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INTERVIEW OF THE WEEK

The multi crore mega project of "Bharat Oman Refinery Ltd" (BORL) coming up at Agasaud near Bina will entirely change economic scenario in the Central India. This was stated by BORL's enterprising & a dedicated Managing Director R.P.Singh. In an interview to <whispersinthecorridors.com>
he unfolded his plans on how the refinery was being constructed while maintaining highest standards in the field of construction.
Singh who is known for his integrity & perseverance is leaving no stone unturned to ensure that project was completed on time. He has evolved such a mechanism whereby construction work of the refinery is being monitored on daily basis. "With the present trend of progress of the project it is expected that it will be completed as per schedule, i.e., December 2009," said RP Singh in an interview with whispers.

1/In what way the Bharat Oman Refinery is different from others?

Bharat Oman Refineries Ltd (BORL), is a joint venture company of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL), and Oman Oil Company Ltd., Oman. BORL is implementing a 6 MMTPA grassroot refinery project at Bina,(Madhya Pradesh). BORL is a private sector company; however, it has a very strong backing from BPCL. This region has no other refinery and the refinery would have logistical advantage in catering to the central part of the country. The products of this refinery will be marketed by BPCL.

2/At what stage is the project at present?

The project is going ahead with full swing on all the fronts. Process packages from various licensors have been received and the engineering activities are at its peak. All the long lead delivery items for different units have been ordered well in advance. Other major items for various units have also been ordered. Site grading work at refinery as well as crude oil terminal at Vadinar in Gujarat has been completed. Power at construction site is already available. Civil and structural work contractors for different units are at site. Approximately 3000 works are going on at site. The overall physical progress is 19.7% against the target of 17.9%.

3/By when will it be operational?

With the present trend of progress of the project it is expected it will be completed as per schedule, i.e., December 2009.

4/How finances are being managed to fund the project?

The as- built Capital Cost of the Project is estimated at Rs.10378 Crores (US $ 2.3 Billions) comprising expenditure towards land & site development, plant & machinery, licences, know-how & basic engineering, PMC & other Consultancy, civil works & infrastructure, township, start-up expenses, contingencies, interest during construction, margin money for working capital, etc. The Project cost is proposed to be financed at a debt / equity mix of 1.6:1. The debt has been arranged through a consortium of 14 banks.

5/By when do you aim at achieving breakeven?

The project's Internal Rate of Return (IRR) is projected at 14% and payback period is between six to seven years.

6/Will you please enlist salient features of the project?

Some of the salient features of the refinery configuration are as below: -

One of the unique features of refinery process configuration is that it has integrated high pressure Diesel Hydrotreater with Full Conversion Hydro cracker which is first of its kind in India. This integration provides capital cost reduction and improve energy efficiency.
Fifty per cent of its products will be of Euro III level & rest fifty per cent products will be of Euro IV level.
The Captive Power Plant is a Circulating Fluidized Bed Combustion (CFBC) type Boiler based power plant, generating power through Steam Turbo Generator (STG) using pet coke as main fuel. Pet coke based Captive Power Plant is being put up for the 1st time in Indian refining industry. Pet coke generated from delayed coker unit is utilized as main fuel of captive Power Plant.
Sulphur Recovery Unit (SRU) is integrated with Tail Gas Treating unit (TGTU), over all Sulphur recovery achieved by both the units in combination is 99.9 wt%.
As a part of the project, a number of social upliftment activities like establishing hospital, school, playground etc., to take care of the requirements of employees of the Company as well as local people have been planned.
In addition to the above, this project is expected to generate employment opportunities for local people and substantial revenue to the state exchequer.

Gopal Pillai is new Secretary Defence

Gopal Pillai will be new Secretary Defence.1972 batch Kerala cadre IAS officer Pillai is presently Secretary Commerce.He will succeed Shekhar Dutt who is superannuating on July 31.
( We said this on June 26 and again on June 29 )

Fernandez is Secretary Commerce

Secretary Tourism in the Government of India Christy Leon Fernandez is moving to Commerce Ministry . He is 1973 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.
( We said this on June 29 )

1986 batch IPS empanelment meeting today

Empanelment meeting of 1986 batch IPS officers to the rank of IG in the Government of India is expected to take place on Thursday.

Akhil Kumar Jain is Chairman ITPO

Special Secretary Defence will be new Chairman of the ITPO. He is 1973 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.
( We said this on July 10 )

Dharmendra joins Americas Division
G Dharmendra has joined as Director in Americas Division in the MEA. He is 1990 batch IFS officer. Dharmendra has returned from posting to Dhaka.

