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Entire cabinet may quit under "Kamraj Plan"
As the grapevine has it, on the eve of a reshuffle of cabinet under the "Kamraj Plan", Indian Prime Minister Dr. Man Mohan Singh is likely to seek resignations from all of his cabinet colleagues.

BUREAUCRACY

Kaun Banega Foreign Secretary (5) Ranjan Mathai
There are fair chances of Ranjan Mathai's becoming the new Foreign Secretary. 1974 batch IFS officer Mathai is presently Indian Ambassador in France. He has handled several important foreign assignments.
Will Chawla be Vice Chairman of NDMA ?
Latest grapevine has it that former CEC Navin Chawla is being appointed new Vice Chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).
D.V. Singh appointed Secretary Water Resources Department
Dhruv Vijai Singh, a 1976 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre IAS officer has been appointed new Secretary Water Resources Department (WRD) in GOI. Presently he is serving as Special Secretary in Department of Public Grievances. Secretary Water Resources, 1973 batch IAS officer, U N Panjiyar is superannuating on October 31.
( We said this on September 27 )
Who is responsible for shortage of IAS, IPS officers ?
There is, no doubt, a great shortage of IAS and IPS officers these days but who is responsible for it. Sources say that all the governments from the period of Narasimha Rao to Atal Behari Vajpayee reduced the annual intake of officers to 50 percent under the pretext of adopting economic measures and this is what lead to the mess.
Ms Veena Upadhyay is Secretary, Official Languages
Ms Veena Ypadhyay will be new Secretary Official Languages in the Government of India. She is 1976 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.
Posting of 1977 batch IAS unlikely in November
If top sources are to be believed, posting of 1977 batch IAS officers to the rank of Secretary are unlikely to start from November.
A couple of 1975 and 1976 batch IAS still waiting
A couple of 1975 and 1976 batch IAS officers are still waiting in the wings to get posting as Secretary in the Government of India. They include B C Gupta, A K Chanda.
Singh transferred as DGM (HR), International Banking Group, Mumbai
Rana Ashutosh Kumar Singh, Assistant General Manager (Overseas Expansion and Planning), in SBI International Banking Group, Mumbai, has been transferred as Deputy General Manager (Human Resources), International Banking Group, Mumbai.
B . Ramakotaiah empanelled as Jt. Secretary in GOI
B . Ramakotaiah has been empanelled in Government of India (GOI) for posting as Joint Secretary. He is an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer who belongs to the 1981 batch.
Who will be Dy Chairman of Chennai Port Trust ?
Who will succeed Subhash Kumar Deputy Chairman of the Chennai Port Trust in December ? Tie is said to be between Deputy Chairman of Goa Port Trust Parida and Deputy Chairman of Kandla Port Trust Bhaskaracharya.
Goyal to be Member of PNGRB ?
In all probability Member (Finance) GAIL, R K Goyal, will be new Member of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB).
Anant Kumar Singh relieved, to join CISF as DIG
Anant Kumar Singh on central deputation will be joining the CISF as DIG. He has been relieved by the Madhya Pradesh government. He is an
IPS officer of the 1994 batch who belongs to the Madhya Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on September 27, 2010)
Jaideep Prasad relieved, to join CISF as DIG
Jaideep Prasad on central deputation will be joining the CISF as DIG. He has been relieved by the Madhya Pradesh government. He is an IPS
officer of the 1995 batch who belongs to the Madhya Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on September 27, 2010)
Accountant General Ms. Snehalatha transferred
Ms. S Snehalatha, Accountant General (A&E)-II, Maharashtra, Nagpur, has been transferred and posted as Principal Director, Regional Training Institute, Chennai.
Justice Samwatsar is Chairman of FEMA
Retired Judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court Justice Subhash Samwatsar has been appointed Chairman of the FEMA Tribunal.
Surendra Kumar Director DoNER gets 3 months extension
Surendra Kumar who on central deputation is Director in Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) has got three months
extension. He is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1985 batch who belongs to the Tripura cadre.
Activity in Delhi government offices resumes
With successful completion of Common Wealth Games (CWG) 2010 in Delhi
activity in Delhi located government offices has resumed, though on a
low key. Full fledged working will resume from October 18, 2010.
Air Force Vice Chief to retire in December
Indian Air Force (IAF) vice chief air marshal PK Barbora is retiring in December.
Three Air Commanders to retire
Three Air Commanders of the Indian Air Force are superannuating in December.
High Court Judges to assume office this month
All the 11 Judges of different High Courts who have been transferred will assume office by this month end.
IPS changes in Himachal Pradesh
R.M. Sharma has been promoted to the rank of DIG and posted in the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau at Shimla. Sonal Agnihotri will be new SP of Shimla. Punita Bhardwaj will now be SP, Sirmaur. P.D. Prasad will go to Mandi in place of Agnihotri. IG (Law and order), S.R. Mardi, and S.K. Sadyal, IG (Vigilance) have been promoted to the rank of ADG. Anurag Garg has been promoted as IG .There have been porforma promotion of four other IPS officers Satwant Atwal, Ajay Kumar Yadav, Abhishek Trivedi, all from the 1996 batch, and Anand Pratap Singh of the 1997 batch to the post of DIG who are currently on central deputation.
Mishra is Political Advisor to Jharkhand CM
Ayodhya Nath Mishra has been appointed Political Advisor to the Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda.
Ashok Barnwal bereaved
Mrs. Bala Devi (77) mother of MP cadre IAS officer Ashok Barnwal Commissioner & Secretary School Education to Madhya Pradesh government is no more.
IAS changes in Uttarakhand
Dr PS Gusain will be new DM Chamoli. Nainital DM Shailesh Bagoli has been given additional Charge of MD, KMVN. Rudraprayag DM Raman Ravinath has been made Additional Secretary Rural Development, Finance & Chief Convener of Atal Adarsh Gram Yojna. SA Murgeshan has been transferred as DM, Rudraprayag..Neeraj Semwal has been transferred as Additional Secretary PWD, Technical Education and Director Tech Education. Dr Ranjit Kumar Sinha has been given additional charge of Additional Secretary Religious Affairs.
Tata Motors Group global sales up by 19%
The Tata Motors Group global sales, comprising of Tata, Tata Daewoo and Hispano Carrocera range of commercial vehicles, Tata passenger vehicles along with distributed brands in India, and Jaguar and Land Rover, were 86,996 nos. in September 2010, a growth of 19% over September 2009. Cumulative sales for the fiscal (April 2010 - September 2010) are 511,934 higher by 38% compared to the corresponding period in 2009-10.
IPS appointments cleared by PM ?
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is believed to have cleared the file of the appointment of a few CPO Chiefs and Delhi Police Commissioner.

