From where do you get all these information. You know of some important postings etc before a week. How do you do it. Don't tell me that you have infinite number of eyes and ears working for you in the corridors of power. Great Job though. Keep it up
Prem Vijay Basnet

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Shivthanu Pillai leads the race for DRDO DG's post
Shivthanu Pillai who turned 60 in July 2007, has just been given an extension for two years. This is his second extension and this makes him eligible for the top job of the scientific advisor and Director General of DRDO. The other two main contenders are Vijay Kumar Saiaswat and Dipankar Bannerjee.
Govt to do away with shortage of diplomats in Foreign Services
The manpower crisis in Indian Foreign Service is gradually being eliminated ever since the Cabinet last year approved 30 new posts every year over the next decade. At present there are just 669 diplomats spread across the headquarters in New Delhi, 119 resident missions and 49 consulates.
Wharton MBA Student IAS joins DIMTS ?
Ashwini Kumar Vaishnaw who is doing Wharton MBA at University of Pennsylvania has reportedly joined IDFC and is posted at Delhi Integrated MultiModal Transport System (DIMTS). He is 1994 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.
Santosh Sarangi at Duke
Santosh Sarangi has secured Government of India nomination and joined Duke University for one year mid career public policy program. He is 1994 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.
PM clears couple of Railway appointments
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has reportedly cleared a couple of top level Railway appointments.
Appointments of CMD's to various banks delayed
As the grapevine has it, appointments of Chairman cum Managing Directors (CMDs) to different public sector banks have been delayed as the related file is yet to be cleared by Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee.
S.K.Srivastava is DG, ESIC
SK Srivastava, Additional Secretary in Labour Ministry of Government of India (GOI), has been appointed as Director General (DG) of the ESIC. The slot had fallen vacant after PC Chaturvedi took over as Secretary in Labour Ministry of Government of India (GOI). Srivastava is Assam-Meghalaya cadre IAS officer of the 1978 batch while Chaturvedi is 1975 batch IAS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre. Srivastava has been given the charge of DG, ESIC as Additional charge.
How safe are Indian borders?
Sources said that country's first line of security is BSF who guard around 14930 km border and its jawans are performing their duty in open area under the cover of tin sheet shade or elsewhere. Half of their energy is wasted to acclimatise themselves with the weather in various seasons like extreme winter, extreme summer and in rainy seasons. Rainy season is very typical for jawan of BSF to perform their duties effectively.
High power magnets being used for smuggling
High power magnet is being used by ISI/Pakistani smugglers for shipping their consignments through the Samjhauta Express. It is being alleged that force of the RPF and Indian customs deployed at the Indo-Pak border is not all that alert during checking of the said train when it enters Indian territory. Thus ISI/Pak smugglers have been successful in their motive.
Is terrorism again hovering around Punjab?
Is terrorism again hovering around Punjab? Answer to this question is yes if one goes by evidence that emerged so far. That indicates that Punjab is again slowly heading towards terrorism? Sources said that naxalites and terrorists are joining hands with each other in Punjab. It is a dangerous sign for Punjab.
ECI in a fix
The Election Commission of India (ECI) that had had asked BSP Chief & Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Miss Mayawati that why her party's election symbol i.e. elephant should not be revoked, is reportedly now in a fix. It is so because in her reply that she had sent to the ECI, she had appended a long list of various government schemes and places named after the names Nehru/Gandhi's family.
President's Colours for TN Police
Tamil Nadu Police will be accorded with the President's Colours later this year for its exemplary services. The new feather in Tamil Nadu Police's cap comes as it celebrates its 150th anniversary says K.P. Jain, IPS, Director General of Police Tamil Nadu, while talking to whispersinthecorridors.com. Mr. Jain said it's a great honour for the entire TN Police force that is amongst the oldest in the country. Raised in 1859, the TN Police has maintained a high tradition and professionalism right through, he adds.
(Watchout for the full interview with K.P. Jain, DGP in the September2009 issue of WHISPERS IN THE CORRIDORS magazine)
Ms Harrison to move MEA Hqs next month
Ms B B Harrison Minister (Commerce) in Indian Embassy, Washington, is joining the Ministry of External Affairs Headquarters next month.
Far reaching decisions likely in Air India
Air India Board meeting is taking place on Thursday. Far reaching decisions are likely to take place in the meeting.
Alok Ranjan to return to MP
DIG in the CBI Alok Ranjan is returning to the parent Madhya Pradesh cadre after completion of deputation tenure. He is 1991 batch IPS officer.
People happy with DMK
People in Tamil Nadu are these days happy with DMK. It is so because they are able to get their works done, may be for a cost but it was not so during the period of AIADMK when Jayalalitha's writ use to run large across the state.
