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One more addition to Home secr aspirants
One more name is being taken for the aspirant to the post of Home secretary in the Government of India. And he is Andhra Pradesh Chief secretary J Harinarayan. He is 1970 batch IAS officer.

Mystery shrouds 1987 IAS empanelment
Mystery shrouds the empanelment of 1987 batch IAS as Joint Secretary in the Government of India. The list which was said to have been finalized has once again been sent back to the PMO. Is it because of pressure politics ?.

IPS Nominations for deputation in GoI up to dec 31
The last date for sending nominations of IPS for deputation in GoI is December 31, 2006.

TN history to be repeated in Punjab
The growing animosity between the Congress and the BJP-Akali combine in Punjab has compelled the bureaucratic circles to think of what luck has in store for them in future. They are afraid that Tamil Nadu kind of behaviour with bureaucracy - wherein one camp victimizes the officers associated to another camp - may not be repeated in Punjab.

Ministers who failed to get their secr changed
Two Union Ministers, I&B Minister Priyaranjan Das Munshi and Women and Child Welfare Minister Renuka Choudhry, it is said, have failed to get their secretaries changed despite best efforts in the past.

Gupta is JS (Establishment ) in MEA
G S Gupta (IFS 81) has joined as Joint Secretary (Establishment) in the Ministry of External Affairs in place of Ms Gaitri Kumar (IFS 86).
Kumar has moved to replace Jaishankar as Joint Secretary (America).

CBDT Chief to be relieved next week !
CBDT Chief M H Khairawala is likely to be relieved on December 12. She is joining the Settlement Commission in Mumbai. For the time being senior most member will officiate.

Majumdar is Dy Chairman of Kolkata Port Trust
Anindo Majumdar has joined the Kolkata Port Trust as Deputy Chairman. He is 1985 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Prasad is Director DoPT
Chaitanya Prasad has been appointed Director in the Department of Personnel. He is 1990 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

CCIT promotion list cleared
Prime Minister has cleared the promotion list of the Chief Commissioners of Income- Tax.

Pratibha Raj to be Dy Secretary Forests
Pratibha Raj, an IFS officer of the West Bengal cadre, has been appointed Director in the Ministry of Forests and Environment..

Kamble is out of race
C K Kamble is out of the race for the post of CVO in the Chennai Port Trust. He is 1991 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Tenure of Dutt to expire
Deputation tenure of Vikram Dev Dutt, Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs, will expire on Saturday. He is 1993 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

IPS reshuffle in Jharkhand
Altogether 32 IPS officers have been reshuffled in Jharkhand. New postings are :-Mssrs Sheetal Oraon SP of Dhanbad, Baljeet Singh SP Jamshedpur, DIG (coal belt) Anil Palta DIG Homeguards C.P. Kiran DIG, Kolhan. Anurag Gupta dig Coal Belt, N.K. Singh SP (operations), Ranchi, Batra commandant of JAP-IV, Bokaro. Neyaj Ahamed ADG Headquarters. Kumud Choudhary ADG rail police. Jagdish Pal ADG police modernisation, A.K. Sinha IG of Ranchi, D.K. Pandey IG operations and law & order. Amitabh Choudhary IG organised crime wing. B.B. Pradhan zonal IG of Bokaro. K.S. Meena IG Human Rights. M.V. Rao IG Budget. A.K. Singh DIG North Chhotanagpur, Nandu Prasad SP Training at PTS Hazaribagh. R.K. Mallick SP CID. M.L. Meena SP Giridih, Sampat Meena SP Pakur. Darad SP, East Singhbhum. Baljeet Singh Commandant JAP-II. L.P. Singh SP Lohardaga, Sheetal Oraon SP Dhanbad, Suman Gupta rail SP of Jamshedpur. T. Kandaswami SP Jamtara. Manoj Kaushik SP Deoghar , J.D.H. Gudia SP Gumla. Parmeshwar Ravidas SP Sahebganj. A.N. Khanna JAP-V commandant Deoghar. Kamlesh Kumar sp,. Subodh Prasad SP of Vigilance Bureau. S.K. Jha ASP Chaibasa Satish Prasado JAP-IX in Sahebganj .

