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Only 11 IPS retiring in March 2011
Only 11 IPS across the country are retiring in March this year. They are B K Dey, Anil Phukan (Assam & Meghalaya), Raghuvansh Prasad Yadav (Bihar), P V Joshi (Maharashtra), Jong Pongnungsang (Nagaland), Harinder Singh Chahl (Punjab), Kuljit Singh Bains, B S Chauhan (Rajasthan), Mrs. G Thilakavathi, Christopher Neison (Tamil Nadu) and , Vir Bhahadur Singh (Uttar Pradesh).

Rajiv Sharma to be Secretary NHRC
Finally wait is over. Rajiv Sharma is being appointed Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission. He is 1976 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.He will succeed K S Mony who is retiring this month end.

CBDT Chief Sudhir Chandra gets extension
It's a great victory for Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee.Finally Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has cleared the extension of CBDT Chairman Sudhir Chandra for two months beginning April 1.Earlier the PM had rejected the extension proposal.

Ms. Pompa Babbar poised to be new FC in Railway Board
As the grapevine has it, Ms. Pompa Babbar who is General Manager of the Integral Coach Factory (ICF), Perumbudur (Chennai), is poised to be new Financial Commissioner (FC) in Railway Board. Ms. Babbar, who belongs to 1975 batch of Indian Railways Accounts Services, has worked in various capacities as Divisional Railway Manager (Alipurdar Division of NF Railway) and Financial Advisor and Chief Accounts Officer in Western, Central and Northern Railways. She was also senior professor at the Railway Staff College, Vadodara, and General Manager (Accounts) while on deputation to the Gujarat State Electricity Board between 1995 and 1998.

Tripura Government refuses to relieve Saleem Ali ?
Tripura Government is believed to have refused to relieve DGP Saleem Ali for CBI deputation. He is 1978 batch IPS officer.

Will UP Government stick to commitment ?
1978 batch IAS officer Desh Deepak Verma returned to the parent UP cadre from central deputation after a formal communication of the state Government to the Government of India that he was being appointed Chief Secretary of the state on April 1. One can keep his fingers crossed. Will the UP Government stick to the commitment ?

DRMs' postings to take 2 more weeks
As the grapevine has it, postings of DRMs' in the Railway Ministry may take at least another two weeks.

Posting of Railway GMs stuck up
Posting of senior railway officers on elevation are stuck up. In Railway Ministry its a hot topic of discussion that who will cut the Gordian knot? Such a situation has arisen regarding postings of Rajeev Bhargawa and Abhay Khanna (both contenders for GMs).

Poor response for BSNL, MTNL from private sector
As the grapevine has it, there are hardly any takers from the private sector for posts of Chairman & Managing Directors (CMDs) of BSNL and MTNL. Deadline for filing application expired on March 18, 2011.

Technocrats vying for post of HP State Electricity Board
Technocrats are vying for post of Himachal Pradesh (HP) State Electricity Board. However, at the end of the day will they succeed is still uncertain.

S. R Ojha elevated as IG, CRPF
S. R Ojha, DIG, CRPF (HQ), has been promoted as Inspector General (IG), CRPF. He is an IPS officer the 1989 batch who belongs to the Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Ms. Roli Singh is Senior Director ,LBSNAA
Ms.Roli Singh who so far was a Director in the central government's Department of Personnel and Training (DoP&T) has joined as a Senior Director of the Mussoorie located Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA).She is an IAS officer of the 1994 batch who belongs to the Rajasthan cadre.
(We said this on December 27,2010 )

Peeyush Kumar Srivastava is DY Secretary DEA
Peeyush Kumar Srivastava has joined the Government of India as Deputy Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs. He is 1997 batch IAS officer of AP cadre.

Shashi Ranjan Kumar relieved
Shashi Ranjan Kumar who till recently on central deputation was Director, Department of Indian Policy and Promotion (DIPP) has been relieved on completion of his deputation of seven years. He is an IAS officer of 1992 batch, who belongs to the Manipur Tripura cadre.

Shyamal Misra to be Director, CCI
Shyamal Misra who on central deputation is Director, Department of Indian Policy and Promotion (DIPP) will be laterally shifted as a Director, Competition Commission India (CCI). He is an IAS officer of 1996 batch, who belongs to the Haryana cadre.

