Very informative website for Government officials.
Ravinder Nath
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Who will be new Chairman of NHAI ?
Who will be new Chairman of the NHAI ? Insiders say that present Chairman 1975 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre, Brijeshwar Singh, is going to be selected Chairman for a period of five years. He is scheduled to retire on July 31.Another name of present Chairman of the Railway Board S S Khurana is also being mentioned.
Will Rajiv Takru be Additional Secretary Power ?
DG NIFT Rajiv Takru is likely to move as Additional Secretary Power in the Government of India. He is 1979 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.
Ms. Vijay Laxmi Gupta empanelled as Secretary
Ms. Vijay Laxmi Gupta, an Indian Defence Audit Accounts Service (IDAS) officer of the 1974 batch, has been empanelled as a Secretary in Government of India (GOI).
Vijay Pal to be Director (Finance) of MMTC !
Vijay Pal is being tipped to be new Director (Finance) of the MMTC. The PESB has reportedly put the name of Pal as number one in the panel for the post.
Jain to be CMD of REIL !
In all probability, A K Jain of the REIL will be the new CMD of the Rajasthan Electronics and Instrumentation Ltd..
BPCL CMD not seeking extension

Bharat Petroleum Corp (BPCL) Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) Ashok Sinha whose five year term as CMD expires on August 18, 2010 has given in writing to the Government that he does not to continue beyond his five year tenure. He will be attaining the age of superannuation in February 2012.
Vijay Singh goes to Lusaka
Second Secretary in Kuwait Vijay Singh has been transferred to Lusaka.
Gulab Chand promoted as DDG in Akashwani
Gullab Chand has been promoted to the rank of Deputy Director General (DDG) in Akashwani.
IA & AS officer K Balu transferred
K Balu, Deputy Accountant General, in the office of Principal Accountant General (A&E), Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, is transferred and posted as Deputy Accountant General (Funds-II) in the office of Accountant General (A&E), Tamil Nadu, Chennai.
Over 125 DGMs in fray for GM’s slot in SBI
As the grapevine has it, there are over 125 Deputy General Manager (DGM) in State Bank of India (SBI) who are in fray for 40 odd posts at the General Manager (GM) level.
Interviews for Secretary BEE on May 24, 2010
Interviews for the post of Secretary, Bureau of Energy Efficiency(BEE), will be held on May 24, 2010. Altogether 15 candidates including four IAS officers are in the fray.
Increase in retirement age of HC Judges would eliminate vacancies
Raising the retirement age of High Court Judges from 62 to 65 years would help in elimination of vacancies.
Mohsina Kidwai says “No” for Governorship ?
Senior Congress Leader Ms Mohsina Kidwai is believed to have said “No” for the Governorship .Name of Ms Kidwai had been shortlisted for Rajasthan.
External Affairs Ministry advised to become its own ambassador
A high-powered panel, led by former External Affairs Minister and BJP leader Yashwant Sinha, has advised the External Affairs Ministry to become its own ambassador and project itself before the youth and students in a better way while interacting with universities, academics and intellectuals so as to attract them to the Indian Foreign Service (IFS).
IRPS officer to go to Geneva
CPRO Northern Railways Anant Swaroop is going as as First Secretary World Trade Organisation (WTO) Geneva, Switzerland.
Entire 1977 batch IAS gets CS rank in Andhra Pradesh
All the eight 1977 batch IAS officers have been promoted to the rank of ACS in Andhra Pradesh. They are Mssrs: Jannat Hussain, J Satyanarayana, G Sudhir, P D Thomas, Indrajit Pal, M V P C Sastry, Mohammad Shafiquzzaman and Ms Chaya Ratan.
Anand Kulkarni gets additional charge in Maharashtra
Principal Secretary Tourism Anand Kulkarni has been given additional charge of Principal Secretary Information and Public Relations.He is 1982 batch IAS officer.
Names of Directors of IIM yet to be cleared
The HRD Ministry is yet to clear the names of Director of IIM Rohtak, Ranchi, Trichi and Raipur.
CBI books IPS officer
The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered a case against 1986 batch West Bengal cadre IPS officer Manoj Malviya, Additional Commissioner (Security) in the Bureau of Civil Aviation, New Delhi.
Mishra is Secretary Delhi Vidhan Sahba
P N Mishra has been appointed new Secretary of the Delhi Vidhan Sabha.He replaces L R Garg who has gone as Additional Secretary PWD.
IAS reshuffle in Maharashtra
Altogether 28 IAS officers have been reshuffled in Maharashtra. New postings are :- Mssrs Uttam Khobragade Principal Secretary Tribal Development, J S Sahariya Principal Secretary Relief and Rehabilitation Department, R A Rajeev to Thane Municipal Corporation Commissioner, Sanjeev Jaiswa Nagpur municipal commissioner. Jaiswal , Aseem Gupta additional municipal commissioner of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), CV Oak collector of Mumbai , Nandkumar Jantre Secretary GAD, OP Gupta chief of Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking, I A Kundan joint secretary of Planning Department in Mantralaya, Dr P S Meena principal secretary of the Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry ,Mahesh Patak, secretary of higher and technical education, Sunil Podhwal Principal Secretary ( Textiles), V Gajraj Secretary of Waterworks and EGS, Vijay Satbir Singh MD Maharashtra State Marketing Federation, Dr Ramesh Sagar Project Director, - IRHM with additional charge of Rajeev Gandhi Jeevandiya ojna Mahasangh, Seema Vyas FDA, Sanjiv Jaiswal Commissioner Nagpur Municipal Corporation,
Chakrabarti is CPMG Bengal circle
Sarit K. Chakrabarti has joined as new chief postmaster general, Bengal circle.
Sarvjit Singh is Chief of Punjab Urban Development Authority
Sarvjit Singh has been appointed Chief of the Punjab Urban Development Authority.V P Singh was holding additional charge.
Sinha takes over charge of Director BARC
Ratan Kumar Sinha has taken over as Director of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Trombay, on Wednesday .
Aditi Mehta gets additional charge in Rajasthan
Aditi Mehta, Principal Secretary, Social Justice and Empowerment  and Social Security, Rajasthan, Jaipur, has been given additional charge of Principal Secretary, Minority Affairs.  
Prem Singh gets additional charge in Rajasthan
Prem Singh , Secretary, Social Justice and Empowerment  has been given additional charge of Secretary, Minority Affairs in Rajasthan. .  
B.P. Gaur to hold addl charge of DGIT Pune
B.P. Gaur DGIT Mumbai will hold additional charge of DGIT Pune.
P.P.Shrivastava to hold addl charge of CCIT-I, Mumbai
P.P.Shrivastava CCIT- III Mumbai will hold additional charge of CCIT-I, Mumbai.
Ram Singh to hold addl charge of CCIT-II, Mumbai
Ram Singh CCIT- IV Mumbai will hold additional charge of CCIT-II, Mumbai.
Ms. Sailo to hold addl charge of DGIT Kolkata
Ms. Sailo DGIT Delhi will hold additional charge of DGIT Kolkata.
M.Bhupal Reddy goes to Andhra Pradesh Govt.on deputation
M.Bhupal Reddy Additional Commissioner of Income Tax (CIT) on deputation has been deployed with the Andhra Pradesh government for a period of two years. He is an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of the 1988 batch.
Kumar Hrishikesh to be Director (Tax) NDMC
Kumar Hrishikesh an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of the 1994 batch on deputation will be Director (Tax) NDMC.
IRS officers posted as OSD
Two IRS officers have been after return from deputation have been posted as OSDs. While Paramita Tripathy, Additional CIT, has been posted as OSD to CCIT (CCA) Bhubaneshwar, Nidhi Shrivastava, Additional CIT, has been posted as OSD to CCIT (CCA) Delhi.
Addl DIT (Systems) New Delhi goes to NeGD, IT Dept
Consequent upon his selection for appointment as Director (finance & accounts) in national e-governance division (NeGD), Media Lab Asia, in the Department of Information Technology, the services of Amal garg, Additional DIT (Systems), New Delhi, are placed at the disposal of NeGD, Department of Information Technology.
Five Dy/Asst Commissioners of Customs and Central Excise transferred
As many as five Deputy / Assistant Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise have been transferred with immediate effect. They include Raman Kumar Mehta from Meerut CX to Delhi C.C.F., Mahesh Pal Arya from Ahmedabad DG Audit to Mumbai CX-I, A. K. Sharma from Delhi DG HRD to Chandigarh CX, G. P. Meena from Delhi DPPR to Jaipur CX and Om Prakash Duhan from Jaipur CX to Delhi DPPR
Yogendra Prasad goes
Advisor Energy Uttarakhand Government former CMD of NHPC Yogendra Prasad has been removed .

