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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.

Ramanujam to go Tokyo

R Ramanujam is being tipped to be new MinisterEconomic and Commercial Embassy of India, Tokyo. 1979 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officer Ramanujam will succeed Anup Kumar Thakur .

Nair gets Minister of State rank

Principal Secretary to Prime Minister T K A Nair has reportedly been given the rank of Minister of State.

Tenure of ITPO Chairman expires
Tenure of ITPO Chairman N N Khanna has expired last week. He is 1966 batch retired IAS officer. Secretary Commerce Gopal Pillai has taken the charge. Now the search is on for his successor.

Three names withheld for vigilance reasons
Names of atleast three 1975 batch IPS officers could not be cleared for empanelment to the rank of ADG because of vigilance reasons.

Subhramanyam not going to World Bank
PS to Prime Minister B V R Subrhmanyam is now not going to the World Bank in November. He is 1987 batch IAS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre.

Two Secretary level vacancies in August
There are going to be two Secretary level vacancies in August in the Government of India. Secretary Education Champak Chatterjee is joining the CAT and IFS officer K K Gupta who is Secretary of the National Commission of ST has resigned.

Appellate Tribunal may be non-functional
Appellate Tribunal (Prevention of Money Laundering Act 2002) may become non-functional this month.Solitary Senior Member R K Tiwari who is acting Chairman is also retiring .

Over 300 Scientists resign from DRDO ?
Over three hundred Scientists are reported to have resigned from the DRDO during the past few years. Most of them were young scientists from the electronics and computer disciplines.

ITDC to recover dues from Government
ITDC is yet to recover unpaid dues of about 15 crore from the Government.Ashoka Hotel of Delhi alone has unpaid dues totaling Rs 12 crore against Ministries, Companies and Individuals.

Vinod Kumar joins Finance Ministry
Vinod Kumar, Indian P&T AFS Officer has joined in Ministry of Finance as Director on deputation under the Central Staffing Scheme. He belongs to 1989 Batch.

The unnoticed and unsung bravery of sweet Sania
Even as Pakistan Government is struggling to cope with a burst of fanatic forces which it prominently contributed to create , a proud little Indian, quietly and dignifiedly ,put her signature on an advertisement of great social harmony that India's social order has always been championing.What is surprising is that this brave act of a brave girl almost went unnoticed and unsung in media. Sania Mirza from a predominantly Muslim Hyderabad, knowingly chose to team with a Jweish player from Israel, Sahar Pir, in the women's double event in Wimbledon. For Sania who has already attracted the ire of some Maulvis for her tennis dress sense, partnering a Jew was even greater risk. Brought up in the best Indian traditions of harmony and tolerance, the sweet Sania aloft the spirit of human togetherness that India's social environment is inculcating to its young members even as burqua-clad Pakistan girls were shriking of zehad just at the same time.
If only media had highlighted this Sania act, the surprising action of three Banglore Muslim Youth in Glasgow and U K would have suffered in contrast. What these Banglorean trio is accused of is most unlike an Indian Muslim.

Sudhanshu Pandey is Commissioner Jammu
Sudhanshu Pandey has taken over as Divisional Commissioner of Jammu. He is 1987 batch IAS officer.Pandey has returned from foreign assignment.

Mishra to return Assam
Joint Director CBI B B Mishra is returning to the parent Assam-Meghalaya cadre this month. He is 1983 batch IPS officer.

Justice Singh is Chairman
Former Judge of the Supreme Court of India Justice B P Singh has been appointed Chairman of the Central Advisory Board on Bank Commercial and Financial Grands by the CVC.

Haryana Chief Secretary to retire next month
Haryana Chief Secretary Prem Prashant is superannuating by next month end. He is 1970 batch IAS officer.