Asit Singh has been appointed as Private Secretary to Kunwar R.P.N Singh
Asit Singh has been appointed as private secretary to Kunwar R.P.N Singh Indian Minister of State for Petroleum. He is an IRS cadre officer of 1990 batch.

Jitesh Juneja's offer for central deputation rejected
Jitesh Juneja had offered his candidature be considered under central staffing scheme (CSS) to DoP&T. However, his request has been rejected. The rejection was done on the grounds of not meeting the eligibility criteria.Juneja is an IPS officer of 1992 batch, who
belongs to the Uttarakhand cadre.

Chandhok posted as Dy Director (AMG-II), Director General of Audit office
V K Chandhok, Deputy Accountant General (SRA/UT), in the office of the Principal Accountant General (Audit), Punjab, Chandigarh has been transferred and posted as Deputy Director (AMG-II), in the office of the Director General of Audit, Central Expenditure, New Delhi.

Over ten lakh trained personnel required in Indian banks
Indian banks - employing close to a million people - would require at least 10-12 lakh trained personnel in the next five years or so, as many of those who joined nationalised banks in the seventies are on the verge of retirement. The next two years will see most of them retiring. Approximately, 60-80 per cent of the senior executives and 30-50 per cent middle managers will retire. Banks will need to recruit at least an additional seven lakh persons.

TOP 11 EXECUTIVES OF HINDUJA GROUP

Besides the top three Hinduja brothers the key personnel in Hinduja group are :

1.R Sheshasayee Vice Chairman Ashok Leyland

2.Vinod Dasari COO Ashok Leyland

3.K Sreedharan CFO Ashok Leyland

4.SS Pramanik MD Gulf Oil Corporation Ltd

5.Partha De Sarcar CEO Hinduja Global Solutions

6.Ravi Mansukhani MD IndusInd Media and Communication Ltd

7.Ramesh Sobti CEO ,MD IndusInd Bank ltd

8. AK Das Chief Executive Hinduja Group of Companies

9.YM Kale Group President Corporate Governance

10.Sudhanshu Tripathi Group President Human Resource

11. Ashok Puri MD Hinduja National Power Corporation Ltd

Arrest of PCS officers in Pakistan's Punjab runs into politics
The arrest of the PCS officers in Pakistan's Punjab seems to be running in to politics. While the government headed by PML (N) has declared its intention to deal sternly with the agitating officers the PPP and PML (Q) have criticised the Chief Minister for running the state government 'as his personal fiefdom' and 'treating its own officers as criminals'. PPP has also given notice for debate on the issue in the State Assembly. Meanwhile all the 100 officers arrested for creating disturbances in the civil secretariat have been released by a Lahore Magistrate turning down request by the police for their physical custody. President of the PCS officers Association has vowed to continue the fight for their rights.

Defence Ministry seeks clarification ?
Defence Ministry has reportedly sought clarification from Maj-Gen IS Singha, who is general officer commanding of the Golden Katar, about his praise of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi.

Garg is new SP of Madurai
2004 batch IPS officer Asra Garg has been appointed as the Superintendent of Police of Madurai district in the place of R. Chinnasamy.

Four Collectors changed in TamilNadu
On the directions of the Election Commission collectors of Vellore, Theni, Erode and Madurai have been changed. V. Palanikumar will be new Collector of Vellore.A Karthik has been made Collector of Theni.U Sagayam will be Collector of Madurai and C Kamraj Collector of Erode.

IPS officer suspended in Maharashtra
A S Deshbhratar an IPS officer of 1997 batch has been suspended by the Maharashtra Government on Monday.

Aruna Sharma is back to Madhya Pradesh (UPDATED)
Outgoing DG Doordarshan Aruna Sharma after completion of deputation tenure is back to the parent Madhya Pradesh cadre on Tuesday.She is 1982 batch IAS officer.

Sanjay Singh is new Secretary (East) in MEA (UPDATED)
Sanjay Singh (IFS : 1976 Batch) has assumed the office of Secretary (East). He was last posted as Ambassador of India in Tehran.

V Ashok is new Ambassador to Czech Republic (UPDATED)
V. Ashok, presently High Commissioner of India to Zimbabwe has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Czech Republic in succession to D.P. Srivastava

Transfer of Additional CIT cancelled (UPDATED)
Transfer of Mrs. Mamta Kochar, Additional CIT, Delhi, as OSD in CBDT has been cancelled.

