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Decision about patch up of Ambani brothers was a well-guarded secret
The sudden announcement at 2 pm on May 23, 2010 of a patch up between Mukesh Ambani (elder brother among Ambani borthers) & Anil Ambani (younger brother among Ambani brothers) had caught everybody by surprise. The Government was unaware of it, so was IB. Even closest aides of both brothers did not get a wind about it. Ultimately a decision taken by three individuals i.e. Ambani brothers & their mother Mrs. Kokila Ben, had stayed within four walls of the “Sea wind” – the Cuffe Parade (Mumbai) located house of Ambanis ,till the Sunday announcement came.
File of CS extension moved
File pertaining to the extension in service of Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar has been moved.Orders are expected to be issued in a day or two.
Uncertainty over Vivek Sahai’s becoming new Chairman Railway Board
As the grapevine has it the proposal pertaining to elevation of Vivek Sahai Member Traffic Railway Board as new Chairman Railway Board has been lying in the Railway Ministry. Clouds of uncertainty have engulfed his anointment as new Chairman Railway Board (CRB).
Rakesh Chopra’s orders as Railway Board chief soon
As the grapevine has it the proposal pertaining to appointment of Rakesh Chopra
Member Engineering, Railway Board as caretaker charge of Chairman Railway Board (CRB) will be cleared soon. Chopra will look after the CRB’s charge until a full time CRB was appointed.
Naveen Chawla not going to UK
Latest information says that Chief Election Commissioner Naveen Chawla who is completing his term in a couple of months is not going to UK as Indian High Commissioner.
Pranab Mukherjee’s decision to disturb many
In the wake of Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee having decided that from June 2010 onward only such incumbents will be deployed for sensitive and senior positions who have at least two years of service to go, many officers in CBDT & CBEC will not be able to become Members. Mukherjee’s decision is much ahead of what Peeyush Mankad former IAS had recommended regarding Members in CBDT & CBEC.
Arvind Kumar to be JS I & B
After being empanelled to the rank of Joint Secretary Arvind Kumar is set to become Joint Secretary Information and Broadcasting. He is 1988 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
Anurag Bhushan is new Passport Officer, Delhi
Anurag Bhushan, IFS 1995, has been moved from CPV Division in MEA to the post of Regional Passport Officer in Delhi.
Mahalingam moves to MEA
Regional Passport Officer Delhi Region Mahalingam, IFS 1992, has been shifted to the CPV Division, MEA.
T. Jacob relieved to join GOI as Joint Secretary Foods
T. Jacob who is set to join the GOI as Joint Secretary in the Department of Food soon and was Principal Secretary (PS) Commercial Taxes & Registration with the Tamil Nadu government has been relieved. He is an IAS officer of the 1984 batch who belongs to the Tamil Nadu cadre.
(We said this mid April 2010)
Gautam to get CS rank in West Bengal
Dr G D Gautam is being promoted to the rank of Chief Secretary in West Bengal. He is 1977 batch IAS officer. DPC is going to held on June 1.
Seshadri is new Ambassador to Myanmar
Dr Villur Sundararajan Seshadri, presently Ambassador of India, Ljubljana, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Myanmar in succession to Aloke Sen
Modi’s base is strongest
It was discussed at a high profile gathering and the conclusion was that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is having the strongest base in the country.
CVC recommends action against five Bank of India officials
CVC has recommended that major penalty be imposed on five Bank of India officials.
Dream of SECL Chairman shatters
Chairman and Managing Director of South Eastern Coalfields Ltd (SECL) M P Dixit who was a contender for the Chairman's post of Coal India Ltd (CIL)  may have to relinquish his dream plans after getting caught by CBI in an alleged graft case.
IA & AS officer JR Rinwa transferred
JR Rinwa, Senior Deputy Accountant General, in the office of Principal Accountant General (Audit), J&K, Srinagar, is transferred and posted as Senior Deputy Accountant General  (Admn) in the office of Principal Accountant General (Civil Audit), Rajasthan, Jaipur, against an existing vacancy.
Kasturia goes to London
Jasminder Kasturia Counsellor in Beijing has been moved to Indian High Commission London.
