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1976 batch IAS unlikely to be Secretary Urban Development ?

As long as 1974 batch UT cadre IAS officer Ashok Kumar is Vice Chairman of the DDA,1976 batch IAS officer is unlikely to be posted as Secretary Urban Development in the Government of India.

Why did Anil Kumar not go to Urban Development ?

Proposal of Special Secretary Power Anil Kumar had been moved for his posting in the Urban Development Department. There was an apparent plan to make 1976 batch Nagaland cadre IAS officer Anil Kumar to make successor of M Ramachandran .1974 batch UT cadre IAS officer Ashok Kumar being two year senior reportedly refused to work under Anil Kumar .Ashok Kumar is himself empanelled to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India.

Secretary level empanelment in GoI
Five officers other 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.

Verma to take over as CMD SAIL on June 1
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has reportedly cleared the file of the appointment of C S Verma for the post of CMD SAIL.Verma who is presently Director (Finance ) of the BHEL will now take over as CMD of the SAIL on June 1.
( We said this on May 5 )

Somanathan is JS Corporate Affairs

Dr.TV.Somanathan is new Joint Secretary, Corporate Affairs. Dr. TV.Somanathan (IAS, TN, 1987) has been India's only IAS to be a Young Professional (YP) at World Bank, a Phd in Economics and currently MD, Chennai Metro and Secretary to CM, Tamil Nadu.

Ms. Rashmi Kamal poised to go to Jharkhand

As the grapevine has it, Ms. Rashmi Kamal an IAS officer of the 2006 batch who hails from the West Bengal cadre is poised to go to Jharkhand on inter cadre deputation.

DG Forests & Wild Life to be Secretary also

As the grapevine has it, DG Forests & Wild Life will also be Secretary of the new department that is being carved out of the Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF) in Government of India (GOI) for which a cabinet has already been moved.

Who will fix prices of petrol?

 In the wake of Supreme Court’s ruling in petroleum sector about warring industrial magnate Ambani brothers going in favour of “Big Brother” Mukesh Ambani, it is being asked that who will now fix prices of petrol?

Ms. Gopa Ray elevated as ED in LIC

Ms. Gopa Pandey who so far on deputation was CVO in General Insurance Corporation (GOI) has returned to Mumbai located Central Office (CO) of LIC on promotion as Executive Director (ED).

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.

IA & AS officer Rakesh transferred
Rakesh, Deputy Director in the branch office Varanasi of the office of Principal Director of Audit, RPU & Metro Railway, Kolkata, is transferred and posted as Deputy Accountant General (DT) in the branch office Allahabad of the office of Accountant General (C&RA), Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow.

Kasturia to go to London

Counsellor in Indian Embassy ,Beijing Jasminder Kasturia has been moved to the Indian High Commission in London.

Why exodus of talent from Essar & Reliance in oil sector?

Mystery shrouds as far as exodus of senior level & middle level executives from refineries of Reliance & Essar groups were concerned.

IOC acting Chairman to continue till retirement

Grapevine has it that the acting Chairman of IOC B M Bansal due to superannuate in December, will continue on the post till his retirement. This means that there is no chance of a Chairman being appointed in the IOC till the end of 2010.

Retirement age of High Court Judges to be raised ?

Centre is considering a proposal to increase the retirement age of high court judges from present 62 to 65 years. Justice Venkatachaliah Committee had suggested 68 as the retirement age for SC judges and 65 for those in HCs.

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 .
RK Ghosh no. 2 in panel for  IOC’s Director R & D

R K Ghosh is reportedly number two in panel for IOC’s Director ( R & D)
interviews for which were held on May 11, 2010.

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.
Interviews for BHEL ED's post this week
Interviews for the post of Executive Directors in the Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) are expected to be held this week.
Mrs. Vaghela is Acting Passport officer in Bhopal  
Mrs. LK Vaghela has joined as acting passport officer in Bhopal. She has been transferred from Ahmedabad.

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.

Post of GM in FCI proposed to be filled up

The post of General Manager [Nagaland & Manipur Region] in Food Corporation of lndia, Dimapur, under the Department of Food & Public Distribution, is proposed to be filled up. Officers of the rank of Deputy Secretary/Director of the Government of India or equivalent level are eligible for appointment under the Central Staffing Scheme.

