Very informative.

Amitabh Chandra

Gupta to be Member of Competition Commission !
Secretary Coal Harish Chandra Gupta is being appointed Member of the Competition Commission. He is 1971 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
Will Government take action against Army Chief ?
Government is reportedly contemplating disciplinary action against senior army officials who have gone to the press in violation of the cabinet decision pertaining to the Sixth Pay Commission.

Will Navy official quit to join politics ?
Rumour mill says that a top Navy official who has openly spoken against the Cabinet decision may quit service to join the BJP .Guess the name.

Anand to be Joint Secretary Health ?
Name of B Anand has started doing the round for the post of Joint Secretary Health in the Government of India. He is 1987 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Mukul Joshi figures for the post of CMD,FCI
Mukul Joshi posted in the Inter State Council is in the race for post of Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) of the Food Corporation of India (FCI).He is an IAS officer of the 1975 batch who hails from the Punjab cadre.

Posting of IAS officers of 1974 batch
Posting of those 1974 batch IAS officers who were empanelled to the rank of Secretary in Government of India (GoI) in the wake of the review held earlier this month will be taken up first. Then it will be turn of IAS officers belonging to 1975 batch IAS officers to get postings as regular secretaries, though Ms. Kiran Dhingra was the maiden IAS officer of the 1975 batch who joined as last month had joined as Secretary Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA) in Government of India (GoI).

Singh joins Deputy Chief of Mission in Washington
Arun Kr Singh IFS '79 has joined the Indian Embassy in Washington D.C as Deputy Chief Of Mission. His last assignment was as India's Ambassador to Israel in Tel Aviv. Earlier he has served as Joint Secretary (PIA) in MEA, at India's Permanent Mission to the UN and in the embassies at Moscow and Tokyo.

Three posts of Special DG in CRPF
Three posts of Special DG are being created in the CRPF. So far no name is in circulation.
Vijay Kumar unlikely to move GoI
1975 batch TamilNadu cadre IPS officer Vijay Kumar is unlikely to move to the centre during the UPA Government.He has been empanelled to the rank of ADG in the Government of India.
Six vacancies in CAT
There are going to be six vacancies of Administrative Member in the CAT.

IAS changes in Madhya Pradesh
Neeraj Mandloi has been appointed MD of the MP Finance Corporation.C B Sharma has been posted as Commissioner Indore Municipal Corporation.
IAS postings in UP
Balwinder Kumar has been appointed Member of the Board of Revenue.Vinay Kumar Srivastava Special Secretary Personnel.
Next Lok Sabha Seats-Bureaucrats point of view
We are giving details of seats that bureaucrats in different states feel will be bagged for different political parties in the polls to Lok Sabha. It will be on whispersinthecorridors.com from time to time.

Seat Congress BJP Regional party Other Other
Andhra Pradesh 42 20 00 14 {T.D.P.} 4 T.R.S. 4 M.I.M.
North-East 11 4 2 NCP 5 Others
Assam 14 05 03 4 A.G.P. 2
Bihar 37 00 08 12
JD (U) 10 R.J.D. 3 L.G.P
Chhattisgarh 11 05 06
Goa 02 01 01
Gujarat 26 06 20
Haryana 10 03 00 7
Himachal Pradesh 04 01 03
Jammu and Kashmir 06 00 02 02 01 01
Jharkhand 14 02 8 04
Karnataka 28 9 18 01
Kerala 20 10 00 10
Madhya Pradesh 29 13 16
Maharashtra 48 11 15 10 12 NCP
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Orissa 21 05 06 09 01
Punjab 13 04 03 06
Rajasthan 25 10 15
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu 39 02 00 2OAIDMK 09
DMK 06 P.M.K. 02 M.D.M.K
UT 6 03 03
Uttarakhand 05 03 02
Uttar Pradesh 80 05 08 42 B.S.P. 24 S.P. 01
West Bengal 42 03 00 31 08
Congress 124 BJP 122 Regional Parties 172 Others 70 and Other 18 Total 506
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IPS changes in Rajasthan
Bhupenrdra Kumar Dak has been appointed DIG, Kota Range. Utkal Ranjan Sahu will now be DIG, Administration, Jaipur. Dak is an engineering graduate and considered very close to home minister Gulabchand Kataria. Kataria was an MLA for 2 terms from Bari Sadri assembly seat and Dak hails from the town of Kanod near Bari Sadri.
Garima Gupta not going to Goa (UPDATED)
2004 batch UT cadre IAS officer Ms Garima Gupta is not joining the Goa Government. Her new posting is yet to be made.

