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CMD NACIL Arvind Jadhav is hopeful of a turn around in one year
Arvind Jadhav Chairman and Managing Director of National Aviation Company of India Limited (NACIL) i.e. Air India is hopeful of a turn around in Air India in 12 months. Jadhav who is an IAS officer of the 1978 batch from the Karnataka cadre had assumed charge in May 2009 & that too when the company's losses touched all time high mark. Jadhav is working very hard & is hoping that the scenario will change. In an interview to <whispersinthecorridors.com> he shared his views. Here are excerpts of his interview:
Do you believe that a turn around in National Aviation Company of India Limited (NACIL) i.e. Air India is possible?
Answer: We have got instruments, facilities & manpower. With all these three factors being there the company may be able to achieve a turn around if we are given a proper direction & proper platform.
What is needed for the turn around?
Answer: Unfortunately there has been complacency in the system besides lack of financial control and a weak supervision have led to such a situation. Even faulty business processes contributed for losses.
What do you intend to do?
Answer: I want to empower officers & engineers so that decision making is decentralized.
Will Havelkar be Special Secretary R&AW ?
Prabhat Havelkar is being tipped to be Special Secretary R&AW. He is 1973 batch R&AW officer.
Kumar to head NTRO ?
Grapevine has it that former Number two in the R&AW P V Kumar is being appointed head of the NTRO.
Rana Banerjee to replace P V Kumar
Rana Banerjee will be number two and replace P V Kumar in the R&AW.He is 1972 batch R&AW officer.
C K Sinha could not make it
C K Sinha could not make it as Special Secretary in the R&AW.He is 1974 batch R&AW officer.
Appointment of 1975 batch IPS officers soon
Appointment of 1975 batch IPS officers to the rank of DG in the Government of India are expected in a couple of days. Prime Minister has cleared the appointment file.
B K Chaturvedi to head Bundelkhand development Authority
Bundelkhand Development Authority is being set up under the aegis of the Planning Commission of India .Former Cabinet Secretary B K Chaturvedi who is presently Member of the Planning Commission will head the Authority. Some retired IAS officers of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh will be made Members.
IPS officer to go on inter-state deputation
C. Sita Rami Reddy is likely to go on inter-state deputation to Andhra Pradesh. He is 1987 batch IPS officer of Punjab cadre.
Virk gets three months extension
Maharashtra DGP S S Virk has been granted three months extension in service.1970 batch IPS officer Virk was scheduled to retire on July 31.
( We said this on June 22 and again on July 27 )
Ajay Prasad to move to Pretoria !
Indian High Commissioner to Colombo Ajay Prasad is being moved to Pretoria,South Africa.
S P Singh to be ED Punjab & Sindh Bank
General Manager of the Punjab National Bank S P Singh is being appointed ED of the Punjab and Sindh Bank.
Dr Kaur to join Mizoram govt
Dr Ms Dilraj Kaur is being relieved shortly to join the Mizoram Government. She is 2000 batch UT cadre IAS officer.
SC judges posts vacant for want of accommodation
Believe it or not, the five newly created posts of judges in the Supreme Court of India were lying vacant because the GoI has not been able to provide 'suitable accommodation' as demanded by the new incumbents to the post.
DPC held for ADG in CRPF held
DPC meeting of the CRPF cadre officers for promotion from IG to Additional Director General in CRPF has been held .
Two ADG level vacancies in GoI
There are two ADG level vacancies for IPS officers in the Government of India.
Five Brigadier rank officers to join BSF
Five Brigadier rank officers who have been selected to hold the posts of DIG in BSF will be joining shortly.They are Brig. N. George, VSM,Brig. SPS Bedi, VSM,Brig. Omprakash Pathania, VSM,Brig. J.S. Mann, VSM and Brig. HPS Dhillo, VSM.
Bureaucrats not obsessed with UID Authority of India
Senior bureaucrats of the country do not appear to have been infatuated by the formation of the Unique Identification Database (UID) Authority of India. This is evident from the fact that not many of them were willing to take up UID assignments even after several missives sent to chief secretaries of various states and UTs.
Shortlisted GMs in Rlys include four from mechanical side
Of the GMs in Railways shortlisted recently, four are from mechanical side.
Over 6,500 defence officers have sought premature retirement
As many as 6593 officers had sought premature retirement, in the last five years, from their respective forces viz. . the army, the air force and the navy. They include 4,300 officers from the army, 1,177 officers from the air force and 1,096 officers from the navy. What could be the reason ?
Lieutenant General Bharadwaj has the backing of present Army Chief
Grapevine has it that Lieutenant General Bharadwaj has the backing of present Army Chief Deepak Kapoor.
