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Majority favours appointment of PCS officers as DMs

Bhopal: "Let the spoils of power be rip open for every citizen of this great democratic nation", says Sanjiv a respondent to the querry "Should PCS officers be appointed DMs?" put up on the News and Views section of the popular whispersinthecorridors.com.
Corroborating, S Vikrma another respondent - referring to Uttar Pradesh government's move to appoint PCS officials as DMs - says that other states should also follow. "In the days of the British Raj, an ICS man alone could become Collector because only a British could sustain and consolidate the Raj. And those brown-skinned Indians who managed to get into ICS were said to be more British than the Britishers as these natives were the products of the Macaulay system of education which had aimed at producing such Indians who could continue and strengthen the Raj", he says.
"It is unfortunate that the same edifice is continuing at the district level even after Independence, with the IAS replacing the ICS. This thoughtless status-quoism needs to be changed. Over the years the PCS personnel have proved their usefulness. But for their role, the government machinery at the grass-root level would have collapsed. It is a matter of discomfort that their role has never been judged on merit", he adds.
In all 70 per cent respondents to the above question favoured appointment of PCS as DMs if they are competent. Infact some of them said, "this issue has no meaning in the age of globalisation. There should be no IAS/IFS/PCS/PPS etc. Only professional competence should be the criteria for appointment to the important posts in bureaucracy".
But there were others, only 30 per cent, who said that PCS should not be appointed as DM. "PCS officers should not be appointed as DMs. They have narrow vision, less exposure to wide sections of administration, and by years of playing 'yesmen' they command lesser repsect of piers".
"Instead, officers from class I central services are much suited. If there is any derth of IAS or suitable IAS, officers drawn from Central services would be better replacements in view of the fact that they are selected from the same lot as the IAS and in terms of experience and exposure they are equal to any other IAS", said P K Mishra.

Ashok Jha to be ED of IMF !

Secretary Department of Economic Affairs, Ashok Jha, is being tipped to be the new ED of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).He is 1969 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

150 IT Commissioners have no work

Is it a fact that about 150 Income-Tax Commissioners (Appeal) in the country have no work to do. It is stated that four Commissioners in Surat and 10 in Ahemdabad are without any work.

PM to clear 1986 batch IAS empanelment file

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to clear the empanelment file of 1986 batch IAS officers this week.

Amitabh Kant in great demand

Amitabh Kant, Joint Secretary Tourism, whose deputation tenure has come to an end has been stopped from going back to Kerala till August 7. The problem is that both the Union Tourism Minister and the Kerala Chief Minister want him. However, a final decision on where to keep him is expected to be taken on Monday.

Khullar appointed Joint Secretary (West Africa)

Dinkar Khullar (IFS 78) has been appointed as Joint Secretary (West Africa) in place of Navdeep Suri (IFS 83) who is going on posting to Johannesburg as Consul General. Suri was earlier slated to go as
CG, Karachi, but the opening of the Consulate there has been delayed.

Judge of Jharkhand HC to go to Madras HC

Justice S J Mukhopadaya of the Jharkhand High Court is to be shifted to the Madras High Court.

Mathur and Nath are in London

Two Madhya Pradesh cadre 1982 batch IAS officers J S Mathur and Ajay Nath are in London to attend three weeks course in the Royal Institute of Public Administration beginning August 7.

Vyasji joins IIPA
Secretary Competition Commission, Vyasji, has joined the Indian Institute of Public Administration(IIPA). He is 1982 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Joshi to return to Assam

Rajiv Chandra Joshi who was on deputation to Uttaranchal Government is returning to the parent Assam-Meghalaya cadre. He is 1994 batch IAS officer.

Rajiv Mathur promoted in IB

Rajiv Mathur has been promoted to the rank of Special Director in the Intelligence Bureau. He is 1972 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Gopal Sharma to continue as DGP

Gopal Sharma is going to continue as DGP of Jammu & Kashmir.Chief Minister Gulam Nabi Azad has reportedly written a letter to the Government of India in this regard.It means 1972 batch IPS officer Gopal Sharma who has been empanelled to the rank of DG in the GoI is not coming to the Centre.