CORPORATE
Goswami on the Board of SAIL
Former Chairman of the BIFR and ex-IAS officer A K Goswami has been re-nominated on the board of the SAIL.
V Murali nominated on the Board of Neyveli Lignite Corporation
V Murali has been inducted into the Board of Directors of the Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd..
CVC indicts two CAG officials
The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has in July 2010 advised imposition of major penalty against two officers of Comptroller & Auditor General of India,
Bhattacharya resigns from Indbank Merchant Banking
Anup Sankar Bhattacharya, nominee of Indian Bank following his appointment as Chairman and Managing Director of Bank of Maharashtra has submitted his resignation as Director of Indbank Merchant Banking Services Ltd.
Nerurkar appointed Director of New Millienium Capital
H. M. Nerurkar, Managing Director of Tata Steel Limited , Mumbai, India, has been appointed Director of New Millennium Capital Corp.
Chacko appointed President AETN18 Media
Network18 and A&E Television Networks (AETN) has appointed Ajay Chacko as President of AETN18 Media Pvt Ltd,
Arsi Cosmetics & Chemicals appoints Director
Arsi Cosmetics & Chemicals has appointed Sushil Kumar Jain as Whole-time director of the company for a period of five years with effect from 1 October 2010.
The Leela appoints GM
The Leela Palaces and Resorts has appointed Charles de Foucault as General Manager, Leela Kempinski Gurgaon, Delhi (NCR).
Verma appointed Associate Director
Bharti Verma has been appointed as Associate Director (Sales) Hotel ibis, Gurgaon.
Venkat is CEO Birla Wellness
Birla Wellness & amp has appointed N Venkat as Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director.
Basu resigns as Chairman, VST Industries
Abhijit Basu, Non-Executive Director and Chairman, VST Industries Ltd has resigned from the company.
Suryarau appointed Chairman, VST Industries
R.V.K.M.Suryarau, the Independent Non-Executive Director has been appointed as the Chairman of VST Industries Ltd.
Rao resigns as ED, Cybertech Systems
C.N. Rao, Executive Director of Cybertech Systems and Software Ltd has submitted his resignation to the company citing personal reasons.
Bajaj Holdings picks up 12.82% stake in NMCE
National Multi Commodity Exchange of India (NMCE), a pioneer in agro- commodities has raised INR 250 million from Bajaj Holdings and Investment Limited (Bajaj Holding). This investment will help NMCE to meet its regulatory capital requirement and trengthen its balance sheet for investment in exchange infrastructure. Equirus Capital acted as the exclusive financial advisor to NMCE for the transaction"NMCE is the pioneer and most institutionalized electronic commodity exchange in India. We are pleased to partner with a reputed business house like Bajaj Group in our next stage of growth. We believe this association would further diversify our investor base and facilitate in strengthening the exchange infrastructure and ecosystem", said Kailash Gupta, Vice Chairman, NMCE . "We are excited to invest into NMCE. They lead in select agri commodities. We like their grass root connect and the commitments to extend reach to all stakeholders - producers, consumers, industry, intermediaries etc. We are hopeful that the impending regulatory changes & the robust growth envisaged in the physical economy would boost the commodity exchange volumes in India", said Sanjiv Bajaj, Director, Bajaj Holdings. "Commodity exchange business in India is in nascent stages of evolution. The regulatory framework is evolving towards diversification of products and
participants which are expected to drive exponential growth. Competition in exchanges are expected to harden with new exchange coming in but focused exchanges like NMCE are expected to outperform", said Pritish Kandoi, Vice President, Equirus capital.
Rao is JMD of APGenco
D. Prabhakar Rao, Director (Finance) has been appointed Joint Managing Director of the APGenco for a period of three years.
Uday Mohan is new Director Pfizer Ltd
R. Uday Mohan, Director (Human Resources), has been appointed Senior Director, HR for South-East Asia by the Pfizer Ltd.
ED of Andhra Cements quits
ED of Andhra Cements Ltd Shrivardhan Goenka, has resigned.He would however, continue as an ordinary director of the company.
Rajesh Padmanabhan to join French Company
Former Pani Computer Systems man Rajesh Padmanabhan is reportedly joining French information technology company Capgemini.