Transfer of Additional CIT, Delhi, cancelled (UPDATED)
Transfer of Sarabjeet Singh, Additional CIT, Delhi, as OSD in CBDT has been cancelled.

Garg posted as OSD in CBDT (UPDATED)
Deepak Garg, Additional CIT, Delhi, has been posted as OSD in CBDT (ITCC Division).

Gaurav Kanaujia posted as OSD in CBDT (UPDATED)
Gaurav Kanaujia, JCIT Jalpaiguri, has been posted as OSD in CBDT.

Rajasthan govt transfers Bhomiya as SP Sawaimadhopur (UPDATED)
Rajasthan government has transferred Anshuman Bhomiya, SP - Jaisalmer as SP - Sawaimadhopur.

16 IAS officers in Rajasthan get Senior Time Scale (UPDATED)
As many as 16 IAS officers in Rajasthan have been appointed in the Senior Time Scale. They are Mrs. Manju Rajpal - Collector & District Magistrate, Ajmer, Debasish Prusty - Private Secretary to Minister of State (Expenditure and Financial Services), Ministry of Finance, New Delhi, Naveen Jain - Collector & District Magistrate, Baran, Dr. Krishna Kant Pathak - Secretary, Rajasthan Public Service Commission, Ajmer, AshutoshA.T. Pednekar - Collector & District Magistrate, Alwar, Dr. Prithvi Raj - Collector & District Magistrate, Bikaner, Dr. Pritam B.Yashvant - Collector & District Magistrate, Rajsamand, Krishna Kunal - Collector & District Magistrate, Bharatpur, Bhanu Prakash Yeturu - Collector & District Magistrate, Hanumangarh, Niraj Kutnar Pavan - Collector & District Magistrate, Pali, Siddharth Mahajan - Collector & District Magistrate, Jodhpur, Ravi Jain - Collector & District Magistrate, Chittorgarh, Dr. Samit Sharma - Mission Director, National Rural Health Mission Cum Deputy Secretary to Government, Rajasthan. Jaipur, Dr. Ravi Kumar Surpur - Collector & District Magistrate, Sawaimadhopur, Ambrish Kumar - Collector & District Magistrate, Jhunjhunu and Mrs. Puriam - State Project Director, Rajasthan Rural Livelihood Project, Jaipur.

DEBATE

ARE PEOPLE LOSING INTEREST IN DEFENCE SERVICES THESE DAYS ?

What do you think? Why people are losing interest in Defence Services? Have they lost attraction because they are no more that lucrative as they have been earlier or there is a decline of 'nationalism' among the people of country these days. There is a shortage of over 12,000 officers at the junior and the middle rung alone in the Defence services in the country.

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Who will be CVO NTPC ?
Who will be new CVO of the NTPC ? Currently names of 1985 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre IAS officer Sanjay Kumar and 1988 batch IPS officer of UP cadre Anand Kumar are in circulation.

A. K. Garg appointed BSNL's Member, HR
A. K. Garg who presently is Chief General Manager Telecom (CGMT) Kolkata circle BSNL has been appointed as Director- Human Resources and Development (HRD) in BSNL. He is cadre of 1976 ITS (India Telecom Services) batch.
( We said this on December 27,2010)

A M K Sinha is IOC's Director Business Development
A. M .K. Sinha who hitherto was Executive Director (ED) Corporate Planning & Economic Studies (CPES) with Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) is now Director Business Development (BD) in IOC.
(We said this on November 3, 2011)

Wipro Chief to get salary of 10 crores
TK Kurien, the new chief of the IT business and CEO of Wipro, will get an annual salary package of Rs 10 crore.

Alok Lall joins Mc Cann Worldwide
Alok Lall has joined McCann Worldgroup as Executive Director.

Debashish Paul heads Mc Cann Social
Debashish Paul, Executive Vice President and General Manager, McCann Erickson Delhi, has moved to head the newly-formed outfit, McCann Social.

Ganesh Bhagwat joins LiveMedia
Ganesh Bhagwat is Vice President (West and South) for Live Media.

