Rahul Gandhi must visit Whispers daily
Rahul Gandhi has gathered a lot of experience about the ills of lack of governance in the country. He has expressed his anxiety at "system" failure in Mumbai 26/11. Anxious civil servants have been voicing system failures in all its variegated dimensions on the Whispers for so long. The communicators are public spirited civil servants of all groups-A to D-.They are as idealistic as Rahul or any other young man/woman interested in good governance in India. Their voice is the voice of millions of Indians, frustrated at destruction of all democratic institutions and systems. The audacity of violators is symbolised by the arrogance of DDA flat scam (DDA is only symbolic of all Housing Boards in India, going by the number of cases in various Consumer Forums in India).Privileges, discretionary quotas, diaphanous auction of public offices, manufactured books of accounts, fake muster rolls as a means of making money without paying taxes, public relations instead of public facilitation directorates, governance by oral orders as against written orders under the law, stashing away money in foreign banks compromising the honour of the country-one can go on listing the afflictions. Rahul Gandhi can get genuine and authoritative feedback from one single source viz., Whispersinthecorridors.com and chart out his Obamanous Charter Of Change & Hope for poor India.
Good Luck & Best Wishes Rahul & all those who have the wellbeing of India at their hearts!
M L Gupta
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Imaginary meeting between Bush and Obama
By the wonder of imagination I'm letting you in on the meeting between Bush and Obama at the Oval Office prior to the swearing in.
Bush: Howdy Pardner?
Obama: A good morning to you Mr. President.
Bush: So in a few hours you are going to be Mr. President!
Obama: Yes …… yippee (under his breath)!!!
Bush: What was that??
Obama: Nothing …….
Bush: Tell me one thing what will be your first official act after you become President?
Obama: I'm going to shut Gitmo Bay .
Bush: Why???
Obama: I feel it's not required.
Bush: It's required….. do you know we shipped out all the sadists in the Army to run Gitmo Bay ? Imagine you'll be getting then back!!!
Obama: So be it… Gitmo Bay is against what I've stood for and what USA stands for!
Bush: It's your baby … do what you want….. but don't say that I did not warn you!!!
Obama: Will not….. I've wanted to ask you two questions….. first what's the story behind WMDs???
Bush: For me WMD stands for World's Most Dangerous.
Obama: But what gave you the right to be the global monitor!!!
Bush: There's an Indian proverb that says….. the buffalo belongs to the person who has the stick in his hand!!!
Obama: There's another proverb that says that those who live by the sword die by it too…… hope you remember Osama and Taliban…….USA handed them the sword and now they attack us with the same sword!!!! That brings me to my next question….. where the hell is Osama???
Bush: Now that is a question you'll get the answer after you are sworn in!!!
Obama: Okay….. just a hint…. is he dead or alive???
Bush: Tut tut….. wanted dead or alive!!!!
Obama: The economy is in the dumps and many say you are to blame!
Bush: How's that Pardner???
Obama: First and foremost the Iraq war…. it's been a real bleeder.
Bush: Well once you are sworn you'll be able to access info that will show that this war was funded by Iraq !!!!
Obama: You must be joking!!!
Bush: I may have a face that makes me looks like a joker….. dead serious Pardner!!!
Obama: Stimulus after stimulus and still the US economy is in the dumps!!!
Bush: I'm a devout Christian and I'm against liberal terminology like stimulus and pumping in! In God we trust …. that's what is inscribed on every currency note and I trust God will make USA 's economy turnaround!
Obama: That's pure and simple baloney……. anyway I've devised a plan to plug the big bleeder and then pump in money!!!
Bush: So you'll withdraw from Iraq ….. that will be a blunder!!!
Obama: So be it…… we had no business to be there in the first place!!!
Bush: Tell me what would you have done if Saddam had abused your Daddy!!!
Obama: I'd have abused his Daddy back…..do you know what your response to your Daddy's abuse has cost…. in lives and money????
Bush: A man's got to do what a man's got to do!!!
Obama : Ditto and I'm going to do just that…… any advice for me on staying in the White House!!!
Bush: Half the house is haunted and the other half is haunted by the Secret Service!!!
Obama: Haunted….
