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What Bureaucrats think about the formation of next government at the centre?
The general elections are round the corner and the bureaucrats have started making their own assessments as to who would rule the country in the days to come. Whether it will be the Congress, the BJP or the respective fronts - UPA and NDA - lead by these parties. Will it be a third Front that will govern the country? We tried to elicit the views of bureaucrats across the country. They feel …………
(6) Rajasthan - Total seats 25
BJP- 10
CONGRESS- 15
Cabinet Secretary to continue ?
Bad whisper for Cabinet Secretary aspirants. If insiders are to be believed, Cabinet Secretary K M Chandra Shekhar will continue for another one year beyond June 16. His predecessor B K Chaturvedi had been on the post for three years. But, everything depends on the formation of the new Government.
Dr. Man Mohan Singh not to campaign in LS polls
Indian Prime Minister Dr. Man Mohan Singh, who underwent a heart surgery, will not be campaigning in ensuing Lok Sabha polls.
Second official in a row dies while serving as Sports Secretary
Sudhir Nath Sports Secretary to Government of India (GOI) who breathed his last on morning of March 17, 2009 is the second incumbent in succession to have passed away while serving as the Sports Secretary to GOI. SK Arora who belonged to the Andhra Pradesh cadre had passed away on September 9, 2008 while serving as Secretary in the Indian Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. Arora who belonged to 1971 batch had also passed away in Delhi, last year.
Railways vs EC
The Railway Ministry is sending a senior officer to Nirvachan Sadan to inform the Election Commission that some trains may have to be cancelled in view of EC's refusal to allow tenders for wheels and spare parts. While the state governments are unable to transfer even peons without asking the EC, the Railways have transferred 19 DRMs and many other officers last week with no information to EC. The reaction from EC is awaited.
Amitabh Verma gets extension
Joint Secretary Banking Amitabh Verma has been granted three months extension in deputation tenure. He is 1982 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.
( We said this on January 16 )
Rajnath Singh seeking advice of Atalji
Rajnath Singh national president of the Bhartiya Janata Party is reportedly acting on advice of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Will Uma Bharti contest Lok Sabha on BJP ticket ?
Grapevine has it that Uma Bharti is joining the BJP to contest Lok Sabha election from Khajuraho Parliamentary Constituency.
Appointment of 23 AGMs in FCI on the anvil
As the grapevine has it, 23 incumbents are soon to be appointed as Assistant General Managers (AGMs) in Food Corporation of India (FCI).
RB Lal's tenure as IG Forests ends
The tenure of RB Lal as IG Forests has concluded. He is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the Manipur-Tripura (MT) cadre.
Harish to continue as OSD to Vice President
Parvathaneni Harish will continue to be OSD to Vice President of India .He is 1990 batch IFS officer.
Ms Neena Sharma to be Director Census UP ?
Ms Neena Sharma is likely to be appointed Director Census Operations ,Uttar Pradesh. She is 1990 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.
P.Kant's tenure extended in ED
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has extended the tenure of P.Kant Deputy Director in Enforcement Directorate (ED) by one year from April 15,2009 to April 14,2010.
Additional Judges of Madras High Court appointed
Thiruneelakantam Sudanthiram, Saminathan Nagamuthu and Shunmugavel Palanivelu have been appointed to be Additional Judges of the Madras High Court, in that order of seniority, for a period of two years with effect from March 22, 2009
2 Additional Judges of HP, Court appointed
As many two incumbents have been appointed as Additional judges of the Himachal Pradesh (HP) High Court, in that order of seniority, for a period of two years with effect from April 3, 2009. They are Kuldip Singh and Rajeev.
IDAS officer appointed CMD of NCTFDC
Gur Saroop Sood has been appointed as Chairman and Managing Director, National Scheduled Tribes Finance and Development Corporation (Joint Secretary level), under the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. He is 1982 batch IDAS officer.
Over 2000 Election Observers
More than 2,000 senior officers have been appointed as Observers for the upcoming general elections by the Election Commission.
Neelam Kapoor to be new PIO !
Chief of the DAVP Neelam Kapoor is being tipped to be new Principal Information Officer (PIO) in the Government of India. She will succeed Umakant Mishra on April 1.
KS Murthy of 1989 batch empanelled for JS post
1989 batch IAS officer KS Murthy of Himachal Pradesh cadre is reported to have been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in the Government of India.
Jain gets Additional charge of Eastern Railways
General Manager of South Eastern Railway A K Jain has been given additional charge of the GM Eastern Railways till March 26.
Two IAS officer in offer list from Madhya Pradesh cadre
Two IAS officers, Prabhu Dayal Meena of 1980 batch and Raghav Chandra of 1982 batch, are in the offer list for central deputation from Madhya Pradesh cadre.
Jharkhand cadre 1984 batch IPS empanelled for JS post
1984 batch IPS officer of Jharkhand cadre, D K Pandey, has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in the Government of India.
CVC penalizes DM, National Insurance Co. Ltd.
CVC has recommended reduction of pay by six stages in the case of H Majumdar, Divisional Manager, National Insurance Co. Ltd.
Seven AP cadre IPS officers empanelled for DIG level post
Seven AP cadre IPS officers of 1994 batch have been empanelled to hold DIG and equivalent level posts under the Government of India. They are Kumar Vishwajeet, B Shiva Dhar Reddy, Dr (Mrs.) Soumya Mishra, Mrs. Shikha Goel, Apte Vinayak Prabhakar, N Balasubramanyam, and Kothakota Srinivasa Reddy.
BJP aiming at hiking its tally in Karnataka to 22 seats
As the grapevine has it, the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) is aiming to
