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Who runs Tata Empire in India ?
1 N A Soonavala, Vice Chairman, Tata Sons
2 Krishna Kumar, Director, Tata Sons
3 JJ Irani, Director, Tata Sons
4 Arun Gandhi, Director, Tata Sons
5 B Muthuraman, MD & CEO, Tata Steel
6 Ravi Kant, MD & CEO, Tata Motors
7 S. Ramadorai, MD & CEO, TCS
8 Ishaat Hussain, Tata Sons CFO
9 Kishore Chaukar, Director Tata Sons
10 Srinath N, MD & CEO, Tata Communications
11 R Gopalakrishnan,
12 Koushik Chatterjee, Tata Steel CFO
13 C Kavaranna, Director, Tata Sons
New era in BJP if Advani misses PMship
There would be a new era in BJP after the general elections if NDA fails to assume power and BJP leader LK Advani misses the chance to become Prime Minister, it is believed in the party circles. In such a case, the central leadership's power in the BJP would be diluted to an extent that several regional heads would come to fore in their respective regions like Narendra Modi in Gujarat ,Yedurappa in Karnataka ,Shivraj Singh Chouhan in Madhya Pradesh, Raman Singh in Chhattisgarh and and so on. And there will be virtually no High Command at all.
Pawar has many supporters in the pipeline
It is not without anything that the NCP leader Sharad Pawar is eyeing the prize position in the country. At least Jayalalitha, Farukh Abdullah, TRS, Navin Patnaik and even Nitish Kumar may come to his rescue if the need arises. All these are said to be in regular contact with the Maratha leader.
Empanelment of 1990 batch IAS officers in new regime
Now IAS officers belonging to 1990 batch will have to wait for empanelment to the rank of Joint Secretary .File of empanelment is reportedly back to the Department of Personnel with a note that it should be processed when new Government is formed.
J. P. Meena poised to join NHRC as Jt.Secretary
J. P. Meena who is Principal Secretary Agriculture and Agriculture
Production Commissioner (APC) with the Assam Government is poised to
go to Centre on deputation as Joint Secretary in National Human Rights
Commission(NHRC). He is an IAS officer of the 1983 batch & belongs to
the Assam cadre.
Navin Chawla is quite meticulous
Navin Chawla, newly inducted Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India, is quite meticulous in his working & well informed. Thanks to the kind system that he has evolved in the Election Commission of India (ECI) due to which ECI's control room keeps him abreast of the latest.
Vineeta Thakur poised to join SPG
Ms. Vineeta Thakur, an IPS officer of the Rajasthan Cadre who belongs to the 1986 batch may join SPG.
Devesh Shrivastava unlikely to join IB
As the grapevine has it, Devesh Srivastava, an UT cadre IPS officer 1995 batch is unlikely to join Intelligence Bureau (IB)on deputation.
PS to Ministers looking for new assignments
There is a general discussion in corridors of power at the Government
of India (GOI)level that chances of UPA returning to power are not so
good, so Private Secretaries to various Indian Ministers are looking
for new postings and are visiting DoPT frequently
Rumblings in Sri Lanka to cast its shadow on Tamil Nadu's politics
There is a general discussion that the way the Sri Lankan army is
launching operations against LTTE, it may affect the Tamil Nadu
politics and Indian ministers from Tamil Nadu may lose the general
elections as there is a feeling among Tamilians that Government of
India (GOI)l is not helping them.
Om Prakash appointed Ambassador to Estonia
Om Prakash, Ambassador of India to Finland has been concurrently accredited as the next Ambassador of India to Estonia, with residence in Helsinki(Finland).
Four KTK cadre IPS officers empanelled for DIG level post
As many as four Karnataka cadre IPS officers of 1994 batch have been empanelled to hold DIG and equivalent level posts under the Government of India. Those empanelled are Pronab Mohanty, Alok Kumar, KH Srinivasan and B Dayananda.
