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Majority feels Obama is good for India
The whispersinthecorridors.com survey about the new President of United States of American Barack Obama has thrown open some interesting facts. Most of our surfers who wrote to us are of the opinion that India need not worry as Obama is pro-Indian and would not do anything to upset the increasing Indo-US relations. However, there are some e-mails that have cautioned us that people should not rush to judge Obama from his actions during the initial days of Presidency and that he would not stake his reputation and change age-old policies just to align with India.
Vivek Dhawan CEO Smriti Netcom says that Obama embodies the five principles namely Goal orientation, Planning, Creativity, Discipline, Hard work and Smart work that are essential for success.
India's geo-strategic location in a unipolar world, surrounded by untrustworthy (Read unscrupulous) neighbours like Pakistan and China, badly needed a friend like Obama. A man of action, endowed with Vision and Courage of conviction! He will surely prove to be a friend in need and a good samaritan indeed, writes A.K. Saxena retired civil servant. Obama would be good for India. However it all depends on our diplomats and their diplomatic skills, writes M.L. Gupta.
If he does not keep his mouth shut, and deliberate before taking decisions and making commitments, Obama will be bad for USA as well, what to say for India, writes Vijay Kumar.
Kaun Banega TRAI Chairman ?(5) Arun Ramanatan
And the dark horse for the post is Secretary Finance Arun Ramanathan.1973 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS officer Arun Ramanathan is scheduled to retire in April end.
EC to announce dates after Interim Union Budget ?
According to sources, Election Commission is likely to announce Lok Sabha Poll 2009 dates after interim union budget. EC have gathered data of schools-colleges availability for voting purpose.
Will Binoy Kumar succeed Julka ?
Will Binoy Kumar succeed Bimal Julka on April 1 as Joint Secretary (G&Air) in the Ministry of Defence. Name of 1983 batch AP cadre IAS officer is also doing the round.
DRS Chaudhary is new Addl Secretary Home
Dileep Raj Singh Chaudhary who is presently Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser in the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion(DIPP), Ministry of Commerce and Industry has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs. Chaudhary is an IAS officer of the Madhya Pradesh cadre who belongs to the 1977 batch.His appointment will be in the vacancy of Vinay Kumar, IAS (KN:75).
Who will be DGP, Gujarat ?
Who will succeed P C Pande as DGP of Gujarat on April 1.Tie is said to be between S S Khandwawala,1973 batch IPS officer of R M S Brar 1975 batch IPS officer.
Now four IPS officers are RPOs
1995 batch West Bengal cadre IPS officer R Sivakumar is now Regional Passport Officer in Kolkata, and as such he is 3rd IPS in the country as RPO. Vittul Kumar and Zaidi, IPS are working as Regional Passport Officers at Chandigarh and Lucknow respectively since long. Ghaziabad RPO is also IPS officer Amrendra Kr Senger, IPS 1995 Batch UP Cadre
Did Bhat stall appointment of Agrawal ?
Did Chairman of the State Bank of India O P Bhat stall the selection of IDBI Chairman Yogesh Agrawal for the post of Deputy Governor of the RBI ?. Answer to this question lies with RBI Governor D Subbarao, Secretary Finance Arun Ramanathan and Bhat. It is widely known in the Banking circles that O P Bhat does not want his erstwhile colleagure Yogesh Agrawal as Deputy Governor of the RBI.
Amitabh Verma to get extension
Joint Secretary Amitabh Verma is reportedly getting extension in deputation tenure. Tenure of 1982 batch Bihar cadre IAS officer Verma is coming to an end next month.Six months extension has been recommended depending on the consent of the Bihar Government.
Rakesh Sharma empanelled in GoI
Rakesh Sharma has been empanelled to the rank of Joint Secretary in the Government of India. He is 1981 batch IAS officer of Uttarakhand cadre.
Kohli to get extension ?
Grapevine has it that S S Kohli is getting one year extension in the IIFCL. Term of Chairman of the IIFCL, Kohli, is coming to an end next month. Kohli is former CMD of the Punjab National Bank.
NIA office to be located in HUDCO place
As the grapevine has it, office for the officers of the newly created National Investigation Agency (NIA), of which maiden head is Radha Vinod Raju (IPS), will be set up in a residential flat of HUDCO Place, New Delhi.
Number of SC Judges is increased
The number of Supreme Court judges has been increased from 26 to 31. In 1986, the number of judges had been increased from 18 to 25.