Zhimomi is new Director of NEZCC

V Hekali Zhimomi has taken over as new Director of the North-East Zone Cultural Centre (NEZCC).Zhimomi is 1996 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Chaddha resigns as VC

Vice- Chancellor of Indore University C S Chaddha has resigned.He is retired 1966 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Behar to be Member of CPSC

Retired district judge Behar is being appointed new Member of the Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission.

IAS postings in Rajasthan

Amreesh Kumar ,Ravi Jain,Ravi Kumar and Sumit Kumar will be SDOs of Kota,Nimbahera,Balotara and Jodhpur respectively.A Srinivas has been appointed Project Director RVIDP Ajmer.

FORUM

It is really surprising to note so much discrimination between different All India Services. As a principle the rank should be given according to scale or length of service as is the practice in Govt of India.Whispers can bring this to the notice of GOI and Gov. of UP.

Shivam

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Natwar is never going to give me an interview. So by the magic of imagination I interviewed him in his Library.

I enter Natwar's library and find him sitting in an easy chair lost in thought.

Me: Relaxing!!!
Nut: No I'm Natwar Singh ….. how dare you change my name????
Me: Sir I was just asking you if you were relaxing…… you've been shouting from the rooftops that you are relaxed , so I'm just confirming this!!!
Nut: I'm relaxed…… my nerves are totally in my control……… I am the epitome of calmness….. my BP is 120/80…. my pulse is 60…….my sugar level is normal…..my bowel movement is regular!!!!

Just then he gets a call ......Nut literally jumps up in fright.……. his Man Friday rushes and takes his pulse and its 110…… then he takes his BP and its 170/100…….. Nut says he wants to go for 'number two' and he picks up a magazine and rushes into the loo. Comes out of the loo and instructs his Man Friday to inform Jagat that he's just got a message that Government is tabling Pathak Commission Report and ATR on Monday. After taking a few deep breaths he indicates that I should continue with the interview.

Me: The Pathak Commission report says you wrote letters of recommendation for Andaleeb recommending him to the Iraqi Regime!!!
Nut: Andaleeb grew up in front of me and is a damn fine chap…… he requested me for recommendation letters as he was not getting an Iraqi Visa and so I wrote these letters of recommendation for him!!!
Me: But then why did you address the letters to Tariq Aziz …. Tariq Aziz did not give Visas and then why three letters????
Nut: No no…… you see I was the head of Congress's Foreign Affairs Cell…. somewhat like a shadow MEA so I had to maintain decorum and write to my counterpart!!!! And I wrote three letters because Tariq Aziz had three hideouts and and so I had to address one letter to each of the hideouts!!!
Me: In an interview you've said that you gave recommendation letters to all who came to you!!!
Nut: Absolutely……… if you want one I'll write one for you too!!!
Me: Sir as of today I think your letter of recommendation can only work in Samajwadi Party and I don't have any work with them …. so no thank you!!!

Jagat come in and gives me a dirty look and whispers something in Nut's ear and saunters off.

Me: Your son Jagat has been alleging that PC is trying to do you and him in!!!
Nut: Yes he says an Official from ED told him so!!!
Me: What has PC got against you and your son???
Nut: PC does not like Royals…… and I think he got perturbed with me because as MEA I had demanded that all Foreign Exchange matters should come under MEA???
Me: But that's a stupid demand!!!
Nut: No I don't feel so…….. all overseas matters should come under MEA!!!!
Me: I think you were and still are at sea on this issue!!!!
Nut: Am I in Indian territorial waters or am I in International Waters…….
Me: Sir by being at sea I meant you know nothing on this issue!!!
Nut: Anyway…. PC has asked the DRI to get whatever is possible on me and my son!!!
Me: Have you tried to speak to PC!!
Nut: No…. I'm senior to him and he should speak to me!!!
Me: But in case you feel you are being targeted its you who needs to pick up the phone and talk to PC!!!
Nut: I've never dialed a number in the last thirty years and I'm not going to start now.
Me: You could have got your PA or Man Friday to do it!!!
Nut: I've done chutti of my PA….. and my Man Friday is not allowed to touch the phone…… it's a custom!!!
Me: Chalo I'll take you for your word however unbelievable your excuses may sound!!!!

