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Thomas returned SC's smash with a smash '153 MPs face serious criminal cases'!!!

Resulted in quite a few red faces!!!!

I say returned the smash as a ping pong match between Thomas and SC is underway!

And Thomas has the tacit support of PM they say!!!

Fact of the matter is as CVC Thomas will be responsible for uncovering 'taint'!!!!

And with UPA so interested in his being CVC its sure UPA's taint with white he'll paint!

A PSO wipes Maya's shoes!!!

And from everyone very rightly this elicited boos!!

Though BSP says ' we do this shoe wiping physically'!!!

Adding ' In Congress Congressmen do Sonia and Rahul's shoe wiping mentally'!!

'Aur joh nahi detha Bhenji ko kuch ne kuch'!!!!

Neeche karr dethi hai UP Sarkaar uss ki mooch'!!!

By the way if TV Channels do a recall of bytes 'it will be clear all Netas love servility'!!!

Netas are the epitome of duality!!

Speaking of shoes.... Rahul now sleeps with his shoes on!!!

News of a Dalit being raped in UP and Rahul's gone!!!

He rushes to meet the girl ..... and he strives to be the first one to do so!!!!!

That's why he's 24x7 ready to go!!!

Then he thumbs his nose at Maya ' I reached before you..... now dare you to come'!

And then tune of 'Catch me if you can' he starts to hum!!!

He's replaced Muhammad Ali with Rahul Gandhi!!!

And he has replaced 'floating and stinging' with 'caring and aandhi'!

Spectrum is a scandal which was in the works!!!!!

Maybe 'doing business with ISRO' is for ISRO employees one of the perks!!

ISRO says Government was not in the know.....cover up!!!!

It's a blatant gupp!!!!

Now CBI says 'papers and dairies' relating to 2 G scam are missing!!!

'You let Raja and his cohorts do this' Public is hissing!!

Karuna and Kanimozhi should be made co-accused!!!

Like to get Raja this portfolio his clout Karuna used!!!

CBI says it's not got anything on Niira!!!!

So maybe CBI will give her a certificate 'Clean as Mira'!!!

Fact is CBI's not uncovering but is covering up!!!!

Like in Niira's matter you know why CBI's 'thrown its hands up'???

Confucius says..... by the looks of it Niira will be telling India's next PM ' your case was cleared yesterday'!!!

Why do you think 'Sarkaar is now run by Brokers' many say??

Adds.... NGOs funded by vested interests are also Brokers too!!

Wheeling and dealing they also do!!!