Paul to join PMO
Director in Americas Division in MEA Virendra Paul is going to the PMO. He is 1991 batch IFS officer.

Dhananjay Kumar is JS UPSC
Dhananjay Kumar has joined as Joint Secretary UPSC.He is 1993 batch IDAS officer.

Love Verma to join on Friday
Love Verma Principal Secretary to Uttar Pradesh Governor is set to join the Government of India (GOI) as Joint Secretary Culture on Friday. He is an IAS officer of 1978 batch & belongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Another senior ICS is alive
Valluri Kameshwararao, a 1937 batch ICS officer, is still alive in Andhra Pradesh. He is 94.

Minister for review of IDAS officer case
The appointment of IDAS officer, Savitur Prasad, as Joint Secretary (Urban Development) was cleared. Now ACC has rejected the proposal of his appointment. Latest information says that the Urban Development Minister has sent his case for review.

Lalit Meena is Dy Secretary Banking

Lalit Meena has joined the Department of Banking as Deputy Secretary. He is CSS officer.

Bhawra to take course in Singapore
Punjab cadre IG rank 1987 batch IPS officer VK Bhawra is going to Singapore for a one year training course. He is IG (Intelligence) in Punjab at present.

WB govt contemplating to amend Police Act
West Bengal government is said to be preparing to amend the Police Act. It has also constituted a committee in this connection.

New GoC in Chennai
Major General Eppen Jacob Kochekkan has taken over as General Officer Commanding of ATNK & K Area in Chennai .

PS changes in TamilNadu
There is IPS reshuffle in TamilNadu.New postings are :-Mssrs R ArumugamDIG CB-CID,N Chenbaharaman DIG Armed Police Chennai,K N Sathiyamurthy DCP Traffic South Chennai,S Prabhakaran DC Traffic Madurai,V H Mohamed Haneefa Commandant Battalion Palani,S N Sehasai DC Adyar,Mahender Kumar Rathod Commandant Avadi,S Bhaskaran SP Idol Wing CID,b Vijaykumari DC Chennai,V A Ravikumar AIG Administration,S Lakshmi D T Nagar,G.Karthikeyan SP Coimbatore ,A.T.Duraikumar SP Tiruchi and N.Kamini DC, Washermanpet, Chennai.

Anil Baijal joins IDFC

Former Secretary Urban Development in the Government of India Anil Baijal has reportedly joined Infrastructure Financing Company IDFC. He is retired 1969 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

40 per cent people in Mumbai fall sick

Seasonal diseases have gripped nearly 40 per cent people living in Mumbai. Such a situation has arisen due to heavy rains that lashed Mumbai in the recent past.

The General Knowledge of Pakistan

Was it Yankee pressure alone that compelled the General President of Pakistan to storm the Lal Masjid which was for years most widely known terrorists' hub in Pakistan ?Whispers say, the Chinese had not taken very kindly to the kidnapping of half a dozen of their citizens & also to islamist's insinuations that acupuncturing is something like prostitution. Those who know a bit about Chinese Diplomacy should know that suave Chinese are far better arm twisters than pompous Americans. The General, of course, knows it now.

FORUM

Lt Col Beri is correct!!

Indeed the Indian Army was/is secular, and thank God for that. But it is only so in representation at the rank and file level, and to a large extent in promotions upto and including Colonel.
But after that, i.e., from one star rank upwards, is where the secular cloak drops, and has been doing so more in the last few years. Ojha's observation regarding court cases is relevant and revealing - if all were well, then there wouldn't be appeals (some very serious ones) to the Hon'ble HCs & SC, particularly by the higher echelons.
As a concerned citizen, I too am worried that this last bastion of democracy might be destroyed from within; hence my views. Is this not our Army for whose welfare we should care, and is it 'insinuation' if one points out grievous wrongs therein!! I do not think so -on the contrary this is loyalty to the system, and NOT to the people concerned!!

It may also be wise for Lt Col Beri to investigate what a 'little bird' has revealed - a particular Brigadier (now Major General) is being carefully groomed, and shielded, in order that he becomes the head of the Army a few years down the line. All opposition to him - by way of serious contenders - have been laid low! If Col Beri has not heard of this one, he may like to check back with his 'source'.

It may also be relevant to point out that 4 out of the 8, or is it 9, senior hierarchy (Army Commanders & above) who can make or mar careers of the officer class, in ranks above Brigadier, are from one community! "Favouritism" or not, your guess would be as good as mine.