IDAS officer KV Vasudev Sarma promoted
Indian Defence Accounts Service Officer KV Vasudev Sarma of 2005 batch has been promoted from Junior Time Scale officer to Senior Time Scale and shifted from IPAO (ORs) DSC Cannanore to CDA Chennai.
Rao to be CVO
Director in the Ministry of Civil Aviation Hemant Rao is all set to join as CVO . He is 1987 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
Deka to go to Washington!
TK Deka is being posted to the Embassy of India in Washington. He is 1988 batch IPS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.
Richa Sharma is Dy Secretary HRD
Richa Sharma has joined the Ministry of HRD as Deputy Secretary, School Education. She is 1994 batch IAS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre.
President Obama announces more key administrative posts
According to a message from the White House received to this website President Barack Obama has announced his intent to nominate the following individuals for key administration posts: Christine M. Griffin, Deputy Director of Office of Personnel Management; Kevin Concannon, Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, United States Department of Agriculture; Rajiv Shah, Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics, United States Department of Agriculture; Michael Nacht, Assistant Secretary of Defense (Global Strategic Affairs), Department of Defense; Mercedes Márquez, Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, Department of Housing and Urban Development; Raymond M. Jefferson, Assistant Secretary for Veterans Employment and Training, Department of Labor; Robert S. Litt, General Counsel, Office of the Director of National Intelligence; and William F. Brinkman, Director of the Office of Science, Department of Energy.
Performance needs to be improvement all levels
During the Civil Services Day, a panel discussion was held under the
chairmanship of K.M.Chandrasekhar Cabinet Secretary with panelists
M.K. Narayanan NSA, C.M. Vasudev, E. Sreedharan MD- DMRC, P.C.
Haldar former Chief (IB) and Prajapati Trivedi Secretary
(Performance), wherein the performance of Management in Government
discussed. They were of the view that performance at all levels needs
to be improved and not only at top level.
CVC penalizes AAO, National Insurance Co.Ltd,
CVC has ordered reduction of pay by two stages permanently in the case of
An AAO, National Insurance Co.Ltd.
Tenure of Vini Mahajan extended
Central deputation tenure of Ms Vini Mahajan Joint Secretary, Prime Minister's Office has been extended Till June 30. She is 1987 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.
Sudhir Kumar appointed JS Power
OSD to Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, Sudhir Kumar Jain has been appointed Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Power. He is 1982 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.He would have a tenure upto August 31,2011.
( We said this on April 22 )
A K Singh is new CVO of ESIC
A.K. Singh presently working as Director in the Department of Culture has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer in the Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), New Delhi. He is 1983 batch IFS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
Rao appointed CVO of AICL
Hemant Rao presently working as Director in THE Civil Aviation Ministry has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer in the Air India Charters Limited (AICL), New Delhi. He is 1987 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
( We said this this morning)

CORPORATE
Birlas : From Babu to Chairman
It is not the work culture alone that has undergone a sea change with the change of times. Change is also visible in referring to the seniors in the management in Birlas. Those who earlier used to be referred to as 'Babu' is now called Chairman- Kumarmangalam Birla.
Naresh Chandra appointed Advisor
Former Cabinet Secretary Naresh Chandra has been appointed Advisor of the Audit firm Price Waterhouse (PW).
Post offices to undergo makeover: Radhika Doraiswamy
Indian Post Offices that bring to memory shabby buildings dumped with filthy records and an often ignorant and arrogant staff are all set to undergo a complete makeover. Talking to whispersinthecorridors.com, Secretary (Posts) & Chairman Postal Services Board and Director General India Post, Ms. Radhika Doraiswamy, said the initiative is to ensure that the post offices connect with the modern day requirements of the local population be it postal service, electronic mails, money transfers, financial services or any other assistance.
Ms. Doraiswamy said in the first phase all major post offices in the country are being modernized with proper infrastructure, furniture, computers and trained staff. The idea is to integrate different services and make post offices nodal centre for postal services, financial services, money transfers and bill payments.