enhance its number of seats from existing 18 seats to 22 seats from
Karnataka in ensuing Lok Sabha polls.
Ex IAS officer in IT net
IT officials reportedly seized Rs three crore from two persons including an ex-IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre at Delhi International Airport.
Darbhanga DM, SP shifted for violating poll conduct
Election Commission has transferred Darbhanga District Magistrate Arun Prasad and Police Superintendent Pankaj Darad on finding them guilty of violating the model code of conduct. Both the authorities had flouted the Commission directive of not allowing any public meeting on school premises. They had even shifted the examination schedule of students to facilitate a public meeting of Shakeel Ahmed (MOS, Home) in the district.
Should India go for a Marathi PM ?
Shiv Sena, one of the strongest ally of NDA, is known to have pleaded with L.K.Advani for projecting a Marathi candidate for the post of PM. Is it feasible when the country has a president who is a Marathi? Let us wait and watch.
Attacks like Mumbai to be dealt with strictly
Home Minister P.Chidambaram, who took over the assignment about three months back, claims that any attempt to repeat terrorist episodes like "Mumbai Carnage" will be dealt with an iron fist. He says, Indian security scenario has improved after he took over the charge, and the police forces are ready to face any untoward situation.
Two Indians find place in NASA team
Two Indians, Palak Aggarwal from UP and Nivedita Mittal from Haryana, have carved a place in the 26 member NASA team.
Is Nepal heading for another revolution?
Yet another revolution in Nepal cannot be totally ruled out given the dissention over Maoist leader Prachanda's style of working. Leave alone the people of
Nepal, even the Maoist cadres are said to be unhappy.
All India Sahitya Samelan" declares all out war against Terrorism
The poets who participated in 29th All India Sahitya Samelan have declared an all out war against Terrorism in all its forms.
Maj Gen S.P. Kochhar to be Col. Co. of Corps of Signals
Maj Gen S.P. Kochhar, SM, VSM has been appointed as the 52nd Colonel Commandant of Corps of Signals and would assume the appointment on March 1,2009. Commissioned in Dec 1973, Maj Gen SP Kochhar has excelled in all courses of instruction and has to his credit two M.Phils, first from DAVPP and second from Madras University, an M.Tech from IIT Delhi and fellowships/membership of reputed national and international professional societies. He has also published many papers in professional journals and magazines.In his present appt of Addl DG Personnel Services dealing with policies on terms and conditions of Service, pay and pension maters. Some of his initiatives have already been accepted and are in the process of formal approval/ implementation. His contributions have earned him the awards of a Sena Medal, a Vishist Sewa Medal and an Army Cdr's commendation card. Tenure of CVO HECL extended
Deputation tenure of P.K. Siddharth, Chief Vigilance Officer in the Heavy Engineering Corporation Limited, Ranchi has been extended upto April 30. He is 1981 batch IPS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.
Srivastava is new JS Social Justice Ministry
Ashish Kumar Srivastava has been appointed Joint Secretary in the Commission for Economically Backward Classes under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. He is 1980 batch IFS officer of J & K cadre.
(We said this said this on February 13,2009)
Deputation tenure of Anand extended in CBI
Deputation tenure of Piyush Anand DIG CBI has been extended till February 16,2011.He is 1991 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
Deputation tenure of Komar extended in CBI
Deputation tenure of N N Komar,SP in the CBI has been extended till February 2012.He is 1996 batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre.
Nilabh Kishore is new SP CBI
Nilabh Kishore will be new SP in the CBI. He is 1998 batch IPS officer of Punjab cadre.
Vidya Kulkarni to join CBI
Ms Vidya Kulkarni is joining the CBI as SP. She is 1998 batch IPS officer of TamilNadu cadre.
Tomar to join CBI
Deepak Tomar is joining the Government of India as SP CBI. He is 2001 batch IPS officer of TamilNadu cadre.
Nongpluh promoted as DIG in CBI
Heimonlang Nongpluh has been promoted to the rank of DIG in the CBI. He is 1994 batch IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.
Rakesh Aggrawal promoted as DIG in CBI
Rakesh Aggrawal has been promoted to the rank of DIG in the CBI. He is 1994 batch IPS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.
Jillani promoted as DIG in CBI
S J M Jillani has been promoted to the rank of DIG in the CBI. He is 1994 batch IPS officer of J & K cadre.
Vineet Agrawal promoted as DIG in CBI
Vineet Agrawal has been promoted to the rank of DIG in the CBI. He is 1994 batch IPS officer of Maharashtra cadre.
Anurag promoted as DIG in CBI
Anurag has been promoted to the rank of DIG in the CBI. He is 1994 batch IPS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.
Mahesh Agrawal promoted as DIG in CBI
Mahesh Kumar Agrawal has been promoted to the rank of DIG in the CBI. He is 1994 batch IPS officer of TamilNadu cadre.
Thakur promoted as DIG in CBI
Dhruva Kumar Thakur has been promoted to the rank of DIG in the CBI. He is 1994 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
PSU staff of GOI left in the lurch
Staff members of different public sector undertakings (PSUs) being run by the Government of India (GOI) seems to have been left in the lurch as their pay revision as per the 6th pay panel report seems to be a distant.Enquiries made by <whispersinthecorridors.com>revealed that the related file is lost somewhere in GOI.
Changes in MHA
The portfolio of VIP Security has once again been given to Ms.Anita Chaudhury Additional Secretary Home. A few weeks back it was assigned to Raman Shrivastava, after a brief reshuffle in Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in the recent past. Accordingly all files will be routed through JS(PM), Dharmendra Sharma which were earlier being routed through JS(IS-II) Lokesh Kumar Jha.