Bush: Yep….. you feel the presence of past Presidents….. why the other day I felt I heard Ford and Nixon fight…..I distinctly heard Ford tell Nixon that Watergate was his Waterloo . On a couple of occasions Kennedy's asked me why I'm such a tight ass (American slang for conservative) and I distinctly could hear a Lady giggle when he asked me this question!
Obama: Seems you are a Harry Porter fan!!!
Bush: No my man…. when I took over, Billy Boy had warned me that he was often chased by the ghosts of Presidents who liked cigars and they abused him for misusing cigars!!
Obama: Enough of this voodoo….. any other tips???
Bush: If you are in the Oval Office and want to pee don't wait till the last minute…. and I have it on authority that quite a few Presidents faced anxious and some embarrassing moments for delaying peeing!!!
Obama: Shouldn't we be going???
Bush: Sure …. you can see yourself out… I'm just going to spend a few last minutes alone in the Cockpit (Oval Office).
Obama steps out and a White House aide accompanies him to the main door. As Obama steps out Bush's dog Barney attacks him and he's saved by a Marine who's on duty.
Obama : This dog should be muzzled ( under his breath) and so should his Boss be too!!!
Aide: Well Sir, this guy was really a very calm dog when he came here….. you know The Cage can do strange things to incumbents!!!!
Obama: The Cage???
Aide: Your new car is The Beast….. your plane Air Force One……. your new House The Cage!!!!
Obama: And my new job????
A voice booms: Global Bully or Global Leader… it all depends on you!!!
Aide: Sounds like Lincoln .... I've heard a couple of his speeches on YouTube!!!
Obama sprints to his waiting car.
Bharat Kumar
Sukhbir Singh to be new Chairman of Railway Board ?
Grapevine has it that Sukhbir Singh is being appointed new Chairman of the Railway Board. 1971 batch IRSEE officer Sukhbir Singh is presently Member (Electricals) Railway Board.
Rana Banerjee to be Secretary Security !
Rana Banerjee who was a powerful contender for the post of R&AW Chief is being tipped to be Secretary Security in the Government of India.1972 batch R&AW officer Banerjee will in all probability succeed K C Verma who is going to take over as R&AW Chief on January 31.
Prasun Mukherjee to be DG BPR&D !
Latest information says that Prasun Mukherjee is joining the Government of India as DG BPR&D. He is 1973 batch IPS officer of West Bengal cadre.
Ranjit Bhatia to be Civil Defence ?
In case Prasun Mukherjee joins the Government of India, Ranjit Kumar Bhatia will be appointed new DG of Civil Defence. He is 1974 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre. Present DG G L Sharma is retiring by this month end.
Shantanu consul to be changed ?
Secretary Mines in the Government of India Shantanu Consul is expected to get a change this week. He is 1974 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.
Anil Kumar not moving to Textiles Ministry
This is now certain Secretary Child and Women Welfare Anil Kumar is not moving to the Textile Ministry.He is 1973 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre. Will 1975 batch IAS officer be new Secretary Textiles.
K C Verma to succeed Ashok Chaturvedi
Internal Security Advisor K C Verma will take over as new R&AW Chief from Ashok Chaturvedi on January 31..He is 1971 batch IPS officer of Jharkhand cadre.
Verma is third IPS to head R&AW
After 1965 batch IPS officer of Rajasthan cadre A S Dulat and 1968 batch Kerala cadre IPS officer P K Harmese Tharakan ,K C Verma will be third IPS officer to head the R&AW. Verma is 1971 batch IPS officer of Jharkhand cadre. Now he will get two year tenure.
Moorthy to succeed N B Singh
S S N Moorthy is going to succeed N B Singh as CBDT Chairman on January 30..He is 1973 batch IRS officer.
Who will be Dy Governor RBI ?
According to sources, three names are in the final race for the post of Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India. These names are Mssrs Avinash Chander Mahajan - CMD of Canara Bank, T.S. Narayanasami - CMD of Bank of India and Yogesh Agrawal - CMD of IDBI Bank. Panel for the final conclusion is scheduled on 28th January 2009.
Two officers from CBI to join NIA
A couple of Officers from the CBI are set to join the newly formed National Investigating Agency (NIA).