Addl. Commissioner of Police anti corruption to be decided by CM?
As the grapevine has it, Delhi Chief Minister Ms.Sheila Dixit will decide regarding new Additional Commissioner of Police anti corruption in Delhi
Ms. V Chhotaray in fray for Lok Sabha's slot
As the grapevine has it, Ms.V.Chhotaray is in fray for the slot of Secretary General to the Lok Sabha.
Parasuram is back to Madhya Pradesh
R Parasuram Minister (Agriculture) Embassy of India in Rome is back to the parent Madhya Pradesh cadre after completion of deputation tenure.He is 1978 batch IAS officer .
Chandigarh Passport office to outsource applications job
The Chandigarh located Passport office is going to outsource the job of collecting application forms to TCS. Vitul Kumar, Regional Passport Officer (RPO) at Chandigarh told <whispersinthecorridors.com> that everything should be in place in two to three months time. The job is being outsourced to the Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). In fact this is pilot project & once it is successfully implemented the scheme of outsourcing will be implemented countrywide. Vitul Kumar who is on deputation is an IPS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre & belongs to the 1993 batch.
Post of DIG vacant in NHRC
One post of DIG has been lying vacant from the last two months in National Human Right Commission.
Meghalaya to have new DGP ?
Who will replace Meghalaya DGP Anil Pradhan ?. Tie is said to be between 1973 batch IPS officer Sharda Prasad and 1975 batch IPS officer William Richmond Marbaniang.Speculation of change is rife in Meghalaya.
Dev Verma is Chairman of Board of Revenue Meghalaya
BK Dev Verma has been appointed Chairman of the Board of Revenue in Meghalaya. He is 1979 batch IAS officer.
ARC for lesser number of Ministries
The Administrative Reforms Commission has recommended for creation of lesser number of Ministries under the Government. The Administrative Reforms Commission in its report titled "Organisational Structure of Government of India" presented on 19th May 2009, has recommended that the structure of Government of India should be rationalized by grouping together closely related subjects in order to reduce the number of Ministries from 55 to about 20-25. The recommendations of the Commission are being examined by the Government.
IPS changes in TamilNadu
K.S. Narenthiran Nayar will now be SP Special Division, Special Branch CID, Chennai. K.N. Sathiyamurthy has been posted as Deputy Commissioner of Police, Intelligence Section, Chennai Police.
Mantha is Scting Chairman of AICTE
S S Mantha will be acting Chairman of the AICTE.Chairman R A Yadav has been suspended by the HRD Ministry.
IPS postings in Uttarakhand
Mohan Singh Bangyal will be new SP of Nainital .Kewal Khurana has been made SP Tehri . Ajay Rautela has been shifted as SSP Kumbh Mela and Commandant 40 Battalion Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC). Dehradun SP City Pushpak Jyoti has been transferred as SP Pauri. ASP Udham Singh Nagar Yogendra Singh Rawat has been made ASP Kumbh Mela and Deputy Commandant 40 Battalion PAC. Ashok Kumar Bhatt has been moved as ASP Udham Singh Nagar.
IPS officer joins CM Secretariat in Uttarakhand
Nainital SSP Deepam Seth has been appointed Additional Secretary to the Uttarakhand Chief Minister . He is 1995 batch IPS officer.
IPS changes in West Bengal
Surajit Kar Purakayastha will now be IG Law and Order. Sanjoy Mukherjee will be the new IG, south Bengal,S N Gupta has been made DIG Presidency Range. Soumen Mitra has been appointed IG, CID. ) Supratim Sarkar has been posted as DC, south.
R.D. Tiwari is Chief Wild Life Warden, J & K
R.D.Tiwari has succeeded A.K.Shrivastava as Chief Wild Life Warden to the Jammu & Kashmir (J & K) Government. He is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1977 batch who is from J & K cadre. In the interim period Deepak Khanna was holding the charge. Shrivastava who is credited with having done a lot of innovations in his parent cadre is currently in GOI as Joint Secretary in the National Commission for Economically Backward Classes.
Vishwa Ranjan to head Pollution Control Board , J & K
Vishwa Ranjan has been appointed Chairman of the Pollution Control Board, Jammu & Kashmir (J & K) Government. He is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1978 batch who is from J & K cadre.
Pritam Chand gets new posting in J & K
Pritam Chand has been appointed as Chief of the Project on Participatory Watershed Management (World Bank Assisted) Jammu & Kashmir (J & K) Government. He is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1978 batch who is from J & K cadre.

CORPORATE
IAS officer is CEO of AP Invest
Senior IAS officer B. P. Acharya has been appointed chief executive officer of the AP Invest CMDs of Coal India Subsidiaries meet on Aug 5 The CMDs of all Coal India subsidiaries will meet in Kolkata on August 5.
