While it is interesting to read Whispers, it is more interesting to read comments by various readers on politics, bureaucracy, civil services etc. It would be interesting to know whether these comments do bring about any change in the attitude of bureaucrats, politicians or the corporate people. While some of the readers express themselves so passionately and with lot of concern and heart burnings, it is doubtful whether these remarks or observations are ever taken notice by the bureaucrats who read whispers. Politicians hardly read anything and they act mainly out of self interest. Hope whisper will bring about some change in the corridors of power.
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Ms. Nirupama Rao to be new Secretary MEA
Ms.Nirupama Rao is going to be new Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). She is an Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer of the 1973 batch.
(We said this on March 16, May 22 & 25 , 2009)
M. N. Prasad gets an extension
M. N. Prasad who is Secretarin the Prime Minister's office (PMO) has got an extension till further orders. He is an IAS officer of the 1972 batch who belongs to the Bihar cadre.
Raman Shrivastava to be DG, BSF
Raman Shrivastava who is Special Secretary Home is going to be next Director General (DG) of the Border Security Force(BSF). He is an IPS officer of the Kerala cadre and belongs to the 1973 batch.
(We said this on June 4, 2009)
Meet for empanelment of 1988 batch of IPS held
As the grapevine has it meeting for selecting IPS officers belonging to the 1988 batch for empanelment as IG in Government of India (GOI) took place on June 29, 2009.
Manoj Govil to return from Princeton University
Manoj Govil on completion of studies in the US based Princeton University on "Essays in Monitory Economics" is returning to his parent cadre of Madhya Pradesh next week. He is an IAS officer of the 1991 batch.
Arvind Ray likely to be shifted to Delhi
As the grapevine has it Arvind Ray AGMUT cadre IAS of 1984 batch who has completed his tenure is likely to be transferred from Andaman to Delhi.
S.C. Dixit likely to be shifted to Delhi
As the grapevine has it S.C. Dixit, AGMUT cadre IAS of 1999 batch who has completed his tenure, is likely to be transferred from Daman and Diu to Delhi.
Sudhir Kumar likely to be shifted to Delhi
As the grapevine has it Sudhir Kumar, AGMUT cadre IAS of 1999 batch, who has completed his tenure is likely to be transferred from Pondicherry to Delhi.
Mayank Singh Chauhan likely to shifted to Delhi
As the grapevine has it Mayank Singh Chauhan an IPS officer of AGMUT cadre belonging to 1998 batch who has completed his tenure is likely to be transferred from Arunachal Pradesh to Delhi.
4 AGMUT cadre IPS officers to be promoted
As the grapevine has it four IPS officers of the 2005 batch who belong to the AGMUT cadre are shortly going to get promoted to senior scale. They are: Ms. Niharika Rai, Suman Goel, Parmadity & Vijay Singh.
M.R. Nayak tipped to be ED
M.R. Nayak of Corporation Bank is one of the 11 General Managers (GMs) out of 50 GMs of different Public Sector Banks who had faced the interview for slots of Executive Directors (EDs) and has been short listed.
Search begins for ten PSU Bank Chiefs
Search has begun for CMDs of 10 Public Sector Banks. There are many CMD's who are slated to retire by next year-end.
Nidhish Shrivastava to join APPA course next month
Nidhish Shrivastava, who was Deputy Director Narcotics Control Bureau, is set to join nine months long APPA course in the New Delhi located Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA). It will commence on July 1,2009.
K.K. Pathak is back from study leave
K.K. Pathak is back to his parent cadre of Bihar after completion of his study leave. Pathak belongs to the 2001 batch.
Dr. P.J. Dilip Kumar to take charge on July 1,2009
Dr. P.J. Dilip Kumar who has been appointed as Director General (DG) Forests in the Indian Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), the highest post of an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer will be assuming his new charge on July 1,2009 . He is an IFS officer of 1974 batch of Karnataka cadre. At present he is Managing Director (MD) of the Karnataka Forest Development Corporation (KFDC).
(We said this on June 21, 2009)
G.S. Raju is back to Tripura cadre
G.S. Raju who so far on central deputation was a Director in the Ministry of Social Welfare is back to his parent cadre of Tripura as CCF. He is anIndian Forest Service (IFS) officer of 1985 batch.