When her attention was drawn to the increasing competition the department was facing from private courier services, she said this is a feature that is applicable to urban centres in India. Rural India still depends on India Post services to reach out to its near and dear ones. "Courier services have strengthened over resolve to improve our services and compete", she added. Citing an example she said that nearly 80 per cent of the department's revenues are generated from mail service and money transfer facilities. Moreover entire government mails are routed through the India Post services.
The department is updating its computer network and hopes to connect all post offices that would facilitate the customers to keep a track of their posts. Similarly a pilot project is underway to link financial services offered by the department and introduce core banking facilities. Once successful, the project would be replicated throughout the country, she added. This will help the customers to operate their accounts and manage their deposits whether Fixed or savings or PPF accounts in post offices from anywhere in the country. The department is also considering a proposal to provide ATM cards to its customers once the facility becomes operational.
What would make the modern post offices stand apart is the fact that they would be acting as centres providing assistance to the customers rather than simply being the service providers. For this post masters and postmen are already being oriented for multi-tasks. The postman besides simply being a deliverer of posts would be the point-person who could collect bills, remittances to near ones and take down e-mail messages. The postmasters would supervise all the activities and assist the staff and customers as and when required, said Ms. Radhika Doraiswamy.

Aaj Ki Aawaz
Muslims at one time felt Mulayam was totally BJP ke khilaaf!!!!
So his allying with Kalayan Singh Muslims nahi karrenge maaf!!!
Okay Kalyan is not with BJP and he's vowed BJP ka The End,
But SP allying with Kalyan negative signal SP's Muslim vote bank ko kiya hai send!
And the Muslim votes flood exiting SP are going to BSP and Congress!!!!
Dono Parties mein there is SP Muslim Vote Bank ka ingress!!!
Pollsters predict 22 seats for SP and I say it'll be lesser that 22!!!!!
SP by allying with Kalyan has flushed itself electorally down the loo!!!!
Laloo knows that this election is his Waterloo!!!!
And that's why we are getting to see a cranky Laloo!!!
Pranab Da is right with the seats RJD is going to get Laloo will not matter!!!!
You can he'll get up from the Sofa and to the last row Laloo will pitter-patter!!!
Though Pranab Da did kick and kiss up with Laloo!!!!!!
But it's clear come May 16 Laloo will be flattened and lo and behold samosas will still have aloo!!
I'm really shocked to see Advani change track!!!!!!
It's like he's taken a lot that he's said back!!!!!
What comes out is that in the Kandhahar matter he tried to save his skin!!!!
All this time he denied knowledge of terrorists release though he was very much 'in'!!!!
And why did BJP not support the Deal and take credit that this Deal was BJPs' baby!!!!
Now it's clear on the Deal Advani behaved like a cry-baby!!!
In fact Advani should have stood shoulder to shoulder with Sarkaar on this Deal!!!!
Without a doubt for India this Deal is a 'steal'!!!!
And now people take his Mohna rants as Advani's heartburn!!!!
And 'heartburn' seems to have cured after Mohna ne kee allegations spurn!!!!
Don't know why BJP was not positive and played the Pro People card??????
Positiveness kyon kee BJP ne discard?????
This is known as providence … Advani simply lost it!!!!
Dug himself into a pit!!!!
EC should be nominated by a Collegium ……. Democratic way !!!!!
Chawla's appointment very rightly BJP karr rahi hai flay!!!!
How about a Collegium that has no Netas…… would be abs right?????
How can students appoint the Chief Invigilators ……reality should bite????
And appointment of Judges too needs a relook!!!!!
People wonder how Netas invariably get off the hook!!!!
When Laloo says he believes in the Law there is cause for worry?????
People feel this means justice he will be able to bury!!!!
Bollywood's Jumping Jack was hit by a shoe!!!!!
For sixteen hour power cuts and no water someone via the shoe let out a boo!!!!