IPS changes in Madhya Pradesh
Niranjan B Wayagankar has been appointed new SP of Bhind. Raja Babu Singh has been shifted to Indore in Battalion.

Ram Mohan replaces Raghavan
S Ram Mohan, HA Grade/IRAS/I.C.F, presently working as FA&CAO has been transferred to Southern Railway in place of Ms Sowmya Raghavan.

FORUM

This is not fair for 1973 batch IAS

Less than 2 years to retire and 1973 batch officers will not become full fledged secretaries, is like punishing officers for no fault of theirs. This situation has arisen due to late promotion of IAS officers in GOI. No one is there for us to look after our cadre. Our posts are snatched by other service officers and some by our own officers after retirement. The solution is not to work negatively for any cadre but to streamline the system in a positive manner. For example faster promotions-other avenues like including post retirement posts in the main cadre to provide faster promotion or if other service officer gets a post of IAS in return IAS should be given a post in the respective cadre( let me mention here that other services Secretary level posts are better than the usual IAS posts as far as perks and powers attached with the posts are concerned. Otherwise where would we go. Incidentally, I am not a 1973 batch officer and not in the zone of consideration of secretary. I feel it is my duty to raise concern although today the seniors may be affected by this move, if it happens. I strongly feel that every service cadre should see to it tha officers are promoted at the second highest level at least when the officers get 2 years to work on that post. Ultimately honest officers survive only on salary and we should work for them. For other categories, one find that they get everything in service whatever may be the rules are.
B Shrivastava

CBI enquiry is needed

On behalf of the staff of Kendriya Bhandar and Greh Kalyan Kendra, we would like to inform you that our office was earlier occupied in bungalows No. 17 & 19, Mahadev Road, New Delhi-11000. The Greh Kalyan Kendra was also running a crèche for children and the school for the poor children. We have recently been shifted to another place. We have no objection to the shifting but the reason given by the M/o Urban Development (Dte. of Estates) is not satisfactory. These two Lutynes bungalows have since been demolished by the CPWD and a new bungalow is being constructed there to be occupied by an IAS officer very close to Shri Jaipal Reddy, Minister for Urban Development. It is understood from CPWD that an expenditure of about Rs. 20 lakh has been sanctioned for this purpose. While on the one hand the Govt. is trying to save the Lutynes bungalows, on the other hand these bungalows are being demolished and replaced by new bungalows to suit the requirement of an IAS officer. This is criminal waste of money. At present when the Ministry of Finance is issuing economy instructions. These bungalows were renovated recently by the CPWD when the same was under occupation by the Greh Kalyan Kendra and Kendriya Bhandar. Demolishing the bungalows to satisfy the whim of an IAS officer is not clear.

We, therefore, pray that an independent enquiry by CBI may be conducted into this whole matter and punish the guilty.

Yours faithfully
{Officers and staff of Greh Kalyan Kendra and Kendriya Bhandar

Housing policy needs a review

Housing policy needs a review. Padmanabhan's comment indicates that but for tenure pool all other categories are dissatisfied. Let the officers from all the categories be members of committee to decide on the housing policy. Such recommendation of the committee be implemented within a time frame.
There is apparently no answer /justification before the DOE for delay of more than 2 years in finalizing the already recommended and notified policy of non-AIS tenure pool for central staffing scheme officers. Even after so much delay can it assure that this would be done within a month or two.

Sanjeev

Housing disease

Ashu's suggestion is great. Let us start this next Monday (11th). To begin with let each waitlisted person ensure that he/she sends the card once a month ie. by 31st Dec. Let the persons send one card each to DOE office. Let the heading be "Get well soon". With good wishes from "Eagerly waiting senior general pool officers".

Raghu

Gandhigiri

I believe "Gandhigiri" works if the other side has a heart or a conscience.

If not, "Gandhigiri" may well result in harakiri!

H P Dixit

Mumbai provides opportunities
Mumbai provides opportunities to the IRS officers who , of late ,are looking confused. Tax collection has reached all time high and we all know the role of department in that.

A K Kumar

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Somnath Da is getting more and more unpopular with the Opposition with every passing day,
He just does not let the Opposition have its say!!!

