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Whispers opinion poll
Lack of patriotic training, colonial mindset makes Indian bureaucrats corrupt
The Hong Kong-based Political & Economic Risk Consultancy which carried out a business survey on 12 economies that ranked Indian bureaucracy as the worst amongst its peers has evoked strong reactions from within the bureaucratic community and otherwise. While the survey has placed Singapore on top in Asia, India is placed at the bottom of the table. The countries in Asia are placed accordingly - Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand, South Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Taiwan, Vietnam, China, Philippines, Indonesia and India.
whispersinthecorridors.com sought opinion from the surfers to comment on the findings of the PERC survey and received mixed responses. The responses had been overwhelming as and we received close to 700 e-mails. While some people have stoutly defended the Indian bureaucracy, others have vilified it for all the ills in the country stating that they are subservient to the political class and are concerned in furthering their personal interests.
The mails suggested lack of patriotic training to Colonial mindset to Lack of Introspectional Training as the reason for the rot in Indian bureaucracy. Inequality of Career Posting profile and insecurity of tenure also leads to greater subservient tendencies in the average Indian Bureaucrat, owing to the competition from the peers. More and more Indian Bureaucrats have turned into hypocrites and have lost capacity to take principled stands, the responses suggested.
An e-mail by Anasooya (anasooya2006@yahoo.com ) sums up the debate nicely - " Yes, we know Indian bureaucracy does not perform. Not that people who joined bureaucracy are morons. In fact they are the best talents of the universities. If an IITian is outstanding in private sector or in research, why is he least efficient as a bureaucrat? People should look for an answer to this".
(Look for details of the survey in WHISPERS IN THE CORRIDORS, magazine August 2009 issue)
Rakesh Singh is new Additional Secretary IT
Rakesh Singh is being appointed Additional Secretary Information Technology in the Government of India . He is 1978 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.
Pradhan to head National Rural Health Mission
Finally the GoI has chosen P K Pradhan for the post of DG National Rural Health Mission in the Government of India. He is 1977 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.
Prasad to be Additional Secretary National Disaster Management
A B Prasad will in all probability be Additional Secretary National Disaster Management. He is 1976 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.
Mitra to be Secretary Disinvestment
Sunil Mitra who was number one in the panel for the post of Secretary Power has now been picked up for the post of Secretary Disinvestment. He is 1975 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.
Rajiv Sharma to return to Rajasthan ?
Additional Secretary Coal Rajiv Sharma is expected to return to the parent Rajasthan cadre after completion of deputation tenure. He is 1976 batch IAS officer.
Deepak Vohra is new HC to New Zealand
Deepak Vohra, currently Ambassador of India to Khartoum, has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to New Zealand.
Lobbying for Railway Board commences
Lobbying for Member (Electrical), Railway Board, has begun as incumbent Member Sukhbir Singh is going to retire soon.
DIG's empanelment in MoEF deferred
As the grapevine has it, the meeting for empanelment which was scheduled to be held earlier has been deferred.
Lieutenant generals who retired before 2006 to get Rs. 36,500 as basic pension

The basic pension of lieutenant generals who retired prior to 2006 is expected be fixed at Rs 36,500 per month (50 per cent of minimum scale plus Rs 3,000 as notional MSP fitment).
Ajay Anand to be DIG in BSF
As the grapevine has it, Ajay Anand, IPS (UP cadre: 1992 batch), who is currently DIG/SSP Meerut is all set to go on central deputation as DIG, BSF, Government of India (GOI).
S Chokalingam to go to Birmingham
S Chockalingam, Additional Commissioner, Sales Tax, to Maharashtra Government, is going to Birmingham for a study course. He is Maharashtra cadre IAS officer of 1996 batch.
Shyam Bajpai is back to Delhi
Secretary of the ADB Shyam Bajpai is back to Delhi after completion of his assignment with the ADB. He is former 1972 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre. An Australian has succeeded Bajpai in the ADB.
Goyal is now RC Maharashtra in Delhi
Shyam Lal Goyal has joined as Resident Commissioner of Maharashtra in Delhi. 1985 batch IAS officer Goyal has succeeded Apporva Chandra.
1984 batch IPS to be ADG in Andhra Pradesh
1984 batch IPS officers are being promoted to the rank of ADG in Andhra Pradesh in a week or two.
Sunjay Joshi bereaved
Raghu Nandan Joshi, father of 1983 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officer Sunjay Joshi, has passed away in Nainital on Monday morning.
Jaiswal goes to Africa on promotion

SK Jaiswal, IAAS officer of 1993 batch, has been promoted on NBR basis and given foreign posting at Abidjan, Africa.

Arunachal Prdesh creates a record

Arunachal Pradesh has made a record by signing 103 MoAs and MoUs with various power developers since February 2006 for executing hydro power projects in the state.

