‘funds ki kabaz’ (constipation)!
 
Sonia knows when it comes to food prices matters are out of control!!!
Pawar continues to play his dubious role!!
 
He’s already started making calls for removing ban on export of Wheat!!
Punjab has already turned on ‘ Punjab farmers will not sow wheat’ heat!!!
 
Pawar wants the ban lifted as he says there is wheat over production!!
He refuses to see the ominous clouds in the future of farm output reduction!!!!
 
And in the end India will import wheat at a higher price than it had exported!!
In the past too this ‘gap’ has been reported!!
 
Sonia does not want the RTI Act amended but surprisingly Mohna wants this!!!
I know many would feel something is amiss!!
 
Mohna wants CJI and policy decisions to be out of  RTI’s purview!!!
And whether an application is frivolous or not there will be a review!!
 
RTI was a landmark legislation and now Mohna wants it watered down!!
‘Mohna Ji kyon karr rahe ho with such a landmark legislation clown’???
 
Or is this all drama baazi and Sonia’s objections are just for us (people)!!!
That is why she’s creating on the amendments a fuss!!
 
NREGA is leaking and Sarkaar prefers to ignore this leaking!!!
NREGA desperately requires tweaking!!
 
But rather than tweaking and plugging the leak,
Mohna wants to tweak the RTI….. just see the man’s cheek!!
 
If Hussein has the right to draw then we have the right to object to anything demeaning in his art!!!
From ‘right to object to anything demeaning in his art’ he wants India to depart!!
 
Seems he wants a license to draw at will!!!!
And Indians swallow his painted ‘bitter pill’!!
 
He's been commissioned by Qatar to paint about a 100 paintings on Islam's history!
And if he tries his artistic adventurism like he's done here he'll be history!! 
 
Seems Pronoy Roy and Sardesai were looking forward to a Hussein as a prize!!!
To Hussein’s cause both IBN and NDTV sure did rise!!
 
Barkha Dutt tactfully chooses participants on the panel to discuss a matter!!!
Usually there is only one 'against her mindset' and the rest karte hai uss ko tatter!
 
Tendulkar excells in cricket but is this enough for the Nation's highest civil citation?
Okay I do agree we are a cricket crazy Nation!!!
 
But that does not mean our craziness gets the better of us!!
Arre bhai kahee toh iss cricket craziness ka karro buss!!
 
Confucius says.... Bharat Ratna is for exemplary service to the Nation!!!!
In fact even the thought of awarding it to Sachin deserves condemnation!!
 
Adds..... can playing with the bat and ball come in the exemplary class!!
If so then Bharat Ratna's 'halo' ho jaye ga khalaas!!

Bharat Kumar

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Sachin and Bharat Ratna
In my view, Sachin deserves the Bharat Ratna for the simple reason he "symbolises the oneness of India." He scores a sixer and people in the North, South, East and West, everywhere, feel delighted. And when he gets out, people in all corners of the country are sad. There is no other living Indian who is as popular and who is accepted as much all over the country by all age groups and by both the sexes.
P V Rajgopal

No Bharat Ratna for Sachin,as of now"?
The GOI will be well advised not to confer Bharat Ratna on Sachin, for the present. Sachin has already earned crores of rupees by playing cricket. Is this not enough?
Navin Chandra

Bhide is the epitome of integrity
P V Bhide is the epitome of integrity, a by word for intelligence, a beacon light for hard work and a role model for all junior IAS officers. The best Revenue Secretary ever, he deserved to be made Cabinet Secretary. He is the best Cabinet Secretary who never was. His services to the nation must be recognised and fresh, important assignments given to him in the national interest.
Arjun Mallik

Why remove corruption?
Removing corruption will be a wild goose chase. It will be wiser to turn a blind eye to it and be happy!
A K Chaudhry

How to remove corruption?
Removing corruption is impossible. The best solution would be to turn a blind eye to it. Close your eyes, introspect and be happy!
Nitin Sachdeva