CORPORATE
Janestin is number two in OVL Ltd post
K S Janestin of the ONGC is number two in the panel selected by the PESB for the post of Director (Commercial)Oil India Videsh Ltd.
Sarkar is new Director (Marketing) CIL
A K Sarkar is taking over as new Director (Marketing) of the Coal India Limited on Wednesday.
Balsaraf promoted as GM in Air India
KS Balsaraf has been promoted as GM in Indian. His new place of posting is Ground Handling, SBU, WR, Mumbai.
Kaul is new Director (Personnel) Powergrid
V M Kaul has taken over as new Director (Personnel) of the Powergrid Corporation of India. Earlier he was ED.
( We said this on Dec 13,2008 )
Sanjay Kapoor is Dy.CEO, Bharati Airtel
Sanjay Kapoor President Mobile services has been promoted as Deputy Chief Executive Officer (Dy.CEO) by Bharati Airtel.
Atul Bindal to be President Mobile services in Airtel
Atul Bindal President Telemedia services will be new President mobile services in Bharati Airtel.
K Srinivas to be Jt. President -Airtel
K Srinivas who so far was Executive Director (East) - Mobile Services and in-charge of Sri Lanka operations in Airtel has been elevated as Joint President - Telemedia services.
Viren Popli quits Star mobile
Viren Popli Senior Vice President (SVP) Star India has resigned.
Anand Raman to succeed Popli
Anand Raman Vice President (VP) will replace Viren Popli as Senior Vice President (SVP) Star India.
LIC ties up with PNB
Life Insurance Corporation of India, the Country's largest Life Insurer entered into a strategic agreement with Punjab National Bank - the largest nationalized Bank, under referral arrangement. The Agreement for the tie up was signed in the presence of Shri T.S. Vijayan, Chairman of LIC of India and Dr. K.C. Chakrabarty, CMD of Punjab National Bank. This tie up will enable the Bank's customers to have access to the wide range of products of LIC.