P C Pande is Chairman of GPHC
Former DGP of Gujarat P C Pande has been appointed Chairman of the Gujarat Police Housing Corporation. He is retired 1970 batch IAS officer.
Mathur is now VC in Gujarat
O P Mathur has been appointed appointed Vice Chancellor of the newly constituted
Raksha Shakti University. He is 1975 batch retired Gujarat cadre.
West Bengal gets five officers from the fresh batch to be inducted in IAS .
West Bengal has been allotted five officers from the new batch of 120 officials to be inducted in IAS.
GMs reshuffle in Air India this week ?
General Manager level reshuffle in the Air India is expected to take place this week end.
ML Shrivastava to be Reg.Director, FSI-Kolkata
ML Shrivastava on deputation is going to be Regional Director for Forest Survey of India (FSI) in Kolkata. He is Sikkim cadre Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1989 batch.
IAS officers get new postings in Punjab
As many as four IAS officers of the Punjab Government have been transferred .They are:. Ms. Anindita Mitra SDM Ropar , Mohammad Tayyab SDM, Mukeria , Praveen Kumar Thind SDM, Malaut & Ravi Bhagat Commissioner, Municipal Corporation Bhatinda..

S.P.Singh is OSD to Sukhbir Singh Badal
S.P. Singh has joined as OSD to Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal.
Ajay Kumar Mahajan is Spl Secretary to Sukhbir Singh Badal
Ajay Kumar Mahajan has joined as Special Secretary to Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal.
MOU between LBSNNA and IGNOU
In a recent meeting held in Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) at Mussoorie with Prof.Vijay Kapur (IAS Bihar 1977)-Advisor to Vice Chancellor, Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) and Padamvir Singh (IAS MP 1977) Joint Director LBSNAA- Mussoorie, fresh impetus was given to M.A (Public Policy) programme for IAS probationers under training at LBSNAA -Mussoorie. The meeting culminated with path breaking decisions including extension of MOU between Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) and LBSNAA-Mussoorie for two years, formation of Joint Coordination Committee and increased collaboration between two premier institutions. This kind of collaboration is a first in the field wherein curriculum will be enhanced also in line with the RVV Ayyar Committee Report of June 2007 and IGNOU's pedagogical guidelines. This marks yet another success story for IGNOU, wherein the endeavors towards democratizing education by increasing Gross Enrollment Ratio to 15% in line with XII Five Year Plan (2007-2009) and enlarging delivery medium through face to face mode are led by dynamic Vice Chancellor Prof. V.N. Rajshekharan Pillai.
IAS officer faces swine flu
An IAS officer of Bihar cadre A. Santosh Mathew is down with Swine Flu. He is now undergoing treatment.
Chaturvedi goes to Rail Coach Factory
Rajiv Chaturvedi, SAG/IRSME/North Western Railway has been transferred to Rail Coach Factory/Kapurthala.
CBEC members allocated work
The work allocation amongst the Members in the CBEC has been done. Accordingly,
Rakesh Sharma will be Member (Service Tax) and his charge includes work relating to Service Tax. Mrs. Chitra Gouri Lal- Member (L&J). Her charge includes all kinds of judicial and legislative work, P N Vittal Dass - Member (P&V) and his charge includes Personnel, Administration, Administrative Reforms, Management of Assets, Infrastructure, Publicity, Public Relations, Help Centres and Vigilance work, S D Majumder - Member (Central Excise & Computerisation) and his charge includes Central Excise, Central Excise Intelligence, Inspection, Audit, LTUs and Computerisation while Y G Parande will be Member (Customs, RI&I, Exports & Safeguards and Budget) and his charge would include Customs, Revenue Intelligence, Export Promotion, Trade Facilitation, Safeguards, Valuation and Budget.
NTPC CVO gets extension (UPDATED)
G.S. Sarna, IC&CES:79, Chief Vigilance Officer in the National Thermal Power Corporation Limited has been granted extension in tenure for a period of two months beyond August 17.
Ms Mukhopadhaya is new Ambassador to Serbia (UPDATED)
Ms Nengcha Lhouvum Mukhopadhaya, presently Ambassador of India in Lebanon has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Serbia in succession to Ajay Swarup.

CORPORATE
S Vishvanathan is MD and CEO of SBI Capital Markets
S Vishvanathan has recently taken over as MD and CEO of SBI Capital Markets - the investment banking subsidiary of State Bank of India. Before joining SBI Cap, he was Chief General Manager of SBI's North Eastern Operations.
IAS officer is MD of SBI in Sikkim
Karma Nidup, IAS, Secretary Transport Department, has been given additional charge of Managing Director , State Bank of Sikkim .
Basu is CEO of Loop Mobile
Sandeep Basu has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of Loop Mobile - the erstwhile BPL Mobile.

