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Empanelment of 1977 batch soon
Empanelment of 1977 batch IAS officers to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India is expected to take place early next month.
16 secretaries to be appointed by Dec
As many as 16 IAS officials of 1976 batch are all set to be appointed as secretary in the Government of India by December this year.
Cabinet note on Department of Forests & Wild Life
A cabinet note about Creation of Department of Forests & Wild Life out
of the Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF) in Government of India
(GOI) has been moved.
Arun Bal poised to be Joint Secretary Defence
As the grapevine has it, Arun Bal is tipped to be Joint Secretary
Defence. He is an IAS officer of the 1986 batch who belongs to the
West Bengal cadre.
Nayak is back to IB
B C Nayak is back to the Intelligence Bureau as Special Director. 1975 batch IPS officer of UP cadre was earlier ED Chief Security ONGC.
Who will be the PM’s choice for Economic Advisory Council ?
Who will be the PM’s choice for Economic Advisory Council ? This question is being asked in the bureaucratic circles as panel of three 1990 batch IAS officers– Nitin Gokaran, Prabodh Saxena and Shashank Goel - has been sent to facilitate Dr,. Manmohan Singh to take a final decision.
Rajiv is new DG NDRF
Additional DG SSB Rajiv has been appointed new DG of National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF). He is 1975 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
( We said this on April 7 )
Another big scandal ?
World Sports Group (WSG) which is embroiled in this IPS controversy had given a proposal for digital rights of IPL to BSNL at exhorbitant rates (double the market rate) .
Who pressurized the directors of BSNL into accepting this proposal ?.Who is the mastermind ?.
Gender card helped Lakshmi Venkatachalam ?
Infact,1978 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS officer Arvind Mayaram was all set to go to the ADB on a newly created post of Vice President. Meanwhile, Pakistan and Bangla Desh mounted pressure and apposed the appointment of Indian official. ADB bosses turned the table and appointed Lakshmi Venkatachalam by playing the gender card. She is 1978 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.
Will the post of Additional Secretary Power be downgraded ?
Will the post of Additional Secretary Power be downgraded ? It is believed that the Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde has written for it ,ostensibly, to accommodate 1990 batch official of Karnataka cadre Kapil Mohan in the Ministry. He is presently Director in the Ministry.
R.K.Malhotra ED R & D no. 1 in panel for  IOC’s Director R & D
R.K.Malhotra Executive Director (ED) Research & Development (R & D) in
Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) is number one in panel for IOC’s Director R & D)
interviews for which were held on May 11, 2010.
Pravesh Sharma empanelled in GoI
ACC has finally approved the empanelment of Pravesh Sharma, 1982 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre, as Joint Secretary to Govt of India. This emapnelment had been delayed on account of the fact that he was on foreign assignment with IFAD for 5 years and had to wait to earn two ACRs in his parent cadre to qualify for consideration. Pravesh Sharma is currently posted as Special Commissioner in MP Bhawan in New Delhi.
Ms. Ritika Bhatia Deputy Secretary DARPG, gets promoted
Ritika Bhatia, Deputy Secretary in the Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances (DARPG) of Government of India (GOI), has been promoted as Director Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances (DARPG). She is an IA&AS officer of the1996 batch.
Ramanujam to return in August
Minister (Economic) in Indian Embassy, Tokyo, will return in August after completion of deputation tenure. He is 1979 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
Sanjay Kumar debarred for five years
Sanjay Kumar who had been appointed as Director (Culture) in GOI’s Ministry of Culture but had failed to join so he has been debarred from central deputation for a period of five years. He is an IRS (IT) officer of the 1991 batch.
Dinesh Kapila promoted as Director from July 1
Dinesh Kapila has been promoted as Director, Department of Personal and Training (DOPT). However, his promotion will be effective from July 1, 2010.He is an Indian Economic Service (IES) officer of 1996 batch.
Two 1996 batch IPS to be promoted in NIA
Two 1996 batch IPS officers Mukesh Singh and Satwant are being promoted to the rank of DIG in the NIA.
Basu to be Chief Information Commissioner in Jharkhand ?
Former Chief Secretary A K Basu is being tipped to be Chief Information Commissioner in Jharkhand. He is 1974 batch IAS officer.
Sinha is yet to be relieved by UP Government
Arun Sinha is yet to be relieved by the Uttar Pradesh Government for central deputation. He is 1982 batch IAS officer.
D.P. Lakra poised to go to Jharkhand
As the grapevine has it, D.P. Lakra an IAS officer of the 2005 batch who hails from the Punjab cadre is poised to go to Jharkhand on inter cadre deputation.
IA & AS officer Mukut Mukherjee transferred
Mukut Mukherjee, Assistant Director in the office of Principal Director of Commercial Audit & Ex-officio Member Audit Board-I, Kolkata, is transferred and posted as Deputy Director (adhoc) in the branch office Varanasi of the office of Principal Director of Audit, RPU & Metro Railway, Kolkata. 
Subhashini to move to Hamburg
Minister in Indian High Commission ,London M Subhashini has been moved to Hamburg.
Ashok Sinha is youngest CMD that oil sector has
Ashok Sinha, Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of the Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL), is the youngest as far as CMDs in oil sector of India were concerned.
Khushi Ram appointed CVO MTNL
Khushi Ram, IRSEE(81) has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer in the Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited, New Delhi.
Retd Jt Commissioner Income Tax gets selection grade
RC Gupta, Joint Commissioner of Income Tax (retd) has been given selection grade (non-functional) w.e.f. January 1, 2006.
Rajasthan govt transfers Dy Secr Urban Planning as Collector Sirohi