In fact his unpopularity cuts across Party lines!!!! Fact is if today Somnath Da were to relinquish Office and a farewell Party was thrown in his honour , Political Parties would have to literally issue whips to ensure MPs attend his farewell!!! And someone should ask Somnath Da how he would have reacted as an Opposition MP in the present circumstances….. and before asking him this question he should be told that past proceedings are now available on the click of a button!!!

Commies use two Dictionaries…. one for WB and one for Delhi,
No wonders Yechury is always mouthing different dialogues when he's on the Telly!!!

Sometimes one wonders whether Yechury has a twin!!! Because one moment he's saying something and the next moment he saying something else!!! SEZ in WB is Special Economic Zone….. and in Delhi SEZ is Seized and Erroneous Zones!!! Fact is that anywhere in India where SEZs are coming up on Agriculture land these are Seized and Erroneous Zones!!!

Hooda is back from China with a recipe for soup,
Now its abs clear that Hooda's hair has whitened in dhoop ( sun)!!!

Wisdom is something alien to this man!!! He wants to follow the Chinese model without going into the pros and cons!!! He wants Haryana to become one big SEZ!!!! While in China Hooda got the recipe for his favourite Sweet Corn Soup!!! And for his info Chautala has the recipe for Hot and Sour Soup and now he has the ingredients too!!!

What is bad for Peter is also bad for Paul!
Same Court mein Amrinder ko Badal karre ga haul!!!

Amrinder boasted that Badal had assets worth Rs. 3500 crores!!! Apart from wild allegations garnered from his cocktail circuit buddies he has no proof!!! Punjabis know that Amrinder is indulging in vilification and vendetta!!!! The ground reality today is that Congress is out and Humpty Dumpty is going to fall off his perch!!!!

Pawar may be going to South Africa to boost Team's morale,
Indian team ki morale ka boora hai haal!!!

Its being discussed in hush hush tones in the inner circles of BCCI….. pros and cons being weighed!!! Also a Media Blitzkrieg is planned….. of course not directly but indirectly!!! At present Pawar wants damage control to be done!!! Basically 'nincompoopitis' has spread from BCCI to the Indian Team!!!

ED is investigating Cash in Parcel …. how in the parcel were there currency ke wad parr wad!!!
And as usual Amar ' Tout' Singh is threatening and hopping mad!!!

Why should anyone send so much money to Ash??? We all know that all Film Artistes go abroad and do shows for which they are paid humongous amounts!!! And as for Amar he's doing what he always does…… Dalal machaoing shor!!!!

Three Jayas have come together against Congress..... teen tigaada,
And like thye say teen tigaada kaam bigaada!!!

Jaya ' Party Fund' Jaitley, Jaya ' Moneychanger' Bachchan and Jaya ' Naach meri Bulbul' Pradha got together to do some Congress bashing!!!! And please this is no Third Front!!!! Two Jayas have beneifited from SP.... Jay ' Moneychanger' and Jaya ' Nacch meri Bulbul'...... now maybe the third , Jaya ' Party Fund' could also recieve some benifit..... of course the benefit would be dutifully deposited in the Party coffers!!!

Bharat Kumar

IPS officer to be CVO of Chennai Port Trust
An IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre is likely to be appointed new CVO of the Chennai Port Trust.

Makhija is Director RITES
B K Makhija has taken over as Director (Projects) of RITES Ltd. He was earlier ED.

Two new Members in NHAI
A V Sinha and C Kandasamy have been appointed Members (Technical) in National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).

Das is new CEO SBI Factor
D.S. Das, a Chief General Manager with State Bank of India in Delhi has been appointed Managing Director and CEO of SBI Factor and Commercial Services Pvt. Ltd, a SBI Group Company.

Report on NHAI restructuring finalised
The Inter -Ministerial Committee has finalized the report on restructuring of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).

Airports Regulatory Authority soon
India will soon have an airports regulatory authority that will determine tariffs and ensure a level playing field for airports.

What people say about us !