Aaj Ki Aawaz
Now BJP is distancing itself form Jaswant's book!!!
But in this its own sweet time BJP took!!!
As usual there was internal keecha taani!!!
'Jinnah's praise was wrong' ultimately yeh baath BJP ne hai maani!!
Advani and Rajnath should retire and on Jinnah they should undertake research!!
Even go to Pakistan and search!!!
BJP's really lost it many say!!!
And at present for its revival there is not even one hope ki ray!!!
Does Maya take erection of statues as work of the developmental kind????
And if she feels so then without a doubt she's 'out of her mind'!!!
As she chooses to throw money about on wasteful statues Centre should say!!!
Only on basis of 'expenditure intent' will Centre pay!!
And then Centre should check out the usage of the money sent!!!!
Haul her up and stop further payments if wastefully the money has been spent!!
Hard times need hard solutions ... even out of the box kind!!!
A way to stop her from wasting money on statues Sarkaar has to find!!
Courts should step in and make BSP pay for the statues that have been erected!!
This colossal waste needs to be corrected!!!
SP is all of a sudden feeling emboldened….Maya is loosing votes everyday!!!
For these statues politically Maya will dearly pay!!
But then if Maya has a statue fixation then SP is fixated on Bollywood and Ambaniwaad!
Maya makes a fool of Dalits and SP makes a mockery of samaajwaad!!
Congress and BJP need to fan out in UP and explain to the Public!!!
That both Maya and SP make India look like a Banana Republic!!
And Veer Singhvi should sue Amar for calling him Papa or Dad!!
For his image Singhvi should consider Amar calling him Dad as horrendously bad!!
And nowadays with Amitabh and Amar giving each other company!!!!
Your guess is as good as mine as to what is cooking in the A Company!!
Now Amar has come out with another ludicrous idea….. he's full of these!!
Ludicrousness simply from Amar does not cease!!
He says Sharukh Khan staged this US interrogation to promote 'My name is Khan' movie!!!
And Amitabh by his side with one eye on his pedometer says ' Bro that's groovy'!!!
Though Sharukh will milk this incident to its maximum for this movie!!!
And one must not forget is recent times to him the Box Office has not been groovy!!
Deora needs to provide the Nation with a clarification on gas price!!!
And just a clarification to PM will not suffice!!!
Such a thing cannot be kept under wraps... we need to know!!
From $ 2.34 to $ 4.32 why did the price go???
Yes we know how but want to know why!!
Did I hear Deora lament 'hai'????
Anil Ambani in the meantime is lining up PR experts from Indian and overseas!!
And his blitzkrieg against bro Mukesh in not going to cease!!
In fact he may even get a movie produced on this subject….completed in record time!
Movies title…… Bhai aa gaya mera time!!
It'll be a Hinglish movie like the name suggests….Bollywood masala type!!
Aim of the movie…. taking at bro Mukesh a swipe!!
BJP Leaders ke dinn hai kharab…. critics say in DCA nepotism is an everyday affair!!!
Of course Jaitley will respond and say this criticism is unfair!!!
As if Jaitley did not have enough on his plate,
And I've noticed his hairline is diminishing at a lightening rate!!
Its time Congress did a chintan baitak too… swine flu, drought and inflation!!
Two are calamities that have been mishandled and the third is Sarkaar's creation!!
Imagine Pawar is now trying to play down drought... he says we've had worse!!
For Indian and Indians this man is a curse!!
Diversion of North Korean ship carrying 16,500 MT of sugar shows somebody was in the know!
That to 0% import duty on sugar would go!!!
Pawar and Praful have damaged Sarkaar's image!!
And as this is perceived to be a Congress Sarkaar Congress's image faces damage!!
Congress's image has slipped a few notches lower and hope Congress realizes this!!!
Because to such news usually Congress gives the miss!!
Confucius says...... take note of image dips and make amends!!!!
To drooping flowers the gardener first tends!!
Flash...... Laloo says he went to meet Sonia to discuss the drought!!
Though inside he grovelled ' Madam help me out'!!
Byelections are coming up in Bihar!!
And on his own Laloo knows he faces haar!!
By the way Laloo should see his Doctor.... he looks unhealthy!!!
His face is swollen and this is not healthy!!

Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

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Govt should conduct survey on retirement age
The extension of retirement age is one of the hottest topic amongst the government servants, especially, middle and higher level management, which includes IAS, IPS, IFS, IES, ISS, CSS, CSSS, Doctors etc. It is my request and suggestion to the correspondents of the Whispersinthecorridors, to kindly pay visit to the various Ministries/Departments and meet the efficient officials ( such officials would be only a few who are well known for their capabilities in a Department whether LDC< UDC< ASSTT.<PA<SO<PS/US/DS of that particular Ministry/Department in the Government of India). These officials would give you exact feed back on the performance of various cadres officers. I am an officer in the Ministry of SJ&E, I have seen in the Ministry that the efficiency level and IQ level , especially, of Gazetted Officers like SO/PS US/PPS DS/DIRs even Joint Secretaries is too bad to be eligible/capable for that post that they are holding irrespective of their service cadres.
