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Where Laloo and Paswan live in a fool's paradise!!
Congress is looking in its fortunes in Bihar a 'pragmatic rise'!!

In Bihar Congress wants to play the main Opposition's role!!!!!
In this poll this is Congress's goal!!!!

Sonia and Rahul know that in Bihar Congress's stock is going to rise!!
And Congress's best scenario is it gets the 'second prize'!!

In Gujarat BJP's going strong!!
And Congress has got all its calculations wrong!!

Election after election BJP under Modi keeps going strong!
Now Congress has been in the doldrums in Gujarat for pretty long!!

In Gujarat Congress lacks both Neta and Neeti!!!
BJP has both and so election after election in Gujarat BJP jeeti!!

'Performers' in Gujarat and Bihar Sonia and Rahul trash!!!
Whenever they get a chance both Nitish and Modi Ma and Beta verbally trash!

They trash Modi to please the Muslim Vote Bank!!!
To ween Muslims away from Nitish they trash him and use every prank!!

First Mohna did not invite him and then Sonia did the same!!
Now Cabinet Secretary has done the same Kalmadi's shame!!!!

Kalmadi has not got invites to 'CWG congratulatory bashes' by all three!!!
All three bashes were Kalmadi - free!!

Kalmadi will give some face saving excuse for not getting from CS an
invitation!
'I got a verbal invite but could not attend as I was out of station'!!

Now it's being said Manpreet Badal fell into a Congress trap!!!
Though Congress will say this is sheer crap!!

Now it is being felt that Manpreet Badal jumped the gun!!!
Him and his supporters now Sukhbir karr raha hai 'gun'!!!

This is true that Punjab's debt is worrying and subsidies need a re-look!
It is time that 'focussing of subsidies' steps Punjab took!!!

Punjab needs to emulate what Haryana has done in the area of power!!
Subsidies it's been able to both focus and lower!!

Most of all its been able to curb power theft!!!
In Punjab handling of power which is a huge bleeder has to be very deft!!

The Reshuffle carrot will be kept dangling till the Winter Session's over!!
Post the Winter Session the carrot Mohna will lower!!

Confucius says.....And post the Reshuffle another 'reshuffle carrot'
will be dangled!!!!
Hope for those who lost out and hope for new claimants ..... 'berth can
be wangled'!

Adds.... this keeps all in line...... hope of a Cabinet berth next
time around!!!
Ambition keeps them bound!!

Bharat Kumar
Why did Pranab Babu say about his retirement ?
Why did Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee say about his plans to retire? Infact, timing of this announcement is significant.
Many heads to roll
As the grapevine has it, many heads are going to roll in after math of
the Common Wealth Games (CWG) preparations. Departure of Sports and
Youth Welfare Minister M.S. Gill and Lt. Governor Delhi Tejendra
Khanna from their positions is being considered a certainty.