Your website is very useful and giving good information of bureaucrats and other development in all Ministries.
Vinod Kumar

ONLY SOURCE TO REACH THE OPINION MAKERS
ADVERTISE ON-WHISPERSINTHECORRIDORS.COM
Contact-sureshmehrotra@yahoo.com

One more addition to Home secr aspirants
One more name is being taken for the aspirant to the post of Home secretary in the Government of India. And he is Andhra Pradesh Chief secretary J Harinarayan. He is 1970 batch IAS officer.

Mystery shrouds 1987 IAS empanelment
Mystery shrouds the empanelment of 1987 batch IAS as Joint Secretary in the Government of India. The list which was said to have been finalized has once again been sent back to the PMO. Is it because of pressure politics ?.

IPS Nominations for deputation in GoI up to dec 31
The last date for sending nominations of IPS for deputation in GoI is December 31, 2006.

TN history to be repeated in Punjab
The growing animosity between the Congress and the BJP-Akali combine in Punjab has compelled the bureaucratic circles to think of what luck has in store for them in future. They are afraid that Tamil Nadu kind of behaviour with bureaucracy - wherein one camp victimizes the officers associated to another camp - may not be repeated in Punjab.

Ministers who failed to get their secr changed
Two Union Ministers, I&B Minister Priyaranjan Das Munshi and Women and Child Welfare Minister Renuka Choudhry, it is said, have failed to get their secretaries changed despite best efforts in the past.

Gupta is JS (Establishment ) in MEA
G S Gupta (IFS 81) has joined as Joint Secretary (Establishment) in the Ministry of External Affairs in place of Ms Gaitri Kumar (IFS 86).
Kumar has moved to replace Jaishankar as Joint Secretary (America).

CBDT Chief to be relieved next week !
CBDT Chief M H Khairawala is likely to be relieved on December 12. She is joining the Settlement Commission in Mumbai. For the time being senior most member will officiate.

Majumdar is Dy Chairman of Kolkata Port Trust
Anindo Majumdar has joined the Kolkata Port Trust as Deputy Chairman. He is 1985 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Prasad is Director DoPT
Chaitanya Prasad has been appointed Director in the Department of Personnel. He is 1990 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

CCIT promotion list cleared
Prime Minister has cleared the promotion list of the Chief Commissioners of Income- Tax.

Pratibha Raj to be Dy Secretary Forests
Pratibha Raj, an IFS officer of the West Bengal cadre, has been appointed Director in the Ministry of Forests and Environment..

Kamble is out of race
C K Kamble is out of the race for the post of CVO in the Chennai Port Trust. He is 1991 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Tenure of Dutt to expire
Deputation tenure of Vikram Dev Dutt, Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs, will expire on Saturday. He is 1993 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

IPS reshuffle in Jharkhand
Altogether 32 IPS officers have been reshuffled in Jharkhand. New postings are :-Mssrs Sheetal Oraon SP of Dhanbad, Baljeet Singh SP Jamshedpur, DIG (coal belt) Anil Palta DIG Homeguards C.P. Kiran DIG, Kolhan. Anurag Gupta dig Coal Belt, N.K. Singh SP (operations), Ranchi, Batra commandant of JAP-IV, Bokaro. Neyaj Ahamed ADG Headquarters. Kumud Choudhary ADG rail police. Jagdish Pal ADG police modernisation, A.K. Sinha IG of Ranchi, D.K. Pandey IG operations and law & order. Amitabh Choudhary IG organised crime wing. B.B. Pradhan zonal IG of Bokaro. K.S. Meena IG Human Rights. M.V. Rao IG Budget. A.K. Singh DIG North Chhotanagpur, Nandu Prasad SP Training at PTS Hazaribagh. R.K. Mallick SP CID. M.L. Meena SP Giridih, Sampat Meena SP Pakur. Darad SP, East Singhbhum. Baljeet Singh Commandant JAP-II. L.P. Singh SP Lohardaga, Sheetal Oraon SP Dhanbad, Suman Gupta rail SP of Jamshedpur. T. Kandaswami SP Jamtara. Manoj Kaushik SP Deoghar , J.D.H. Gudia SP Gumla. Parmeshwar Ravidas SP Sahebganj. A.N. Khanna JAP-V commandant Deoghar. Kamlesh Kumar sp,. Subodh Prasad SP of Vigilance Bureau. S.K. Jha ASP Chaibasa Satish Prasado JAP-IX in Sahebganj .