KS Sindhu

Suicides in Army/Forces

While I deeply deplore the recent suicide by a woman Army officer near Jammu, I have some differences with the views expressed by Maj.Gen. K S Sindhu in this column on 06.07.2007 regarding the position/role of Women Army officers. It seems that like all Armed Forces Officers, Gen. Sindhu also has the mindset to think about "Officers" only, be they "Women" or "Men". If the women "Officers" participate in investiture ceremony during Army day's parade, he thinks it is a low-grade job and should be performed by JCOs/NCOs only, who are at par with insects/enslave. This mindset of senior officers towards their junior officers/ Jawans is the root-cause of the frustration amongst the majority of subordinates, who are, otherwise, backbone of the Armed Forces.

Condition in para-military forces is also not different but should say is worst. Barring a few good human beings, almost officers there are indifferent, full of false ego. The Jawans in PMFs always feel humiliated and their morale is low. While visiting various parts of the country including J&K, I have had the opportunity to interact with some Border Security Force personnel. It was surprisingly noticed that the troops deployed there do not face much problem with the climatic/operational conditions/round-the-clock duties or the targeted enemies but their agony is with the misbehavior & ill-treatment by their own superior officers. There is lack of proper mechanism to redress their grievances, which do not reach to the higher authorities for proper redressal. Even if they do reach, higher authorities do not apply mind and blindly endorse the recommendations of lower authorities against whom the allegations are made. If a Constable/Sepoy approaches higher officers for the same, he is promptly charged with violation of channel of correspondence but nothing happens when an officer does the same. Commanders at all levels function as per their own whims & wishes and all their subordinates are supposed to bear as per "Sahib's" mood. There is lack of interaction between the commanders and subordinates. It was also reported that if an officer or his family member goes on leave, there are adequate transport arrangements for themselves but the Jawans have no option except to wait for the routine convoys, even if someone has to travel in emergency. There is a popular saying in Jawans' barracks that if an officer's dog fells ill, all vehicles/ambulances will be rushed immediately but if a jawan's wife is ill or is on the way of motherhood, there is nothing for him. Jawans are even insulted/abused in front of their colleagues and are often ignored.

The days of British rulers are gone in the country but their impression is still existing in the functioning of para-military forces. A jawan told me in Rajasthan that when he went to B.S.F. headquarters in Delhi to request for a transfer on family problems, he was severely abused/physically assaulted by a an officer of the rank of A.D.I.G. in charge of their postings-transfers. When he dared to complain to the higher authorities, he has been threatened of dire consequences. The majority of Jawans was in favour of being commanded by I.P.S. officers but some of them apprehend that these I.P.S. are good only until the B.S.F. officers do not misfeed them. Thereafter, there remains no difference between both these categories. In fact, I.P.S. officers are treated as outsiders in PMFs and cadre officers do not give them much attention. They work like puppets.
Thus it is clear that misbehavior/abusive attitude of senior officers towards their juniors (constabulary in particular) generates frustration among them and when reaches at peak, it led to the incidents of suicide/shoot-out and even attack on commanders. To prevent occurrence of such incidents, it is necessary that commanders at all levels work as a trusted head of a family and must have an eye on the personal problems of each Jawan under his command. Officers should be trained to politely deal with the troops, unlike the present training system wherein they are trained to remain away from the subordinates. Top brass should also make habit of thinking and finding solutions to the problems of the troops in field instead of concentrating on the handful officers.

Sat. B.

Indian Forest Service promotions

Thumps up to Governments of Bihar, Uttarakhand, UP, Sikkim and AP for ensuring timely promotions of IFS Officers. Most of the states are just sleeping over promo-files. In many states, where the Officers should have got Conservator/CCF,are still languishing in JAG grade. Under these deteriorating service conditions, whether the Indian forests& wildlife is in safe hands?