Now politicians are scared of 'Shoenami' !!!!
Or you can say Footwear Tsunami!!!
The earthquake causing this Tsunami is in Public's despondency with Leaders!!!!
Public is fed up of being 'futile' pleaders!!!
Confucius says….. proves laathon ke bhoot baathon se nahi maanthe!!!!!
Yeh poorani kahaavath sabh hai jaanthe!!!!
Bharat Kumar

Forum

Government pensions forty years ago
Retired government employees now take it for granted that every time a Pay Commission makes its recommendations there would be a substantial increase in their monthly pension. In fact, very often the revised pension is more than the last pay drawn by the government employee (I happen to be one such lucky person). This was not always so. A major shift in policy introduced by the Fourth Central Pay Commission which became effective from the 1st January, 1986 has brought about this welcome change. Prior to this date, the situation was that once a person's pension was fixed at the time of retirement it remained so for the rest of his life! It was indeed a cruel system, to say the least. Those with no other support (children or property) faced extreme hardship.
I came face to face with the severity of the problem while being Collector in a Madhya Pradesh district in 1974 when a pensioner stated that the pension he was receiving was less than the to and fro bus fare from his village to the tahsil head quarters from where he had to collect the pension and wanted to know whether his pension could be delivered to his village.
To many administrators (District Collectors) it may seem a tall order to deliver a large number of pensions at the pensioners' door step. Since MP had a very good system of administration of land records, provided it was implemented in letter and spirit, each month all the revenue inspectors and patwaris (who are the backbone of the land records administration of the state) were to report to the tahsil headquarters with their records and reports (like condition of standing crops, progress in agricultural operations, law & order, etc.) collect their salaries, fresh government instructions (if any), replenish their supply of government stationary, etc. All I had to do was add pension payments to the list of their duties! Each patwari was given a list of the pensioners in his beat (called a halka), which typically comprised 4-5 villages, and the amount of pension payable to each. He disbursed the pension and obtained an acknowledgment from them which was submitted to the tahsil office during his next monthly visit.
B K Saha
CS Division of DOP&T dragging feet
The finalization of the Select List of Under Secretaries for the year 2003 is pending since long. In spite of the clear directions of the Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions on the subject, the CS Division of DOP&T is dragging its feet. Is it with the intention to favor selected few in the background that a new government may take over in the near future wherein the vested interest will once again make a try for a reversal of the final decision taken by the present MOS(PP)? DOP&T is requested to finalize the select of list of Under Secretaries for the year 2003 as early as possible and ensure that no elgibile person is left out of the consideration list.
Anurag Srivastava
Bad times for CSS
It is in response to the general perception gaining ground in the minds of CSS officers that DOPT of late has decided to stop all promotions pertaining to CSS officers. It has been seen that all promotions whether adhoc promotions of eligile officers by way of departmental promotions or by way of departmental examination have been denied. Secretary, DOPT may like to take a pragmatic and sympathetic view of the difficulties being faced by these officers. Political bosses are lost in their own wonderland and they have hardly any time for these trivial matters. Bureaucrats are running DOPT according to their own whims and fancies.
A Visitor
Restructuring in Government Departments :
Once upon a time, a Government Department had a vast scrap yard in the middle of a desert.
Head of the Department once thought.... - "Someone may steal from it at night."
So they created a post of "Night Watchman" and hired a person for the job.
Then senior officers of the department thought….. - "How will the watchman do his job without instructions?"
So they created a Planning Cell and hired two people, one person to write the instructions and one person to do time studies.
Then the top brass thought….. - "How will we know the Night Watchman is doing the tasks correctly?"
So they created a Quality Control department and hired two people. One to do the studies and one to write the reports.
Then the problem rises....- "How are these people going to get paid?"
So they created the posts of a time keeper and a payroll officer. Two people were hired for these jobs.
Then the top brass thought….. - "Who will be accountable for all of these people?"