Anup Wadhwa empanelled in GOI
Anup Wadhwa a 1984 batch Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the Maharashtra cadre has been empanelled.
12 Indian Police officers to be deployed with UNMIS
12 Indian Police officers have been selected for deployment with UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) for a period of one year deployment in the Mission area is slated to begin on March 4, 2009.
Godbole is Director Commerce
Sangeeta Godbole has joined the Ministry of Commerce as Director. Sangeeta is 1989 batch IRS (IT) officer.
Usha is Director Defence
V Usha has joined the Ministry of Defence as Director. Usha is 1989 batch IRS (C&CE) officer.
Balasubramanian appointed CVO of Neyveli Lignite
KS Balasubramanian has been appointed Chief Vigilance Officer in the Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited, Neyveli (Tamil Nadu).He is 1978 batch IPS officer of Kerala cadre.
( We said this on January 30 )
AN Sharan empanelled in GOI
AN Sharan 1985 batch Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the Jharkhand cadre has been empanelled, in Government of India (GOI).
Shakti Singh Negi is Director, Rural Development
Shakti Singh Negi who so far was Director in Public Enterprises department has now been shifted to Rural Development (RD) department in the same capacity. He is an Indian Economic Service (IES) officer of the 1983 batch.
Bhatia promoted in BSNL
ITS officer Murlidhar Bhatia has been promoted to the HAG. He is now PGMT, Nagpur.
PESB invites applications for applications for MD's post in SAIL's DSP
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has sought applications for the post of Managing Director, Steel Authority of India Ltd., Durgapur Steel Plant (DSP) by February 25, 2009. The post is falling vacant on November 1, 2009.
IRSME transfer postings
V K Jha, HAG/IRSME/NorthEast Frontier Railway has been transferred to Northern Railway and posted as CME vice K B L Mittal, posted as Secretary, Railway Board. R P Singh, SAG/IRSME/NorthEast Frontier Railway has been posted as CME (CHOD) on the Railway itself. P Rajagopalan, HAG/IRSME/North Western Railway, presently working as CME has been transferred to RWF and posted as CME, A K Verma, HAG/IRSME/North Eastern Railway, will move to North Western Railway and Y N Dhawan, SAG/IRSME/North Central Railway transferred to North Eastern Railway and posted as CME (CHOD) .
1982 batch IPS to be ADGs in Punjab
Four 1982 batch IPS officers Mssrs Sanjiv Gupta, Sumedh Saini, Suresh Arora and Rajinder Singh are being promoted to the rank of ADG in Punjab.
1991 batch IPS to be IG in Punjab
All 14 officers of 1991-batch have been cleared for promotion to the rank of IG in Punjab..
Bassi is new DGP of Goa
Bhim Sen Bassi has been appointed new DGP of Goa. He is 1977 batch IPS officer of UT cadre.
Goa DGP Brar shifted to Delhi
Goa DGP B S Brar has been transferred to Delhi. He is 1977 batch IPS officer of UT cadre. He had joined the Goa police in 2006.
Jha appointed Chairman RRB
IRPS officer S Jha, CPO/NFR, is moving as Chairman of the Railway Recruitment Board, MFP .
IAS reshuffle in Gujarat
There is another IAS reshuffle in Gujarat.
Gauri Kumar has been appointed as a New Principal Secretary - Urban Development and G R Aloria appointed as a new Principal Secretary - Revenue Department.A K Joti MD Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Ltd has been transferred as ACS GAD. R K Tripathy (1977) Jt. M D SSNL has been promoted to the post of MD SSNL in place of Mr. Joti. Maheshwar Sahu has been appointed Principal Secretary Industries and Mines .On his repatriation, Ravi Saxena has been appointed PS Health and Family Welfare. Rita Teaotia will now be Commissioner of Rural Development and PS to Rural Development Department. Raj Gopal has been appointed MD Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation.P K Taneja has been appointed secretary Social Justice and Empowerment Department. R P Gupta has been made Secretary Primary Education.Arvind Agrawal has been posted as MD GIDC. Sunaina Tomar has been appointed Commissioner Women and Child Development.Rajiv Gupta has been made SecretaryAnimal Husbandry Cow Breeding and Fisheries. Arun Sutaria will now be Inspection Commissioner. C L Meena has been appointed Secretary Revenue. V Y Vyasa has been made Commissioner Geology and Mining. Tapan Ray PS Finance Department has been given additional charge of Commissioner of Bureau of Public Enterprises. V S Gadhvi has been given additional charge of MD Gujarat Green Revolution Company Vadodara.SS Rathore will now be PS Road and Building .SI Patel who has been appointed Director Canals in the SSNL. S J Desai Director (Canals) SSNL has been appointed secretary Water Resources.