Surendra Bagde joins DEA as Director
Surendra Bagde on central deputation has joined the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA). He is an IAS officer of the 1993 batch & belongs to the Maharashtra cadre. Earlier, he was Managing Director of the Maharashtra Maritime Board.
(We said this on January 6,2009).
Shastry to join NPA Hyderabad
GUG Shastry is all set to join as Joint Director in the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy, Hyderabad. He is 1987 batch IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre. The post has been created for the first time.
1988 batch IRS to be Commissioners Income-Tax
DPC for the promotion of 1988 batch IRS officers to the rank of Commissioner-Income-Tax has taken place in Mumbai.
CEC to retire on April 20
Chief Election Commissioner N Gopalaswami will retire on April20. He is retired 1966 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.
Saji Mohan hails from Kerala
Saji Mohan who was arrested in Mumbai hails from Kerala.1995 batch J & K cadre IPS officer Saji Mohan is 1967 born.He has now been suspended.
Promotions of CCs & Commissioners by CBEC soon
As the grapevine has it, the Central Board Excise & Customs (CBEC) is soon going to issue promotion orders regarding promotion of Chief Commissioners (CC) & Commissioners.
Sanjay Kumar Srivastava to be new CS of Goa
Sanjay Kumar Srivastava is going to succeed J P Singh as Chief Secretary of Goa.He is 1980 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.J P Singh is moving to Chandigarh as Advisor to the Governor.
Empanelment of CBDT officers as Jt Secy. Delayed
As the grapevine has it, empanelment of Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officers belonging to the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) as Joint Secretaries will be delayed. Thanks to delay in communicating confidential reports (CRs) of eligible officers. As a result of this IRS officers will once again lag behind their counterparts in other services as far as their empanelment as Joint Secretaries in GOI was concerned.
Three Indian Postal Service (IPS) officers promoted
Three Indian Postal Service (IPS) officers belonging to the 2000 batch have been promoted from senior time scale to junior administrative grade (JAG).
New Kerala Lokayukta
Former CJ of the Kerala High Court M.M. Pareed Pillai has been appointed Lok Ayukta. G. Sasidharan, former Judge of the Kerala High court will be the new Up Lok Ayukta.
K.K.Jha is Director (Personnel & Administration), AAI
K.K.Jha has assumed the charge as Director (Personnel & Administration), Airports Authority of India (AAI). He is an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of the 1979 batch.
( We said this on June 4,2008)
Dr.Alok Shukla to be Joint Secretary ,ECI
Dr.Alok Shukla will be Joint Secretary in the Election Commission of India(ECI).Dr.Shukla who is an IAS officer of the 1986 belongs to the Chhattisgarh cadre.At present he is Chief Electoral Officer(CEO),Chhattisgarh.He would replace R Bhattacharya.
( We said this on December 12,2008)
Khosla to join IICA
Jitesh Khosla presently working as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs has been appointed as Officer on Special Duty (Joint Secretary level) in the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA) under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.He is 1979 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.
Haukhum to succeed Veena Sreeram Rao
Outgoing Mizoram Chief Secretary Hauzel Haukhum is all set to succeed Veena Sreeram Rao as Secretary DONER in the Government of India on February 1.He is 1974 batch IAS officer of UT cadre. 1972 batch Karnataka cadre IAS officer Ms Rao is superannuating on January 31.
SAIL posts Q3 net profit at Rs. 843 crore
Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL)of which Chairman is S.K.Roongta has continued to post profit during the third quarter of the current financial year in spite of much higher cost of inputs and lower sales volumes due to depressed market conditions. However, as against growth in profit achieved during the first two quarters of current FY, SAIL's Q3 net profit at Rs. 843 crore showed a 56 % decline than the corresponding quarter last year (YoY).The unaudited financial results for Q3 of FY '09, taken on record by the company's Board of Directors here today, revealed that the steel major has achieved Q3 profit before tax (PBT) at Rs. 1,257 crore, lower by 57% than CPLY, although, SAIL's Q3 turnover at Rs. 9,946 crore was lower by 7.5% (YoY). With this, the first nine months of FY '09 recorded highest turnover at Rs. 35,674 crore - growth of 18.8% over CPLY. The company also achieved PAT of Rs. 4,688 crore in this period, 9.1% lower than CPLY.The Board of Directors have approved payment of an interim dividend at the rate of 13 % (Rs. 1.3 per share) amounting to Rs. 537 crore, of which Government of India' share would work out at Rs. 461 crore. In addition, dividend tax of about Rs. 90 crores would also be paid to the Government.