So they created an administrative section and hired three people, an Administrative Officer, Assistant Administrative Officer, and a Legal Secretary.
After one year, it was reported in the Annual Report that - "We have had this command in operation for one year and we are going beyond the budget. So, we must cutback overall cost."
So, after holding a long meeting, followed by lunch, it was unanimously decided that The Post Of Night Watchman Should Be Abolished.
Moral of the story:
All restructuring proposals in the Government are finalized on this principle.
- Pawan Kumar
Facts about IRS Transfers
It is strange that someone else other than CBDT is mentioning about the guidelines for posting to Delhi or Mumbai charges at the level of CIT. How is the person privy to this is not known, but he seems to have forgotten that there is a clear cut transfer policy for A,B C category stations and ,the criterion mentioned by him is not part of the Policy. Infact ,such aberrations lead to court cases and I am sure that the CBDT would steer clear of such controversies. Officers who have worked in C or B stations alone could be moved to A stations ,if they have completed their due stay in B or C stations. Now that a wind of change is blowing, CBDT should now free itself from the shackles of Commissioners ,who on one pretext or the other have been managing to stay in Mumbai or Delhi or ,by propounding new concepts, want to move from one cat A station to the other cat A station. Seniority should only be the criterion for posting within the station and not otherwise. If the criterion suggested by my friend is to be followed ,then all those ,who missed out becoming members ,should in all fairness be also moved out of Metros and posted as CCIT in B stations
R Sahay
CBDT not facilitating empanelment of IRS officers
The CBDT , for reasons best known to them, is dragging its feet for facilitating empanelment of IRS officers to the level of Joint Secretary to the Government of India. The officers are frustrated and are awaiting the arrival of the New Finance Minister as the CBDT and the Revenue Secretary seem to be oblivious to the genuine aspirations of its officers.
Swamy
IRS transfers
There are 730 posts of Commissioner Income Tax. Out of which, a whopping 225 have applied for change of station. This shows the level of dis-content that the postings of last year had generated. Husbands and wives were split up so they had to maintain 2 households, at what financial /personal cost. The ill were left fending for themselves. Senior CITs were pushed to muffosil charges with hardly any work. Those about to retire were posted 2000 km from where they want to live after retirement. Mothers were wrested away from their children. Is this leading to efficiency? Honesty? High morale of the service? An officer living out of a suitcase is not the most efficient one. His ability to lead his team is questionable. His ability to inspire by example? His motivation to put in his best?
Rita
No trace of electoral reforms in election manifestoes
I am one of the ardent supporters of electoral reforms in our country. But there have been many distortions in elections. Electoral reforms are a long overdue issue and needs to be redressed urgently in order to deal with the malaise of defections, corruptions and criminalization of politics. We need this in order to revitalize our democracy and ensure honest, clean, and efficient people-oriented governance in our country. Politicians promise electoral reforms but they do not mean what they say due to lack of political will. Why are they afraid of bringing legislation in Parliament to curb the menace?
One cannot expect much more from a legislator who has criminal bent of mind, who is illiterate, and who has no vision for the country. It is well known that a person cannot be appointed in Government with any criminal record against him. Should we allow a politician who has a criminal record to represent people in Legislatures? Mockery! Who is responsible for this sad state of affairs? Of course, our Legislators.
I see no trace of electoral reforms in the manifestoes of political parties - National or State. In the General Elections 2009, many candidates with criminal background are in the fray and are contesting elections with their gun points. Voters are helpless and the political parties have emerged more powerful than the people.
Time has come, our Supreme Court issues binding directions to the Executive and the Legislature to consider the recommendations made by expert bodies like Law Commission of India and carry out necessary reforms to check corruption and criminalization to improve the quality of legislators. One good move - what the Legislature could not do, media and NGOs are doing. There are newspaper reports that candidates with criminal records have backed out from this election. This is a good side of media activism in public interest. Good wishes!
Thakur Singh Negi