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decision makers from Southern side. Two third respondents favour increasing retirement age If one can serve in the capacity of a Governor at the age of 80 years, why can't other person do so? Why is there a hypocrisy in the government? They have a retirement age, but politicians can continue till they become 90 years old? If there is one rule, it should apply to everyone. Such has been the response to the debate conducted by the whispersinthecorridors.com on "Whether Retirement Age should be 62 years ?"Two thirds of the respondents favoured the idea of increasing the retirement age to 62 years, or even 65 years, while only one third of them disagreed with it saying that it would block the employment opportunities for the new generation. However some of the respondents suggested that the amount of money that the government would be saving by increasing the age of superannuation can be used for generating employment for the youth. "This would enable the government to utilize the experience for good and enhance job opportunities for the younger ones as well". The protagonists in favour of increase in retirement age to 62, or even more say that it was justified given the increase in longevity of average over in the past few decades. However, there are many who feel that a person should be allowed to continue in job as long as he is fit - both physically and mentally as is done in case of Judges of High/Supreme Courts besides professors of reputed universities across the globe. "Therefore, if we want to compete with the developed nations, we must consider this aspect effectively in the best interest of the country particularly when it is facing economic brunt", says Vinod a responder.On the other hand, those not in favour of increasing the retirement age say that it would lead to further increase in unemployment which would be politically and economically detrimental to the health of the nation.Several responders like Dr. GC Srivastava opined that there should be a uniformity in the age of superannuation whatever the profession be and whatever the retirement age be fixed at. "Whether 60 or 62 or 65, the retirement age should be the same for all civil, judicial and educational services. There is no justification for having different retirement age for these categories. All these services need application of mind and hard work”, he said. “So why a civil servant retires at 60 and others at 62 or 65? Moreover, if uniformity is brought about in retirement age, the mad and unpleasant race for securing post-retirement assignments shall vanish”. (Details of survey in monthly magazine Whispers in the Corridors ) Will Viswanathan be Advisor to Law Minister ? Union Secretary Law T K Viswanathan is likely to be appointed Advisor to the Law Minister. He is superannuating by this month end. Meet to select new CIC in a day or two A meeting to select new Chief Information Commissioner is slated to be held in a day or two. The present incumbent to the post, Wajahat Habibullah is going as Chief Information Commissioner in J & K. Cabinet Secretary convenes meeting for empanelment issue of 1990 batch IAS Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar has reportedly convened a meeting at 6.30 pm on October 27, 2009 to frame modalities for empanelment of IAS officers belonging the batch of 1990. C.S.Kedar appointed DG, ESIC C.S. Kedar has been appointed as D.G. of Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC). He is an IAS Officer of 1979 batch who belongs to Karnataka cadre. At present he is a Joint Secretary in the Cabinet Secretariat. ( We said this on October 12 ) Who will be Secr Shipping ? Who will be the next Secretary Shipping after APVN Sharma retires this month end. One thing is certain that he will be the choice of the PMO and not the minister. Sanjay Mitra granted 2 years extension Sanjay Mitra, Joint Secretary presently posted in the PMO has been granted 2 years extension in Government of India (GOI). He is an IAS officer of 1982 batch who belongs to West Bengal cadre. Ashok Nayak CMD HAL to continue with Bangalore