What people say about us!

When this site speaks of All India Services it should keep the readers informed well as AIS are three and does not end with IAS and IPS.
Shashi Kumar

POLITICS

Comparison of speeches on Independence day
In most of the Indian houses, a comparison of two speeches by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on the Independence Day was the topic of discussion.

Trail of troubles for Durga Shakti may soon be settled!
Amid the trail of troubles for Durga Shakti Nagpal and the ongoing internal tussles between the IAS Associations and the political masters of U P Govt; the emerging new scenario seems to bring the normalcy back on the track soon. Durga Shakti submits her reply to the chargesheet served by the UP Govt, four days prior to the deadline of 15 days would expire. If some top sources inside the UP Govt & administration are to be believed the chief minister Akhilesh Yadav has made his mind to revoke Durga's suspension albeit in a different manner. Reportedly, the orders and chargesheet etc would be put under non-recordable category so that their implications do not blunt her ACR and career prospects. Secondly, the minor punishments may be imposed so as to save the face of the Govt and preserve the political mileage. The political spectators make it a point that by doing so Akhilesh would be able to avert the possible damage of his young progressive image.

BUREAUCRACY

Empanelment process of 1980 batch IAS is almost over
Empanelment process of 1980 batch IAS officers to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India is almost complete now.

Joshi empanelled as AS in GoI
A B Joshi has been empanelled for the post of Additional Secretary level in Government of India. He is an IPoS officer of 1979 batch.

Dr A Karnatak, selected as Director (Proj), GAIL
Dr A Karnatak, ED, GAIL, has been selected for the post of Director (Projects), Gas Authority of India Limited (SAIL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on August 16, 2013. As many as 12 persons were interviewed for the same.

Alok to be DDG, BEE
Alok is all set to join as DDG (Technical) National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency. He is a 1993 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Orders of Boopathy as Director (P& P), NLC issued
The orders of S Boopathy, GM, NLC, for the appointment as Director (Planning & Projects), Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited (NLC) have been issued by Government of India.
(We said this on March 20, 2013)

Panel for JS, Coal may be created soon
As the grapevine has it, a panel may soon be created to fill the specially created post of Joint Secretary in the already ailing Ministry of Coal. Spectators are keenly watching as who would fit into the shoes?

SK Jha poised for central deputation
As the grapevine has it, Sanjay Kumar Jha is all set to move on central deputation. The 1989 batch IPS officer is currently serving IG, Jabalpur .

Mukul Ratra posted as Director, DoPT
Mukul Ratra has been appointed as Director in the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) in Government of India. He is a CSS officer.

6 Probationers of 2009 batch of WB cadre confirmed in IAS
As many as six West Bengal cadre probationers of 2009 batch have been confirmed in Indian Administrative Service (IAS). They are Rachna Bhagat, Ayesha Rani A, Kaushik Bhattacharya, Shilpa Gourisaria, Sumit Gupta and Vaibha Shrivastava.

Ms Anurag empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Ms Aindri Anurag has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. She is a 1988 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.

Manish Sinha empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Manish Sinha has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary/equivalent in Government of India. He is a 1989 batch officer of IP&TA &FS.

Chaudhuri empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Yoshodhara Ray Chaudhuri has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in Government of India. She is an IA&AS officer of 1991 batch.

RTI online facility extended to 37 Ministries in GoI
The facility of RTI online web portal has been extended to 37 Ministries/Departments of Government of India. This facility would be extended to all the remaining Ministries/ Departments of Government of India with effect from August 21, 2013.

Tewari gets addl charge of Member (Revenue), CBDT
R K Tewari, Member (IT), CBDT, has been assigned an additional charge of Member (Revenue), CBDT along with zonal charge of Eastern Zone (West Bengal and North East), Orissa, Bihar and Jharkhand till September 4, 2013.

Four IRS-IT officers transferred
As many as four officers of Indian Revenue Service of Income Tax cadre working at the level of Additional CIT/Joint CIT have been transferred and posted at different palces. Accordingly, Dr S Shakir Hussain has been appointed to Directorate of IT & TP, Bangalore while Budala Koteswara Rao was posted to CCA Delhi and Priya Sahu is being moved to CCA Kanpur. Besides, Jivandeep singh Kahlon has been appointed to CCA, NWR.

DoPT sponsoring post-graduate diploma programme 2014-15
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) is sponsoring a fifteen months' Post Graduate Diploma Programme in Public Policy and Management during 2014-15 at the Management Development Institute, Gurgaon. This 9th programme is scheduled to commence from April 8, 2014. It includes an international module of six weeks' duration at a foreign university. Nomination of suitable officers can be sent to this department through before November 4, 2013.

Rear Admiral Ajit Kumar is new Chief
Rear Admiral P Ajit Kumar has taken over office as Chief of Staff of the Southern Naval Command on Saturday.