Training Course in Practical Case Studies on Sustainable Forest Management
Group Training Course in Practical Case Studies on Sustainable Forest Management is being held in Japan from August 18, 2009 to November 7, 2009.
Post of Director (Finance) in ITDC vacant
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is seeking qualified candidates for the post of Director (Finance), India Tourism Development Corporation Ltd. (ITDC). Applications of the aspirants for the same are required to be forwarded to PESB by August 10, 2009 alongwith their up-to-date bio-data (in the prescribed form).
Mother & son don't know what's happening in the Govt.?
As the grapevine has it, Congress chief Mrs. Sonia Gandhi & her son Rahul Gandhi AICC general secretary, are not fully aware about as to what is happening in the Government. This was the observation of an elite group during a high profile party.
Basan is now GM in RBI
Basan has been promoted as GM in RBI
Ms. Pallavi Jain Govil is a Director in PMO
Ms. Pallavi Jain Govil assumed charge as a Director in the Prime Minister's Office(PMO). She is an IAS officer of the 1994 batch & belongs to Madhya Pradesh cadre. Earlier, she was Additional Secretary Finance with the MP Government.
Rajeev Topno is Deputy Secretary in PMO
Rajeev Topno has assumed charge as a Deputy Secretary in the Prime Minister's Office(PMO). He is an IAS officer of the 1996 batch & belongs to Gujarat cadre. Earlier, he was Joint CEO Gujarat Government's Disaster Management.
Ramesh Inder Singh took oath June 29, 2009
"Padamshree" Ramesh Inder Singh, newly appointed Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) to the Punjab Government took oath on June 29, 2009. He is an IAS officer of the 1974 batch who belongs to Punjab cadre.
IT officials get additional charge
As many as five IT officials have been given additional charge. While Prakash Chandra, DGIT (Inti. Taxation) Delhi will hold the additional charge of DGIT (L&K), Delhi, DS Rastogi CIT (CA) Ahmedabad will look after the additional charge of CCIT, Rajkot, Gautam Chaudhary CCIT-IV, Kolkata, will look after the additional charge of CCIT-I Kolkata and additional charge of CCIT, Durgapur, Vinod Khurana, CCIT VIII, Kolkata, will look after the additional charge of DGIT (Inv) Kolkata and SS Rana, CIT (CA), Bhopal will look after the additional charge of CIT, Indore.
Confusion over IT Commissioners' list
There is a confusion over the much awaited transfer list of Commissioners of Income Tax (CITs).
IT department's working badly hit
Working of Income Tax (IT) department has been adversely hit as officers at the level of Commissioners of Income Tax (CITs) have been waiting for their transfer orders.
FM's candidates too in the list
As the grapevine has it there are certain candidates of Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in the list of Commissioners of Income Tax (CITs).
Discussions regarding CITs complete
As the grapevine has it, discussions regarding transfers of Commissioners of Income Tax (CITs), have been completed between Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee & concerning officials.
Raman Shrivastava to succeed M.L.Kumawat for the 2nd time
Newly appointed Raman Shrivastava Director General (DG) of the Border Security Force(BSF) will be succeeding M.L. Kumawat DG, BSF for the second time in a row. First time he had succeeded Kumawat as Special Secretary while Kumawat was appointed as DG,BSF. Raman Shrivastava is an IPS officer of the Kerala cadre and belongs to the 1973 batch.
Sriniwasan promoted as ACS to Rajasthan Chief Minister
Rajasthan government has promoted senior IAS officer T. Sriniwasan, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister as Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) to the Chief Minister. He is an IAS officer of the 1975 batch & belongs to Rajasthan cadre.
IAS reshuffle in Chhattisgarh
Chhattisgarh government affected a minor reshuffle of IAS officers. Rajendra Prasad Jain Secretary Culture, Tourism, Religous Trust and Endowments and Managing Director Chhattisgarh Tourism Board has been transferred as Commissioner Bilaspur division. Subrat Sahu Secretary Sports and Youth Welfare has been entrusted the additional charge of Culture, Tourism, Religious Trust and Endowments and MD Chhattishgarh Tourism Board.