Bharat Kumar

U.P. Singh poised to be Joint Secretary Steel
As the grapevine has it, U.P. Singh on central deputation is poised to be Joint Secretary Steel. He is an IAS officer of 1985 batch who belongs to the Orissa cadre.
Girish Shankar poised to be Joint Secretary Food
Girish Shankar on central deputation is poised to be Joint Secretary Food. He is an IAS officer of the1982 batch who belongs to the Bihar cadre.
Kewal Kumar Sharma appointed as Chief Administrator, Chandigarh
Kewal Kumar Sharma Principal Secretary PWD NCT Delhi has been appointed as Chief Administrator, Chandigarh.He is an IAS officer of the1983 batch who belongs to the AGMU cadre.
( We said this on February 4 )
Justice Gogoi to be CJ of Punjab and Haryana HC
Justice Ranjan Gogoi is being tipped to be the next Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court.
Sunil Lal loses race for Spain's Ambassador
Sunil Lal, 1982 batch IFS officer, seems to have lost race for the post of Indian Ambassador in Spain. He is Chief of Protocol at present.
Dr. D.K. Bhalla awarded PhD
Dr. Devinder Kumar Bhalla, Delhi based Resident Commissioner (RC) with the Nagaland government, is poised to join on central deputation as a Joint Secretary in the Food Ministry. He is an IAS officer of 1986 batch who belongs to the Nagaland cadre. It may be stated that Dr. Bhalla has done his Ph.D. on the theme of "Sustainable Strategies for Tourism Development in Nagaland." Dr. Bhalla is a well experienced & a qualified bureaucrat who is a science graduate. He holds a master's degree in public administration (MPA) and a postgraduate diploma in Enterprise management from MDI Gurgaon (in collaboration with Kellog school of Management, USA) equivalent to MBA. He possesses excellent managerial skills like negotiation; communication, interpersonal relations and team work with initiative. Dr. D.K. Bhalla has over 29 years experience in various fields including over 23 years as an IAS officer.
Ganesh Kumar poised to join CBI
As the grapevine has it, Ganesh Kumar on central deputation is poised to join the CBI as SP. Presently he is SP Jehanabad. He is an IPS officer of the 2000 batch who belongs to the Orissa cadre.
V. Vidyavati, Director, PMO
V. Vidyavati, Director, PMO has completed her central deputation period will return to her parent cadre soon. She is an IAS officer of the1991 batch who belongs to the Karnataka cadre.
Dr.Ms.Sharmila Mary Joseph K, is Director, PMO
Dr. Ms.Sharmila Mary Joseph K who so far was Deputy Secretary in the Prime Ministers office has joined as Director; PMO in place of Ms. V.Vidyavati.She is an IAS officer of the1997 batch who belongs to the Kerala cadre.
Rajiv Kumar Meena Director (Naxal Management)
Rajiv Kumar Meena has joined as Director (Naxal Management) in Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. He is an IPS officer of the 1995 batch who belongs to the Andhra Pradesh cadre.
Minister to decide regarding new Chairman, CIL
Sri Prakash Jaiswal, Union Minister for Coal will finally decide regarding new Chairman Coal India Ltd (CIL). Chances of Alok Perti (1977 batch IAS officer from Assam cadre) Special Secretary in the Coal Ministry being appointed as Chairman CIL are quite bright.
Process for new members in CBEC is on
Process for selecting five new members of the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) has commenced. The CBEC will have five new members by March 31, 2012. While a vacancy will arise by March 2011, four vacancies will arise in the financial year of 2011-12.
Ms. Sunita Trivedi to be Member, Postal Board
Ms. Sunita Trivedi soon going to be elevated as a Member of the Indian Postal Board.
Singh to go Brusells
Dr Tej Pal Singh is all set to go Brussels on foreign posting. He is 1990 batch IRS (C&CE) officer.
J.P. Dange likely to be shifted from CS's post in Maharashtra
As the grapevine has it, J.P. Dange, former Chief Secretary to Maharashtra government, is likely to be accommodated in either the Finance commission or in the SC ST Commisison. He is an IAS officer of the 1973 batch who belongs to the Maharashtra cadre.
Arvind Gaur takes over as Additional PS to Vayalar Ravi
Arvind Gaur has taken over as additional private secretary to civil aviation minister (Vayalar Ravi). Gaur is known as upright and competent officer and had earlier worked with Suresh Pachouri former MOS(PP). He is an CSS cadre officer of the 2004 batch.
DoPT seeks panel for Minister (Pers) ,Berlin
The post of Minister (Pers) in Berlin, Germany will be falling vacant shortly. DOPT has asked the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)for a panel against this post.
B.S. Siddhu addtional DGP, Lucknow to go abroad
B.S. Siddhu, addtional D.G.P, Lucknow, is going abroad on a personal tour for a period of one month. He is an IPS officer of the 1979 batch who belongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre.