Who will be Additional CEO Punjab ?
Who will be new Additional CEO in Punjab ? A panel of three names consisting of Ashok Gupta , R K Ganta and Surinderjet Sandhu  has reportedly been sent by the Punjab Government.
BSNL broadband users facing a lot of difficulty
Those subscribers of the BSNL who have got broadband connection on their mobile numbers are facing a lot of difficulty in E connectivity. It’s a total failure when such subscribers go to Delhi or Mumbai.
Workshop on Theatre for dependant children of central govt employees
Workshop on Theatre for dependant children (8 to 16 years) of central government employees is being organized from June 15 to June 30 at Lok Kala Manch, Lodhi Road, New Delhi.
IAS reshuffle in Orissa
Aparajita Sarangi. has been appointed as Special Secretary of the Department of School & Mass Education (DSME). Information & Public Relations Department has been transferred to Surendranath Tripathy. Ajay Rastogi has been appointed as Secretary Pension and Public Grievance. S K Vashishth has been given charge of the Ware Housing corporation. Vijay Arora has been posted as Special Secretary of Administrative Reforms. Panchanan Das, Special Secretary Industry has been shifted to Planning & Coordination. P K Patnaik has been posted as Consolidation Commissioner.
Jha nominated as Coordinator of Heritage Commitee
P N Jha, SAG/IRSME has been nominated as convener of the Heritage and Culture Committee headed by Ms Saoli Mitra, Ministry of Railways .
Moti Lal Daima to be PCCF, Rajasthan
Moti Lal Daima PCCF Working Plan & Forest Settlement Jaipur with the Rajasthan Government will be new PCCF to the state Government. He will be assuming his charge on May 31,2010. He is Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1973 batch who belongs to the Rajasthan cadre.
Joshi and Kothari  appointed Additional Judge of Rajasthan HC
Kailash Chandra Joshi and Sajjan Singh Kothari have been appointed Additional Judges of the Rajasthan High Court.
Three new Judges of Karnataka High Court
Boregowda Sreenivase Gowda, Keralapura Nanjundaiah Keshavanarayana and  Sunkenahalli Narasimhaiah Satyanarayana  have been appointed.
SAIL’s profit after tax up by 40 per cent
Recently anointed a Maharatna company by the Government of India, Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) took on record its audited financial performance for January-March (Q4) of FY ’10 in Delhi on May 28, 2010, showing profit after tax (PAT) of Rs. 2,085 crore, with a year-on-year improvement of 40%. The company achieved net sales turnover of Rs. 11,955 crore during the quarter, as against Rs. 11,790 crore in the corresponding period last year (CPLY). SAIL’s Q4 profit before tax (PBT) at Rs. 3,067 crore reflected 34% y-o-y growth. The company’s improved profitability in Q4 was mainly due to market-oriented product-mix, 37% increase in production of value-added steels and several cost efficiency measures. Improved sales realisation during the quarter and reduction in cost of some inputs like imported coking coal and ferro-alloys also boosted the bottomline. Progressive improvement in profitability in every successive quarter of FY ’10 helped SAIL to achieve PBT of Rs. 10,132 crore during the year, higher by 8% – its second highest profit since inception. PAT for the whole financial year has been higher by 9.5% at Rs. 6,754 crore. In spite of sales growth of 7% during FY ’10 in volume terms at 12.11 million tonnes, of which one-third constituted value-added items, net turnover at Rs. 40,551 crore was lower by about 6% as compared to the previous year, primarily on account of lower net sales realisations, especially in the first half. The SAIL Board has recommended final dividend payment to company shareholders at 17% of paid-up equity, with total dividend payout (including interim dividend of 16%) for the year 2009-10 at 33% amounting to Rs. 1,363 crore. SAIL Chairman S.K. Roongta commented that conferring of ‘Maharatna’ status by the Government and on the global front, too, SAIL getting a prominent position – having been ranked at No. 2 in the ‘World-Class Steel Makers’ Ranking’ by World Steel Dynamics, USA – demonstrate the basic strengths of SAIL and have been possible due to the SAIL collective always converting challenges into opportunities.