Two IPS officers of DG rank transferred in Rajasthan
In a major reshuffle of IPS officers the Rajasthan government transferred two officers of the rank of Director General of Police. K.S. Bains Director General Anti-Corruption Bureau, Jaipur has been transferred to Director General Home Guards and Civil Security, Jaipur while Omendra Bhardwaj DG Home Guards has been transferred to Director General Prisons w.e.f. June 30, 2009.
Devrajan IPS promoted as DG in Rajasthan
M.K. Devrajan Additional Director General Intelligence, Jaipur has been promoted and posted as Director General Anti Corruption Bureau, Jaipur.
Three ADGs transferred in Rajasthan
Three IPS officers of the rank of Additional Director General (ADG) of Police have been affected in the reshuffle by the state government. Those affected in the reshuffle include Bhaskar Chatterjee, ADG Training, Jaipur to ADG Intelligence, Jaipur, Jaswant Sampatram ADG PHQ to ADG Vigilance, Jaipur and Krishna Kumar Sharma ADG Vigilance to ADG PHQ, Jaipur.
Eight IGPs transferred in Rajasthan
The state government transferred eight IPS officers of the rank of Inspector General of Police (IGP). The officers transferred include messrs - Sunil Kumar Mahrotra Inspector General, Personnel, Jaipur to IG R.A.C. Jaipur, N. Ravindra Kumar Reddy IG CID Jaipur to IG Bharatpur zone, Pankaj Kumar Singh IG Jaipur to IG Personnel, PHQ Jaipur, Bhagwan Lal Soni has been posted as IG Jaipur range.K. Narasimha Rao IG (Telecom) Jaipur to IG Human Rights Commission, Jaipur, N. Morris Babu IG Human Rights Commission, Jaipur to IG CID, Jaipur, Rajeev Kumar Sharma IG Bharatpur to IG Anti-Corruption Bureau, Jaipur, Janga Sriniwas Rao IG SCRB Jaipur to IG (Telecomm), Jaipur.
Nine SPs promoted in Rajasthan
Nine IPS officers of the rank of Superintendent of Police (SP) have been promoted as Deputy Inspector General (DIG). Those promoted include messrs - Rajesh Nirwan on return from leave has been posted as Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police SOG, Jaipur while T. Guitey who was also waiting for his posting has been posted as DIG RPTC Jodhpur. Anil Paliwal SP Udaipur to DIG ACB, Jaipur, Anand Kumar Srivastava SP Rural Jaipur to DIG ATS, Jaipur, Ashok Kumar Ratjotre SP Vigilence Jaipur to DIG RAC Jaipur, Malini Agrawal SP Jaipur Development Authority, Jaiupur to DIG Jaipur Development Authority, Jaipur, T.C. Damore SP ACB Udaipur to DIG ACB Udaipur, M.K. Govil SPCID Intelligence Jaipur to DIG Intelligence, Jaipur, Dr. C.B. Sharma SP Jaipur (South) to DIG Law and Order, PHQ Jaipur.