CORPORATE

MD HMT interview today
The PESB will hold interview for the post of MD HMT on October 14.
Vedi to move to Punjab and Sindh Bank !
ED of the Canara Bank is likely to be moved to the Punjab and Sindh Bank in the same capacity.

Sud is MD Max New York Life Insurance

Rajesh Sud has been appointed Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of the joint Max New York Life Insurance Ltd venture company effective November 1.
Sujoy Ghosh promoted as director, BCCL

BCCL, Times Group has upgraded Sujoy Ghosh deputy director as director and head business, Response, West India.

Nitin Vaidya appointed COO, National Channels ZEEL

Leading entertainment group Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) has appointed Nitin Vaidya as Chief Operating Officer (COO) National Channels.-

Ranga designated COO Intl, Operations, ZEEL

ZEEL has re-designated Bharat Ranga COO - International Operations.
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Ramprasad is COO South, ZEEL
Entertainment company ZEEL has elevated G Ramprasad as COO Regional Channels, South.

Aaj Ki AaWAZ

PC says everything is okay and there is no cause for worry!!!
And tomorrow when things go more awry he'll wiggle out with a sorry!!!

He says IMF has projected a 7.9% growth for India but IMF could change its outlook!
And as we know when it comes to IMF PC goes by the book!!!

What remedial action can you expect when PC's got his head in the sand????
In our financial woes PC's got a big hand!!!

What took Kamath more than a week to rebut fears about ICICI going bust????
Restoring confidence was a must!!!!

The delay in his coming out in Public and rebutting the rumors caused more doubts!
As he did not come out in public shriller got the ICICI going bust shouts!!!

Truth is that in this drama every act will be played out,
Worldwide recession is on and we too will be affected without a doubt!!!

But our FM is busy allying fears and looking away!!!
And for this India and Indians will dearly pay!!

What would Amar Singh say if Big B was a foe????
He'd say that just to get public ki sympathy to hospital Big B does go!!!

Or whenever he feels he is in a fix Big B runs to Lilavati Amar would claim!!!
Time and again he'll cite that Big B has played this game!!!

How does it feel Amar Singh???
Though this is nothing compared to what on Inspector Sharma kiya Amar ne fling!!!!

To fight terror this Government does not have the disposition!!!
Otherwise appropriate law ki ho jaathi imposition!!!

And marketing religion is not right!!!
No religion under 'marketing attack' will take it light!!!

Congress needs to introspect on siding with SIMI and demanding Bajrang Dal pe ban!
And we all know why Congress is SIMI's fan!!!!

Rather than terrorism UPA has the Opposition in its sights!!!
The wrong people UPA fights!!!

Say if Rahul's marriage rumors are true and if Laloo wangles an invite to the shaadhi,
What will Laloo wear...... worsted suit material , silky or khadi????

He'll wear a sherwani and dhoti....... qawal type cap and tilak on his forehead!!
In please all attire to the shaadi he'll head!!!

Laloo knows that in Bihar his goose is cooked ..... will loose for sure!!!!
And so he's looking for a cure!!!

He thought the Bihar floods would be an electoral windfall!!!
And thought Nitish ka boora ho jaye ga haal!!!

Rahul Mahajan went into Big Boss's house to regain lost image!!!
But his stay in Big Boss's house has done him more damage!!!

Or has he decided against a political career and is now looking at kuch new!!!!
Seems siyaasat ki roti he's found too difficult to chew!!!

BJP needs to get someone to compose a BJP ring tone,
And then every BJP supporter should down load this tone in his or her phone!!!

In rural India rely more and more on Ramleela kind of shows!!!
Show how with anti India forces BJP comes to blows!!!