BUREAUCRACY
Will Ms. Nirupama Rao get an extension?
Will Ms. Nirupama Rao, Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), get an extension till July ? This question is doing rounds in corridors of power. She is an Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer of the 1973 batch. So far there is no official word.
Kumar to be Secretary AYUSH
Anil Kumar is being tipped to be new Secretary AYUSH.1976 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre Anil Kumar is presently posted in the Planning Commission.
( We said this on October 20 )
Utpal Moral to be Director (Technical) NEEPCO
Utpal Moral is being tipped to be new Director (Technical) of the NEEPCO.
Sinha to be Additional Secretary HRD
N K Sinha is being appointed Additional Secretary Higher Education in the Department of HRD in the Government of India. He is 1979 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.
( We said this on August 27 )
Usmani to proceed on six months leave !
Grapevine has it that Jawed Usmani is not returning after completion of his foreign assignment this month end. 1978 batch IAS officer of UP cadre, Usmani, is reportedly proceeding on six months leave.
Who will be new DGCA ? IAS or Technical person
In case Nasim Zaidi moves as Secretary Civil Aviation who will succeed him? It is widely believed that IAS may not get the post and it may go to a technical person.
P.Chidambaram may face the hea
P.Chidambaram Indian Home Minister is likely to face hard times because certain leaders in party said that P.C. had done faltered
while tackling three issues. They are: (i) Telangana (ii) Handling of Naxalite and (iii) Kashmir imbroglio.
DPC of 1980 batch IFS takes place
DPC of 1980 batch Indian Foreign Service Officers to the rank of Additional Secretary has taken place last week.
Appointment of CBDT Members this week ?
Appointment of three new CBDT Members are expected to be made in a day or two. They are Mssrs Mukesh Joshi,Hardeep Srivastava and Manjari Kackar.
K. Srinivasan joins as I.G. (Training) , BSF
K. Srinivasan has joined the post of I.G. (Training) in Border
Security Force. Raman Srivastava, DG, BSF and Arvind Ranjan, Addl. DG, BSF are seen fixing the badge of promotion on shoulders of
Srinivasan.He is an BSF cadre officer. He was fully involved in operation during peak of insurgency in J&K. While serving in
(G)-Intelligence branch of BSF, he had work as backbone of this Intelligence Unit.
Transfer of IT Commissioners this week
Transfer list of Income Tax Commissioners is expected this week.
Prabhat Kumar replaces Venu in MEA
Prabhat Kumar (IFS 1991) has been shifted in MEA as Joint Secretary (Energy Security) in place of R Venu (IFS 1986) who has gone on deputation to Deptt of Economic Affairs.
Hunt is on for new Secretary MoEF
A hunt is on for new Secretary in the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF). Indian Minister of State for MoEF Jairam Ramesh has called for CVs of almost all IAS officers belonging to batches of 1975 and 1976.
Bose in the Board of Governors of Doon School
Secretary Disinvestment in the Government of India Sumit Bose has been inducted into the Board of Governors of the Doon School.Bose is 1976 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
Jaideep Prasad joins CISF as DIG
Jaideep Prasad on central deputation has joined the CISF as DIG on October 22, 2010. He is an IPS officer of the 1995 batch who belongs to the Madhya Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on September 27, 2010)
IDAS officer to join Municipal Corporation Delhi
IDAS officer of 1989 batch Mayank Sharma is going to join MCD as Financial Advisor (JS Equivalent).
Deputation tenure of Mizoram DGP extended
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has extended the deputation tenure of Lalrokhuma Pachuau, IPS as DGP, Mizoram for a further period of 2 years, i.e till 7th Oct., 2012. Lalrokhuma Pachuau is a 1977 batch IPS Officer of the Karnataka Cadre and a recipient of the President's Medal for distinguished service.
K. Babu Rao is DIG Complaints in MP
K. Babu Rao who was earlier CVO in South Eastern Coalfields Ltd (SECL) Bilaspur on his return has been posted as DIG Complaints by MP Police
in Bhopal. He is an IPS officer of the 1991 batch who belongs to the MP cadre.
R.K. Chaturvedi to continue as GM UP in FCI

R.K. Chaturvedi who was holding charge as General Manager (GM) of Uttar Pradesh in FCI has got substantive charge as GM, UP in FCI. He
is a cadre officer of the FCI.
Anant Kumar Singh joins CISF as DIG
Anant Kumar Singh on central deputation has joined the CISF as DIG on October 21, 2010. He is an IPS officer of the 1994 batch who belongs
to the Madhya Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on September 27, 2010)
Nair of SBI Capital Markets transferred
Mrs. Padmaja Nair Senior Vice President SBI Capital Markets Limited Chennai has been posted as General Manager (Financial Institutions) Corporate Banking Group Mumbai.
IA&AS officer Ms. Keerti Tewari transferred
Ms. Keerti Tewari, Accountant General (A&E), Karnataka, Bangalore, has been transferred and posted as Accountant General (Local Bodies Audit & Accounts), Karnataka, Bangalore against a newly created post.
Gupta empanelled as Jt. Secretary in GOI
Dinesh Kumar Gupta 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.
Secretary Sports will not be Member-Secretary of Shungloo Committee
Shungloo Committee will not have Secretary Sports as Member-Secretary.Member Secretary will be from the Cabinet Secretariat.
Bhargawa to be NHPC CMD
D.P. Bhargawa, Director Technical, NHPC is number one in panel for the post the post of Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) of the NHPC interviews for which were held on October 22, 2010.
Anand Vardhan,Ganesh Bharat, bereaved
Shyam Sunder Barnwal father of Anand Vardhan IAS and Ganesh Bharat, IAS had died on October 22, 2010 due to a prolonged. He was cremates
in Hardwar. Other rituals like tarpan will be held his native place at Banka, Bihar.
NBCC pays dividend to government
NBCC, the construction major of the Govt. of India under the Ministry of Urban Development, paid Dividend of Rs.23.30 Crore, for the year 2009-10, to the Govt. of India in New Delhi. The Dividend cheque was presented to S. Jaipal Reddy, union Minister of Urban Development by V.P. Das, CMD of NBCC. Those present on the occasion were Navin Kumar, Secretary (UD); R.C. Mishra, Additional Secretary (UD) and other senior officers of the Ministry and NBCC. This is the 4th consecutive year that NBCC has paid dividend to the Government.