Hunt is on for NTPC,s CVO
In response to a request by the Ministry of Power, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in Government of India (GOI) has issued a circular seeking willingness of eligible IPS officers for the post of CVO, NTPC.
1993 batch of IDAS to get SAG
IDAS officers belonging to the 1993 batch are tipped to be elevated to the senior administrative grade (SAG) in April 2011.
150 IPS of 2010 batch undergoing training
Altogether 150 IPS officers of 2010 batch are currently undergoing training at the NPA, Hyderabad.
Lobbying for PGIMER director's post to intensify
Lobbying for the post of Director at Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) is likely to intensify in the days to come as the institute's governing body, headed by Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, gets down to finalising the name of prospective incumbents.
Judge of Kerala High Court Appointed
Justice Madathiparambil Lonappan Joseph Francis, Additional Judge of the Kerala High Court, has been appointed Judge of the Kerala High Court with effect from February 11, 2011.
Additional Judges of Bombay High Court Appointed
Pramod Dattaram Kode, Umesh Dattatraya Salvi, Shrihari Purushottam Davare and Anil Ramchandra Joshi, Mrs. Mridula Ramesh Bhatkar, Anand Vasantrao Potdar, Filomeno Manuel Lopo Sales Rosario Dos Reis, Rajesh Govind Ketkar and Ravi Krishnaro Deshpande have been appointed Additional Judges of the Bombay High Court in that order of seniority for a period of one year.
Railways transfers and postings
KK Patro of SAG/IRSME has been transferred from SER to ER, and posted as ADRM/HWH vice Sh. SR Ghoshal SAG/IRSME, PV Barapatre of SAG/IRSME has been transferred from SECR to CR, and posted as ADRM/BSL vice Sh. RD Meena, SAG/IRSEE, SN Jaiswal of SAG/IRSME has been transferred from CR to RSC and posted as Sr. Professor(Management) vice Sh. VK Saxena, SAG/IRSME, orders for whom will follow, SR Ghoshal of SAG/IRSME has been transferred from ER to Should be posted in the Rly itself in the cadre, Gautam Majumdar of SAG/IRSME has been transferred from SWR to RWF/MSY and posted in the cadre, RK Singh of SAG/IRSEE has been transferred to IRIEEN in the same capacity and posted in the cadre, Prem Chand of SAG/IRSEE has been transferred to be posted in the cadre on SWR itself, RB Singh of SAG/IRSEE has been on being relieved from the post of ADRM/BSP transferred from SECR to WR in the same capacity and posted in the cadre on the Rly itself, Dinesh Kumar of SAG/IRSEE has been transferred from SER to WR in the same capacity and posted in the cadre by making local adjustments, CJ Jeengar of SAG/IRSEE has been transferred from ECOR to to NER in the same capacity and posted in the cadre, RK Mehta of SAG/IRSEE on being relieved from the post of ADRM/Malda trfrd to CR in the same capacity and posted in the cadre by making suitable local adjustments, RD Meena of SAG/IRSEE has been transferred from CR to to WR in the same capacity and posted in the cadre, NK Mohanty of SAG/IRSEE has been on return from deputation transferred to SER in the cadre.
10 IPS officers of current batch allotted Bihar cadre
The Centre has allotted Bihar cadre to 10 IPS officers of the current batch. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has expressed concern over the dearth of directly recruited IPS officers in the state at the recently concluded meeting of chief ministers on internal security in New Delhi after which the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has agreed to post 10 IPS officers of the 2010 batch, who are at present undergoing training at the national police academy (NPA) in Hyderabad.
Guruprasad transferred as DG Home Guards, Karnataka
The Karnataka Government transferred D.V. Guruprasad Director-General of Police, Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Special Units and Economic Offences and posted him as DGP, Commandant-General Home Guards, and Director of Civil Defence, and Director, Fire Force, Bangalore. Guruprasad is the senior-most police officer in Karnataka as of now and was contesting the appointment of S.T. Ramesh as the State's DGP. He is an IPS officer of the 1976 batch who hails from the Karnataka cadre.
N. Achuta Rao promoted as DGP, CID, Karnataka
The Karnataka government promoted N. Achutha Rao, Additional Director-General of Police (ADGP), Crimes and Technical Service as Director General of Police and posted him as DGP, CID, Special Units and Economic Offences. He is an IPS officer of the 1976 batch belonging to Karnataka cadre.
Srivastava promoted, posted as CMD, Karnataka State Police Housing Corporation
M.K. Srivastava, Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Communication and Logistics and Modernisation, has been promoted and posted as the Chairman and Managing Director, Karnataka State Police Housing Corporation. He will relieve M.N. Reddi, IPS, of the additional charge. Srivastava is an IPS officer of the 1977 batch who hails from the Karnataka cadre.