Dr. Pritam B. Yeshwant to head NRHM in rajasthan
Dr. Pritam B.Yeshwant has been appointed as Mission Director of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) for Rajasthan Government and Deputy Secretary . He will hold additional charge as Commissioner Land Records. He is an IAS officer of the 2003 batch who belongs to the Rajasthan cadre.

CORPORATE
Aditya may take over reins of ArcelorMittal
Aditya Mittal, son of NRI billionaire Laxmi Nivas Mittal, may take over the reins of ArcelorMittal.  ArcelorMittal is the world’s largest steel company spread over 60 countries. Laxmi Nivas Mittal who completes 60 year of age on June 15 this year has himself given hint in the above connection recently.
Change of Board of Director IOB
Indian Overseas Bank has gone for a change in the Board of Directors.
Dr Rajagopalan is now Director in place of Sudhir Bhargava
Sudhir Bhargava, IAS, has ceased to be the Director of Madras Fertilizers Limited and Dr. V. Rajagopalan, IAS, has been appointed in his place on May 3, 2010.
Grover and Bhatt resigns from GM Ltd
Kuldeep K. Grover and  Mitesh A. Bhatt of  Gujarat Meditech Ltd  have resigned  from the directorship of the Company w.e.f. May 03, 2010.'
Kaushik appointed Additional Director
Gujarat Themis Biosyn Ltd  has appointed  Subhash C Kaushik as Additional Director of the Company.
Bansal re-appointed MD of Birla Ericsson Optical Ltd
Birla Ericsson Optical Limited has re-appointed  D.R. Bansal as Managing Director of the Company for a further period of  three years with effect from August 8, 2010.
Great Eastern Shipping appointments
The Great Eastern Shipping Company Limited has re-appointed  K.M. Sheth, Executive Chairman,  Bharat K. Sheth, Deputy Chairman & Managing Director and  Ravi K. Sheth, Executive Director for a period of 5 years w.e.f. April 01, 2010.
Cabinet Secretary gets one year extension (UPDATED)
Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar has been given one year extension beginning June 14.He is 1970 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.
     ( We said this on May 24 )

Epitome of Virtue'
This refers to 'Epitome of Virtue' in the Forum on 26th May. There have been similar eulogies in the past written by some other officers, mostly about their seniors. Such comments smack of chamchagiri. If we want to save the backbone of bureaucracy, we need to seriously think of two major steps: First, no extension; Second, no post-retirement employment. Supreme Court, in order to ensure the independence of some important senior functionaries, decided in favour of a fixed tenure of 2 years for these positions. It is everyone's knowledge whether the incumbents have been able to sustain the undue political pressure. Apart from individual's own personality, one very important reason is the lolly-pop of extensions and post-retirement benefits dangling before them.
We all know that extension is not given for good work alone. Please stop such tall claims. We also know of many good, hard-working and honest officers who have now quit the Government. As a rule, those quitting the Government are generally the ones who are the better of the lot. If the Government is so keen to retain 'good' officers, why could it not do anything to retain them rather than extending the tenures or re-employing them?
Murali Mohan

Unhealthy officers must be compulsorily retired
There are many senior officers in the IAS, IPS, IFS and IRS above the age of 55 who are known to be unhealthy. Pot bellied DGPs suffering from heart problems can not lead the forces nor can officers who can barely see or walk lead state governments as Secretaries. These officers must be compulsorily retired. The senior officers above 55 of these top services should be screened for health and in cases where working efficiency is suspect, they should not be retained in service. The extant rules for compulsory retirement for officers over 55 can be invoked with good results for the administration.