Vijay Kalantri conferred an award
Vijay Kalantri President, All India Association of Industries(AIAI) has been conferred the award 'Outstanding Contribution in Facilitation of Exim Trade' for his valuable contribution to trade and industry. S Dutt Majumder, Chairman, Central Board of Excise and Customs conferred the award.

Sethi resigns as CFO, Wires & Fabriks SA Ltd
A. K. Sethi , Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Wires & Fabriks SA Ltd has resigned from the Company effective from March 19, 2011

Pathi appointed CFO, Wires & Fabriks SA Ltd
Wires & Fabriks SA Ltd has appointed Rajesh Pathi as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) with effect from March 19, 2011.

Kotak Mahindra Bank appoints additional directors
Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd has appointed Prakash Apte and Amit Desai as additional directors of the bank with effect from March 18, 2011 and N. P. Sarda also as Additional Director with effect from April 1, 2011.

Agarwal resigns as Chairman, Sam Industries Ltd
Om Agrawal, Chairman of Sam Industries Ltd has submitted his resignation from the Chairmanship and Directorship of the Company on March 18, 2011.

Lall appointed ED, McCann Worldgroup
Alok Lall, who quit Iris Worldwide as Managing Director has joined McCann Worldgroup as Executive Director.

Bhagwat appointed VP (West & South) LiveMedia
LiveMedia has appointed Ganesh Bhagwat as Vice President (West and South). He will be based in Mumbai.

Akzo Nobel India appoints directors
Akzo Nobel India Limited has appointed Arvind Uppal as Independent Director and
Graeme Armstrong - Non-Executive Director and Ms Sucheta Govil as Alternate Director to Graeme Armstrong.

Senthil resigns as Director, Bannari Amman Spinning Mills
A Senthil has resigned from the Directorship of Bannari Amman Spinning Mills Ltd with effect from March 16, 2011.

Doshi re-appointed MD, Premier Ltd
Premier Limited has re-appointed Maitreya Doshi as a Managing Director for a period of three years from March 29, 2011 to March 28, 2014.

FORUM

DEBATE (1)Why single out defence services only for the shortage. You take any cadre like University professors(IIT/IIM in particular) /Doctors/ Engineers/ Judges, there is shortage ranging from 20% to as high as 50%. One wonders how come shortage in defence services is only at junior level only, whereas there is absolutely no deficiency at Colonel and above and equivalent. Logically shortage if real should be evenly dispersed across all officer ranks. One tends to believe that the shortages are either artificial or deliberate.

Gupta

DEBATE (2) I have stayed away from this debate so far, but now that the dregs of society have finally emerged from the woodwork to have their say, I may as well throw in my 2 paise. Why are young Indians losing interest in the armed forces? Because India is a truly a nation of ostriches. Everyone has his head in the sand, (or in an unmentionable body part). Where the armed forces are reeling from shortages, we have strategic geniuses who have never spent one day in a field area (probably the same ones who spend their work day writing boring essays on whispers about CSSS and CSS), whining on whispers, that "armed forces officers are a pampered lot", and live in "sealed cantonments" (as if civil government officers don't live in much more sealed off areas- Look at new Moti Bagh in New Delhi! A public park sealed off, and turned into a private bungalow colony for senior government officers. What used to be a park is now an area with commandos posted all around, and no public allowed to enter)!.

Could any civilian last one day in the Thar desert, or in Siachen, or even jungles, or Arunachal, or any other field area? No. They scream, shriek, go on strike, don't attend work, if they are even transferred to a desk job in a part of the country they don't want to go to. Could they face gunfire, or artillery bombardment, or grenades, or IED's, without collapsing into a wall of tears? No. So how can they say that the people who are doing this work, which they would never in a thousand years agree to, are a "pampered lot"? Why are people losing interest in the armed forces? Because the armed forces get no respect, from the civilian services, and by extension, civil society. Because of people like this exemplar, who claims that armed forces are "pampered", despite the fact that they are doing a difficult job, in difficult circumstances, which none else would do.

-Aditya

"Taka ser bhaji, taka ser khaja...."