IAS reshuffle in J & K

There is major IAS reshuffle in J & K.After completion of foreign training Pramod Kumar Jain is back and posted as Financial Commissioner, Revenue.K B Agarwal will now be Chairman J&K Special Tribunal.Atal Dulloo has been transferred as Commissioner/ Secretary Department of Tourism and Culture.Umang Narula has been made Commissioner/ Secretary to Government, Industries and Commerce Department .Shaleen Kabra presently on leave has been posted as Managing Director, J&K State Power Development Corporation .Tanveer Jehan has been posted as Secretary to Government Higher Education Department.Yedullah will be Secretary to Government Rural Development Department.Sunita Sharma has been posted as Member J&K Special Tribunal, (Jammu bench) .Abdul Hamid Wani will now be Secretary to Government Cooperative Department.Shahid Anayatullah has been made Labour Commissioner. Parvez Ahmed Malik has been transferred and posted as Director, CA&PD, Jammu.Hemant Kumar Sharma will now be Special Secretary to Government, Higher Education Department.Mehraj-ud-din Keno has been posted as Director, Handicrafts.Showkat Ahmed Zargar has been posted as Director Safeguard, ERA.Faqir Chand Bhagat, Additional DDC Reasi has been transferred and posted as Director Local Bodies Jammu.Khurshid Ahmad Bhat been transferred and posted as Special Secretary Planning and Development. Abdul Wahid Tak, Additional DDC Anantnag will now be Director CA&PD Kashmir.Ishtiyaq Ahmad Hamal has been made Joint Development Commissioner Works .Dalip Thusoo awaiting orders of posting has been posted as MD J&K Housing Board.S A Tak, MD JKI has been transferred and posted as MD JK Handicrafts (S&E) Corporation .

Two-year re-employment tenure for Brigadiers

The Ministry of Defence has allowed two-year re-employment tenure for Brigadiers. This will put a check on senior level officers leaving the Army for lucrative jobs elsewhere. At present, officers who retire at the level of Colonel are eligible for re-employment. However, those re-employed will manage staff posts and will not be posted in the field. The orders of the ministry have come into effect.

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.

IPS changes in Madhya Pradesh
Dr R K Garg will now be IG Railways.Ms Aruna Rao has been appointed IG AJK.
IAS postings in Madhya Pradesh
Geeta Mishra has been appointed Additional Secretary School Education.S P S Saluja will be Deputy Secretary Urban Development.
Ms.Aparna U. appointed as Addl. Commissioner-ST, Ghaziabad
Ms. Aparna U. has been appointed as Additional Commissioner, Sales
tax, Ghaziabad NCR, Uttar Pradesh. She is an IAS officer of the
2001 batch who belongs to the U.P. cadre.
P. Chidambaram visits CRPF, Headquarters in Delhi
P. Chidambaram Indian Home Minister visited CRPF, Headquarters in
Delhi and held a three hour-long meeting with DG and other senior
officers. In the meeting further line of action was drawn.
Gurdarshan Singh is IG PAC headquarters in UP
Gurdarshan Singh who so far was IG vigilance establishment has now
been shifted to PAC headquarters in the same capacity. He is an IPS
officer of the 1984batch who belongs to the U.P. cadre.
P.K Tiwari shifted as IG Gorakhpur zone
P.K Tiwari IG PAC has been transferred to Gorakhpur as IG zone. He is
an IPS officer of the 1986 batch who belongs to the U.P. cadre.
Virendra Kumar posted as IG public complaints in UP
Virendra Kumar on his return from central deputation has been posted
as IG public complaints in DG headquarters. He is an IPS officer of
the 1987batch who belongs to the U.P. cadre.
Aditya Mishra posted as IG, In Intelligence in UP
Aditya Mishra has been transferred to headquarters as IG Intelligence.
He is an IPS officer of the 1989 batch who belongs to the U.P. cadre.
Mukhopadhaya is new Ambassador to Afganistan
 Gautam Mukhopadhaya, Presently Joint Secretary at headquarters, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Afghanistan in succession to  Jayant Prasad.
Inter-cadre deputation tenure extended
Inter –cadre  deputation  tenure of  Sukhbir Singh, IAS(UK-88) from Uttarakhand cadre to Punjab cadre  has been extended by 2 months beyond July 2010 i.e. upto September, 2010.
Awasthy is now Labour Commissioner Chhattisgarh
Collector Korea Alok Awasthy has been appointed Labour Commissioner Chhattisgarh.Ritu Sen will be new Collector of Korea.
Six Customs and Central Excise Commissioners transferred
Six Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise have been transferred with immediate effect. While M. Suresh has been transferred as CX to Goa, V.K. Saxena as Haldia CX, Kolkata, S.N. Singh as Joint CDR CESTAT, Delhi, Shashi Minz as CX-I-A, Bangalore, B.K. Juneja as CX-V, Delhi and Bijay Kumar as CX-III-A, Delhi
Himachal C.M. for effective implementation
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal
has said that to accelerate the pace of development in the State,
service and welfare of commonman was the only motto of the State
Government and added that officers particularly in the field should
ensure that policies and programmes of the Government were implemented
in the right perspective in an effective manner so as to deliver the
goods. He was inaugurating a two day long Conference of Deputy
Commissioners and Superintendents of Police here today. The conference
is being attended by the Secretaries, Heads of Departments and other
senior officers of the State Government. Reiterating his Government's
resolve for accelerating the pace of development in the State, Chief
Minister said that roads, health and education were key sectors, which
had been given added priority by the Government. He said that various
schemes launched in these three vital sectors during last two and a
half years had started giving results. Connectivity to every village,
qualitative and better educational facilities in the State and
providing of better health care facilities at doorsteps of the people
should be ensured by implementing agencies in the right directi. The
meeting among others was attended by: Mrs.Asha Swarup Chief Secretary
, Dr. D.S. Minhas, Director General of Police, Avay Shukla and Ms.
Harinder Hira -both Additional Chief Secretaries.