AC/DC/JC/Addl Commissioners of IT changed

As many as 15 AC/DC/JC/Additional Commissioners of Income Tax have been transferred. They are S.D.Bhadoria Gujarat to RTI Ahmedabad,Aashna Paul NWR to RTI Chandigarh,Atiq Ahmed UP(W) to RTI Lucknow,Jayant Mishra Delhi to DGIT(Systems) Delhi ,A.K.Saroha Gujarat to DGIT(Systems) Delhi,Sanjay Shivam UP(E) to DGIT (Systems)Delhi, Pratima Kaushik DGIT(Systems) Delhi,Anupama Shukla Tamil Nadu to RTI Chennai, Mini Singh Verma UP(E) to RTI Lucknow,Veena Joshi Delhi to DGIT(Systems) Delhi, Meenakshi Singh UP(E) to RTI Lucknow,O.P.Agrawal UP(E) to RTI Lucknow,M.Mathivanan Tamil Nadu to RTI Chennai,Swapna Nanu Ambatt Karnataka to RTI Bangalore & S.Gajbhiye Bagpur to NADT Nagpur.

Mumbai tops in local transfers of IT Commissioners/Directors

The Mumbai region has topped as far as local transfers of Commissioners/Directors in the Income Tax (IT) department is concerned. Altogether 92 local transfers were done of which 25 officers were changed locally in Mumbai.

Homi Rajvansh transferred

Homi Rajvansh CIT (A)-I Patna has been transferred as CIT (ITAT)-II Calcutta.

Rajesh Upadhyaya is Editor Dainik Bhaskar, Bhopal

Rajesh Upadhyaya has been shifted from Delhi region to Bhopal as Editor of leading Hindi daily titled "Dainik Bhaskar."

Congress may have to concede for VP's post

The Congress party may have to concede the post of Vice President to other UPA partner political parties. Such a situation has reportedly arisen following projection of Mrs.Pratibha Patial UPA's Presidential candidate being a choice of Congress president Mrs. Sonia Gandhi. As the grapevine has it the politics of coalition may make it compulsive for the Congress to agree for a nominee of the coalition partner. The Left Front is understood to have already discussed it. Names of Speaker of Lok Sabha Somanth Chatterjee,West Bengal Governor Gopal Gandhi & controversial Vice Chancellor of Jamia Islamia University Prof Mushirul Hasan are in circulation.

L.S.Baghel is Commissioner Sagar

L.S.Baghel has been posted as Commissioner of Sagar.Baghel who is an IAS of Madhya Pradesh cadre is at present Commissioner Public Instructions (CPI).He is expected to join by July 12; 2007.Baghel's successor has not yet been named.Temporarily charge of Commissioner is with Heera Lal Trivedi-the newly appointed Collector Sagar.

G.K.Prasad is Addl DG Forests

Finally the appointment of G.K.Prasad to the post of Additional Director General (DG Forests has been regularised.Otherwise so far Prasad was being given quarterly extension on this post. He is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1970 batch & belongs to Manipur-Tripura cadre.

Spurt in crime raises many a brows
The sudden increase in crime in Delhi has created a flutter in political & bureaucratic circles. Four days ago just when police was trying to nab the accused for a day light murder & loot, fifty metres behind them six houses of judges, lawyers & pilots were being looted by a gang of thieves. Incidentally, one of the houses was adjacent to the Bungalow of a sitting judge of the Supreme Court. The Delhi police on the other side was busy registering FIRs against electronic media journalists to ensure a check on factual coverage on escalation of such incidents.

What is Gen Musharraf upto?

Pakistan's military ruler General Pervez Musharraf means business. This was quite explicit from his recent action regarding the Islamabad located Lal Masajid row. Gen Musharraf by targetting militants holed up in the said Masjid has created a stir of sorts. It is so because head of Lal Masjid located "Jamia Hafsa Madarsa" Abdul Rashid Gahazi was Musharraf's teacher in his childhood. Hence he seems to have a message to hardliners that he would spare no one when it comes to dealing with militants.

Pankaj Paul is Managing Editor HT

Pankaj Paul is Managing Editor with 'The Hindustan Times' as. He will report to Editor-in-Chief Chaitanya Kalbag.

FORUM

Traffic jam in Cabinet Secretariat

There is a traffic jam in the Cabinet Secretariat. Over 50 proposals for promotion and posting of senior officers is crying for the attention for over a month.

Mrinal Pandey

Railway posting

If Two Years Rule is so sacrosanct how was the Member Traffic Appointed recently. "You show me the man I dig or bury the rule" did you say boss?