McDowell Holdings reappoints Harish Bhat as MD
McDowell Holdings Ltd has reappointed Harish Bhat as the Managing Director for a period of three years. The appointment comes into effect from November 6, 2009, subject to the approval of the members at the ensuing Annual General Meeting.
Pradhan is GM of SBT
A.K. Pradhan has taken over as the General Manager (Planning and Development) at State Bank of Travancore.
Ramachandran quits COAI
T. V. Ramachandran has decided to step down from the post of Director-General of the Cellular Operators Association of India.
Bishnoi is now Chairman of Bird Group of Companies
P.K. Bishnoi, chairman of Rashtriya Ispat Nigam, has taken over as the non-executive chairman of the Bird Group of companies.

Aaj Ki Aawaz
Opposition charge on the Joint Statement turned out to be khoda pahad nikla kuch nahi!
In kitchen parlance 'jaag lagayi parr nahi jamma dahi'!!!
Sonia must remember that she has to keep her troops in check!!!
Because there are few 'senior Congressmen' who at Mohna will always peck!!!
And seems this time she got into a tizzy and felt Mohna had tripped!!!!
It was because of what came out of Congress frenzy Opposition whipped!!
Sidelight…..antics of some of our MPs during the direct telecast were difficult to endure!!!
Like the MP sitting behind Sharad Yadav giving himself a manicure and pedicure!!
While Sharad spoke you could see this MP biting his nails and using his fingers on his toe!
And what was really nauseating when into his nose the same finger did go!!!
Munde was seen digging his nose!
But then he realized he was in camera glare and innocent he tried to pose!!
Shatrughan Sinha sat pompously showing as if he understood everything being said!!
He would not even know what bilateral means ….. pretty empty in the head!!!
Anil Ambani sent Mulayam some mithai that gave Mulayam gas……boora haal!!
Now Anil says the mithai came from Deora and this was Deora's chaal!!!
Chaal…. because Mukesh had sent Deora this mithai…….. why did he pass it on!!!
Anil says 'this is simply not on'!!!
Mulayam's gas problem was so bad that in Lok Sabha he kept standing up and shouting!
His discomfiture and pain no one was doubting!!!
Seems even Anil got a bout of this gas during the EGM and blamed it on his big bro!!!
In fact so bad was his case that while speaking on stage he walked to and fro!!
But why are Anil and Mulayam wanting Sarkaar to sort their flatulence?????
Simply does not make sense!!
But Anil sure missed Amar the A Gang's rabble rouser…one man braying brigade!!
What a shindy Amar Singh would have made?????
He'd have insulted and threatened ….. ranted and raved!!!!
For Amar's presence in India Anil must have really craved!!!
Mulayam's Samaajwaad ..... he did not join Aam Admi being short changed protest!!!
But at Anil saying he's being shortchanged he showed his detest!!!
The resignation that Omar submitted to Vohra shows the game he's playing!!
Not doing what he's saying!!!
Even in his resignation he shows his 'double speak'!!!
He's trying to show he's strong whereas he's just weak!!!
Headlines ' Omar resigns but stays on' ...... very odd and funny!!!!
But what else can you expect from Farroukh and his sonny!!
Omar wants to run away form J&K to Dilli!!!!
He finds J&K too hot to handle, cage existence and weather too chilly !!!!
He misses his partying in Dilli …… says Dilli is his kind of City!!!
A pal wished him 'a long and happy stay in J&K' and Omar said 'have pity'!!!
And Dad will live it up be it J&K or Dilli….. and he's the life of every party!!!!
They say Faroukh knows how to party but sadly forgets when not to party!!
I still feel Father and Son will swap places!!!
So Father and son will be soon shifting bases!!
Lawyers are supposed to ensure their client gets justice and not subvert it!!!
At the very definition of a Lawyer a Anand hit!!!!
Anand tried to subvert justice in the BMW case ….. prosecution ke saath collusion!!
Punish him with ban for life from practicing law….. apt solution!!!
Message...law subversion and that too by those supposed to uphold law is unacceptable!!
If a strong message is not sent sentiment will be subverting law is in a way acceptable!
Sentiment …. Anand did it and though he was caught red handed and was indicted!
He got off with meager punishment and he got of lightly as he had predicted!!
Kingfisher employees from the CEO have received an email,
'Please do not get worried if to pay you your salary on time we fail'!
The email also says 'your Chairman is fighting a lonely battle'!!!!
Idea is to ensure that 'cattle' nahi ho jaye rattle!!!
The email also says 'good times could end' or Kingfisher could crash!!!