CORPORATE
NHPC Director (Personnel) interview today
The PESB will hold interview for the post of Director (Personnel) on January 27.
Powergrid CMD Honoured
S K Chaturvedi, CMD, Powergrid, has been honoured as 'Change Master' by Delhi Chapter of National HRD Network for his excellent transformational leadership and sustained business contribution during his outstanding career.
Khan is now Advisor
Abdul Khan has been elected adviser to the MD and head of GSM marketing of Tata Teleservices.
Sundaram is to retire
Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) vice-chairman and Chief Financial Officer D Sundaram is retiring.
has decided to retire from the Board and his positions at the shareholders' Annual General Meeting scheduled in July this year.

Forum
It is against students
May I request you to kindly enlighten through your website to Secretary (HRD), Secretary (Expenditure), Secretary (DOP&T) and Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister that the Office Memorandum dated 2.9.08 and its clarification dated 11.11.08 issued by the Department of P&T regarding Recommendation of the 6 CPC on implementation of decisions relating to the grant of children education assistance and reimbursement of tuition fee is against the students of Kendriya Vidyalaya and Government schools. It may be seen in the aforesaid O.M. and its further clarification that the decision
on the implementation for the reimbursement of Rs.1000 per child has been taken in view of the children of I.A.S., I.P.S. M.Ps, who are studying in public schools, where very huge donations and fees are paid by their parents. That fees is practically paid by virtue of black money and the DOP&T have ignorned the honest government servants whose children are studying in Kendriya Vidyalaya where tuition fee is taken in the form of Vidyalaya Nidhi and the text books/notebooks, uniforms( both winter and summer) are purchased by the parents themselves. If the reimbursement provisions in the Report of 6 CPC and the aforesaid OM specifically mention about reimbursement for purchase of one set of text books and notebooks, two sets of uniforms and one set of school shoes which can be claimed for a child, in a year.", why the government departments are not reimbursing the allied fee like computer fee, sports fee, CCA fee and money spent per annum on per child for purchase of uniforms/books/notebooks to the government servants who are applying for reimbursement as per provisions of the said O.M.
There are so many government servants whose children are studying in K.Vs. It is also brought to knowledge of these so called Secretaries to the Government of India that before issuing any O.M. they must apply their common sense that the personnel whose children are studying in KVs and other government schools have also to pay white money to KVs in the above forms. However, there are cases in various departments where fake fees receipts are furnished by the employees for reimbursement of money in connivance with Public Schools Administration.
In the present scenario of Educational Culture in India, the government servants especially MPs, IAS, IPS, IFS, Indian Forest Service, and other Central Services Group A & B Officials avoid to send their children in Government Schools like Kendriya Vidyalaya because they believe in status symbol by admitting their children in public schools by spending black money in the form of donations and fees and allied expenditure for their children and misusing government vehicles for their children.
To protect the very fundamental right of the K.V. children and their parents, the issue may be brought to the notice of the Minister HRD, Secretary HRD, Secretary DOP&T involving the Prime Minister, who is the Cabinet Minister for DoP&T and admissible reimbursement may be paid to the government servants for purchase of one set of text books and notebooks, two sets of uniforms and one set of school shoes. Moreover, the Prime Minister should take a policy decision that
A government servant who get admitted one's child in government school shall be paid special pay per child restricted to two children to make successful the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan and full reimbursement of fees and allied expenditure on a per child shall be paid to the government servant.