AP Govt transfers Bhanja, APCCF (Genetics)
Dr.Manoranjan Bhanja, IFS (1984 batch), Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests(Genetics & Tree Breeding), Hyderabad has been transferred and posted as Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Research) in the office of the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Hyderabad.
Onkar Singh posted APCCF (Devp), AP
The Andhra Pradesh government transferred Onkar Singh APCCF (Research), Hyderabad as posted him as Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Development), Hyderabad. He is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1978 batch.
Narpat Singh is APCCF (Extension), Andhra Pradesh
Dr. Narpat Singh Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Development), Hyderabad has been transferred by the Andhra Pradesh government and posted as Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Extension), Hyderabad. He is an IFS officer of 1978 batch.
Special Officer, Commissioner Municipal Corporation Guntur on Foreign tour
Two IAS officers posted with the Urban Administration department in Andhra Pradsh will be visiting Freiburg (Germany) and Bolonga (Italy) to participate in "Realizing Dreams Project" meeting organized by ICLEI from Feb 13, to Feb 20, 2011. The officers participating in the meet include Collector Guntur who is also the Special Officer of the Municipal Corporation, Guntur B. Ramanjaneyulu (2001 batch) along with Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Guntur, M.M. Nayak (2005 batch).
All India Civil Services TT Tournament starts in Nagpur today
The All India Civil Services Table Tennis Tournament 2010-11 will start at the at Subheder Hall, New Law College, Amravati Road, Nagpur (Maharashtra) from today. The Tourney will continue till Feb 14, 2011.
Anti-Mubarak protests forces Sultan of Oman to "postpone" Jodhpur visit
The anti-Hosni Mubarak and pro-democracy protests in Egypt and its fall-out on the Arab states have forced the Sultan of Oman Qaboos bin Said to "postpone" his visit to Jodhpur, Rajasthan scheduled from Feb 8. The Sultan was to stay at the Umaid Bhawan Palace for which about 250 rooms had been booked for his secretariat by the embassy.
Madras HC directs Centre, State to constitute fresh DPC for IPS select list
The Madras High Court has directed the Union and State governments to constitute the Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) afresh for preparing the 2001 and 2002 select list of IPS officers in Tamil Nadu. The Division Bench comprising Justices Elipe Dharma Rao and D. Hariparanthaman partly allowed a writ petition by V.H. Mohammed Haneefa, an IPS officer of the 2005 batch and directed inclusion of Haneefa's name in the new list.
IAS reshuffle in Uttar Pradesh
There is IAS reshuffle in Uttar Pradesh.New postings are Mssrs:- Manoj Kumar PS GAD,P K Mohanty Divisional Commissioner Kanpur,K Ravindra Nayak Divisional Commissioner Gorakhpur,Anil Kumar III DM Aligarh,S K Dwivedi DM JP Nagar,Himanshu Kumar Secretary National Development Board,Amit Kumar Ghosh IG Stampts and Registeration,Parthsarthi Sen Sharma Commissioner Land Records and Pranjal Yadav MD Central Electricty Corporation.
IPS postings in Uttar Pradesh
Chandra Prakash and Sandeep Salunke will now be IG of Kanpur and Gorakhpur respectively.Vijay Kumar has been moved as IG Prosecution,Lucknow,Rajesh Rai will be SSP Kanpur.Ashok Mutha Jain has been made DIG Faizabad and S P Tripathi SP Bahraich.
2 judges to MP High Court appointed (UPDATED)
Ishwar Sahay Shrivatava & Alok Aradhe have been appointed as judges to the Madhya Pradesh High court as judges.
IAS changes on the anvil in Maharashtra (UPDATED)
A.M. Khan presently Industries Secretary is likely to be shifted as Commissioner MMRDA which is presently under Chief Secretary Ratnakar Gaekwad ex MMRDA Commissioner.Other changes in mantralaya likely to happen are Milind Mahiskar Secretary Medical Education, Ashwani Kumar Secretary Ports and Transporni, Anand Kulkarni Principal Secretary (PS)Culture and Tourism, Sanjay Kumar PS, TC Benjamin PS, Ms. Valsa Nair Singh PS Environment while Ms.Manisha Mahiskar Additional Commissioner. BMC may come back to public relations department.
Air India to start addl flight on Delhi-Ranchi route during National Games (UPDATED)
Air India will operate an additional flight with CRJ type of Aircraft on Delhi-Ranchi-Delhi sector from Feb 12, 2011 to Feb 26, 2011 in view of the National Games being held at Ranchi during the period. While the Flight no. IC 8809 will leave Delhi at 06.20 hours to reach Ranchi at 08.05 hrs, Flight no. IC 8810 will leave Ranchi at 08.35 hours to reach Delhi at 10.20 hrs.