Rajasthan government has transferred Mrs. Shilpi, Deputy Secretary – Urban Planning, as District Magistrate and Collector, Sirohi, with immediate effect.

Much ado about nothing

There seems to be much ado about nothing as far CMD of the National Aviation Company of India Limited (NACIL) i.e. Air India Arvind Jadhav (IAS, 1978 batch –Karnataka cadre) was concerned. Rumours were afloat on May 12, 2010 that he has resigned. However, fact of the matter is that Jadhav who is in Brazil was attending the Star Alliance meeting.

Secretary level empanelment in GoI
Five  officers othern than the IAS have been empanelled to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India. They are Mssrs:- R N Verma,Neeta Tapur,Sunil Burman, Usha Mathur and V K Gupta.
Additional Secretary level empanelment in the GoI
Sixteen officers of allied services have been empanelled to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India. They are mssrs:- Rekha Gupta,Anupam Kulsrestha,S S Bajpai,Sheela Sangwan,Ajai Chaddha,S A Abraham,V K Patnaik,S Pradhan,Kulbhusen,A K Chopra, Amit Kaushish,P K Gopinath,A K Malhotra,Ms P Gopinath and Arun Kumar.

Gupta repatriated to parent cadre
The Competent Authority has approved the proposal of the Ministry of Mines for premature repatriation of  N.K. Gupta, IOFS(88), Chief Vigilance Officer, Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM), Nagpur to his parent cadre .

Postings of 7 Asstt Commissioners of Income Tax amended

Postings of seven Assistant Commissioners of Income Tax, who were transferred on April 29, have been amended. While Amrendra Kumar Tiwari and Shailendra Kumar who were transferred to Nagpur have now been sent to Bihar, Surendra Meena, Raghunath and Waseemur-Rehman have been posted to Nagpur instead of Bihar. Similarly posting of Nelapatia Ashok babu has been changed from Tamil Nadu to Andhra Pradesh and of Narendra K Patel from Orissa to MP & Chhattisgarh

1977 batch IPS to be DG in Punjab
Three 1977 batch IPS officers Mssrs J P Birdi,Jyoti Trehan and Chander Shekhar  are being promoted to the rank of DG in Punjab this week.

CORPORATE
CIL Chairman gets award

Partha S Bhattacharyya, Chariman Coal India Ltd (CIL) has been awarded for outstanding contribution to CII for the year 2009-2010 by Nandan Nilekeni, Chairman UIDAI Govt. of India.
Gupta names CEO
Manish Gupta has been appointed CEO of the pharma business at Strides Arcolab Ltd. As CEO-Pharma,
Murlidharan joins BCT
VM Muralidharan has joined Bahwan CyberTek (BCT) as Chief Operating Officer.

Aaj Ki Aawaz
Home Secretary says ‘Kasab’s hanging in 2010 if Kasab does not file an appeal’!
He will do so even a dimwit would feel!!
 
So HS has put a lollipop in the gobs of those who want Kasab to hang asap!!!
As soon as probable is his version of asap!!!
 