IAS changes in Andhra Pradesh
M. T. Krishna Babu has been appointed Special Commissioner of GHMC. K. Damayanthi has been made Collector, Mahabubnagar district. V. Usha Rani has been posted as Collector Khammam . Shashibushan Kumar Collector, Kadapa. Other changes are Mssrs T.K. Sreedevi, Joint Collector West Godavari, V. Durgadas, Joint Collector Hyderabad urban, N. Mukteswara Rao, Joint Secretary Agriculture, M. Jagannadham, Joint Collector Nizamabad, K. V. Ramana, Deputy Secretary Higher Education and M. Veerabhadraiah, Joint Commissioner Horticulture
IPS changes in Karnataka
Gopal B Hasur has been appointed DIG Western Range.A M Prasad has been moved as Director of Karnataka Police Academy ,Mysore.
J.M.Kennedy to be Director in TRU
J.M.Kennedy, Additional Commissioner of Customs & Central Excise, Tirupati has been posted as a Director in TRU.
3 IPS Officers shifted in MP
Sanjay Kumar (2004 batch) commandant 2nd battalion SAF Gwalior will be new SP Shivpuri D.C. Sharma (1997 batch) who was SP Shivpuri will replace him. J .S. Kushwaha (2001 batch) SP Alirajpur has been Shifted to PHQ as AIG
Srivastava to leave for Goa ?
Grapevine has it that SK Srivastava Principal Secretary Services in Delhi govt is being relieved from Delhi next week for Goa where he will be the understudy for Chief Secretary. ,Goa.
13 face interview for Director, IIFM's slot
As many as 13 officers belonging to the Indian Forest Service (IFS) faced interviews for the post of Director in the Bhopal located Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM).
Deputation period of Savitur Prasad extended
Central deputation tenure of Savitur Prasad, IDAS(83), Joint Secretary in the National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganized Sector (NCEUS) has been extended till March 31.
AP cadre IPS officer to go on deputation to Haryana
The Government of India has approved the proposal for inter-cadre deputation of Dr. Rajwant Singh from Andhra Pradesh to Haryana for a period of three years.Sandhu is 1985 batch IPS officer.
Murli Deora to launch PCRA's campaign in Mumbai on Feb 15
Murli Deora, Indian Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas, will launch Petroleum Conservation Research Association's (PCRA's) campaign on "Save Fuel yani Save Money", at Sydenham College of Commerce & Economics, Mumbai, on February 15,2009 at 11.00 am.

CORPORATE
Nominations for the post of CVOs in Central PSUs invited
Nominations of officers are invited for appointments on deputation to the posts of Chief Vigilance Officers in Central Public Sector Undertakings etc. These posts are non-Central Staffing Scheme posts. The applicants should be empanelled to hold Joint Secretary/equivalent post at the centre and the officers to be sponsored for the post of Director should have completed 14 years of service and should have been granted the Non-Functional Selection Grade in the cadre. Last date for the same is February 28, 2009.
SAIL pays Rs. 460.81 crore as interim dividend
The Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL)being headed by S.K.Roongta on February 12,2009 paid Rs. 460.81 crore as interim dividend to the Government of India(GOI) for the financial year 2008-09. The cheque for the amount was handed over to Indian Minister for Chemicals & Fertilisers and Steel Ram Vilas Paswan by SAIL Chairman S.K. Roongta. Present on the occasion were Indian Minister of State for Steel Jitin Prasada, Secretary (Steel) P.K. Rastogi, Additional Secretary & Financial Advisor (MoS) B.S. Meena, Joint Secretary (MoS) G. Elias, SAIL Director (Finance) Bhattacharya and SAIL Director (Technical) V.K. Gulhati.

Aaj Ki Aawaz
Amar sings 'Dukhi mann merre sunn merra kehna jaha nahi chehna wah nahi rehna'!
And by the looks of it more songs and shaiyree karni padhi gi humm sabh ko sehna!
When Amar becomes dukhi he recites shairi or sings!!!!
And as he'll become more dukhi via shairi and songs abuses he'll flings!!!