FORUM
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Universalisation over globalisation!
Like sunshine/Like moonshine/God showers/Happiness generously/On mankind/As was seen/When all the miners/Were winched to the surface/The world was overjoyed/Tears of happiness flowing spontaneously/ Far and wide/Chile was happy/Happier the families/Also happiest the world/That was riveted/To operation rescue/Admiring the great people of Chile/The spirit,fortitude, nerves/The miners displayed/The families displayed/The people displayed/The smiles of the surfacing miners/Shared by everyone/This farthest land:India/Sharing the joy/Sharing the happiness/ Sharing the bravery/Of our brothers and sisters/In great Chile/Happy family reunion/Happy days/Happy sunshine/Happy moonshine/My friends! Universalisation of human emotions/Getting better of/Globalisation/There lies the/Strength of human race!

M L Gupta

World Bank post

It will be interesting to note as to who gets this post. The past experience is that it is reserved for officers in PMO, DEA or PS to an important minister( Finance/Dopt.

Mukesh

Pathetic condition of Sena Bhawan

Will somebody care about the pathetic conditions in Sena Bhawan where construction work is going on for last two years. Gen Deepak Kapur inaugurated the incomplete renovated building but not a single murmur was heard. Sena Bhawan is more dirty than anyone can imagine. Give access to the media and see the results.

Nandan