LIC of India is a dominant player in the insurance market. LIC's total premium income was Rs. 1,49,706 crores and its total assets stood at Rs. 8,03,820 crores as at 31.3.2008. Today LIC is recognized as the No. 1 Service Brand in the entire insurance industry and with a vast network of 2048 branches is catering to the needs of the country's vast population. LIC so far has tied up with 31 Banks through Corporate Agency model and with 46 Banks through Referral Model which include Private Sector, Public Sector, Regional Rural Banks as well as Co-operative Banks for developing Bancassurance.
With over 37 million satisfied customers and over 4589 offices, under Core Banking Solutions (CBS), which facilitates "any time, any where" banking, Punjab National Bank has continued to retain its leadership position among the nationalized Banks. PNB has achieved significant growth in business which at the end of March 2008 amounted to Rs 2,85,959 crores and its assets are more than Rs 1,99,000 crore. PNB is ranked as the 3rd largest bank in the country (after SBI and ICICI Bank) and during the FY 2007-08, with 43% share of low cost deposits, the bank achieved a net profit of Rs 2,049 crore, maintaining its number ONE position amongst its peers.
The Chairman of LIC of India and CMD of Punjab National Bank have expressed confidence that this tie up will be a significant milestone in the financial services sector of the country.

Aaj Ki Aawaz
Amar Singhs exist in every political Party!!!!
They wheel and deal and party!!
In BJP Mittal is an Amar Singh and Jaitley is right in his stand!!!
With Mittal in Public view even Rajnath would not like to stand!!!
Some say Mittal is just excuse as actually its Jaitley and Rajnath fight!!!
Rajnath may be President but Jaitley feels he's of the 'same height'!!!
For BJP this spat does not bode well!!!!!
Of Advani's lack of control this spat sure does tell!!!
In all this Advani's weakness is so obvious!!!!
And Advani ji the solution is not to act oblivious!!
BJP's make or break States are Gujarat, Karnataka, MP and Chattisgarh!
In each of these States BJP needs to win dadha-dhad!!!
Congress on the other hand will try to pick up seats in every State!!!!
In every State try to get a decent strike rate!!!!
Maya last time scored 19/80 but this time she'll get better marks!!!!
Out of eighty she could get up to 38 marks!!!
Amma got out of 39 a zero or duck!!!!
This time she could get 20/39 with a little bit if luck!!!
So you can see why Jaya and Maya want to wait for the results to come out!!!!
They both will be in a bargaining position without a doubt!!!!
Chiranjeevi has got TDP and Congress in a tizzy!!!!
In trying to get NTR's family behind himself Naidu's got busy!!!
And if Congress feels in AP it's going to do well!!!!
Of its false hopes this would tell!!!!
Why has Sukhbir Badal all of a sudden gone overseas?????
Surprises from this family really don't cease!!!!
Some say it's to tell some Bankers that on them he can no longer Bank!!!
Its said after the Swiss Banks latest disclosure declaration many a political heart sank!!!
By chance these Bankers are also holidaying in Thailand!!!
And by sheer chance within hours of each other in Thailand they all did land!!
In Punjab seems Gurmeet Ram Raheem's Dera is now on Badal's side!!!!!
And it's known that by this Dera Heads vote diktat his followers do abide!!
Modi is abs right the President and PM should not be from the same State!!!!
But as President's choice has been made now for Pawar it's too late!!!!
Thank God for that because Pawar landing up as PM would be horrific!!
If NCP would face a debacle this time it would indeed be terrific!!
After all both NCP Mantirs Pawar and Praful have lot to answer sawaal pe sawaal!
And quite a few sawaals are on maal !!!!
Dono ke favourites have prospered during dono ke current stints!!!!
Hope you all do not need more hints!!!!
Gold will test lows before its next upward run!!!!
And for sometime worldwide Stocks will have fun!!!
Indian stocks could lag because of election uncertainty!!!
Indian Stocks will plummet if Third Front chances improve and that's a certainty (plumetting)!!!
After April starts the next leg down!!!!
So in rebounding markets with your money please do not clown (invest)!!!!
Confucius says….. please do not believe Fund Manager talk that bottom is over!!!
Because post April Markets will move lower!!!!
Bharat Kumar