Very soon he'll be singing …Congress merre peeche padhi hooi hai,
Pehle baath jaraa si thi abh haath doh ke peeche padhi hooi hai!!!
If Congress goes with Maya Amar will take out his dirty tricks bag!!!
And into the gutter karre ga Congress ko drag!!!
He'll attack Sonia and Rahul personally and abuse and make fun of them in one go!!!!
And for Amar they still haven't found 'his low'!!!
He keeps making new lows!!!
As from his gob Amar Vani flows!!!
And all this for what….. power and money!!!!
In the end money cannot give an extra breath isn't his love for money very funny!!
Amar Singh jhoot matt bolo Khuda ke paas jaana hai,
Na BMW or Merc or Lexus jaathi hai wahaa paidal hi jaana hai!!!
Vote on account (VOA) should not be misused by making this a get popular chance!!!!
VOA is so that for its balance time an outgoing Government arranges finance!!!
But seems via VOA this time its going to rain sops!!!
Can EC apply the stops????
Come election and Governments become sensitive to us!!!
And on us this is the time all Political Parties fuss!!!!
Like Laloo in the interim Railway Budget Laloo will cut fares!!!!
Even if he makes ticket-less travel legal still at a trouncing in the elections he stares!
PC you are not the Vitt Mantri so why do you try to show you are????
On his commenting on Financial Matters there should be a bar!!!
Insiders say as HM he's often distracted!!!!
On quite a few occasions very funnily he's acted!!!
Mistaking the crime graph for the Sensex he was happy at graphs ascent!
Till someone pointed out as to what his reaction meant!!!!
Markets will perk by about 10% in the near term only spoiler can be political uncertainty,
And the Markets moving back after the rise to about 8000 is a certainty!!!
Praful Patel set the stage for cartelization some time back!!!
When 'price wars' between Airlines kiya tha Patel ne attack!!!
He had voiced his opposition to low fares because of fare wars!!!!
And he's the one who brought about 'dosti' between 'two Indian aviation stars'!!!!
He made Mallya and Goyal see eye to eye!!!!
His slogan 'like planes gravity even fares should defy'!!!
Seems Punjab VB has vowed to register a case against Amrinder everyday!!!
Amrinder is in a flux insiders say!!!
When he's in a flux he runs overseas and there Arusa feeds him comfort food!!!
And this changes his mood!!!
Very soon he's going to change his present tune 'I'm responsible for everything'!!
A new tune ' can a DGP be held responsible for a robbery' he will soon sing!!!
US economy is like a patient who is internally hemorrhaging!!!!
And very wrongly an 'external' war the Government there is waging!!
Till they do not go in and plug the bleeder the blood goes in and then leaks!!!
And this has been going on for months and not weeks!!
Confucius says….. Plug the bleeder and make the leaking stop!!!!
When it comes to treating US Economy this should come right on the top!!

Forum
Sudeep Banerjee-A flash-back
Death of a friend, particularly the one with whom you have not been in touch for a while, sets you on a flash-back mode. Sudeep Banerjee, IAS, who died of cancer in New Delhi , retired as the top gun in HRD ministry under Arjun Singh. However the Sudeep I knew most was a relatively smaller fry in the government hierarchy. This was in the early eighties when he was in Madhya Pradesh as director of information and publicity. Arjun Singh was chief minister; and I was then posted as The Times of India correspondent in Bhopal.
That Sudeep, for much of his bureaucratic career, had served the same political master was no coincidence. Arjun Singh took Mr Banerjee with him wherever he went - from Bhopal to Chandigarh as Punjab governor, and then on to New Delhi. The flipside of it was that whenever Arjun Singh was 'Kamarajed' out of office or when the Congress weren't in power at the centre Sudeep found himself bounced about in relatively un-noticed posts in Bhopal and Bastar. Mr Banerjee, a Jabalpore Bengali, belonged to the 1971 IAS batch in the MP cadre.
The thing about Sudeep was that he seemed to make the best of his situation, wherever he got posted - as head of the national literacy mission, regional commissioner in Bastar, or as Madhya Pradesh forest dept. secretary. He once wrote, in response to a letter of mine, that the more decent in every walk of life were 'feeling out of sorts & tune' with the changes all round.
About some of my media colleagues in Bhopal Sudeep noted that the decent ones such as Rajan (who has since died of cancer as well), V T Joshi, Suresh Mehrothra and N K Singh were aging with dignity and grace, and many others, including our common friends in the MP bureaucracy were aging without purpose and absentmindedly. Speaking of himself, Sudeep said he was aging, but still 'holding on to some marginal spaces of hope and recovery'.