25 IPS officers of the rank of SPs transferred in Rajasthan
The Rajasthan government has transferred 25 IPS officers of the rank of SPs. Those transferred include Vineeta Thakur Assistant Suprentindent of Police Training and Commandant Hadi Rani, Bn Jaipur to Comdt 12th Bn RAC, New Delhi, Sanjeev Kumar Narjari SP Jaipur City to SP Udaipur, Nisar Ahmed Farooqui SP Dohsa to SP Churu, Mehtab Singh SP Jaipur to SP Dohsa, SC Kalla to SP CID SSB Jaipur, Vishal Bansal SP Swaimadhopur to SP SCB Jaipur, Hawa Singh Bhumaria SP SOG Jaipur to SP CID Intelligence Jaipur, Guruchanran Rai Comd 12th Bn New Delhi to SP Karoli, Girdharilal Sharma SP Pali to SP Kota (Rural), Bipin Kumar Pandey SP Churu to SP Jaipur (Rural), Alok Kumar Vashistha SP CID SSB Jaipur to SP Alwar, Sarwar Khan SP Karoli to SP SCB Bharatpur, M.P. Yadav SP Alwar to SP Vigilence Jaipur, Rupinder Shide SP Kota Rural to SP SCB Jaipur, Dr. B.L. Meena SP Tonk to SP Pali, T.S. Chudwat SP (Law and Order) PHQ, Jaipur to SP Dungarpur, Praful Kumar Pri ncipal RPTC Jodhpur to SP PHQ, Jaipur, Balmukund Verma to SP Nagore, Josh Mohan SP Dungarpur to SP Jaipur South, K.B. Vandana Comdt 11th Bn RAC New Delhi to SP Tonk, Vikas Kumar SP ATS Jaipur to SP Swaimadhopur, Vijendra Bidari SP Dholpur to SP SOG Jaipur, Surendra Kumar SP ACB Bharatpur to SP Dholpur, Habib Khan Goran SP GRP Jodhpur to SP Boondi, Veerbhan Ajwani Comdt 7th Bn RAC, Bharatpur to SP GRP Ajmer North. Meanhilwe Ravindra Singh Dhillon IPS Additional Director General Traffic, Jaipur has been entrusted with the additional charge of ADG Training and Sunil Kumar Mehrotra IG RAC Jaipur has been entrusted withb the additional charge of ADG Armed Bn Jipur till further orders.
Transfer of CITs after budget session
As the grapevine has transfers of Commissioners of Income Tax (CITs) will be affected after the budget session of the Lok Sabha on July 10. The list has been delayed as the finance ministry officials are busy with the finalization of the general budget for 2009-10.
Seven IT officials posted as OSDs
Consequent upon their promotion to the grade of Joint Commissioner of Income Tax, as many as seven IT officials have been posted as OSDs. They are Chitranjan Dash - OSD IT & TR II, Ashima Neb - OSD - IT & TR II (A), Naveen Gupta - OSD - V&L, Navneet Manohar - OSD - FTD, Arun Kumar Gurjar - OSD - ITJ, Aarsi Prasad - OSD - Inv II/III and Sunil Gautam - OSD - OT/WT.
Training of 1992 batch IAS officers suspended midway
Training of as many as 95 IAS officers of 1992 batch has been suspended midway. Having already undergone four weeks training at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA), Dehradun, they were to leave for two weeks training to Seoul, North Korea, on Tuesday but the DoP abandoned their trip abruptly.

CORPORATE
Indian budget's preparations are on in full swing
As preparations for the current year's Indian budget are going on in full swing some officers from lower level upto Under Secretary level, in Finance Ministry, North Block, are under undergound (like in lockup) .They are there under the supervision of IB from June 30 to July 6, 2009 .
S.L. Bansal tipped to be ED
S.L. Bansal of Union Bank of India is one of the 11 General Managers (GMs) out of 50 General Managers (GMs) of different Public Sector Banks who had faced the interview for slots of Executive Directors (EDs) and has been short listed.
Kamat leads race for CMD PNB
As the grapevine has it, Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Allahabad Bank K.R Kamat is leading the race to be the new CMD of Punjab National Bank (PNB). The post of CMD PNB fell vacant following the appointment of Mr Chakravorty as Deputy Governor RBI. R.P. Singh CMD Punjab and Sindh Bank and Subodh Kumar Goel CMD, UCO Bank are also in the race for the post.
Dua tipped to be CMD Allahabad Bank
If K.R. Kamat CMD Allahabad Bank moves to PNB in the same capacity then J.P. Dua Executive Director of Allahabad Bank may step into his shoes as CMD of Allahabad Bank.
Vedi likely to be CMD P & SB
G.S. Vedi, Executive Director is said to become Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) Punjab and Sindh Bank (P&SB), once the extended tenure of R.P. Singh IAS 1976 batch, AP cadre, comes to an end.