Confucius says..... be novel in campaigning and think out of the box or dabaa!!!!!
If BJP does this it will have a majority in Lok Sabha!!!

Adds... People are craving for a change and BJP should show BJP is the right choice!
Against inflation and insecurity BJP should raise in its campaign its voice!!!

Bharat Kumar

FORUM

My Dear Bureaucrat and Fauji Brothers,

You both do your job and not each others jobs. Undersatnding that will auger very well for the society and the Country. Do not dictate terms to each other. IAS meddling in each and every Government Department has no good to the Country. Faujies questioning is also out of way at times. IAS people are also our countrymen, well wishers, intellectual and thinking people. They are paid to think good and not lord over all. That I think is not their mandate or Job.
So far as defense of the Country is concerned, Prince Charles discharges his National duties by serving in Afghanistan. George Bush is booed in USA for avoiding Vietnam. More than sixty percent of the Bureaucrats and the Politicians have had service in the Armed Forces. Since it is a matter of call of the nation, they do not and can not avoid it.
If the present attitude towards the Armed Forces continues to be what is exhibited on the board, then Ambani, Ratan Tatas, Manmohans or Chandrasekhars will have to contribute to the Defense including in physical service. No realist and sane person can have doubts about it. When the Armed forces are sabotaged, the elites of society are put in servitude. Read any kind of literature or ideology or history. That elite who is incapable to defend himself or relies on other to defend him is not fit to govern.
Since you all are mature and so called intellectuals, you all must understand the "Principles of Payment". If you pay Army Officer as PMF officer , you have no right whatsoever to ask him to discharge duties of Army Officer. He is morally obliged to mentally restrict himself to PMF officer.

A Fauzi

Behaving like union leader of armed forces
COSC is behaving like union leader of armed forces. Parity does not exit even in three wings of armed forces. Disparity between fliers/technical officers in IAF, Executive branch/ non executive branch in Navy and between officers of arms and support services. Experience indicate the pitfalls if armed forces are given independent power. The officers are trained to thwart enemy under all circumstances logically or otherwise.3 service chiefs are doing the same ,forgetting that they are creating bad example to their subordinates. Next time officers will question the orders not to their liking. Such a situation will be dangerous for armed forces.

SRR

Stop spreading the canard
The men in olive should stop spreading the canard that they alone are guarding the nation. What about the IAS /IPS posted in J&K cadre or for that matter BSF personnels who are guarding the borders 24 X 7 with hardly any facilities as compared to the army and with no field peace profile. Patriotism is hardly visible in the army officers as more and more are opting for voluntary retirement to join the private sector.

K Ganesh

Army Chiefs should avoid tie ups with media
Though delayed, if true, it is in the interest of Army Chiefs. They should at all cost avoid tie ups with media, least they should fall prey to vested group of officers within. Public is only fully aware of bad or good points of any institution including Army. They don't like to speak. Forces are making them to speak. Trying to create a divide of civilian and army or politician and Army or IAS etc vs Army is very-very unfortunate. Had it been the times of Nehru and Patel Army officers misinforming the leadership and leaking the details to public would have been sacked. It is the foundation stone of any service that its cadre takes no credit of the service it renders. It is for political leadership or people to claim credit who pay all of us.

Harsh

6th PC - Pay parity
The ongoing debate regarding who is more important is both pernicious and irrational. Armed forces might be defending the country, but can it be said that the police and paramilitary forces are less important? Aren't they who have to quell the civil disturbances and get targetted by the agitating mobs, terrorists etc? Is their role any less in keeping the country together? To say that the armed forces are more important than the PM or the President is all the more outlandish. For that matter, to say that they are more important than the IAS,IFS or other services is equally ridiculous. All are important. All are doing their assigned role and duties. Nobody would grudge paying special allowance to those on the Siachen glacier or other hazardous locations. But the same argument can't be extended generally to all.
Any attempt to create parity or equivalence in various services is unwarranted. For any feelings of dissatisfaction among the IPS, armed forces, central services or others on the CPC report, I think the IAS has to take the full blame. They are not only expected to be fair and impartial in such matters, but should also appear to be so. Have they proved their credentials in this case?

