WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT US

Just heard about yr site and found it useful for the government employees. Thanks for all the useful information.

H P Kesan

ONLY SOURCE TO REACH THE DECISION MAKERS

ADVERTISE ON-WHISPERSINTHECORRIDORS.COM
Contact-sureshmehrotra@yahoo.com and mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Additional Secetary in GoI Khurana quits !

Grapevine has it that Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Power Ashok Kumar Khurana has resigned.He is 1976 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Why 123 agreement was put in cold storage?

Why did the Congress decide at the last minute to put the Indo-US nuclear deal in cold storage? It is learnt that Prakash Karat & Sitaram Yechury in their talks with Prime Minister Dr.Man Mohan Singh & Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee hinted that they had to go to the Indian public & tell them how investigation against an American institute in India was closed down under the US pressure. In this connection they even showed certain documents that were reportedly leaked from the RBI.

Three DIGs in CBI to be promoted
Three DIG rank officers S P Singh, H C Singh and H Ram are being promoted to the rank of Joint Director in the CBI soon. All the three officers belong to the CBI cadre.

Raja not to move from Mumbai
V P Raja is all set to get promotion to the rank of Secretary in the Atomic Energy ,Mumbai.1974 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS officer, Raja, will not be moved to Delhi.

Left Front's support base to shrink
The Left Front (LF) is going to see a fall in its number of seats that are there in the Lok Sabha present. Political pundits predict that LF's seats will decline in Kerala as well as West Bengal.

Prasad to be Chairman of CBDT for four months
R Prasad who is all set to take over as new CBDT Chairman on November 1 will hold the post till his retirement in February .

14 vacancies of IFS officers in Orissa

As many as 14 posts belonging to Indian Forest Service (IFS) Orissa government's Forest department are lying vacant since last three years. These posts are likely to be filled up by January 2008.

250 Pilots leave Air Force
About 250 Pilots have left the Air Force during the past three years. Is the trend not alarming ?

K Argal to be DG (IT) Bhopal ?
Kamlesh Argal is likely to be posted as DG (Investigations) Income Tax in Bhopal. He is 1974 batch IRS officer.

Increment and retirement dates to be unified !
It is believed that the sixth pay commission has decided to unify the increment dates and retirement dates. Accordingly, the retirement date will be December 31st and the increment falls on January 1st.

Tenure of Mukherjee to expire n January
Tenure of Ambassador UNESCO based in Paris A Mukherjee is coming to an end in January. He is an IFS officer.

Phonsog to retire this month
J & K Chief Secretary C Phonsog is superannuating by this month end. He is 1972 batch IAS officer.

Tenure of Desiraju to expire
Deputation tenure of Joint Secretary in the Ministry of HRD K R Desiraju is expiring in a couple of months. He is 1978 batch IAS officer of Uttarakhand cadre.

DPC for 1974 batch IPS on Oct 31 in MP
DPC will meet on October 31 to clear the names of three 1974 batch IPS officers in Madhya Pradesh for DG rank.

Retired IAS officer passes away
1966 batch retired Orissa cadre IAS officer JN Poddar has passed away in
Bhubaneswar. He had a distinguished and blemishless career in the state. After retirement he served as a Member of the Orissa State Administrative Tribunal. He is survived by his wife and two sons.

Passing out parade of IPS officers next week

The Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy Hyderabad will host a passing out parade for 96 probationers on October 30 . 4 Royal Bhutan Officers and 4 Maldivian Officers are also Passing Out along with our IPS Officers. 18 lady officers (the highest ever no. in a particular batch so far) will also be on the parade.
This passing out parade takes place upon completion of 46 weeks of a very professional and challenging training showcasing the success training in this premiere training institution of our country. Home Minister Shivraj Patil will be Chief Guesy for the occasion.

IAS reshuffle in Uttar Pradesh
There is IAS reshuffle in Uttar Pradesh. New postings are :-Mssrs Rajeev Kapur MD Power Corporation,Sudhir Mahadev Bovde AVN Kanpur,Shankar Agrawal PS Housing,Avneesh Awasthi Secretary Irrigation,Mohinder Singh PS Basic Education,Shambhu Nath Shukla MD SRTC,Kishan Singh Atoriya Vice Chairman Lucknow Development Authority,Harbhajan Singh Commissioner Food and Civil Supplies,Ram Kumar PS Rural Engineeing and Balvinder Kumar PS Social Welfare.