Wherever placed, Mr Baneerjee managed to evoke in his staff a sense of loyalty, by delegating authority to juniors. He protected their interests, and fought their battle for promotion and perks, with an uncaring higher bureacracy. With the media he dealt with as PR director Mr Banerjee's relationship transcended that of a bureaucrat with the newsmen.
In many ways He was a hands-on PR director, who often escorted us on state-sponsored press tours. Such closeness with the media, while it helped him keep a tab on what we were upto during these tours, created friction when things didn't go our way. Any competent PR person would know that the media people are not a homogenous entity; and it is impossible to please them all.
Sudeep had taken us, Bhopal-based media, to Bhind in Chambal area for a function at which a bunch of dacoits, led by Malkhan Singh, surrendered themselves in the presence of chief minister Arjun Singh. After the surrender ceremony the dacoits were taken in police van to the Gwaliar jail. Mr Banerjee said he would arrange for a select media group to meet Malkhan Singh over lunch at a PWD rest-house on our drive back to Gwalior. But the police had other plans.
As we were hanging out at this mid-way rest house, waiting for Malkhan Singh to show up, they had taken the dacoits straight to the Gwalior jail. Whether it was a communication goof-up or a deliberate design by the police to ditch Mr Banerjee was not clear. What was worse, unknown to the PR director, a group of New Delhi-based journalists gained access into the jail for meeting Malkhan Singh. Like the media, bureaucracy in MP had its share of infighting. The IAS Vs IPS act here was played out at the expense of Mr Banerjee.
Sudeep was a media's man among bureaucrats. And he often found himself taking fire from not just a section of the media, but also from some of his own kind in the bureaucracy. That he was seen as Arjun Singh's man didn't help him get along with some of his own senior colleagues in MP. Working for Arjun Singh was a challenge; and those who knew Sudeep were well aware that he carried out his duty with fairness and dignity.
G V Krishnan
Still, there is regret in some quarters
As hinted in Aaj ki Aawaz a few days back, Govt. in a hurry has diluted the norms of FDI and made a mockery of the limits placed earlier. It has benefitted many sectors. There is regret in some quarters that sector specific limits in some areas like FDI in Retail could not be pushed through so far.
Amongst political parties, CPIM has given a good analysis of this action on their website.
Khan
Sugar less tea in trains
I would like to urge concerning officers in the Railway Ministry that sugar less tea/coffee should be sold to passengers traveling by different trains. Sugar should be given separately.
Shyamali

TAILPIECE
Laloo the Detective
A policeman was testing Laloo Ji, Manmohan Ji and Atal Ji who were
getting training to become detectives.
To test their skills in recognizing a suspect, he shows Manmohan Ji a
picture for 5 seconds and then hides it. "This is your suspect, how
would you recognize him?"
Manmohan Ji answers, "That's easy, we'll catch him fast because he
only has one eye!" The policeman says, "Well...uh...that's because the
picture I showed is his side profile."
Slightly flustered by this ridiculous response, he flashes the picture
for 5 seconds at Atal Ji and asks him, "This is your suspect, how
would you recognize him?"
Atal Ji smiles and says, "Ha! He'd be too easy to catch because he
only has one ear!" The policeman angrily responds,
"What's the matter with you two? Of course only one eye and one ear
are showing because it's a picture of his side profile! Is that the
best answer you can come up with?"
Extremely frustrated at this point, he shows the picture to Laloo Ji
and in a very testy voice asks, "This is your suspect, how would you
recognize him?
He quickly adds, "Think hard before giving me a stupid answer." Laloo
Ji looks at the picture intently for a moment and says, "The suspect
wears contact lenses." The policeman is surprised and speechless
because he really doesn't know himself if the suspect wears contacts
or not.
"Well, that's an interesting answer. Wait here for a few minutes while
I check his file and I'll get back to you on that." He leaves the room
and goes to his office, checks the suspect's file in his computer, and
comes back with a beaming smile on his face.
"Wow! I can't believe it. It's TRUE! The suspect does in fact wear
contact lenses. Good work! How were you able to make such an astute
observation?"
"That's easy," Laloo Ji replied. "He can't wear regular glasses
because he only has one eye and one ear."
Contributed by-Satya Singal