Ugagar Singh

That is how IAS treat all others
The Problem with IAS is - they believe that they are "Permanent Executives" as compared to "Aya Ram Gaya Ram" politicians.
In the backdrop of their self serving beliefs of being the "Permanent Executives", all other services, be it IPS, Defense, IRS or any thing else are considered as "Permanent Servants". That is how IAS treat all others. Others are not part of being "Executives" only IAS is. IAS occupy 225 Secretary level posts in Ministries as compared to a meager 25 by all other All India Services. If they assert themselves to be the "Permanent Executives", on ground realities and solid reasons do exist for that.
That is a very bad and dangerous situation for Political and Bureaucratic health of our Country. How can our Political System allow such a "dangerous" and autocratic or I shall say, "tyrannical" bureaucratic system to exist. If we leave aside "Aya Ram Gaya Ram", we have other democratic institutions in the Country, such as Political Parties, Press, Media, Academia, Administrative Reforms Committees, Administrative Tribunals, Interest groups, Unions, Peoples organization. How have they failed to have a check on this "Leviathan" called IAS. It is high time solid Checks and "Administrative Reforms" be introduces in the Higher Echelons of the Bureaucracy and IAS Tyranny be restrained by "those who care". IAS has no business to be in 225 Ministries out of 250 Secretary level positions. Let there be equatable distribution amongst all Central and even State services of the Secretary and Additional Secretary level post.
Santhanam
Not in good taste
Making a reference on Intelligence of a person like Rahul Gandhi is really not in good taste. In fact the discussion is about his being down to earth and this I am very sure that he must be - the way media has highlighted his acts. In fact I would appreciate if one can tell how many of our politicians are intelligent - don't read shrewd. We have had enough of intelligence serving the country, let's seek services of a down to earth and presumably unintelligent man. We have seen acts of all so called intelligent people, I think now it is time to ask for that change.

VS

Permanent Executive ?
Our IAS brethren seems to be propagating concepts for our "Democracy" which are far fetched and dangerous. The first one is that of "Political Control". That is the prerogative of the people (that is why a strong demand for Call Back ) then the Parliament and then Peoples Institutions like Press, something like your website which allows opinions to be Known and "public" to be informed. Many IAS brothers have used this concept of "Political Control" to be used as synonym of "IAS Control". What chheeks !!
Now I hear of a term called "Permanent Executive". Yes it means that the current "Executives" will be allowed to continue till the new executive takes over. If not, the Constitutional Head, that is the President or the Governor will function as the executive. Thus executive will not be absent.
How has a Secretary and the DM come in between. They are "Public Servants" and one of them here calls the "Servants" as the "Permanent Executive" in typical arrogance. God save the Democracy and Polity in the Country if the most powerful and responsible public servants calls themselves as "permanent executives" and those who exercise "political Control".
Any one who thinks like that needs to be sent back to his College . I am loosing faith on Lal Bhadur Shastri Academy, if they teach them all this rubbish.
This pronouncement has some arrogance.....I, as a reader and Citizen, am shattered at the thought of what these guys fancy themselves to be. In North India there is a saying " Chuchhundar Ke Baal Men Chameli Ka Tel " the pronouncement that "servant " is "permanent executive" is an apt example of it...
Please do not encourage such dictatorial anti democracy ideas....Thanks.

Ramaaraj

It is heartening
It is heartening to see that I D A S officer is likely to destroy the I A S bastion in the Ministry of Civil Aviation. Prashant Sukul is 1981 Batch of I D A S and is being considered for Joint Secretary now while 1978 Batch I A S are Additional Secretaries. It is high time he gets placement.

S S Rana

Transfer and punishment continue
The IRS transfers continue and the punishmetn of lady officers continue. One senior officer has recently been given a posting "near Delhi" --- 200 KM away though. An easy drive for a 57 year old lady, no doubt.

Siram

Better reduce retirement age to 50 years
If early retirement is the best way to "generate employment" the best is to reduce retirement age to 50 years.

Anon

Fight Corruption
I urge upon all the visitors to this site and other govt servants to fight against corruption. Highlight the wrongs happening and misuse of authority by officers. It will be good for the nation. Come on one and all.
Sanyal