Just then Nut's wife comes in and whispers something in his ear. After she leaves Nut picks up the phone and dials a number and then orders Pizzas.

Me: I thought you never dialed ……..
Nut: The Pizza is for you….. Athithi Devobhava…… I've broken my vow for a guest!!!
Me: But you could have asked your wife to dial the number???
Nut: How can I tell my Princess to dial a number????
Me: My wife is my princess too but I sometimes do tell her to dial a number for me…….okay enough of this….. have you tried to speak to Sonia on your travails???
Nut: No no my wife's a real Princess … for me it's a double whammy..……… I will not speak anything about Sonia!!!
Me: I'd read this as ' you've tried but have not been able to speak to her'!!!
Nut: I'd prove you wrong by just picking up the phone and calling her….. but I don't dial numbers myself!!!
Me: Chalo I'll dial the number for you!!!
Nut: I cannot reveal the number to you…. its top secret!!
Me: I know the number….. give me the phone I'll dial the number for you!!!
Nut: No it's a rule in Congress Party that we can only call her in the mornings….. and now its 4 pm, so I cannot call her!!!!
Me: But don't you feel that if PC is targeting you he must be having Sonia's permission to do so….. you know that in Congress not even a leave moves without Sonia's approval!!!
Nut: I've said I'm not going to answer any questions on Sonia!!!!

The Pizzas arrive and are served.

Me: You say PM spoke to you and assured you….. what did he assure you???
Nut: He said that my name would not be sullied!!!
Me: I think he just meant that the investigation would be fair…. he did not mean that even if you were guilty no charges would be brought up against you that would sully your name….. it was not a carte blanche from Manmohan!!!
Nut: I will reveal all very soon!!!
Me: That brings me to my next question …. all this talk about revealing...... looks like you are trying to blackmail Congress!!!
Nut: As I look at it I'm going to be out of work…….. so I'm following Jaswant Singh's example and will attempt to make hay even when the sun is not shining!!!!
Me: So you plan to write a book???
Nut: If I continue to remain in Congress I'm going to write a fiction, in which I will tactfully reveal everything ….. in fact I plan a series …. maybe I'll be the next Rowling!!! The central character will be Kunwar Natty Singh!!! And if I leave Congress or am thrown out then I'm going to write my Autobiography …… Why, when and how???
Me: That brings me to my last question are you going to stay in Congress or are you going to quit!!!
Nut: I'm a committed Congressman and I will remain so!!!
Me: Till when???

Just then Amar Singh and Digvijay Singh come in and Nut greets them very warmly ……. in fact like very old friends!!! I do not press for an answer to my last question….. seeing the chemistry and camaraderie between the three....backslapping and winking.... I feel I've got the answer!!!

Bharat Kumar

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IOC Chairman illegible for ONGC post

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Rao wants justice

S P Rao has again sought justice from the SC and ST Commission. Is GAIL CMD Prashanto Banerjee above the law in the country? Rao is reported to have approached the higher ups. It may be recalled that the SC and ST Commission has ordered action against the GAIL CMD.

Interviews for CIL' Director Personnel on Aug 8

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Nahar is ED and CEO of Birla Corporation

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Sharma is head of Allahabad Bank in Uttaranchal

Naval Kishore Sharma has taken over as Chief of Allahabad Bank in Uttaranchal.

New head of Air Deccan flight operations

Cor Blokzijl has been appointed new Vice-President of flight operations of the Air Deccan.