We worked out in the M/o SJ&E that there are only 17% efficient officials amongst the Gazetted Officers of various cadres including IAS/IFS/IES etc., rest are outdated, inefficient incapable to the post they are holding and these officials must be given compulsory retirement under the relevant Fundamental Rules and Pension Rules. The Government should not hesitate to retire compulsorily the Secretary to the Government of India for that matter, as in some of the Ministries/Departments their contribution is less than a peon.
It is also suggested that Government should conduct an independent survey from a reputed Organization to gauge the contribution of officials working in the Ministries/Departments and on the basis of the report received from the organization the provisions of compulsory retirement must be implemented.
Then only, if at all in the seriousness of thought, Government should consider to increase the age of superannuation so that only efficient officials may man the Ministries/Departments. Likewise, the State Government should replicate the same formulae.
R.K.Gupta
Maintain standard of working in Corporate Style
Retain the existing, experienced and experts
Retirement Age of Central Government Employees, I shall, simply, say that the need of the time is to retain the existing, experienced and experts in various governmental duties and simultaneously new entrants from the level of Section Officer onwards be engaged to maintain standards of working in Corporate Styles. The present on duty employees from the level of Section Officer and above must be retained exclusively by the Government to protect fundamental functioning pattern and implementing of Government's ongoing liberal policies, infrastructural development and to enable the present employees to educate the new incumbents by providing their experience to them. Hope my opinion will have some edge to re-consider the raising of age from 60 to 62 for the present employees. This is quite favourable to the government especially at the time when India have threats from Pakistan and China too on its border.
H.S. Bhalla
Thanks God, age of retirement is not increased.
A lot of thanks to Rahul Gandhi. Retirement age should be decreased to 58. If retirement age can fix the national unemployment problem, then let's reduce it to 45 years and resolve a problem which no other nation has been able to resolve.
Rita
V Kumar
No need to raise retirement age
I think no need to raise retirement age of the central government employees from 60 to 62 years because old employees are not aware about present knowledge of IT and working style
J R Meena
Why can't MEA pick up guys from the other services?
Besides career diplomats, you will get the expertise of equally good guys, who are drawn from other services.
Reularguy
Postings in IT deptt now not linked to performance
Postings in the Income Tax Department are now not at all linked to performance. There used to be a time when good work was promoted by posting officers on the basis of quality of work done by them. At present, the CBDT and Cadre Controlling CCITs have shunned performance(whether in quantitative/Action Plan terms or in qualitative terms) as a parameter for deciding the postings. Nowadays only two factors work: first is bogey of seniority, often raised by non-performers to get plum postings and second is PR( read personal services. And, mind you, it is not at all difficult to adjudge quality of work, if CBDT wants to!
Sridhar
DDA should scrap infamous housing lottery, 2009 and conduct fresh draw
DDA & Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India should scrap the infamous lottery, 2009 and invite fresh applications keeping in list the earlier bonafide applicants.
Statisticians from Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi should be invited to organise & conduct the scientific lottery of allotments. It would be understood to all applicants.
R Das
TAIL-PIECE
It is the month of August, on the shores of the Black Sea . It is raining, and the little town looks totally deserted. It is tough times, everybody is in debt, and everybody lives on credit.
Suddenly, a rich tourist comes to town.
He enters the only hotel, lays a 100 Euro note on the reception counter, and goes to inspect the rooms upstairs in order to choose one.
The hotel proprietor takes the 100 Euro note and runs to pay his debt to the butcher.
The butcher takes the 100 Euro note, and runs to pay his debt to the pig grower.
The pig grower takes the 100 Euro note, and runs to pay his debt to the supplier of his feed and fuel.
The supplier of feed and fuel takes the 100 Euro note and runs to pay his debt to the town's prostitute that in these hard times, gave her "services" on credit.
The hooker runs to the hotel, and pays off her debt with the 100 Euro note to the hotel proprietor to pay for the rooms that she rented when she brought her clients there.
The hotel proprietor then lays the 100 Euro note back on the counter so that the rich tourist will not suspect anything.
At that moment, the tourist comes down after inspecting the rooms, and takes his 100 Euro note, after saying that he did not like any of the rooms, and leaves town.
No one earned anything.
However, the whole town is now without debt, and looks to the future with a lot of optimism.....
JUST IMAGINE
- And that is how the business will be done : - , ; : ? !
JUST IMAGINE
Contributed by-Anita Saxena