Forum
Sudhir Nath: An Obituary
Sudhir Nath personified modesty, humility and simplicity to the core and he will be remembered as an icon of humanity and truthfulness. He was an overflowing reservoir of care, concern and compassion and struck an instant empathy with everyone he came across. He possessed a large heart that was always sensitive and alive to the feelings of everyone around him irrespective of the social divisions, bureaucratic hierarchy or other artificial barriers and distinctions. Also, he had a rare saintly trait of getting well not only with people from all walks of life but also with the myriad plants and animals in the vicinity, which may or may not belong to him. A learned person of very refined taste, pleasing manners, soft, suave, religious, meticulous and methodical, the void created by his unexpected demise would be difficult to fill. His smilingly pensive and mystic visage leaves an everlasting impression. It conveys a profound message that the mundane travails of existence and profound mysteries of life notwithstanding, one must painstakingly persevere and perform. He will continue to guide and inspire with the simple values he stood for. May the Almighty provide courage to the bereaved family to bear the monumental loss and may his soul rest in peace and perfection.
SK Tewari
Sudhir Nath was one of the best officers to have served the
State and the Centre with aplomb. I remember him very well when he was Deputy Secretary way back in late 1980's in the Ministry of Commerce and subsequently served as Joint Secretary to the President of India, followed by Director, Enforcement, Department of Revenue, before moving as Secretary, Sports, Government of India. A down to earth person, loved to by all his contemporaries and juniors. I wish and pray for the noble soul to rest in eternal in peace. God Bless his family in this hour of grief.
Mani
Sudhir Nath was one of the finest officers from the MP cadre.
Amitabh Agrawal
It's revealing
The hint given in today's Whispers that the PSU executives should go to 10 Janpath and bow down before the occupant who is just waiting for them to recognize her power, is revealing.
It is really a sad commentary on the deterioration that has taken place in Governance in last few years and your piece is further confirmation of what people have realised - that the government is being run from outside the government. It is also sad that neither the people nor the media are protesting as vociferously as they ought to.
Incidentally, it is hoped that Whispers would avoid becoming a communicator for such hints coming from the powers that be. Let them do their dirty job themselves.
I Khan

Utter confusion in the offing
No party will get majority. Even coalition government not possible. Only utter confusion will come.
Vijayakumark

Dearth of addl CITs in the country
There is a dearth of additional CITs in the country. The situation has arisen due to the growth of upside down pyramid in the hierarchical structure after the restructuring of the IRS cadre. The second reason being the best of additional CITs are languishing in non core posts due to false vigilance charges and inordinate delay in completing the Inquiry proceedings. The third reason being a section of safe playing officers at the level of additional CITs opting out of core assignments . IRS cadre can boast a only one such cadre in the national and international bureaucracy to harass its own officers periodically in the name of interests of revenue. A competent lot of IRS at the level of additional CITs are suffering silently the atrocities committed on them.
Shari