complex Ashok Nayak Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) Hindustan Aeronautical Limited (HAL) has got 6 months extension for additional charge as Managing Director (MD) of the Bangalore Complex. Ms. Amina Dutta Swami’s gets 6 months extn in NJML Ms. Amina Dutta Swami, Director (Costs) has got 6 months extension for additional charge of National Jute Manufacturer Limited (NJML). Arvind Kumar RC, Kerala ahead in race for Tourism Ministry As the grapevine has it, Arvind Kumar - Resident Commissioner (RC) to the Kerala Government in Delhi, is ahead in the race for the post of Joint Secretary Tourism in Government of India (GOI). He is an IAS officer of the Kerala cadre who belongs to the 1984 batch. ). The slot fell vacant in the wake of Ms. Leena Nandan moving to the Information & Broadcasting Ministry. Ms Antony promoted as Additional Controller General Ms U G Antony has been promoted as Additional Controller General Defence Accounts. She is 1975 batch IDAS officer. Srinivasan to be Chief Secretary of Rajasthan T Srinivasan will be new Chief Secretary of Rajasthan.1975 batch IAS officer Srinivasan will succeed Ms Kushal Singh who is retiring on October 31. Brij Mohan appointed Addl Member, Railway Board Brij Mohan, HAG/IRTS has been appointed as Additional Member (Commercial), Railway Board. Tarun Bajaj to look after Insurance & Establishment Tarun Bajaj as Joint Secretary in department of Banking & Insurance will look after Insurance & Establishment. Tarun Bajaj is an IAS officer of the 1988 batch who belongs to the Haryana cadre. CPM divided over re-appointment of Gandhi While the West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and the CPM politburo leader Sitaram Yechuri want that Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi be re-appointed , the CPM leadership is strongly opposed to the idea. Secr Higher Education retiring this month end Secretary Higher Education RP Agarwal is retiring this month end. He is 1972 batch AP cadre IAS officer. Radhakrishnan to be Secretary till 64 Tenure of newly appointed Secretary Space and Chairman Space Commission Dr.K. Radhakrishnan is up to the age of 64 years. Shambhu Singh is RC, Manipur in Delhi Shambhu Singh, an IAS-of the Manipur Tripura (MT) cadre who belongs to the 1986 has assumed the charge as Resident Commissioner, Manipur Bhavan, New Delhi. Earlier he was commissioner (election, higher and technical education) and CEO, Manipur. Many contenders for the MCGM’s top slot There are many contenders for the slot of Commissioner Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) that has fallen vacant in the wake of J. M. Phatak going to Government of India (GOI) as Additional Secretary Rural Development & Panchayati Raj. Main among them are: Ratnakar Gaikwad Director-General & Project Adviser, Yashwantrao Chavan Academy of Development Administration (YASHDA) Pune, Swadheen Kshatriya Principal Secretary (PS) in the Chief Minister’s Secretariat. Gaikwad belongs to the 1975 batch. Kshatriya is an IAS officer of the Maharashtra cadre who belongs to the 1980 batch. Thomas Benjamin PS Urban Development to Maharashtra Government is other bureaucrat whose name is also in circulation for the slot. Benhjamin is an IAS officer of the 1979 batch. However, Ratnakar Gaikwad will become Commissioner MCGM if he is not appointed Chief Secretary in the Maharashtra Government. Bureaucratic reshuffle in Maharashtra on the cards With Ashok Chavan assuming the charge of Chief Ministership in Maharashtra, a bureaucratic reshuffle in the state is on the cards. Sharad Pawar for Woman Chief secretary Nationalist Congress Party leader Sharad Pawar is understood to be advocating for appointment of a Woman Chief secretary. Will he succeed. Sumant Chaudhri short-listed for Commerce Ministry ? Sumanta Chaudhri, IAS Bengal cadre 1985 batch presently Secretary Public Enterprises, Govt of West Bengal, has reportedly been shortlisted for posting as Joint Secretary Commerce GOI. He was earlier too working as Director in the Commerce Ministry. Dr.Surajit Mitra returns to Assam cadre Dr.Surajit Mitra who on central deputation