Vigilance Awareness Period at SAIL commences
Underlining the role of PSUs as the custodians of public money and the need to maintain fairness, equity and transparency at all levels, SAIL Chairman C.S. Verma inaugurated the Vigilance Awareness Period 2010, to be observed from Oct 25 to Nov 1, 2010 and administered the pledge 'to bring about integrity and transparency, and eradication of corruption in all spheres of life' to employees of SAIL Corporate Office at Ispat Bhavan New Delhi.
IAS appoints Snehal N Muzoomdar as its new President
The Indo-American Society (IAS), one of the premier institutions in the country, promoting Indo-US Educational, Cultural and Economic Cooperation has announced the appointment of its new President, Snehal N Muzoomdar for the year 2010-2011. He will be responsible for developing the Indo-US educational relationship and expansion of Indo-US bilateral trade and economic and industrial relations. He will be involved in planning and organising several U.S. Business delegations, trade missions and joint venture visits to India.
Air India introduces spl discount for Armed Forces personnel
Air India has introduced Special Discount for Armed Forces Personnel on the Normal, Economy, All Easy Class fares with effect from Oct 21, 2010, While it has offered 50 % discount for active Military personnel and their family members and active Personnel of General Reserve Engineering Force and their Family Members, for War Disabled Persons, recipients of Bravery Award Level-I & II and War Widows it is 75%.
CIT - 16, Mumbai transferred
Consequent upon his selection for appointment as Deputy Director General (DDG) in the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) , on deputation basis, the services of AK Jaiswal, CIT - 16, Mumbai, have been placed at the disposal of NCB, Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi.

RTI
Missing Service Book
The appellant wanted copy of his service book and personal file to substantiate his claim that he has not been compensated adequately after his retirement. The respondent stated that once a person retires, the service book and personal file are supposed to be with Asst. / Dy. Chief Accountant (Pension Department) who have claimed that the same are not available. The Commission held that the appellant has been unnecessary harassed since nobody seems to know
where his service book and personal files are being held. The appellant is retired and is being harassed and made to file unnecessary appeals to try and establish his claim for his retirement benefits. Therefore, the Commission ordered that under Section 19(8)(b), a compensation of Rs. 2000/- shall be paid to the appellant
and directed the Dy. Chief Accountant (Pension Department) to send the copy of the service book and personal file of the appellant to him
before 10 November 2010.
Comments
The poor state of affairs of the records maintenance by the public authority affects not only the public at large, but also the government servants. With a spate of orders granting compensations, it is high time that the government accords due importance to record keeping.
[Mr. Jai Pal v. Municipal Corporation of Delhi in Appeal No. CIC/SG/A/2010/002474] - Dr. (Mrs.) Anuradha Verma (dranuradhaverma@yahoo.co.in), RTI
Consultant to IIM Indore and Co-author of the book: RIGHT TO INFORMATION - LAW AND PRACTICE by Taxmann. (The views are Personal)

CORPORATE
M. Damodaran joins Board of Sobha Developers
Former SEBI Chief M. Damodaran has joined the Board of Directors of Sobha, one of the leading Indian developers. Headed by PNC. Menon, a Forbes list billionaire, Sobha has built all the campuses of Infosys Technologies including new campus inaugurated by Sonia Gandhi in Mysore. Sobha does extensive social work in Kerala.
Will CGH Group get extension of lease in Lakshwadeep ?
Will CGH Group whose Chairman is Jose Dominic will get extension of his lease of Bangaram Resort at Lakshwadeep again ? The place became famous when late Rajiv Gandhi used to visit there.
Biswal is Director (Finance) MCL
Kulumani Biswal has taken over as the Director (Finance) of the Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL). Earlier he was associated with the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC).
JRG Sec. Appoints CEO

JRG Securities has appointed Anand Tandon as Chief Executive Officer of the company.