CORPORATE
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.

Reshuffle in Nokia management likely

A reshuffle in Nokia management is likely to take place soon.

Bhartia is new President of CII

Hari S Bhartia has been elected as president of apex business chamber Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for 2010-11. B Muthuraman will be Vice President.

ONGC CMD felicitated

R S Sharma, CMD, ONGC and Chairman, CII Apex Council of Public Sector Enterprises (PSEs) was felicitated by CII in New Delhi on May 11, 2010. Sharma was recognized for his outstanding contribution to the cause of PSEs. Despite his commitments to the largest PSE of India, Sharma has always been keen to address issues related to the Indian industry especially the Public Sector.
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), India’s premier business association, is a mammoth conglomerate of more than 90,000 companies. Working closely with the Govt. of India on various policy issues, expanding business opportunities through specialized services and global linkages, it plays a key role in shaping India’s development process.

Aaj Ki Aawaz
New Brit Government constituents do not match even in name!
Liberal and Conservative are not the same!!
 
Liberals will have to be less liberal and Conservatives less conservative!
Or like the Brits will say ‘both will have to be creative’!!
 
Making News….. Laloo and Pawar were in invited by Labor Party to bond Lib and Lab!
After all both are experts in ‘power grab’!!
 
And both know how to buy power and sell it too!
A real good job in both areas they do!!
 
They buy and sell power and take their wheeling cost!!
And they have a unique system by which ‘during transmission’ no power is lost!
 
PC’s arrogance has got 95% of the Cabinet up against PC!!!!
PC’s got many Pretty Cross or PC!!!
 
No doubt he is efficient and proficient !!!
But in certain ‘departments’ he is deficient!!
 
Mohna is light years more efficient and proficient and honest!!
Though some would question his honesty as he sides with the dishonest!!
 
But because of his humility Mohna is liked!!
And because of his arrogance PC is disliked!!
 
Prabhu Chawla terms PC as honest!!!
Calling a Neta honest is like terming as a veggie the King of the Forest!!!
 
On The Hindu’s revelations Vir Sanghvi is mum and he has a excuse!
‘To chew food my mouth I use’!!
 
‘You do not expect me to talk when I have food in my gob’,
‘Being a Food Critic is my main job’!!
 
Barkha and Vir’s images have taken a beating!!
Walk and Talk are divergent whereas both should be meeting!!
 
I’m sure now when Sonia has to give a interview she’s not going to invite Barkha Dutt!
If someone proposes her name she’ll say ‘dhutt’ ( go away)!!
 
And I am sure in due course when Barkah questions a Neta!!
‘ People ask why in face of such allegations Netaji resignation nahi deta’???
 
Neta will say ‘ what did you do when Hindu alleged your role in the telecom scam??
‘Why did you not resign Ma’am!!
 
Then Ma’am will get the footage expunged!!!
Saying ‘below the belt he lunged’!!
 
Imagine she used to love being called the Christene Amapour of the Indian subcontinent!
Now with being called Editor NDTV she’ll have to be content!!

She hit out at Whispers because she cannot take the originator or Hindu to Court!
So she's blaming Whispers for the report!!
 
Confucius says….. image gone all gone and Barkha’s image has gone down the loo!!
And Vir Sanghvi’s too!
 
Adds…. Now expect rebuttals from them via Counterpoint, We the People and The Buck!
Dirt at The Hindu and Whispers both are planning to chuck!!

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What does socially and educationally backward mean?