Irony ........because the Chairman of Kingfisher has been rash!!!!
Lonely battle….. from his Yacht or racing car or riding one of his racing horses!!!
Wage Bill for six months can be met if he just sells his collection of watches say sources!
King of good times is lording it up as his employees worry about 'food on the table'!!!!
'Lonely' he lives it up whereas employees worry about their lives becoming unstable!!
Seems by delaying salaries and saying 'good times' could come to an end!!
To the Sarkaar a signal karr raha hai send!!!
Hoping that Sarkaar will allow him leeway in paying fuel bills and some more aid!!!
A tricky game Mallya's played!!!
Indians are far more happier than Americans …… and why is that so????
Because Indians save and to live beyond their means they say no!!
Americans get momentary happiness by using 'plastic' and are always short in cash!!!!
Where they tend to blow it off Indians balance it….spend and stash!!!
The American working class is usually one pay cheque away from going broke!!!
If the next pay cheque does not come on expenses they have to apply rokk!!!
Indians on the other hand have savings and then there is family support!!!!
Americans when they reach 20 either leave home or Parents karr dethe hai 'deport'!!!
Confucius says…… in Indian pariwaars there is still selfless love!!!
In US……. sabh se badha Dollar ….. even apne bachcho se above!!!
Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

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(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)
Scandals galore
After the previous alliance has once again come back in government, strangely, one after the other scandals are coming to light. The latest is the scandal involving the Petroleum Ministry taking sides with one industrial group in a dispute with another, as was revealed lucidly by the affected group which has also written to the PM about it. In all probability after the revelation, high officials in Petroleum Ministry are unlikely to support the Minister any more. It seems that the Prime Minister will have to deal with very many ministers viz. Telecom (Spectrum), Civil Aviation(Air India), Agriculture (Ricegate), Commerce(Ricegate in previous Govt.) and now Petroleum (KG Basin gas pricing dispute).
M. Ashar
Give on lease to pvt parties, they will earn
If these hotels are given on lease to private parties, not only they will earn but they will give handsome returns to the GOI. This is really a sorry and said state of affairs that these hotels are serving the purpose of some high ups and not that of the class for which they are meant.
S L Agrawal
Narayanmurthy should decline offer
If Narayanamurthy knows what is good for him, he should politely but firmly decline the offer to join the Airindia Board. Airindia has been and will be sustained on liquid oxygen. The oxygen-government bailout-will not allow it to die and the liquid-the recalcitrant employees and an indifferent management of babus-will not allow it to live. Over the years, successive governments and employees between them have emasculated the management. The so called eminent personalities who choose to join as independent Directors will meet their Waterloo in Airindia where Netas and babus will continue to call the shots, in the bargain implicating the independent Directors. If the Government is really serious about rescuing Airindia, it can very well do what needs to be done without independent Directors who will be independent in name only.
Subramanian
Others are second class citizens
This only goes to show that the government including the pay commission benefits are meant only for IAS officers and the others belonging to other services are second class citizens. There is a long standing demand that Deputy Secretaries should be placed in PB-4 just as Directors as they perform similar duties. But the Govt. cares a damn for them as these posts are manned mostly by non IAS officers. The IAS officers working as Deputy Secretaries get hefty amounts as deputation allowance and almost all of them within a year of their joining the centre are placed in the grade of Director and so they get the benefit of PB-4.It is also worthwhile to note that the gap between PB-3 and PB-4 is substantial.PB-2 is 9300-34800 and PB-3 is 15600-39100 whereas PB-4 is 37400-67000. Is this not height of favouritism in respect those in the higher echelons of the Civil Service of which more than 90% belongs to the IAS. Would your site be good enough to bring this glaring anomaly to the notice of the PM an FM.
A CSS officer.
All kudos for TAIL-PIECE
I like to your TAIL-PIECE Column, please represent it daily.
Sushil
Soldier's Burial
- Dinesh Singh
Five feet deep
I bury you with reverence.
Loved and missed by
rustling sheets of a bed
empty swing in a courtyard's tree
child prying for a shelter
from a scolding mother
and village gathering
all ears for a tale of valour
part truth and mostly
fortified by free flowing rum.
We never met
when I could envy your gun
field glasses, woolens and cosy tent
and enquire about the cherubic brat
in your purse
so much like mine.
And not for a medal
nor pay, raise or a peace posting
did I cut you
in a hail of bullets
but for my classmate of ten years
who followed me in love, marriage and fauj
is right now travelling to riverbank
on shoulders of his old man.
Let tears not drown your courage
nor cloud reasons
your own country
abandons you
and its me that buries you
five feet deep.
Ravi