Nikhil Gandhi bereaved
Noted industrialists Nikhil Gandhi and Bhavesh Gandhi have lost their father on Thursday in Mumbai. A prayer meeting will take place on saturday in V M Banquets near Mantralaya between 5 to 7 pm

Two IAS officers shifted in Haryana (UPDATED)
Prabhjot Singh has been appointed as AD-cum-CEO, DRDA, Kaithal while Rajnarayan Kaushik will be ADC-cum-CEO, DRDA, Fatehabad in Haryana.

New Member of the UPSC to be sworn-in on Monday (UPDATED)
Newly appointed Member of the Union Public Service Commission P Kilem Sungla will be sworn in on Monday. She is an academician who hails from Nagaland.

CORPORATE

Simanta Bordeloi to be Airport Manager, Bankok
Air India officer, Simanta Bordeloi has been appointed as Airport Manager, Bangkok.

Das ceases to be Workmen Employee Director, Allahabad Bank
Gour Das has ceased to be Workmen Employee Director of Allahabad Bank.

Roy ceases to be Nominee Director, Gontermann Peipers India Ltd
B K Roy has ceased to be a Nominee Director of IFCI Ltd on the Board of Directors of Gontermann Peipers India Ltd.

Narayan resigns as Director, Arvind Remedies Ltd
K V Narayan has resigned as Director of Arvind Remedies Ltd.

Goswami appointed Nominee Director, Steelco Gujarat Ltd
Steelco Gujarat Ltd has appointed Jiban Goswami as Nominee Director of the company.

Kumar re-designated as Non Exec. Independent Director, Kennametal India Ltd
Kennametal India Ltd has re-designated Bidadi Anjani Kumar as a Non-Executive Independent Director of the company.

Goel resigns as Director, Gujarat Foils Ltd
Sanjiv Goel has resigned as Director of Gujarat Foils Ltd w.e.f. August 31, 2013.

(The views expressed in this column are of the contributors. We do not owe any responsibility, whatsoever, of the views of our surfers as they are their personal opinion. However, we would also request our contributors not to be personal, directly or indirectly, in presenting their views. Instead of countering the views which ‘X’ has already expressed, our contributors are advised to present their own views. Also be brief, say about 200 words at the most since any views longer than that if eliminated at our end would carry the risk of the contrbutor’s item losing its original essence)

Positive fall out of Khemka and Durga Shakti episode
One very much good fall out of Khemka and Durga Shakti episode can be seen in Department of Posts. Mrs. Padmini Gopinath ,Secretary, Postal Department was speaking in felicitation ceremony on successful completion of world touring of her colleague Mr Alok Saxena, Secretary. Mrs Gopinath saying some tough words, corruption of any kind not to be tolerated. She say one HAG level officer already placed under suspension. All officers catch by CBI will be punished. She emphasize saying till now only class-3 and 4 employees punished but now fixing of responsibility on corrupt Indian postal service officer also. A list of tough measures submitted to Kapil Sibal. Alok Saxena, Secretary is made in- charge of anti corruption squad. There is all round fear in department. Perhaps corruption can at last be ending in department of posts.

Uday Chopra

No news about Indian Forest service officers
I have been continuously following your news and whispers however very sparingly I get any news or whispers about Indian Forest Service officers. I request you to have a better coverage on this All India Service thanking you
Pramod Kumar Merkap IFS

Control needed
Retiring government officers are not allowed to take up employment immediately after retirement, and certainly not with Corporates etc with whom they had official dealings. This principle needs to be extended to such officers joining political parties immediately on retirement, as all of them, without fail, have dealings with political parties during their career. In fact, administration suffers greatly because of such officers, who have been seen to be openly playing immoral party politics in violation all conduct rules while in service to gain quicker promotions, creamy postings, foreign assignments, post retirement sinecures like the umpteen Regulatory Authorities and Tribunals. If nothing, they get one man committee created for them, or some post called Advisor or Consultant. they only twist the existing policy, tweak the rules to serve the political masters of their choice, oblige the businesses for personal gains, float NGOs and channelise funds in to them. Nobody dare cross them or throw the rule book at them. They rule as officers and continue to rule their after as elected or nominated MPs/MLAs and even ministers. When they wangle a minister's most lucrative job, they act as real Babus, the bureaucrat, interfering in the working of the administration by the lawful authority. They enjoy humiliating, hurting and harassing the highest bureaucrats under them for no rhyme or reason excepting their highly inflated egos, which exceed their domestic and foreign travel bills and hospitality expenditure at government cost. The politicization of bureaucracy has to be stopped forthwith. It will be our sincere celebration of the 67th Independence Day ! A ban on the retiring officers joining political parties immediately on retirement should become effective from this I Day.

M L Gupta

Difficult to mend mind-set of CSS Officers
While it is true that computer based typing should be made compulsory for all senior officers, my experience has been that those who have passed out from foreign universities and officers in the age group of 30-40 years do possess good knowledge and speed of English typing as one has to type their own thesis and programs in computer. It is very difficult to mend and change the mind-set of CSS Officers as they are accustomed to the luxury of Stenos for even writing a casual leave application.

Raghuraman

DATE WITH RTI

Top	Click here for Your Feedback about this whisper	Next