IPS changes in Madhya Pradesh
Niranjan B Wayagankar has been appointed new SP of Bhind. Raja Babu Singh has been shifted to Indore in Battalion.

Ram Mohan replaces Raghavan
S Ram Mohan, HA Grade/IRAS/I.C.F, presently working as FA&CAO has been transferred to Southern Railway in place of Ms Sowmya Raghavan.

FORUM

This is not fair for 1973 batch IAS

Less than 2 years to retire and 1973 batch officers will not become full fledged secretaries, is like punishing officers for no fault of theirs. This situation has arisen due to late promotion of IAS officers in GOI. No one is there for us to look after our cadre. Our posts are snatched by other service officers and some by our own officers after retirement. The solution is not to work negatively for any cadre but to streamline the system in a positive manner. For example faster promotions-other avenues like including post retirement posts in the main cadre to provide faster promotion or if other service officer gets a post of IAS in return IAS should be given a post in the respective cadre( let me mention here that other services Secretary level posts are better than the usual IAS posts as far as perks and powers attached with the posts are concerned. Otherwise where would we go. Incidentally, I am not a 1973 batch officer and not in the zone of consideration of secretary. I feel it is my duty to raise concern although today the seniors may be affected by this move, if it happens. I strongly feel that every service cadre should see to it tha officers are promoted at the second highest level at least when the officers get 2 years to work on that post. Ultimately honest officers survive only on salary and we should work for them. For other categories, one find that they get everything in service whatever may be the rules are.
B Shrivastava

CBI enquiry is needed

On behalf of the staff of Kendriya Bhandar and Greh Kalyan Kendra, we would like to inform you that our office was earlier occupied in bungalows No. 17 & 19, Mahadev Road, New Delhi-11000. The Greh Kalyan Kendra was also running a crèche for children and the school for the poor children. We have recently been shifted to another place. We have no objection to the shifting but the reason given by the M/o Urban Development (Dte. of Estates) is not satisfactory. These two Lutynes bungalows have since been demolished by the CPWD and a new bungalow is being constructed there to be occupied by an IAS officer very close to Shri Jaipal Reddy, Minister for Urban Development. It is understood from CPWD that an expenditure of about Rs. 20 lakh has been sanctioned for this purpose. While on the one hand the Govt. is trying to save the Lutynes bungalows, on the other hand these bungalows are being demolished and replaced by new bungalows to suit the requirement of an IAS officer. This is criminal waste of money. At present when the Ministry of Finance is issuing economy instructions. These bungalows were renovated recently by the CPWD when the same was under occupation by the Greh Kalyan Kendra and Kendriya Bhandar. Demolishing the bungalows to satisfy the whim of an IAS officer is not clear.

We, therefore, pray that an independent enquiry by CBI may be conducted into this whole matter and punish the guilty.

Yours faithfully
{Officers and staff of Greh Kalyan Kendra and Kendriya Bhandar

Housing policy needs a review

Housing policy needs a review. Padmanabhan's comment indicates that but for tenure pool all other categories are dissatisfied. Let the officers from all the categories be members of committee to decide on the housing policy. Such recommendation of the committee be implemented within a time frame.
There is apparently no answer /justification before the DOE for delay of more than 2 years in finalizing the already recommended and notified policy of non-AIS tenure pool for central staffing scheme officers. Even after so much delay can it assure that this would be done within a month or two.

Sanjeev

Housing disease

Ashu's suggestion is great. Let us start this next Monday (11th). To begin with let each waitlisted person ensure that he/she sends the card once a month ie. by 31st Dec. Let the persons send one card each to DOE office. Let the heading be "Get well soon". With good wishes from "Eagerly waiting senior general pool officers".

Raghu

Gandhigiri

I believe "Gandhigiri" works if the other side has a heart or a conscience.

If not, "Gandhigiri" may well result in harakiri!

H P Dixit

Mumbai provides opportunities
Mumbai provides opportunities to the IRS officers who , of late ,are looking confused. Tax collection has reached all time high and we all know the role of department in that.