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NTPC - the Most Respected Company in Power Sector
NTPC the largest power utility in the country has been bestowed the honour of being the most respected company in Power Sector for the year 2011 by Businessworld. The Award was presented by Union Minister of Finance Pranab Mukherjee to NTPC CMD Arup Roy Choudhury at a function in New Delhi.The company has been awarded for its innovativeness, depth and quality of top management, ethics, transparency, quality of product/ services, people practices, global competitiveness, financial performance and return to shareholders. The selection is based on a survey by Ipsos Indica Research of 249 companies based on 757 respondents in phase I and 506 respondents in phase II.NTPC lights up every third bulb in the country with a total installed capacity of over 33000 MW and plans to be a 75000MW company by 2017.
ICPE, Slovenia International MBA Alumni Meet
ICPE, Slovenia International MBA Alumni Meet. Contact: sbborg1@gmail.com.09810344499
Patni, Grabe resign as directors, Patni Computer Systems
In a top level management reshuffle at the Software provider Patni Computer Systems, Gajendra Kumar Patni (Non-Executive Director) and William O Grabe (Non-Executive Director) have resigned as directors of the company.
Murthy, Singh inducted new directors, Patni Computer Systems
Patni Computer Systems have appointed Phaneesh Murthy, President and CEO of iGATE Corporation and Shashank Singh, Co-Head of the India office of Apax Partners as Additional Directors of the company.
Chitlangia re-appointed MD, Sarda Plywood Industries
Sudeep Chitlangia has been re-appointed as the Managing Director of Sarda Plywood Industries Ltd for a period of three years w.e.f. April 01, 2011.
Panchal resigns as Director, Arcadia Mercantile Capital
Parth Panchal, Director of Arcadia Mercantile Capital Ltd has resigned from the post w.e.f. February 02, 2011.
Duggar appointed Addl. Director, NPR Finance
R. K. Duggar has been appointed as Additional Director of NPR Finance Ltd on January 28, 2011.
Arumugham appointed Addl. Director, STI India
The Board of STI India Limited approved appointment of A. Arumugham as an Additional Director of the company.
Srivastava appointed Director, CIL
Coal India Limited has appointed Ms. Anjali Anand Srivastava, Joint Secretary and Financial Advisor, New Delhi as a part time Director of the company.
Mathur ceases to be on board of Aditya Birla Chemicals
The Board of Aditya Birla Chemicals (India) Limited has approved the withdrawal by IDBI Bank Ltd. of its nomine Sunil Chandra Mathur from the Board of irectors of the Company w.e.f November 4, 2010.
Mehta is Company Secy. Orbit Corporation
Orbit Corporation Limited has appointed Ms. Puja Mehta as Company Secretary and Compliance Officer of the Company in place of Satish Anand Sharma, who has resigned from the office.
Vishweshwar Bhat joins Kannada Prabha as Editor-in-Chief
Vishweshwar Bhat has joined as the Editor-in-Chief of Kannada Prabha, the Kannada daily from The New Indian Express Group. He had recently quit as Editor of Vijay Karnataka.
E Raghavan takes over as Consulting Editor of Vijay Karnataka
E Raghavan has taken over as Consulting Editor of Vijay Karnataka even as he continues to be Consulting Editor of Vijaya Next.