Arjun Mallik

Babasaheb Ambedkar himself wanted reservations for 10 years
The fact is that Babasaheb Ambedkar himself wanted reservations only for 10 years. When the Sikhs went to Sardar Patel for reservations in civil posts on the basis of population, Sardar Patel said they could get it only thing was they would have to agree to the same in armed forces and police, upon which the Sikhs promptly retreated (since they have numbers far exceeding their proportion of population in the armed forces and police). The fact is, this kind of a thing, which the British deliberately started to divide the country, when given, is such a huge undeserved benefit that people getting it will start manufacturing reasons to perpetuate it- "oppression for centuries", "open reservation for general category", "only a small fraction i.e. 22.5% seats are reserved", "socially and educationally backward", "Brahminical oppression", "Aryan policies", "constitutional provisions", "right of the underprivileged", "marriage on caste basis, why not jobs" and all that. The facts are that over centuries, education was not at a premium (Akbar the Great was unlettered so was Maharaja Ranjit Singh, but they were trained in warfare), There was no education till modern education which came with the British. Pre British India was ruled by Muslim rulers for a thousand years and Sanskrit has been a dead language for over a thousand years. Even if the Brahmins did not let anyone learn Sanskrit at some time in history thousands of years ago out of ignorance, superstition or devilry, Sanskrit itself lost relevance a thousand years ago. The courts of Muslim India, the administration, the army all were more open to the Turk, the Persian, the central Asian, the Muslim than to any Hindu. Jiziya was imposed on all Hindus, including Brahmins and Dalits. How have the Brahmins oppressed others for the past thousand years when the rulers were not Brahmins and not even Hindu? Even if that is so, and Brahmins oppressed others, should that be held against Brahmins today? Posts in administration were reserved not for so called "upper castes" but Muslims for a thousand years since the Muslims ruled India prior to the British and for the British for 200 years since they ruled India for two hundred years before independence. For a thousand years, how have there been "reservations for the general category" Hindus called "upper castes". It is only that with the advent of modern English education, some communities took to English education (and were treated as outcastes from their communities). For this, they are sought to be kept out today by artificially creating categories like "OBC" which never existed in India. Castes existed in pre independence India, not categories. Even here, "OBCs" are caste Hindus, "Sawarn"- the Bhumihars, Yadavs, Kayasths, Kurmis are all Shudras and all Sawarn. Only the Dalits were "Sawarn" and outcaste (till untouchability was outlawed in independent India, due not only to Ambedkar but also due to Nehru, Patel, Prasad, Maulana Azad who were all so called "upper caste" and reformers). The myth the so called "OBCs" are trying to create is that they are on a par with the Dalits. This is all a historical and only in order to garner the same benefits as the Dalits viz. reservations! Equality, liberty and fraternity are modern values given to ourselves by all of us in 1950, including by the Brahmins, after two centuries of social reform. Indian society has been reformed over 200 years and since 1950, all are equal (prior to independence, the Europeans ruled over all of us, who were equally second class and oppressed by the foreign power). Why should reservations continue today, then? Each day new categories are formed, new claimants to backwardness come up with new reasons. Would we stop Muslims from competing for jobs and education since for a thousand years their ancestors ruled India and there were historical atrocities on the Hindu majority by the Muslims- rape, loot, persecution, razing temples, forcible conversions, Jiziya? Certainly not. They are equally citizens of this country. So are the upper castes. Why should they be kept out of jobs and education by citing historical facts/ fiction and creating artificial majorities ("Bahujan", "OBC", "Dalit, Minority", OBC", "Muslim, Yadav", "Backward, SC,ST, Muslim"). Have the so called "OBCs" sacrificed more in the freedom struggle than the so called "upper castes"? as an example, Ambedkar (though not "OBC", he was a Dalit) was never jailed by the British; Nehru, Patel, Gandhi, Maulana Azad spent their lives in jail. Lala Lajpat Rai, Bhagat Singh, Ashfaqullah, Chandrashekhar Azad sacrificed their lives during the freedom struggle (all so called upper caste). In case population is sought to be made the criterion for jobs, again, we should go on "caste" and not "category". Historically, there were no "categories" in India, only "caste". Any census, should also be on the basis of "caste" and not artificially created "category". Why should 7% Yadavs hog 54% jobs on behalf of OBCs. Why should Meenas hog all ST seats in India though having 0.001% of India's population and Dusadhs hog all 14% of seats in the name of SCs though having 0.5% of India's population. And why should Brahmins have 0% when they are 5% of India's population. Let all castes and sub-castes be enumerated and jobs be divided in proportion to populatin caste wise, not category wise. Let all castes have jobs and education in proportion to their population after a caste census, not artificial "category" as suggested by the three Yadav musketeers.