Guironnet is GM The Oberoi Rajvilas

Vincent Guironnet has been appointed as General Manager of The Oberoi Rajvilas, Jaipur .

Accenture appoints CEO
Accenture has appointed Pierre Nanterme as the Chief Executive Officer while replacing William D Green effective from January 1, 2011.
Jaaksi appointed Senior VP HP
Hewlett-Packard appointed Ari Jaaksi as a Senior Vice President of its new mobile operating system webOS.
Gandhi appointed Director
Geometric Limited has appointed Parth Gandhi as a Non-Executive Director on its Board.
Arora appointed Associate Director
The Leading Hotels of the World has appointed Deepak Arora as Associate Director ( Sales) based in New Delhi
Shukla to take charge of Reliance Infratel?
SP Shukla has been asked to take charge of the affairs at Reliance Infratel in addition to his current duties as RCOM president (special
projects).
Biswas appointed GM (Operations)
Pradipta Biswas has been appointed as General Manager (Operations) at The Orchid Mumbai.

FORUM
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Extend retirement age

With the increase of life expectancy and extension of age limits for entry, there is absolute necessity to extend the retirement age of civil servants. At the same time there should be procedure to weed out inefficient and corrupt. Only those with integrity, hard work, honesty and commitment to the nation should retire at the age of 62.Others should be made to retire at the age of 55.
Even now more than 50% of officers are either playing political games or enjoying life.

Kirpal S


Nehruvian pacifist combination

Manmohan-Krishna-Nirupama Rao is a Nehruvian pacifist combination. Ms Rao who acted as a petitioner in Chinese Court inspite of the taunts and insults she received is still continuing as one of the Foreign Secretary. Otherwise what is the rationale in MEA blocking JI University in giving an award to Dalai Lama. It is better for the UPA government to understand that our defence forces are not the same as in the days of Nehru and we need not have to keep our tails between our legs while tackling Chinese.

K.N. Nair Brig(Retd.)


CVC should be proactive

In the war against corruption the institution of CVC needs to play
some proactive role. Let there be some meaningful recommendations
towards preventive measures. Let them concentrate on 'BIG FISH'. The
conventional laid back approach is not of much use. Let CVC try to
improve its credibility. Also, no alibi please.

Ahmad

A brilliant officer

D K Mittal, of 1977 batch, is a brilliant IAS officer. Few officers in the IAS (or any other service) can match him (one such is the present Cabinet Secretary, K M Chandrasekhar, another is Hardeep Puri of the IFS. One hopes Puri will get his dues also). Hope the services of this brilliant officer are recognised. Our best wishes are with him. There is another such officer of the UP cadre, equally outstanding, though junior by four years, the redoubtable Anil Swarup, of the 1981 batch of the IAS. Maybe now being empanelled as Additional Secretary. The track record of Swarup speaks for itself. One hopes he gets his due as well.

Arjun Mallik


All is not well with IPS, IFS

Can the CVC/ CBI analyse as to how much percentage of IPS officers have been investigated and charged on either corruption/income disproportionate to known sources. Now come on don't say that all is well with IPS/Indian Forest Service.

Raj

Will anybody be punished ?

The entire hue and cry over corruption during commonwealth games would die in due course without anyone being punished. while CVC or CAG may identify the guilty, the ultimate power to punish any individual rests with the appropriate disciplinary authorities. None of them including central govt. depts. or organisation like MCD,DDA would take action to punish the individuals because of vested interest.
Another ingenious way to scuttle the disciplinary proceedings is to prepare half-baked charge-sheet with insufficient documents ,which enables the guilty person to escape. If things are to improve CVCs or CAGs recommendations must be mandatorily implemented and no discretion should be given to disciplinary authorities.