Gupta is new High Commissioner to South Africa
Virendra Gupta currently Director General in ICCR, has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to South Africa. He is 1977 batch IFS officer.

IAS changes in West Bengal
R D Meena is new Secretary Labour.Laima Chozah has been made Secretary Science and Technology.Harikrishna Dwivedi has been given additional charge of Excise Commissioner.
Air Vice Marshal Gill takes over in Shillong
Air Vice Marshal KS Gill has taken over as the Senior Officer-in-charge Administration (SOA) at HQ Eastern Air Command, Shillong.

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No surpise
IFS has not been the first choice since early 1980s.Therefore to suggest that it is no more the first choice now is wrong.
Mukesh

Survey report on www.darpg.nic.in
The Civil Services survey was conducted by the Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances (DAR&PG) and the survey report is available on www.darpg.nic.in.
Manish Mohan

Services stand compromised
The wisdom that IFS is not the first choice of youngsters today, coupled with WIC survey on why children of civil servants do not prefer civil services as a career, are proof of the status of public services, which stand compromised. See the choice of those supposed to be on the top because of "merit" alone. They see no merit in opting for the IFS ! Instead, they find merit in opting for "IAS". They have seen everything. As an IFS officer, one shall not see anything beyond what is called B or C grade stations, but as an IAS, he will always be in A class stations early in career. Besides, there is more merit in joining the IAS in the present political-economic & social realities in India. There is merit to see merit where it lies and thus the choice of the new generation youth to give first preference to IAS is right. What is there if one has to make compromises in career, the sagacious would say? Who does not do so? Some do it overtly and others do it covertly! And why not deploy your rich endowments and assets if you have them? When I wrote my IAS Etc Exam 1970, the IFS was in category I at top!
M L Gupta
What about OL cadre?
In Official Language Cadre, RRs were supposed to be modified long back but nothing has been done so far. There was a proposal to merge Junior and Senior Hindi Translators. That too, is pending. Assistants Steno grade c, who had so far been getting same grade pay as that of JHT, have managed to get their grade pay enhanced from 4200 to 4600 but Junior Hindi Translators under OL cadre are still lagging behind. Hindi Translators are languishing for promotion even after putting in more than 15 years of service. Wake up Dept. of OL. Further, I am unable to understand why Translator community is keeping quite?
Pks
It is not just
It is a very good site. However my personal views are that CSS and CSSS services are quite pole apart in performing their jobs and nature of work. Pencil cannot replace pen. Pen is always mightier than any thing . No body like to let others enter in their cadre and mitigate the possibilities of promotion of cadre people .
Kumar