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Don't the sufferings of dalits and tribals in other states move him?,
Rahul Gandhi is a gentle, cultured, humane. He comes across as a person genuinely concerned with the upliftment of all sections especially the down trodden. His visits and stay at dalit-bahujan homes is laudable but what is baffling is that he is concerned about the welfare of the dalits in Uttar Pradesh only and maintains absolute silence when Funds meant for ST/ST welfare were diverted by the Delhi Government for the Common Wealth Games or when the poor dalits of the Bhotmange family were brutally killed in Maharastra in 2006.
Anita

DEBATE
Senseless survey
It is simply shocking the way you are describing Rahul, the dimwit as mahatma and taking surveys. It is clear that you are under pressure to do such senseless surveys and if this continues, your readers will lose faith in you.
m.ashar
Mumbai

Unfair selection process
I would like to highlight problems of Officers who are posted in field units far flung areas outside Delhi and do not get any chances for coming on deputation to Ministries in Delhi due to cumbersome procedure. There are so many other services apart from IAS but going by contents of your website it gives the impression that except for IAS no body else matters. Every day there is news of some IAS Officer or another joining on deputation. When other service officers send their deputation application to their headquarters it is Herculean task to get the application forwarded to DOP&T & with great difficulty after lot of pleading when it is forwarded to DOP&T then again we have to repeatedly meet officers dealing with deputation & try to catch their attention & get our application forwarded to Ministries. We have to chase our name sent in panel to Ministries & lobby with the Joint Secretary incharge of administration or alternatively discreetly lobby with Secretary & Minister & try to put up suitable docile, obedient face to appear attractive to them because their criteria of selection is to see with whom they will get along & get whatever they want done without any questions asked. I tried my best & succeeded & reached final level but somehow the Joint Secretary incharge did not find me submissive enough, that, he put in a positive word and recommend my case in file. In other case the Secretary or Minister wanted some one else. In one Ministry another Officer had strong backing of some politician. I am unable to understand why this kind of unfair selection process which encourages lobbying & bhai bhatijawaad is perpetrated by the DOP&T. Rules should change. Why Ministries should be allowed to arbitrarily select after hectic lobbying particular officer. Moreover an officer coming on deputation through such lobbying will never be bold & will always be doing jee hazuri of the person who helped him in angling for this post. This is most exploitative & arbitrary way of making selections. I suggest DOP&T should also ask for pasting photograph of Officer desirous of consideration for deputation so that they can make selection based on good looks. That will be better then current arbitrary method because at least criteria will be known instead of present whimsical unexplainable selection criteria. It is difficult for us to take leave & come to Delhi, move our case in DOP&T & chase file & remain put in Delhi till finalization. All this takes at least one month & who will get such long leave for lobbying purpose? Those already posted in Delhi or nearby places are able to lobby as they can frequent DOP&T as many times as they like on official tour but what about others who are already facing disadvantage of far flung remote area posting?
Yours truly
Brajesh Kumar Yadav
DoPT should issue guidelines on communication of downgraded ACRs
The officers who had been graded below the Bench Mark without assigning any logic and reason should be protected. Such Reporting officers must be punished. Supreme Court of India in Dev Dutt's case held that overall grading should be communicated but within a "reasonable time". After the Judgment of Dev Dutt, the DoPT vide OM dated 14.5.2009 has issued instructions to communicate the overall grading after the Report is complete with the remarks of the Reviewing officer and the Accepting Authority. Thus the communication is to be done within six months. The DoPT order is effective from 2009-10 onwards. But what about the cases which are old by 10-15 years. In such cases there is no meaning of communication after such a long time. It will not serve the basic
objective of communication. The basic aim of communication of adverse and downgraded ACRs is give opportunity to the officer to represent and most important to provide opportunity to improve the performance in future. That is the reason Supreme Court of India after the case of Dev Dutt, in the cases of
Abhijit Ghosh Dastidar, R.K. Anand, J.S. Garg and Ranjana Kale ordered for promotion ignoring the downgraded ACRs. There was no communication of
ACRs which were below the Bench Mark. DoPT should issue guidelines accordingly.
Meenakshi Roy
It is not correct