Group 'B' Central Secretariat Service is much better off
It is logical also. As the revenue matters belong to revenue service and forest matters belong to forest service likewise the secretariat matters belong to secretariat service and this service deserves more posts at JS/AS level.In so far as a person inducted in CSS group B is concerned this is matter of only few marks. IRS people quite often claim that they should be given parity with IAS because they are from same exam and it were only due to few marks they are not IAS!!!!!
Two standards- one when something is being demanded and other when some service has to be derogated. Shame.
Varun

Be positive !
You may be aware that nowadays your website frequently contains the information about ACPs of 6th CPC. I request your website to kindly throw some positive information regarding this. But it is true that earlier 2ACPs were a good benefit/relief for stagnated employees (non-gazetted). But the new 3 ACPs in the report and yet to be issued is a totally farce one and is taking away the benefit of earlier 2 ACPs and if an order is issued; this will really create misunderstanding among the employees of the same grade. Your collected latest views from the respective officers concerned of DOPT please be conveyed through your website.
A Visitor

Should non-gazetted staff vote against Congress ?
Now a day one discussion is continued in secretariat that non-gazetted staff should vote against Congress for not taking care of their justified demands . Cadre restructuring of CSS has given us more depression. We did not know who are the responsible person for making CSS Rule 2009. After implementation of this rule an UDC not get promotion in his 25-30 yrs career. He will retired as UDC, it is very shameful for DOP&T. while in other department such as CBEC/CBDT/Pay & Accounts Offices - Tax Assistants(Earlier it was LDCs) promoted as Sr. Tax Assistant and Jr. Accountant promoted as Sr Accountant within 4 years of services and we the UDCs of Secretariat will retired on the same post if this CSS Rule 2009 would get implemented. We think that cadre restructuring of CSS was for removing the stagnation in Secretariat Service especially CSCS and CSS but if this rule implemented it is worst for us. We are the lowest functionary of the Central Secretariat and besides routine noting and submission of cases. We are also locate and collect other files or papers, information, data and material which required by senior officers and also identify and examine the issues involved in the case and record a note. The section consisting of LDC/UDC/Assistant and Section Officer, while putting up a case, are required to see whether all the statements, so far as they are open to check, are correct; point out mistakes, incorrect statements, missing data or information(if any), draw attention to the statutory or customary procedure and point out the relevant law and rules; furnish other relevant data or information available in the Department; state the questions for consideration and bring out clearly the points requiring decision; draw attention to precedents; evaluate relevant data and information; and suggest, where possible, alternative courses of action for consideration. It is for the kind consideration of Secretary DOP&T. Ideal position in Secretariat is that 50% vacancies will be filled from DR Assistants, and 50% for UDCs of Central Secretariat (for Select Quota-25% and Departmental Examination-25%) and it will be implemented from 2010 and previous vacancies should go to select quota (UDCs of Central Secretariat). The Prime Minister (in charge of DOP&T)/Secretary (Personnel) must think about the future of UDCs in Secretariat Service.
Prabhakar Mishra

Is there any improvement in the pay revision ?
This we have been hearing for the last so many days. However, it seems that it is only a rumour and how the arrears can be distributed in the absence of any circular as only few days are left for this month end. What has been done in the revision may also be shared. Is there any improvement in the pay revision for which Oil sector employees went on strike.
P Bhutani

Whispers is only proper news medium
Thank you very much for giving atleast some news about PSU pay revision. Whispersinthecorridors is only the medium where some news is coming.
S Sivamathan
If whisper can give more details !
No authentic news has yet been released. Only a statement in one sentence is posted in livemint.com. If whisper can give more details it is most invited.
P Prabhakar Rao
A welcome news
Tax authorities, CVC, CBI, Enforcement Directorate etc. should vigorously follow it up. If followed strictly then apart from eliminating corruption tax, collection will be huge .
T K Ghosh