was Additional Secretary in Ministry of Heavy Industries has returned to his parent cadre of Assam. He is an IAS officer of the 1977 batch who belongs to the Assam-Meghalaya cadre. Dr Tuk Tuk Kumar is new JS Culture Dr Tuk Tuk Kumar has been appointed new Joint Secretary Culture in the Government of India .She is 1980 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre. Bhat appointed Member (Finance) V V Bhat has been appointed Member (Finance) Atomic Energy Commission,Space and Earth Commission. He is 1976 batch IAS officer of UT cadre. Modi on three-day tour to Moscow Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has proceeded on a three-day visit to Moscow to attend an International seminar on Oil & Gas. He is accompanied by D. Rajgopalan, Chief Secretary, K. Kailashnathan, PS to CM, S. Jagadeesan, PS (Energy & Petrochemicals) and D.J. Pandian, MD, Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation. They are also accompanied by industrialists like Sudhir Mehta, Chairman, Torrent Group, Gautam Adani, Chairman, Adani Group, Nitin Shukla, CEO, Shel-Hazira Pvt. Ltd. and Parimal Nathwani, Group President, RIL among others. Luthra moves to Delhi DIG Police in Daman and Diu Tejinder Luthra has been shifted to Delhi. He is 1990 batch IPS officer of UT cadre. 2005 batch UT cadre IAS get senior-scale 2005 batch UT cadre IAS officers have been given senior-scale. Jha elected Vice Chairman of International body R N Jha has been elected Vice Chairman of the International Telecommunication Union at its general council conference held at Geneva .1984 batch ITS officer Jha is presently DG(International Relations),Ministry of Telecommunications, Government of India. Three officials of DoT interrogated Three officials considered to be close to Telecom Minister A Raja have been interrogated by the CBI. Vishwapati Trivedi bereaved Mrs.Kranti Trivedi (75) wife of Dharnidhar Trivedi ex-Commissioner Income Tax, U.P. had passed away on October 26, 2009 at 4.00 p.m. in Delhi. She is survived by a large number of relatives, friends & admirers including Dr.Prajapati Trivedi, Vishwapati Trivedi (both sons) & Ms. Aradhna Shukla daughter (all three are IAS officers). Her cremation will be held at the Lodhi Road crematorium, New Delhi on October 28, 2009 at 12.00 noon. Mrs. Kranti Trivedi was daughter of Ravi Shankar Shukla ex-Chief Minister of M.P. Samuel, DIG-cum-Additional CSC/RPF transferred from CR to NFR SZ Samuel, DIG-cum-Additional CSC/RPF has been transferred from CR to NFR in the same capacity and posted as DIG-Cum-Additional CSC/RPF against an existing vacancy. RK Sharma, DIG-Cum-Principal/RPF transferred RK Sharma, DIG-Cum-Principal/RPF, has been transferred from SER Training Centre Kharagpur to CR in the same capacity and posted as DIG-Cum-Additional CSC/RPF vice S Z Samuel PK Agarwal, DIG-Cum-CSC/RPF transferred PK Agarwal, DIG-Cum-CSC/RPF, has been transferred from ECOR to SER in the same capacity and posted as DIG-Cum-Principal/RPF training centre, Kharagpur vice R K Sharma Gunasekharan, DIG/RPF transferred A Gunasekharan, DIG/RPF working as Additional CSC/RPF, has been transferred from NR to ECOR in the same capacity and posted as DIG-Cum-CSC/RPF vice P K Agarwal WHISPERS SURVEY IS INDIAN BUREAUCRACY WORST IN THE WHOLE CONTINENT ? IN a recent survey by 1274 experts working across 12 North and South Asian nations, the Indian bureaucracy has been dubbed the worst and least efficient in the whole continent, behind Vietnam, China and Indonesia. What Indians have to say ?.Send your views to- suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com AND mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com Kakati is new DGP of Meghalaya Sibabrata Kakati has taken over charge as the new DGP on Tuesday. He is 1976 batch IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre. ( We said this on October 20 ) Meeting for Chennai Port Trust (CPT) chief deferred A meeting of the search committee to select new Chairman of the Chennai Port Trust (CPT)which was scheduled to be held on October 26, 2009 has been deferred. Altogether there are 12 contenders for the slot. Of