A K Kumar

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Somnath Da is getting more and more unpopular with the Opposition with every passing day,
He just does not let the Opposition have its say!!!

In fact his unpopularity cuts across Party lines!!!! Fact is if today Somnath Da were to relinquish Office and a farewell Party was thrown in his honour , Political Parties would have to literally issue whips to ensure MPs attend his farewell!!! And someone should ask Somnath Da how he would have reacted as an Opposition MP in the present circumstances….. and before asking him this question he should be told that past proceedings are now available on the click of a button!!!

Commies use two Dictionaries…. one for WB and one for Delhi,
No wonders Yechury is always mouthing different dialogues when he's on the Telly!!!

Sometimes one wonders whether Yechury has a twin!!! Because one moment he's saying something and the next moment he saying something else!!! SEZ in WB is Special Economic Zone….. and in Delhi SEZ is Seized and Erroneous Zones!!! Fact is that anywhere in India where SEZs are coming up on Agriculture land these are Seized and Erroneous Zones!!!

Hooda is back from China with a recipe for soup,
Now its abs clear that Hooda's hair has whitened in dhoop ( sun)!!!

Wisdom is something alien to this man!!! He wants to follow the Chinese model without going into the pros and cons!!! He wants Haryana to become one big SEZ!!!! While in China Hooda got the recipe for his favourite Sweet Corn Soup!!! And for his info Chautala has the recipe for Hot and Sour Soup and now he has the ingredients too!!!

What is bad for Peter is also bad for Paul!
Same Court mein Amrinder ko Badal karre ga haul!!!

Amrinder boasted that Badal had assets worth Rs. 3500 crores!!! Apart from wild allegations garnered from his cocktail circuit buddies he has no proof!!! Punjabis know that Amrinder is indulging in vilification and vendetta!!!! The ground reality today is that Congress is out and Humpty Dumpty is going to fall off his perch!!!!

Pawar may be going to South Africa to boost Team's morale,
Indian team ki morale ka boora hai haal!!!

Its being discussed in hush hush tones in the inner circles of BCCI….. pros and cons being weighed!!! Also a Media Blitzkrieg is planned….. of course not directly but indirectly!!! At present Pawar wants damage control to be done!!! Basically 'nincompoopitis' has spread from BCCI to the Indian Team!!!

ED is investigating Cash in Parcel …. how in the parcel were there currency ke wad parr wad!!!
And as usual Amar ' Tout' Singh is threatening and hopping mad!!!

Why should anyone send so much money to Ash??? We all know that all Film Artistes go abroad and do shows for which they are paid humongous amounts!!! And as for Amar he's doing what he always does…… Dalal machaoing shor!!!!

Three Jayas have come together against Congress..... teen tigaada,
And like thye say teen tigaada kaam bigaada!!!

Jaya ' Party Fund' Jaitley, Jaya ' Moneychanger' Bachchan and Jaya ' Naach meri Bulbul' Pradha got together to do some Congress bashing!!!! And please this is no Third Front!!!! Two Jayas have beneifited from SP.... Jay ' Moneychanger' and Jaya ' Nacch meri Bulbul'...... now maybe the third , Jaya ' Party Fund' could also recieve some benifit..... of course the benefit would be dutifully deposited in the Party coffers!!!

Bharat Kumar

IPS officer to be CVO of Chennai Port Trust
An IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre is likely to be appointed new CVO of the Chennai Port Trust.

Makhija is Director RITES
B K Makhija has taken over as Director (Projects) of RITES Ltd. He was earlier ED.

Two new Members in NHAI
A V Sinha and C Kandasamy have been appointed Members (Technical) in National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).

Das is new CEO SBI Factor
D.S. Das, a Chief General Manager with State Bank of India in Delhi has been appointed Managing Director and CEO of SBI Factor and Commercial Services Pvt. Ltd, a SBI Group Company.

Report on NHAI restructuring finalised
The Inter -Ministerial Committee has finalized the report on restructuring of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).

Airports Regulatory Authority soon
India will soon have an airports regulatory authority that will determine tariffs and ensure a level playing field for airports.