S V Ratnam

Status of Direct Recruit CSS officers

Direct Recruit CSS officers used to get selected from Civil Services Examination till year 2000.There are Management Graduates, Chartered Accountants, Doctors, Engineers and other well qualified people in the service.It is most unfortunate they are not getting their due .There exits is so much of adhocism in DOPT as far as CSS is concerned. CSS forms the back bone of any ministry. They have rightful claim over various posts in the Secretariat. Other services have their own cadre in addition to Central Staffing Scheme for placements. It is high time that someone in Government of India should seriously examine the problems faced by the CSS officers and come out with solutions so the frustration, helplessness which exist as of now is removed. After all these officers have also come through Civil Services examination and so much of step motherly treatment is not good for the morale of the officers.
Ranjan

Pl start new column

I feel that you should have a coloumn called "Remembrances" which in brief pays tribute to the deceased Officers by highlighting their work and trends which they may have set in during their service. One example was the obituary of late G C Dutt IPS whose death was mentioned in your Whispers.

Suresh Mandan

Dr Subbarao's time management

Dr Subbarao joined IIT in 1969.Finished MSc(physics) 1st Year in 1970.Took leave in FY 1970-71 and prepared for IAS. Appeared in IAS exam in 1971.Completed MSc 2nd year in FY 1971-72.Got MSc degree and topped IAS in 1972. An outstanding time management and performance.

An Old IITian ,P Kumar

TAIL-PIECE

SUCCESS DOES NOT HAPPEN IN ISOLATION
There was a farmer who grew superior quality and award-winning corn.
Each year he entered his corn in the state fair where it won honour and prizes.

One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learnt something interesting about how he grew it. The reporter discovered that the farmer shared his seed corn with his neighbours'.

"How can you afford to share your best seed corn with your neighbours when they are entering corn in competition with yours each year?" the reporter asked.

"Why sir, "said the farmer, "didn't you know? The wind picks up pollen from the ripening corn and swirls it from field to field. If my neighbours grow inferior, sub-standard and poor quality corn, cross-pollination will steadily degrade the quality of my corn.

If I am to grow good corn, I must help my neighbours grow good corn."

The farmer gave a superb insight into the connectedness of life. His corn cannot improve unless his neighbour's corn also improves. So it is in the other dimensions!
Those who choose to be at harmony must help their neighbours and colleagues to be at peace. Those who choose to live well must help others to live well. The value of a life is measured by the lives it touches.

SUCCESS DOES NOT HAPPEN IN ISOLATION. IT IS VERY OFTEN A PARTICIPATIVE AND COLLECTIVE PROCESS.
So share the good practices, ideas, new learning's with your family, team members, neighbours.

Contributed by Col Satish Dewan

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Manmohan spends sleepless nights because he sleeps during the day!!!
Because had he not been sleeping at the wheel Domocracy nahi ho sakthi waylay!!

Leave tainted Ministers now there's every chance that we'll get a tainted President!!!
India's image hoegi definitely dent!!!

And pity is that when he gets up he just issues clean chits to whoever Sonia orders him to give!!
Real PM is in 10 Janpath …. in 7 Race Course PM or Puppet Mukhiya karta hai live!!

While orating Pratibha is now sticking to Diwedi's draft!!!
Seems Diwedi things we are all daft!!!

Okay after 60 years a woman as President is something good… Congress gets the credit!!
But Pratibha has negated the credit and now Congress ho rahee hai discredit!!!

She wanted to sterilize people with hereditary disorders to please her then Boss!!!
As per Pratibha if you had a hereditary disorder it should lead to reproduction ka loss!!!

Tomorrow as President she may neuter Democracy to please her current Boss!!!
Fact is her election to Presidency will be Sonia's gain and Democracy's loss!!!

Shekawat's going to declare his assets….. what will Pratibha do????
General feeling is that like Shekhwat she should do the same too!!!

But she will not do so…… will say that Law does not mandate this!!!
A little birds says there are quite a few reason why this disclosure she would like to give the miss!!

If she declares her assets quite a few skeletons will pop out of her almaari (cupboard)!!!!
And could just increase the anti Pratibha maara maari!!!

If Manmohan suffered the terrorist image given to Sikhs he made no mention of it in the past!!
How come he's realized this all of a sudden….Manmohan is becoming a politician fast!!!