Arun Bothra to join CBI
Arun Bothra is joining the CBI as SP. He is 1996 batch IPS officer of Orissa cadre.
( We said this on June 24 )
V Murugesan to join CBI
V Murugesan has been selected to join CBI as SP. He is 1997 batch IPS officer of Uttarakhand cadre.
(We said this on June 24 )
S Sengathir to join CBI
S Sengathir is all set to join CBI as SP. He is 1997 batch IPS officer of Rajasthan cadre.
( We said this on June 24 )
H Venkatesh to join CBI
H Venkatesh is joining the CBI as SP. He is 1998 batch IPS officer of Kerala cadre.
( We said this on June 24 )
Ms S Shyni to join CBI
Ms S Shyni is joining the CBI as SP. She is 2001 batch IPS officer of Orissa cadre.
( We said this on June 24 )

 IAS changes in Uttar Pradesh
D C D Bhargava will now be Secretary Integration Department.Gurdeep Singh has been made Commissioner Devipatan.M M Mishra will be Secretary GAD.Madhukar Dwivedi has been appointed DM Gonda.C K Tiwari has been appointed Principal Secretary Forest.Neeta Chaudhry has been moved to Board of Revenue.
Chhedilal CIT Delhi compulsorily retired
Chhedilal Commissioner of Income Tax (CIT) posted in Delhi region has been compulsorily retired . He is an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of the 1982 batch.
P.C. Gupta Addl CIT shifted to Delhi region
P.C.Gupta Additional Commissioner of Income Tax (CIT) Kanpur region has been shifted to Delhi region. He is an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of the 1994 batch.

CORPORATE
Bhat is President of IIBF

Chairman of the State Bank of India O P Bhat has been elected President of the Institute of Banking and Finance.

Minutes of EDs to banks yet to be signed

As the grapevine has it the minutes pertaining to selection of 11 out of 50 General Managers (GMs) of different Public Sector Banks who had faced the interview for slots of Executive Directors (EDs) & were short-listed, are yet to be signed. Those short-listed are S.L. Bansal Union Bank of India, M.R. Nayak (Corporation Bank), A.K. Dutta (Allahabad Bank), Ms. Nupur Mitra (Bank of India), V. Kannan (Bank of Maharashtra), D. Shankar Bank of Baroda, N.S. Srinath (Canara Bank), Rajeev Rishi (Oriental Bank of Commerce), P.K. Anand (Allahabad Bank), Ajay Kumar (Bank of Baroda) and Rakesh Sethi (Andhra Bank).

Bhat is new MD of Karnataka Bank

P Jayarama Bhat has taken over as MD and CEO of Karnataka Bank Ltd with effect from 14 July 2009.

Two Board Members to continue
C Achuthan and T N Manoharan would continue on the Board of Mahindra Satyam Board for at least three years.

Aaj Ki Aawaz
A Rs. 2500 crore scam has come to light …… Ricegate!!!
Shows how easy it is to circumvent a ban and make a fool of The Indian State!
This scandal took place in UPA's previous stint!!!!!
And those involved ne kiya Rs. 2500 crore mint!!!
UPA Sarkaar had banned export of non Basmati rice and rice tota of 25%,
Into an upward spiral in the overseas market prices this ban sent!!!!
From $ 350 the prices went up to 1000/ m.tonne!!!!
Looking at the lucrative prices a rice cartel decided something needed to be done!!
So they got 21 African Countries to write to MEA and request for rice!!!!
The letters mentioned quantity and surprisingly the Exporter but no price!!!!
It's extremely odd for a Country to identify an exporter in such a case!!!!!
In Diplomatic circles they'd say identifying the exporter 'was incorrect and lacked grace'!!!
MEA forwarded the request to Ministry of Food and Ministry of Commerce!!!!
And it's here that kichdi was made as per a reliable source!!!
Rather than humanitarian aid this Deal ended up as a business Deal!!!!
Business deal between Foreign Governments and their nominated exporters what insiders feel!!!
A neat profit of about $ 200-250 / MT was made!!!!!
And via this modality the ban on rice meant for PDS was stayed!!!
Here people go hungry and our Sarkaar allows broken rice to be exported!!!!!
'How can we feed our poor if such exports are allowed' an expert had retorted???
And imagine the Food Ministry even sought EC's approval to procure rice to export to Nigeria!!!
Did not bother to check out a basic criteria!!!
And that is Nigeria did not want the rice as its own crop was expected to be good!!!!
So you can see a lot of jigger pokery was going on 'under the hood'!!!!
In the case of Sierra Leone the LC did not come from the Sierra Leone Government!!!!
LC was from a Swiss Buyer was sent!!!
Now Pawar , Kamalnath and DGFT Gujaral are refusing to answer sawaal pr sawaal!!!
When they are asked question jaathe hai teeno ke teeno taal!!!

In UPA2 Pawar has the same portfolios....Kamalnath has been given a new Mantripadh!!!
The feeling is this scam is ' hay making ki hadh (limit)"!!!

This time seems Mohna will be issuing at least two clean chits!!!!
And do not know for how long in the DGFT Office Gujaral sits!!!
Files will of course justify the export.... but facts say otherwise!!!
Many norms were flouted and to let this go uninvestigated will be unwise!!