S Gopal

Pity India !

Pity poor India, her leaders rape and ravage her to fill their own coffers, her people groan under the burden of their leaders ravening appetite for money. There is no hope for this country, wherever you look you see influence only matters, who your relatives are matter, so thick skinned have we become that a leading newspaper interviews, on its front page no less, the son in law of a politician, who is known for no public service, this person says he can win from any place! So far have we fallen. Cry this beloved country, you have been brought to your knees, the thieves are manning the gates, the wolves are guarding the sheep. We have no hope. None.

Alok

No system works

In India no system works. If you introduce merit for promotion, Bhai
Bhatijawad will prosper, if you go by seniority you have duds. Unless
each Indian soul is pure at heart and with national feeling nothing
will work. God save us.

Harish Kumar

Reducing accidents

There are some measures which may go some way in reducing traffic accidents:

1. Anyone accused of causing death by rash and negligent driving
should have his/ her driving license suspended.
2. Anyone convicted of rash and negligent driving should have driving
license revoked and never issued again.
3. Anyone accused of road rage crime(s) should have their driving
licenses suspended.
4. Anyone convicted of road rage crime(s) should have their driving
licenses revoked and never issued again.
5. Anyone found driving rashly should have his/ her driving license
suspended for six months.
6. For drunken driving/ driving on drugs, anyone accused to be doing
so, driving license should be suspended for a year for each offence.
7. Anyone accused of drunken driving/ driving on drugs thrice,
driving license should be revoked and never issued again.
8. Pedestrain should have right of way just as in Europe and USA.

A K Singh

Milestones in governance

Ever since the word "socialist" was inserted in the constitution, the country got divide into two categories: the aam aadmi & the khaas aadmi. Earlier we used to talk of "socialistic pattern of society" only. Introducing socialist in place of socialistic pattern of society was considered another step forward. It is time for us to audit the progress made. A few milestones in governance seem to guide us to the direction where our socialist republic is going; (1) IPO of public sector sell share of face value of Rs 10 for Rs 250-275 ! Speculation? What else? Whatever happened to the fundamental right to work and employment?
(2) Circle rates. Government failure to make available humble dwelling unit for reasonable price has generated a big black market in real estate. That has taken housing out of reach for the aam aadmi. Circle rates have contributed further to enhance cost of housing, depriving the aam aadmi of all chances of ever owning a dwelling unit of his/her own.
(3) The aam aadmi suffers in absence of rules and regulations, because adhocism rules the roost. It robs the aam aadmi of all the opportunities of employment and other services of the state. The Public Distribution system is the best proof of services denied and ad hoc appointments garnish this dish further. Government is giving selectively reemployment to the chosen ones denying extension of age of retirement beyond 60 years for all.(4) The coaching centers deliver better than regular institutions. The degeneration of the IIT Kharagpur professor incharge of JEE is the last straw on the camel's back! (5) Post card for the aam and speed post for the others; wait listing for the aam but tatkaal for others, spurious medicines for the aam and genuine for others, panchayat or municipal education for the aam and public schools for the others completes the divide. So the socialist republic has made many practice socialism as a life
style but capitalist for others. Our socialist Netas wear designer kurtas costing nothing less than Rs 30000. Gone are the days when they used to spin their own khadi and wear the cloth made of it. Should we continue with this form of socialism? Saying yes would mean we like to pay for dal @ 150 a kg and rice @ 200 a kg and aataa @ 30 rupees a kg. With such grand bonus the aam aadmi can celebrate Durga Puja, Diwali, Eid, Christmas, Navroz and other festivals in
grandeur. This socialism is better in one respect: nothing comes for free as in the Nehruvian era, but you pay for everything! or "no more free lunches".

M L Gupta


TAIL-PIECE

A dying granny was talking to her grand daughter:
"I may die any moment so I want you to inherit my farm including the
villa, the tractor, the farmhouse & all the livestock.

Wow said the granddaughter:
Thanks granny, I didn't know you even had a farm & all this wealth!
Where is it?

Grandma replied: on 'Facebook'

Contributd by -A Visitor