LIC launches Jeevan Saathi Plus for couples (UPDATED)
Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), the largest insurer in India, has launched Jeevan Saathi Plus, a new policy wherein the couple can take the insurance cover on their lives under a single policy. Jeevan Saathi Plus policy is the first of its kind in the industry and is based on ULIP platform and offers the insured the benefits of market-linked return. The proposer under the plan shall be called Principal Life Assured (P.L.A.) and the other life (wife/husband) shall be called Spouse Life Assured (S.L.A.). P.L.A. may pay premiums regularly at yearly, half-yearly, quarterly or monthly (ECS) intervals over the term of the policy. The minimum annualized premium (other than monthly through ECS) will be Rs.10,000/- increasing thereafter in multiples of Rs.1,000/-. The minimum monthly (ECS) premium will be Rs. 1000/- increasing thereafter in multiples of Rs. 250/. Alternatively, a Single premium can be paid subject to a minimum of Rs. 40,000/- The
P.L.A. can choose the level of cover (Sum Assured) for both lives within the limits, which will depend on whether the policy is a Single premium or Regular premium contract, age and the amount of premium agreed to pay.

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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)
Misuse of official journeys
I have observed that most of the tours taken by the senior officers are manipulated/ bogus and just to meet their private requirements. For these tours the tickets are purchased from Govt. funds which is actually tax payers money, which these officers loot. Against these tour tickets some of the officers are still getting free tickets for their family members. It is against one of the orders issued in September, 2008, in this regard. Will the PM/FM/Minister for Civil Aviation/Chairman, CVC, CMD Air India/Indian Airlines ensure that this misuse is stopped ?
A Visitor
A spark neglected burns the house : its high time to awake
It's good to see awakening among cadre officer however Dharamveer commission and other commission constituted including state commission has recommended very little for CPOs. You will surprise to know in most of the cases even challan was not filed and conviction rate (cases investigated by IPS) is less than one percent which clearly speaks their professional acumen. In fact, Police machinery is being un by middle level police officers only. You will hardly fine casualty of any IPS officer in militant action. They all are paper tiger and their recommendations are invariably given keeping into consideration of their own interest. Till 1965 there use to be only one IG in the state as there was no post above IG, now in a small state you will find atleast ten DG and 40 to 50 IG. All the commission/reforms have been design keeping into the interest of them and nation interest always comes second. I appreciate your concern but till the county is being governed by Indian Civil Services Officers, I don't see any future, it will be in the interest of the country that IPS, IAS, IFS services should be repealed.
Neeraj
A welcome decision
Grant of stagnation promotion is a welcome decision, if it comes. But why everything for organised group A Services only. No one thinks of Central Secretariat Service, one of the oldest imperial service and backbone of secretariat. The members of this service are stagnating for period more than thrice or twice the prescribed eligibility period from promotion to next grade. Take for example, the case of Deputy Secretaries who have put in more than 9 or 10 year service in the grade and more than 20 year service in Senior Time Scale (STS) are stagnating without any promotion to Director (Sr. Selection Grade )whereas in other group A service members with 20 year service starting from JTS (Junior Time Scale ) have got SAG(Joint Secretary Scale long back. The Cadre Review Report of CSS is gathering dust in Lok Nayak Bhawan despite the fact that the Committee was set up on the direction of the Prime Minister to remove stagnation in the service.Is there any one in DOPT to bother about the Cadre Review Committee report and acute stagnation in the service.
Vimal
CITs throwing the two year rule to winds
IRS posting policy is that once a CIT is posted, he will have a tenure of two years and will not be disturbed on grounds of seniority. Still, in August 2008, senior CITs managed to get reshuffling done even in Appeal Charges on ground of seniority, throwing the two year rule to winds. Will CBDT look into performance of such senior CITs by the year end?
Devender
A sigh of relief
Customs Service has heaved a huge sigh of relief because the Customs transfer policy has been given a humane face by the Finance Minister & MOS Revenue. The removal of clauses in policy relating to 22 years cap in Mumbai-Delhi and the inclusion of GOI deputation in Delhi stay, has brought great cheer among the officers especially lady officers. It is reliably learnt that the same clauses are being modified for the Income Tax transfer policy also as these are sister services.
An officer
I agree with this finding
Bureaucracy & politician are their to resolve problems of common public. While reality on ground is both combined together are exploiting the public.
R K Gupta