Deepak Shrivastava

Calculate money spent on officers

Dear Diwan Ji.!
A marvelous job in calculating the money spent on MPs (who are nuisance for the country as per your thinking). Why not we calculate how much money is spent on Secretaries/Joint Secretaries and other officers in India? Kindly calculate the cost of foreign trips, national tours (most often to visit their home town on official pretext, rent of Type-VI, VII bungalow in Delhi vehicle cost etc. Now compare the status of these officers with that of MPs (as per the warrant of preference of the Government of India).Then again look at what the lower rung officials/clerks are getting in the country. I wish the difference is more between MPs and the Secretaries/JS compared to between JS and lower officers against the difference in their rankings.. (which, I fear, is not, as JS is at the 26th rank in Warrant of Prefernace where as MPs are much higher level and actually they are the Government). Unfortunately, there is a tendency in the country to always criticise the political class ( as the focus is always on them)whereas teh most corrupt and inefficient class is babudom. But Babus loot the country silently and nobody knows about them. Do not you think what a tremendous power a District collector have?? He can turn his district in a paradise, if he desires so.. I am sure that may be in 10% cases he has to face the opposition from 'corrupt' Netas... But in 90% cases he can do whatever he wants... If he does this 90% judiciously and for public interest, almost all the problems of the country will be solved and people will not even bothered to see about the rest 10%.. But here what happens, the IAS publicise this 10% too much to paint the Netas in black and for the rest 90% he just loots the public money...

I invite comments/discussion on this topic from learned bureaucrates/other colleagues. This discussion will be more fruitful for the country instead of ranting about which is real IFS....

S K Tripathi

Do similar analysis for bureaucracy

Col.Satish Dewan has the remarkable ability to be informative and entertaining at once and the whisper netizens have reason to feel obliged to him for his contributions. However his analysis and the implicit conclusions about our MPs' salaries and perks is less than fair.Rs.855 crores cannot be termed as 'all our taxes being swallowed' as it is a small fraction of the total budgetary outlay and a still smaller fraction of the GDP. If we do a similar analysis for the bureaucracy and the Armed Forces perhaps the figure shall be far more colossus. We cannot wish away the significant role of the Parliament in the vibrant Indian State apparatus at work. After all i is the Parliament which side by side with the media and the judiciary facilitates the infusion of vox populi in the affairs of the State. One can talk of improvement in the quality of our MPs and better standards of parliamentary discourse but one cannot wish away the institution without which the democratic system simply cannot exist or function. In fact to attract better talent to the Parliament there is a dire need to improve the pay and perks of the MPs.

N N Ojha

Dhavan! I use to enjoy your 'collections' and snippets on various things but not the latest one on MP's. All said n done, Legislature is an integral part of democracy and we need to pay the MP's. Definitely the country cannot be left to Babu's or Military as we see what's happening in the world!
The question is not how much we are paying to our MP's but how much the country and citizens are extracting from them!
Let us all devise a better way to make the MP's work for betterment and before that, we all Babu's and Army shall know to deliver goods!

Dr D Srinivasa

We need maturity in all religions

Terrorism & Perversion has nothing to do with education and development. Peoples of the so called Holy Books are more likely to indulge in mayhem and intolerance than others, unless the religion is reaching maturity. It is the time to question their very veracity of the so called Holy Books when Man as we are did not exist 75,000 years ago, and had no language till last 10,000 years, and most of evolution is recent. God is the creation of Man, and not vice versa. We need maturity in all religions, and also cults following specific Persons or Books. Any way, none of the Persons wrote the Holy Books they are ascribed to. If we don't survive as human beings, damn God, all gods, Prophets and Gurus. Global warming will any way put an end to all the silly religious confrontations. Non-humans do not quarrel along religious lines. Just shows how stupid all humans and their god/God seem. May the cycle begin anew.

Vijay

This theory is not correct

It is a facade invented by pseudo secularists that lack of job opportunities are driving Muslim youth to terrorism. There are more unemployed among Hindus and they do not become terrorists. The Glasgow suspect belongs to a rich Muslim family, his both parents are doctors.

N Krishnan
Welcome to Mumbai

Some murmurs in Mumbai about economy car of one lakh...true ! forget economy car talk of economy boat/steamer/ Welcome to Mumbai

Ravi Pipal

TAIL-PIECE

Last heard in Pakistan ………. "Bush & Mush ….arr …af…both."

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Please log on to www.knowpratibhapatil.com !!!
Pratibha's past this site does tom-tom!!!

The slogan of this Site is 'India Diminished India Disgraced'!!!
Add to this - propriety and probity defaced!!!

Once she becomes President our heads will bow in shame!!!
And for this Congress is to blame!!!

Seems Diwedi will come up with a Site which will give Pratibha glowing tributes!!!
What NDA says Congress always refutes!!!

Or maybe they'll get Vinod Metha to do the needful in Outlook!!!
For such work Vinod ko time and again Congress karti rahi hai book!!!

Again Government caught sleeping….. importing wheat at higher cost!!!
Exactly $ 62 per tonne is being lost!!!

Government is importing 5.11 million tonnes of wheat!!!
A month back price was $ 263/MT and import price is $ 325/MT… Sarkaar ho gayi cheat!!