Why is it that the Yadavs, the descendants of Lord Krishna, the major God of the Hindu pantheon are taken to be socially and educationally backward and given "OBC" benefits? How can the descendants of Lord Krishna be socially backward? They have ruled India since ancient times, the Mahabharat is the record of the Yadav kings. In ancient India, riches were counted by the number of cows one possessed. By that criterion, Yadavs were the richest caste in ancient India. Why are they thought to be backward? Regarding education, it should be recalled that education was never at a premium in India. Akbar the Great emperor was unlettered, so was Maharaja Ranjitsnghji. Anyway, the educated Hindus never ruled India in ancient times. Kings and princes who were physically and militarily strong did. There are thousands of Yadava kings who have ruled parts of India. For the past thousand years, no Hindus ruled India, the Muslims and British did (so no educated Hindus could have ruled India at all during the past thousand years. It was only with the advent of the British that some Indians took to English education and since the days of the ICS (post 1857 till 1948 - a total of merely 90 years) some Indians who obtained an English education joined the ICS and ruled India. This they did at great cost to themselves since they were thrown out of their castes and became outcastes for having crossed the seas. These Indians belonged to some particular castes. Whole castes that these few Indians belonged to, are again paying a price for their indiscretion-they are now denied entry to 50% of public employment and 50% of educational opportunities. Those castes who did not have too many members who joined the British administration and thus never became outcastes and thus never suffered are reaping benefits again. Why is this perpetrated? The British saw that the Brahmins who took to English education were the real danger to their empire, being freedom fighters. They were against the "seditious Brahmins" and sought to reduce their numbers in Government. This they did by reserving seats in Government for the non-Brahmins in south India. The same British policy is carried on in independent India and the sufferers are those very people who fought and died in the forefront for liberating India from foreign yoke- the poor Brahmins (Chandrasekhar Azad hanged, Jawaharlal Nehru imprisoned/ lathicharged), Jats (Sardar Bhagat Singh hanged), Ashraf Muslims(Ashfaqullah hanged, Maulana Azad jailed/ lathcharged), Baniya-Lala Lajpat Rai (killed by lathi blow). What a great punishment for opposing British rule and sacrificing their all? Why are reservations necessary? Why can not people work hard and compete for education and jobs? If proportion of population is the criterion, let each and every caste in India be enumerated and let there be reservations for all in proportion to their population for jobs and education-why keep out some castes? Do we deny the Muslims jobs and education when they have ruled India for a thousand years? No. Then why deny the same to the so called "upper castes"? Most "upper castes" are poor and do menial jobs as cooks, peons and orderlies. Why should they not have a future in free India? Why should the sons and grandsons of SC IAS officers-reservations to the same families in perpetuity- have benefits over the son and grandson of a Brahmin cook? Why should a prince of the Yadav blood (son of a Chief Engineer in UP) have benefits over the son of a Muslim Ashraf peon? The green revolution has benefitted the Kurmis and Koeris (agriculturist castes), the white revolution has benefitted Yadavs(animal husbandry caste). Those Brahmins who are poor have remained cooks.

Vijay Kumar

Articulate ministers should be careful

Articulate ministers like Jairam Ramesh and Shashi Tharoor should be more careful in their speech. They should take a cue from Thiru P Chidambaram, who is a model Minister.

Arjun Mallik

Kudos to DOPT:

Steno D are steno D for the past 25 years and the reason given for this is that proper records are not available in CSII Section. On the other hand, the number of PPS/Sr.PPS and PSO posts are increasing without any reason. A recent order from DOPT says that Sr.PPS be given two increments. The strange thing is that these persons are afraid to sit beyond 5.30 P.M. alone and they force impotently the steno D or PA to accompany them for late sitting. Will the officers in DOPT do something to make these PPS/Sr.PPS and PSO understand that they are responsible officers and if they cannot perform their duty holding this designation; they can better become Grade D and some other Steno D who has put in 25 years of service can be promoted as PPS/Sr.PPS/PSO. In all the Ministries; persons holding these posts are drawing salary equal to these posts but work wise; they are less than that of a Steno D/UDC. DOPT should sleep still more so that posts of these nature are created more and more.

Saran

It’s interesting

The Centers treatment of Central Ministers from the South is very interesting. While the smart alecks like the Twit , Shashi Tharoor was given short shrift , now another southern smarty Jairam Ramesh’s head is in the block. It is the greasy and corrupt likes of Raja who alone are tolerated for upholding the sacred values of the Congress and the holy legacy of the Gandhi-Nehru-Vadras. Such venal politicians arms can be to twisted right out of the shoulder joint with relative ease, so they enjoy immunity and are the good boys as long as they regularly contribute their haftas to the Congress Party coffers. The media never bashes such people . The media has been correctly described as the keep of the ruling party .The media is a prostitute who also blackmails politicians and does their bidding for a consideration , paid in cash or kind. To divert attention they bash the IAS, a particular favourite among journalists as most of them tried and failed in the IAS exam.

D Choudhury

"Media circus over Kasab's death."

My compliments to Dr Suresh Mehrotra and the browser A K Saxena for exposing the shallowness of our TV News channels which went berserk over Kasab. As a critique ,I would suggest that the Government creates a monitoring mechanism to keep a watch on such media hype. The Press council of India is impervious to such incidents. Perhaps, our TV reportes need to be more mature and professional.TRP ratings can't be raised this way.

Prof Phillip Thomas,Mumbai