Vijay Kumar

Casteism persists
An extraordinarily brilliant young man who got 96% in CBSC and bagged an international scholarship and completed his engineering degree with first class hons. from one of the top American university and then did his MBA from Harvard business school and joined a very lucrative job in one of the America’s top company had an affair with an Indian girl a software engineer in an Indian company and posted in USA. The girl's parents were very happy to see the boy introduced by their daughter. The boy was not only highly qualified and highly placed, he was also very fair, handsome and smart. Later when she told about marriage the parents strongly objected as they were told that the boy was scheduled caste. The parents of the girl were both class one officers, both M.A, from Delhi University. This is the level of casteism practiced in this country. Let no body talk against job reservation on caste basis. In there should be a caste based census and all the jobs be reserved among all the castes according to their population percentages.
J Sarkar

Don't underestimate MMS !
Since the PM's press conference, a lot of "analysis" is being done with some people reading one thing in the utterances and the others reading something totally different. People have erred earlier in underestimating the political power of Dr Man Mohan Singh, the Prime Minister Of India. He is a thinker, planner, executioner and achiever. His methods of politics are "unconventional". He is a man of unlimited patience--remember his famous statement "I do not lose my sleep because of the sensex"! His patience with abnormal(rather historic) price rise, spectrum business, management of food supplies, IPL or aviation industry(he allowed the buck to stop at his table!), are all but beautiful evidences of his great political acumen. So those who underestimated him in UPA-I must know how smoothly he has steered the coalition. It might not be to the liking of some, but a politician can not survives if he bothered for only those "some" rather than the sum of all kinds of somes. On this scale, he proved to be a smoother sailor than PVNR or ABV. Similarly, his press conference should not be lightly dismissed. He has let the civil society (they are the only vocal elements, ready with their analysis on most matters concerning the aam aadmi, who listens carefully to his leaders only once in five years!) have a brief peep into The Politician Manmohan Singh, given a carefully selective exposure of his personality, determination, resolve and political agenda to the media and above all to all varieties of politicians in and outside the Congress. Make no mistakes. Don't get sucked by his mild demeanor. In a nutshell, it means that there is no vacancy at 7 RCR and hence politicians should not fall for attractive offers from the To-Let Services !!!
M L Gupta

What is so great about our Constitution?
The Constitution of India was a rehash of the Government of India Act of 1935.It did not need a genius to do what was essentially, a scissor and paste job. It is the longest written Constitution in the world and also the most boring Constitution in the world. In spirit, it established the primacy of former British India over the Princely States. For personal reasons Nehru hated the Princely States and worked towards their extinction. He knew ,as a wily politician that the Princes were loved by the public whereas the Congress Ministers were hated by the public. Yes, there were Congress Ministers even in British India under the GOI Act of 1935. Since 1947 the Congress has carried out a relentless defamation campaign against the Princes in order to displace them politically. Princely India preserved Indian culture whether it be classical music ,painting or architecture. They also prohibited the wanton destruction of wild life and forests. The maximum destruction of culture and wild life was in British India and the present Republic is only an amplification of British India. We should ask ourselves if the extinction of these kingdoms was a good idea at all? And why not revive them again? The tribal insurgency in Central India was unheard of when the Maharajahs ruled. Manipur under its Maharajah was peaceful for 200 years. So what is so great about our silly Constitution?
D Choudhury

Nobody is belittling Babasahib
Dear friends, nobody is belittling Babasahib. He indeed was a genius. But he didn't belong to backward classes only. He belonged to entire India. {You don't have to act as advocate for him.} That's why he was conferred upon prestigious Bharat Ratan. But on this count you can't throw other great sons of the motherland into dustbin. You must acknowledge their contribution too... I know, some pro reservation people in offices are hell bent upon creating sectarian attitude in offices. Their ill will and hate for other classes (upper classes)is clearly manifested here. For god's sake, don't spread hatred in offices. I doubt how you will survive with so much hatred and anger in your mind. May God bless you and I am sure, one day better sense will prevail. Thanks.
PKS