It is not correct to say that CSSS has asked for posts of JS. Assuming they do so at a later stage, what is the objection? If CSS clerks can be Joint Secretaries why not CSSS officers. There is a common perception that CSSS should restrict themselves to only shorthand and transcription etc. In reality, it is much more than that. Majority of them are managing the offices of very senior officers in the GOI. Managing the office with all its minus points (especially if the officers are non-IAS) is not an easy job. Why I say non-IAS is because if they work with IAS officers, they get full cooperation from Admn in the form of staff, infrastructure etc. If they are with non IAS, then it is the responsibility of the CSSS officer to somehow manage the office even without lack of infrastructure, staff etc. For which alone they deserve to get a pat on their back. Seen the pitiable sitting arrangements in which the CSSS officers are made to sit like "cattle class" whereas their counterparts in the CSS occupy palatial rooms which may not always be warranted. Only the shortage in space is passed on to CSSS officers. Go and visit North Block and see how CSSS officers are seated in probably a cubicle of 5ft x 5 ft - for a Sr PPS or PSO. Will the Administration dare to seat a DS or Director in such space? As far as more number of posts at PSO level is concerned and seeking relaxation is concerned, what about CSS Deputy Secretaries. They are also not eligible but still are asking relaxation as some are about to retire in April this year and they would become due for promotion to Director only in July. Hence, relaxation has been demanded. How can anybody make %age comparison between population of India and PSO!!! Whether he dare to make such comparison in CSS?
Moogambikai
GFR's, CVC guidelines, Maintenance of Financial Propriety, GOI instruction nothing applies to the Dept of Posts. They think they are different. A 100 crore Cash Certificates fraud happened in West Bengal, does anybody have an inkling of it. Nothing gets reported due to lack of attention and this helps the frauds and corruption to continue unabated. There is no check and control of funds/ expenditure at the various levels and the dept deliberately does not want finance and accounts personnel as this would result in checks and control and effective monitoring. An appeal through this site to the MOF,C&AG,DG P&T Audit please conduct a special review of everything in the Dept and ensure financial checks at every level like in Railways. Media keep your eyes opened. Telecom is not everything.
SR
Adhoc promotions of CBEC officers
This is regarding news item a of 7th.adhoc promotions of CBEC officers. Why only to favour Omprakash there are 20 vacancies of chief commissioners and only 6 are being promoted and that too adhoc the chief commissioner is an additional secretary rank post what wrong have we done not to be promoted along with these six .Let it be adhoc for the entire batch.
Gyani
Wake up OL Department!!
Lot of mess is happening in OL Dept of GOI. Regular promotions are not taking place as CSS staff posted their is least worried about work. Translators are not been regularised. They are working on ad-hoc basis for years altogether. More than half of the cadre is working on adhoc basis. Cadre restructuring case is languishing for more than five years. Even CAT decision in their favour is not being implemented.
Pramod Sharma
Union Budget : Tax Sops
Finance Minister has rightly indicated on 8.2.2011 that Union budget for 2011-12 may not permit further tax breaks to Corporates. Tax revenue foregone by the Central Government increased from Rs 206700 crores in 2005-06 to Rs 502299 crores in 2009-10, revenue forgone as a percentage of aggregate tax collection was 48.16 per cent in 2007-08 increased to 79.54 percent in 2009-10, tax-GDP ratio which was 10.1 percent in 1990-91 remained just 11.6 percent in 2007-08. RBI reveals that net profits of private sector grew by 26.2 percent in 2007-08. Arvind Viramany estimates that efficiency of investments during 1992-93 to 2002-03 ICOR at 11.1 reduced to 9.2 during 2003-04 to 2007-08. In construction it was 1.5 ICOR reduced to 1.2 and in telecommunication it was 2.2 ICOR reduced to 0.5 for the same period. Thus inefficient business continue to rake in profits through duty forgone route swapping Sovereign wealth to corporate profits. This is more pronounced in growth of Indian companies investments abroad which was mere $319 million in 1998-99 where as in 2009-10 it was mega $ 10.3 billion. Global Financial Integrity report of Dev Kar reveals illicit financial flows from India during 1987-88 was mere $ 860 million but in 2004-05 $ 22471 million, 2005-06 $ 30329 million, 2006-07 $ 10283 million, 2007-08 $4970 million, 2008-09 $ 28262 million. Time has come for NAC to study these tax sops with economists and expert bureaucrats without corporate biased honchos. All tax sops in BE 2011-12 should be limited to those business unable to make profits in the preceding FY. Tax sops may be distinguished to help Micro and small entrepreneurs and overdose of tax breaks need be rolled back and a cut of 20 percent of duty forgone will give great relief for fiscal deficit of India.
P Naresh