Something that should worry Sonia… Manmohan developing political parrs (wings)!!!!
After Narsimha Rao putting a Politician in PM's chair was one of her biggest darrs!!!

Why is Manmohan not damming what Indian Muslim fanatics have done in Glasgow ???
Muslims ki trumpet kyon karr raha hai Manmohan blow!!!

In its Muslim appeasement this Sarkaar has lost its sensibility!!!
To judge and react appropriately this Sarkaar seems to have lost the ability!!

All that Manmohan should have said is that the guilty should brought to book!!!
And said that as terrorists baaki Indian Muslims or Indians ko matt karro look!!!

He should have said that all religions have followers who are good or bad!!!
Generalizing rest as bad because of the actions of the some is indeed very sad!!!

Aussie racists have turned on the heat on Indian Docs…… real shame!!!
And Manmohan for his thoughtless statement should shoulder some blame!!!

Junior Badal says 70% jobs will be reserved for Punjabis….. needs clarification!!!
What is Punjabi ka definition???

Will Badal Junior use Shiv Sena's definition to draw the line???
And just like Marathi Manus Punjabi ko Punjabi Manus karre ga define!!!

And Badal Junior should take note that with more power plants problem cannot be solved!!!
First the leaking bucket needs to be plugged and T&D losses need to be resolved!!!

Natwar's son Jagat got hitched on 07.07.2007…..weather played truant!!!
With his Royal Uncle busy with Arusa he had to be satisfied with presence of his Royal Aunt!

A family member seeing the wet weather said ' Heavens are crying in joy'!!!
'The first time he got married Heaven's cried too' said a relative looking coy!!!

Indians have been rooked off Rs. 150 crores in this Wonders of the World scam!!!!
Egyptians turned out to be more mature as for this scam they cared a damn!!!

Egyptians said that they know Pyramids are a wonder and need no certificate for this!!
Don't know why this reality Indians ne kee miss????

Media got India into a frenzy and Indians just went mad!!!
Wanting a certificate from an unrecognised Body is something very sad!!!

The real wonder is that www.7wonders.com rooked Indians with such ease!!
Moral of this story......in future please be wary of such scams please!!!

Taj is a wonder and we know this…. www.7wonders.com is laughing to the Bank!!!
Must commend them for pulling off this money making prank!!!

Drunken driving needs to be tackled….. both prevention and punishment!!
For taking a life under the influence of booze shouldn't for life behind bars the driver be sent????

Police should increase efforts to net drunk drivers ...their licenses should be revoked!!!
Laxity in prevention and punishment means drunk driving is being stoked!!!

Bharat Kumar
Aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com r

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CORPORATE

Tripathi is Director (Marketing) of GAIL
BC Tripathi has taken over as Director (Marketing) of GAIL (India) Ltd. Prior to this, Tripathi was Executive Director (Projects) with the company.
( we said this on April 12 )

J.K.Baweja assumes charge as MD,NHDC

J.K.Baweja has assumed the charge of Managing Director in National Handloom Corporation (NHDC).So far he was Chief General Manager (CGM) Marketing with National Textiles Corporation(NTC) in Mumbai.
( We said this on 16 November 2006 )

C Babu Rajeev appointed MD

Outgoing DG Archaeology in the Government of India C Babu Rajeev has been appointed Managing Director of the Vizhibiam International Seaport Ltd.by the Kerala Government. He is retired 1973 batch IAS officer.

Reliance Petroleum turns global

In a move which has put the reliance Petroleum on the global petroleum map, it has signed an exclusive agreement with SOCAR -an Azerbaijan Oil company. From there it is estimated that for next 10 years it will get Two million barrels of oil monthly on a regular basis. The OVL Mittal had also been looking for this kind of exclusivity.

UB Group appointed Gupta and Roy

The UB Group has appointed Alok Gupta to head branding and marketing and Ashoke Roy to head finance of the Scottish company.

Ashvini Yardi to join TV18

Ms.Ashvini Yardi Zee TV senior vice president programming has resigned. She is moving to Viacom 18 general entertainment channel. It's a joint venture of Viacom and TV18.

Rahul Mathew to join Y&R, Malaysia

Rahul Mathew will be joining Young & Rubicam, Malaysia. He is former Director of McCann-Erickson which he had quit quite sometime back.