He’s also given hope to the pro Kasab lot!!!!
If he files an appeal some time he’s got!!
 
And if he is not made to jump the line then he’s got years to go!!!
Kept  in limbo by not saying yes or no!!!
 
Like I said in the past I expect Kasab to pop off on account bimaari!
Or kissi ne Kasab ko goli maari!!
 
These two modalities come in the ‘please all bracket’!!!
From no lobby there will be a racket!!
 
Those who want him to hang will say he deserved it!!!
And those who do not want him to hang will say ‘as act of God’ this does fit!
 
With coalition woes in UK I think to the Brits our Pawar will come handy!!
In coalition politics the man is a dandy!!
 
He just has 9 MPs and see the power he does wield!!!
He’s an expert in this field!!
 
Though I wonder will the Brits be able to afford him (Pawar)!!!!
See honest Mohna when it comes to Pawar his honesty looses its vim!!
 
Isn’t it sad that he has to bear dishonesty!!!
He knows Pawar, Praful, Raja's acts are a blot on his honesty!!
 
The Hindu has revealed jiggery pokkery of Vir Singhvi and Barkha Dutt!!!!
Barkah says ‘dhutt terre ki’ and I think you know what she means by ‘dhutt’???
 
Their names have cropped up in the Radia Raja taps!!!!
So both of them wore more than one caps!!!
 
One of the caps from the tap report is of wheeling and dealing!!
I know all of you must be having such a let down feeling!!
And she felt her phone was being tapped and seems she knew the reason why!
On a dangerous road she sure did ply!!
 
How many times Barkha has asked a wayward Neta ‘resign and clear your name’!!
I think she should do the same!!
 
And if she’s so hurt by the article why does she not sue The Hindu for slander!
Because she knows into a bigger mess this can ‘land her’!!
Let me clarify the info came from The Hindu though now its been removed!
Excuse..... its not been proved!
But the info is still in the Public domain for all to see!!
Many reading it are disgusted and voice their 'chee chee'!!
 
Hope Vir does not look at this like a critic of food!!!
Though after the revelations don’t think he’s going to be in a face stuffing mood!
 
Confucius says… Vir had once said cracking jokes at others behest was his birthright!
Now the jokes on him.... right.... right???
Adds... Barkha is a powerful gal and Singhavi is powerful too!!!
Though many would agree with me the info has flushed their reputation down the loo!
Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

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Discourage extension
The practice of giving extension to CVO should be strictly discouraged .The bonhomie with PSU is not in public interest.
T K Ghosh
Interaction helps
I have never understood why seniors can not interact directly with section officers and under-secretaries. Such an interaction not only helps to build confidence of juniors but it also helps in checking possible distortions in communication and clarifies intent and content of policy and programmes of government directly to those who write first notable comment on a bunch of papers called a "FILE"...it may also help to empower that level of bureaucracy in some way..
Suresh Kumar
Barkha Dutt needs to talk about content
Barkha Dutt need to talk about the correctness of content and whether she committed any crime. Not about the source of information. Has she been getting brief from the Government for her Tweet?
Babubhai Vaghela, Ahemdabad
Strange and bizarre happenings
Is someone out there to restore some order, decency and discipline in our system of governance? Strange and bizarre things are happening. First we have forsaken all the good norms of parliamentary system of Government. We have Prime ministers who never won a Lok Sabha election. We have ministers who lost the election but were still made the members of cabinet. Now we have ministers criticizing their own colleagues and the policies of their own Government and that too on a foreign soil. Are they not making things difficult for the home minister to deliver on the Internal Security threats by their brazen behaviour. First it was one of his own party functionary who chose to question his approach to fight the biggest menace of Maoists. Now it is his own colleague dubbing the Home Ministry's security approach to the equipment of Chinese Companies as 'paranoid and alarmist' Poor Chidambaram ! They seem to be jealous of his merit and brilliance. To criticise your own Government on Chinese soil, it is quite baffling .Reprimand by the prime minister is not enough. What would have Chinese done if one of their ministers had chosen to criticise the policy of his Government while on a visit to India?
Aarti Khosla
A bright, hardworking and honest officer
As I know Anil Kumar, he is a very bright, hardworking and scrupulously honest officer. He deserves to be at the helm of affairs
Yoginder Kumar