Recall the Dal and Channa scams…… Kamalnath should be put in the dock!!!
Because as of now investigation in the scams he's been able to block!!!

In fact Kamalnath needs to be sacked!!!
But will not happen because they say by Sonia he's backed!!!

Looks like Pawar and Kamalnath are haath in haath!!!
Yeh hai andar ki baath !!!!

Now Terror and Manmohan's sleep pattern is being talked about!!!
Manmohan needs to clean chit himself …. the only way out!!

It's sad that he made this into an opportunity to score brownie points with minority majority!!
Seems this is his Sarkaars only priority!!!

On clean chits….. Manmohan is now Clean Chit Man!!!
Very soon there will be a comic strip on him akin to Superman and Batman!!!

Batman and Superman save the World and he saves The Alliance and Congress!!!
Is ever ready to clean chit when Alliance or Congress are in duress!!!

And as he's Clean Chit Man his attire is spotless white!!!!
It's white even when he goes to bed at night!!!

Because he might have to issue a clean chit aadhi raat ko!!!
To clean chit Alliance partners or Congress he cannot say no!!!

Punjab wants to collect taxes the Gujarath way….. there's more to duplicate!!!!
In ground water conservation and PDS vitamin fortification too Punjab needs to replicate!!!

Still its not sure what Amrinder is doing in London…. Cupid's teer (arrow) or stent!!!
From India it's said that for some treatment he went!!!

Some would say love too is a kind of ilaaj!!!!
But his detractors say he's there for love and at his age uss ko aani chaiye laaj!!!

Why should we pay taxes so that DD can run….let Sarkaar funds its bompu or mouthpiece???
Why look at us to give DD life ka lease??

They can't make it a pay to watch Channel….who'll pay to watch DD!!!
For TV viewers Don't do Darshan is the meaning of DD!!!

Indians wince again as Bipasha does a smooch with Ronaldo!!!
Seems to foreigners smooching them our Bollywood heroines cannot say no!!!

Gere kissed Shilpa …… kiss marathon would be more appropriate!!!!
On why these girls do this there should be a debate!!!

Will Shilpa allow Govinda or Bipasha allow Bhutia to kiss them….. no chance!!!
But with a foreigner they readily prance!!!

Be Indian and kiss Indian ....... new demand!!!
Though if you ask me dono Shilpa and Bipasha ko karna chahiye reprimand!!!!

Its not as per our Sankriti or ethos to kiss in public.... shame shame!!!
And surely this is not the right way to get fame!!!!

Bharat Kumar
Aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com r

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CORPORATE

Revamp of the Punjab & Sind Bank is on the anvil.

As the grapevine has it the bank is going to get rid off non official directors & have officials as directors. It may be stated here that five non official members led by Harcharan Singh Josh had taken up cudgels with bank's Chairman cum Managing Director(CMD) R.P.Singh.However,Singh had emerged clean which he is. Other non official members on the Board are K. K. Sharma, U. K. Sharma, Krishna Mohini and Kamal Maan. R. P. Singh is, an IAS officer of the 1976 batch belonging to Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Malla is new CMD of SIDBI

Rajender Mohan Malla has taken over as Chairman & Managing Director of Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) effective July 11.

( We said this on March 22 and again on June 13 )

Babu is MD of HMT

V. Hemachandra Babu has been appointed Managing Director of Hindustan Machine Tools (HMT).

Prithiviraj is Member of Advisory Board
Former CMD of the Oriental Bank of Commerce K N Prithviraj has been nominated by the CVC on the Board of Bank Commercial and Financial Frauds.

Employees of sick PSUs to get due wages soon
The employees of 13 sick public sector undertakings employees would get their arrear salaries and wages up to March this year. The CCEA has sanctioned a budgetary support of Rs 77.25 crore towards liquidating outstanding dues, salaries and wages of employees of these companies.
The companies are Andrew Yule & Company Ltd, Bharat Opthalmic, Bharat Wagon Engineering Company Ltd, Hindustan Cables Ltd, HMT Ltd, HMT Watches, HMT (CW) Ltd, Hindustan Photo Films, Instrumentation Ltd, National Instruments Ltd, NEPA Ltd, Triveni Structurals and Tungabhadra Steel Products Ltd.

Manish Jain is Country Head of Yes Bank

Manish Jain has been appointed Country Head of the Yes Bank.

Valsan is ED of SIB

M Valsan has taken over as the Executive Director of South Indian Bank (SIB).