A Visitor
ACRs should not be a means for victimisation
Non communication of ACR is an anomaly but the even greater evil is the use of the ACR by some seniors a means to victimise their juniors. The ACR should be an objective assessment of an officer's performance during the year; however, there are some people who write ACRs of their subordinates in a very vindictive manner. Many times it is because these so called officers feel that their juniors have not 'towed' their line. The performance of the juniors is irrelevant; the prime motive in spoiling the ACR is one of victimising the junior. It should be understood that in a governmental hierarchy it is a chain and the performance of a senior depends on the work of his subordinates. Hence, if he has given a very bad ACR to his juniors then he cannot be justified in getting a good ACR himself as that would imply that his performance was not good either. After all he surely could not have done all the work all by himself. Hence, while writing ACRs one should be objective and fair in his assessment and not be sadistic and vindictive as this defeats the entire purpose of writing ACRs. One should remember that what you do unto others will also come back to you in equal measure.
Meera Nair
Retirement age should not be further increased
The retirement age of government servants should not be increased further. Wherever required , the suitable retired officers may be reemployed on contract basis. But increasing the retirement age itself , as is being heard , to 62 will only worsen the things , rather than doing any good.
Rakesh Kumar
Why relief to donors to PM relief fund ?
Under what authority relief in Income Tax is given to the donors to the Prime Minister's Relief Fund if it is has no entity. In this case donors has no claim for income tax. How this fund claims IT Relief for its donors?
Neelkanth
Is it a result of corruption ?
Is the simmering resentment, regarding attempted lowering of their status, in the Armed Forces a result of corruption in the IAS or Political Class or both. Or is the resentment only because the Armed Forces of India are greedy as some IAS portray them to be.
Vani Jha
CPF, gratuity and pension
It may be recalled that 20 years ago 4th pay commission for government employees had recommended removal of ceiling from pensions. This recommendation was accepted, bringing relief to all central government employees and subsequently to all state government employees, including retired employees and their families. However ceiling on gratuity stayed and remained equal for government and CPSE employees. Justice Rao committee has now recommended removal of ceiling from gratuity for CPSE employees
CPSE employees do not get pension. Currently we in government, as middle level and senior level officers, in scale PB-4 and above get, on retirement, pension @ Rs.38000+ 16% D.A. i.e. Rs.44000 per month i.e. Rs. 5,28,000 per annum. Taking average life of 20 years for officer or his dependent, after retirement, pension works out to be Rs. 1,05,60,000 i.e. Rs. 1 crore plus. One time CPF given to CPSE employees is negligible in comparison, and is very inadequate to pull on for lifetime for him and his dependents. Justice Rao committee has made this recommendation to mitigate the plight of retiring CPSE employees as they do not get pension. It should be accepted.
Manish Kumar
Secretary gets Rs. 2 Crore plus in addition to his salary and other benefits
Currently retiring Secretaries get pension @ Rs. 40,000 + 16% D.A. per month i.e. Rs 46,400 per month i.e. Rs. 5,56,800 per year. Taking average life of 20 years for him or his dependent after retirement, pension works out to be Rs 1,11,36,000. That is if pension remains constant.
But pension keeps on increasing with D.A. and pay revisions. It will increase at least 3 times in 20 years. (in last 20 years, it increased by 7 times from Rs. 4,600 to Rs. 34,500 for Secretaries who retired in 1988). Taking a conservative average of two times increase during 20 years, the Secretaries retiring currently, shall get a pension of Rs. 2,22,72,000 i.e. Rs. 2 Crore plus.
All the other officers in PB-4 also have their end of scale together with grade pay, close to that of Secretary's pay, and therefore they too, are entitled to similar benefit on retirement.
CPSE employees do not get any pension. To give them a some relief, Justice Rao Committee has recommended removal of ceiling from their gratuity. Therefore government should honour Justice Rao committee recommendation in this regard. CPSE officers are at a huge huge disadvantage. They deserve some mercy please.
Kumar
Probe is need of the hour
It is high time a probe is initiated into the functioning of non-governmental licensing bodies and most particularly the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)The PwC role in the sordid Satyam episode is certainly not the first one to strike this profession. Many members of this body have been arrested by law enforcement authorities for illegal activities. The ICAI is thus no better than the Medical Council of India in that both have sided with their members, oblivious of the crying need to discipline errant members and restore public confidence in the system. If ICAI cannot regulate, we should perhaps have a government owned and run licensing and disciplining body with judicial powers. Equally, how is it that the Income Tax authorities too did not raise any doubts about Satyam or for that matter the Company Law Board and SEBI?
A Concerned Citizen