FORUM

Retirement age should be raised to 80 years

The retirement age should be raised to 80 years to make sure that all government servants die in harness and their grown up sons are given appointments in government on compassionate grounds. This would prevent death in harness of government servants if the age is raised to only 62.Besides it would prevent deforestation as plenty of wood is needed for cremations of 62 year olds compared to 81 year olds. Electric cremetoria consume a lot of precious power especially in the summer months when power is needed for ACs of the living. Maybe Dr Manmohan Singh had this in mind when he advocated the indo- us nuclear deal as cremetoria can be supplied power from nuclear power plants. How far -sighted our dear PM is
D Choudhury

Why officers of All India Services quitting ?
Lots of officers from All India Services are quitting the service these days and switching to the private sector. Necessary actions should be initiated by the government to retain the valuable employees in the larger interest of the country.

Vivek Agrawal

Why the use of "Babus" ?

I have noticed for some time the frequent use of the word 'Babus' in your Forum. East India Company has gone but babus still remain in our mind and blood.

Ravi

Retirement age should be reduced

I think the retirement age should be reduced and they should be given some compensation for early retirement.

Vijay

No need to raise retirement age

There is no need to increase the retirement age above 60 years. There is no end to the logic that experience of a person has to be utilised and that if a person retires the govt. has to pay pension and will therefore save a lot of money. In fact this demand is coming from persons who are approaching the retirement age and are placed at higher ranks as they don't want to easily leave the perks & power attached with their positions. For those at lower ranks have no meaning of this demand. In fact in the age of globalisation new fresh blood should be inducted in the Govt. Machinery and govt. should think of effectively utilising their services. If people can do well in private sector which doesn't have any system or policy how is it possible that a well trained govt. person working under a established setup not deliver results. The Government must treat its employees as an asset and not as a liability and then see the results.

Mukesh

Blame it on Whispers!

During the last few weeks ruling politicians in Madhya Pradesh seem to be going berserk! On being welcomed as the new Forest Minister the senior politico told the Forest Officers: If you take bribes, people will give you a shoe beating! Enraged by a power cut, a prominent MLA threatened to burn down the Electricity Board Office! Irrigation Ministers shouts at Police thanedars for not registering cases against certain persons! Such instances have become everyday affairs once Whispers predicted that next Government will be a coalition Government in M.P. Since the third parties will not touch the BJP, the influential politicians in the BJP have to make hay while the sun shines. On the other hand, most bureaucrats have stopped currying favours with the ruling party lest they be branded as saffron officers by the coalition government. This enrages BJP bigwigs even further causing problems for all concerned.

Mahesh Prasad

P & T FAS officers are more useful

Hemant K. Dewan wrote

The officers of the Indian P&T Accounts and Finance Service must thank to the repatriation process as this has given them opportunity to use government authority and administrative powers in the capacity of Controller of Communications in the States. Now these officers are controlling and monitoring the activities of the Service Providers such as BSNL, TATA, Reliance etc. They must give their 100% and prove that they are not only the best finance manager but excellent administrator also. At the initial stage, they have identity crisis and Government has not earmarked CCA office buildings, but they have to show that they are fully capable to perform in the adverse circumstances also.

Yes, Hemant. You are right. P&T FAS officers can be more useful in Govt. of India than in BSNL/MTNL since scale of operations are big and one can be more effective.

Runu Ghosh

Do You really control ?

Refer to the article where in it was mentioned that IP&TF&A services officers are controlling the service provider. Please look into your consciousness and ask from within "Do you really control anything leave service providers". It will be better if Government sends you all to surplus cell. What is the need of this service now?