People have forgotten the contribution of many of those honest people who slogged day and night to ensure that CWG could be organised successfully despite initial delays but now they are also being investigated/ hounded with the same vigour as the corrupt who made aberrations in few cases all because the media made great fuss about corruption in CWG (their own motive/role also needs to be probed). Everyone knows about the level of professionalism and integrity of media in this country still it is surprising to note that course of action in the government follows the media campaign. Hope God comes to the rescue of honest officers and staff who worked tirelessly for CWG to save the prestige of the country. Now let God save theme from the harassment/ embarrassment being heaped on them by the investigating agencies whose capability is also suspect in a generalist dominated system where the jobs of highly qualified professionals are being scrutinised/audited by lower rung of generalists with no knowledge of the subject. God save this great nation.

SKS

Reservation - a major weakness

Reservation has been major weakness of political parties or democracy in India. While all the major parties do feel that 'reservation' has only divided the society, they are reluctant to talk against reservation. One could understand that those oppressed for centuries deserve better or favourable treatment after freedom. But if such protection continues even after more than half a century, it calls for introspection - either the democracy has failed or the ruling leaders have failed in doing their duties. The policy of reservation has in fact benefited only about 2% of SC/ST, which consist of those near and dear ones of ruling classes. It is strange that on the one hand we are talking of liberalization and equality, on the other every leader talks about continuance of 'reservation'. Various communities have, as a result, been exploiting the government in the name of votes. First it was SC, then ST, then OBCs, then Gurjars, now Jats, soon to be followed by Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists. It is high time that the policy of reservation is scrapped and education is made free upto graduation level. Hope emerging leaders (young brigade) would pay attention to this suggestion.

C Singh

It's good for IFS cadre officers

Besides Mizoram, where for the first time an IFS officer has been made Principal Secretary we also have Ajai Saxena an IFS officer belonging to the 1984 batch who is Secretary in the Andaman Administration to a number of departments besides the PCCF who is also a Principal Secretary heading the Environment and Forest department. This augers well for the IFS cadre officers who have always been neglected by the IAS lobby in so far as such postings are concerned.

David

Raise retirement age

As per the wishes of few of the respondents in your columns, Government should immediately raise the retirement age of all the Government employees to 65 or even 70 years so that:

(i) Corruption could be completely eliminated from all walks of life;

(ii) Poverty could be eliminated from all spheres of society;

(iii) Unemployment could be completely eradicated from even the rural and backward regions;

(iv) Education and health care systems could reach all the poor and vulnerable systems of society;

(v) The politics could be cleaned of all undesirable elements;

(vi) The industrial production could be quadrupled within next few years;

(vii) In short the citizens of India can lead healthy and happy life without any unrest, violence, acrimony, communal disturbance, etc.

The Government servants will help achieve all the above goals by putting in dedicated efforts after the age of 60!! In case the age bar if raised till 80 years, the above goals would be achieved with the help of Government servants even earlier!!

Long live the aspirations of senior government servants!

Vivekanad

Is it a conspiracy ?

What is the reason that so many so called skeletons are purportedly tumbling out of the UPA closet at frequent intervals?

Could it be that there is a conspiracy to destabilise the Government and the country by the opposition or some foreign hand?

Or is it owing to the perceived weakness of the Prime Minister that the allies and MPs have got out of hand?

Anyway, action is being taken and investigation agencies are active and the nation has been assured that the guilty will be brought to book.

Let it rest at that.

A K Singh

Arushi has all the makings of a good cartoonist

Arushi has all the makings of a good cartoonist. Beth Jaaiye Beth Jaayiye--was extremely powerful punch of this young, talented artist. Bharat Kumar's piece should reverberate in our minds for a long time.

Ashutosh

Unnecessary transfer of application

The Commission noted that the RTI application has been unnecessarily sent to various BDOs who have all replied that the information is not held by them. Twenty officers of Delhi government had to attend a hearing before the CIC most of whom were unrelated to the information sought by the Appellant. This has also lead to a delay in providing
the information since it appears that there was not clarity as to who has the information.

Comments

It is frequently seen that transfer of the application is the first thing that the PIO does without careful scrutiny as to whether the deemed PIO to whom the application is transferred holds the information. Hopefully, the Government would find some method of ensuring that RTI application are sent to the people who have the information and not to every one since this wastes public resources and money.

[Mr. Chattar Sing Rachhoya vs Irrigation and Flood Control Department in CIC/SG/A/2010/003594/11503]

- Weekly article by 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)

axmann. (The views are Personal)