Sonia must realize that it's Congress that will get a bad name!!!!!
So it's time she ensured that Sarkaar does fix for this scandal the blame!!!
In fact this is the time to show Pawar his place and set him right!!!
This was the man who had said Sonia becoming PM is not right!!!
And he has PM dreams ….. and if Pawar can become PM then many will agree,
That all the crooks jailed under IPC 420 should be set free!!!
Bachchan says a Steward on a Singapore bound flight asked him when he would become President!
Seems Bachchan is again on his trip to become Rashtrapti Bhavan's resident!!
Like Pawar Bachchan's credibility is down in the pits!!!
On the 'low credibility' bench with Pawar he sits!!!
I do not need to elaborate on Bachchan's rap sheet!!!
Though by miles Pawar in this department Bachchan ko karta hai beat!!!
Confucius says….India's biggest reform!!!!
Now with brains voting duty Indian Voter karta hai perform!!!
Adds…. And with this reform Pawar and Bachchan don't stand a chance!!!!!
Indian Voter now on the track record of Netas takes note and no longer just a cursory glance!!

Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

Forum
(The views expressed in this column are of the contributors. We do not owe any responsibility, whatsoever, of the views of our surfers as they are their personal opinion)
Racial discrimination in IIMB
Your website is doing a great job not only in giving out whispers but also in tackling contemporary issues. I would like to bring to your attention an important issue which I feel people should know. It is about racial discrimination or a form of racism that is being practiced in Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB).

I attended a program on Public Private Partnership for a week in IIM Bangalore from 29 June to 4 July 2009 along with several senior officers of the Govt. There were very senior officers from IAS, IRTS, IRAS, AAI, NHAI, Ports and PSUs. Many were of the rank of Joint Secretary to Govt. of India and some even that of Additional Secretary rank. The program was sponsored and funded by the Planning Commission.

It was a residential program. While the accommodation was reasonably OK, the dining facilities were abysmally low in standard. The participants were accommodated in the common dining hall of the Management Development Center of IIMB. The level of hygiene and cleanliness was very poor. The staff had no training at all. They had unclean habits. For example, if you asked for a spoon or fork he would give it to you handle first, holding the head portion in his fingers. Cutlery was not washed properly. And sometimes when the rush hour was on we could not even find chairs to sit!

At the same time there was another dining hall next to the common one called VIP dining hall. This was better in terms of cleanliness and service. While the cream of Indian civil service was forced to eat under unhygienic circumstances, the VIP dining hall was given for the exclusive use of a visiting French business delegation consisting of white men and women. The Indians (we) were not allowed in the VIP dining hall while the white men and women were eating!

When the general lack of hygiene was brought to the attention of the course coordinators, they initially chose to ignore it, but upgraded the participants to the VIP dining hall when the French left. One of the course coordinators called it upgrade for good behavior!

I have written to the Director of IIMB, Pankaj Chandra, about this but I am yet to receive a reply.

If IIMB is practicing covert or overt racism, then it raises a frightening spectacle. 62 years after the departure of Brits, Indians are being discriminated in our own country by our own people. This is a crying shame!

I would like your site to bring this to the attention of all our fellow countrymen.

Thank you for your cooperation and assistance.

Tom Jose
Principal Secretary
Government of Kerala.

Bureaucrats failed to advise PM !
Apropos to M N Buch's comment on what happened at Sharm-el-Sheikh, I think the bureaucrats who accompanied the P.M. have failed to advise him. Or is it that there were some compulsions that are yet undisclosed. Whatever, the fog needs to be lifted away.

Ujagar Singh

FM should initiate actions
Many persons who are obviously aware of the goings on in IT Department have objected to the leakage of information about raids on various builders in Gujarat recently.
It is precisely for this reason that the Finance Minister himself should initiate action. If the major builders in the metropolitan cities are targeted, it is sure to reveal thousands of crores worth of black money transactions. Targeting small fry will not achieve any ends and only alert the big fish. Are the small fish targeted only to achieve this by friendly interests in the Department? Are they trying to give ample time to the big ones to cover their tracks? Builders are one of the biggest sources of black money and they would not hesitate to pay huge bribes so they are not touched.
I Khan

Attention: Secretary Planning Commission
You are retiring soon from government service. Please leave your mark so that the commission becomes vibrant. People are highly demotivated. There is highhandedness, arbitrariness and patronising attitude pervading althrough.
Officials are irregular to office, less than punctual to office timing, leave record not maintained, sections are dysfunctional. Administrative sections are in full strength but don't provide supporting services to other divisions to function efficiently.
USs ( even promoted adhoc) from CSS occupy designated single rooms but dputy advisers are made to share rooms. USs and DSs are provided the best of PAs and peons and full staff whereas even Directors who carry most of the burdens in the functional divisions don't have support. When DSs have full time peons, directors share a peon.
As a result some work because they are used to working and others make merry.
Is this the organisation you would like to bequeath. I think some smart actions are fesible.

Prasad