Pankaj

About Sixth Pay Commission

Your feedback about the sixth Central Pay Commission is not quite confident. I send mails to the Commission that the CCA & Transport Allowances should be equal to top to bottom and also the Transport allowances should be paid to the employees staying in the govt. quarters. As per as the HRA is concerned the accommodation available is more than 25 years old and the increased HRA should be paid to the government quarter occupants also.
PS MANI

PRESIDENT
NIRD EMPLOYEES' ASSOCIATION
HYDERABAD

TAIL-PIECE

A Well-known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a Rupee 500note. In the room of 200, he asked, "Who would like this Rupee 500 note?" Hands started going up. He said, "I am going to give this note to one of you but first let me do this." He proceeded to crumple the note up. He then asked, "Who still wants it?" Still the hands were up in the air. "Well," he replied, "What if I do this?" And he dropped it on theground and started to grind it into the floor with his shoe. He picked it up, now all crumpled and dirty. "Now who still wants it?" Still the hands went into the air. "My friends, you have all learned a very valuable lesson. No matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not decrease in value. It was still worth Rupee 500/-. Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and ground into the dirt by the decisions we make and the circumstances that come our way. We feel as though we are worthless. But no matter what has happened or what will happen, you will never Lose your value.

Contributed by-Vijay Arora

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CORPORATE

A.K.Jhamb is Director (Engg),NPCC

A.K. Jhamb has been appointed as Director (Engg.) on the Board of National Projects Construction Corporation Limited (NPCC), a leading construction Public Sector under the Ministry of Water Resources. Jhamb is a Civil Engineer with Master of Business Administration. He has widely travelled in India and abroad. Prior to joining NPCC Ltd., Jhamb was General Manager (Engg.) with National Building Construction Corporation Limited (NBCC) where he had served for 25 years. He has diversified and versatile professional experience while heading various Divisions like Delhi Zone, Business Development (Domestic & Overseas), S.B.G. (Infrastructure) and other important assignments. Jhamb to his credit has many prestigious projects in India & abroad & has vast exposure of working with Multi-national firms.

R.P. Vaishnaw is Director (F) ,NPCC

R.P. Vaishnaw has been appointed as Director (F) of National Projects Construction Corporation, a Govt. of India Undertaking under Ministry of Water Resources. NPCC is a leading construction company. Earlier Vaishnaw has worked with Rural Electrification Corporation as Chief (F & A) & with Food corporation of India as Chief General Manager.

Ms Usha Rao takes over as Project Manager

Ms K Usha Rao has taken over as Project Manager-(South Asia) KFW Carbon Fund in New Delhi. Earlier she was with the UNDP in the Global Environment Facility(GEF) and Cantorco2, a UK based carbon brokerage firm.

Chandhoke is ED(Operations) NACIL
N V S Chandhoke is the Executive Director ( Operations 2) of the National Aviation Company of India Ltd (NACIL), the new company into which Air India and Indian have been merged.

Chanda Kochhar promoted in ICICI Bank
DMD in te ICICI Bank Chanda Kochhar has been promoted as Joint Managing Director. She has also been named official Spokesperson of the Bank.

Publicis to have 2 NCDs

Publicis Ambience has now got two incumbents as National Creative Director(NCD).They are Khazanchi and Prasanna Sankhe .While Ashish Khazanchi till recently was Executive Creative Director(ECD)of Rediffusion DY&R, Prasanna Sankhe has been promoted in Ambience from ECD to NCD.

Manoranjan Senapati joins CURE

Manorajan Senapati who was Economic Advisor in DIPP has joined an NGO called "CURE" for three years. He is an Indian Economic Service (IES) officer of the 1980 batch.

Convergys' 4th office in Gurgaon

Convergys Corporation - the global leader in integrated billing, employee care, and customer care services, has opened its 4th in Gurgaon with 400 employees already on the job at Vipul Agora on MG Road. Convergys plans to create up to 1000 jobs in the new facility. This new Convergys operations center boasts a state-of-the-art design and operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It is Convergys' 8th such an office in India.

Cleartrip to help Travelers Explore India

Cleartrip.com has announced the launch of the Discover India Travel Guide.Its a travel guide produced in association with Lonely Planet and Jet Airways to be given out exclusively to customers booking Jet Airways flights on Cleartrip.com.The destinations that have been covered in the guide are Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Cochin, Coimbatore, Delhi, Goa Guwhati, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mangalore, Mumbai, Port Blair, Pune and Trivandrum

Kothari Sugars and Chemicals chooses Sugar@Sathguru ERP

Kothari Sugars and Chemicals Limited has chosen the Sathguru@Sugar ERP solution to be implemented at its corporate office and three unit locations spread over in two different states. The solution integrates complete business requirements of a sugar mill and ensures absolute automation of various user process requirements.