them six IAS officers are from the Tamil Nadu cadre while six bureaucrats are from other cadres. To name a few from the Tamil Nadu cadre are: K.Allauddin, P.A. Ramaiah. Others who are in the fray are Pandian (Kerala cadre) & Ms.Meera Saxena IAS-1977 batch (Karnataka cadre). New postings for IPS officers in Rajasthan As many as five IPS officers on completion of their training have been posted as Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASPs). They are:K.C.Bishnoi Pratap Nagar- Jodhpur, Mrs.Mamta Bishnoi Bassi -Jaipur Rural, Amandeep Singh Kapur Byavar-Ajmer, Ravi -Rural Shriganganagar & Barhat Rahul Manhardan Sanganer-(East) Jaipur. 1978 batch IAS gets ACS rank 1978 BATCH ias OFFICER Dr Devashish Gupta has been promoted to the rank of ACS in Jharkhand.On promotion he has been appointed Chairman of the State Finance Commission. Mitter is new HC to Bangladesh Rajeet Mitter currently Ambassador of India to Philippines, has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh in succession to Pinak R. Chakravarty.He is 1977 batch IFS officer. CWC presents dividend cheque to Sharad Pawar The Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) of which Managing Director is B.B.Pattnaik ,presented a cheque of Rs. 11.22 crore as dividend for the year 2008-09 to Sharad Pawar Indian Minister of Agriculture, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution in Delhi on October 27, 2009. The cheque was presented by B.B. Pattanaik.Mainly present was Mrs. Alka Sirohi Secretary (F&PD).Among others who were present on occasion were A.K. Mangotra Additional Secretary & FA Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution and other senior officers of the Ministry and CWC. Despite economic slow down, the CWC achieved yet another record turnover of Rs. 849.25 crore during 2008-09 as against Rs. 776.23 crore during last year thus posting a growth of 9.41%. This high performance could be achieved due to increase in storage capacity by about 6.5 lakh MT and substantial increase in capacity utilization to 82% as against 73% of the previous year. This happened mainly on account of increase in storage of foodgrains and cotton procured by FCI and CCI and NAFED. Besides, handling of containers, revenue earned out of container rail transport operations and pest control activities also registered growth. Keeping in view the excellent performance during the year, CWC declared a dividend of 30% second time in a row.The CWC is also exploring several new avenues in the fields of warehouse receipt financing and warehousing and logistics consultancy. It also intends to participate in the mega food park and national horticulture mission schemes and undertake development of cold chain infrastructure and terminal markets. Rajasthan govt transfers nine IAS officers Rajasthan government has on Tuesday transferred nine IAS officers. While Rajiv Sharma has been made Director of Rajasthan Public Administration Institute, LP Kothari has been made Chairman, Rajasthan Housing Board, Ravi Mathur has been made Principal Secretary – Small Scale Industries and Khadi Gramudhyog, Sunil Arora CMD Rajasthan Industrial Development Corporation, Pradeep Sen Principal Secretary – Home, Civil Security and Jail, Umesh Kumar – Administrator, Rajasthan Agriculture Marketting Board, Rajiv Swarup Secretary – Ayurveda, Mrs. Vinu Gupta – Commissioner Rajasthan Primary Education, and Subodh Agarwal – Housing Commissioner (Third), New Delhi. Besides, Chandra Mohan Meena – Secretary Agriculture has been given the additional charge of Rajasthan State Cooperative Bank and GS Sandhu, Principal Secretary (Health) has been given the additional charge of Medical Education. CORPORATE Lalit Panwar to be CMD of ITDC ? If all goes well, Dr Lalit Panwar will be new CMD of the Indian Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC).1979 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS officer, Panwar, is considered to be an expert in tourism sector. Kaul promoted in BSNL GM BSNL Jammu RK Kaul has been promoted as Principal General Manager (Mobile), Jammu and Kashmir circle. He is 1979 batch ITS officer. Aaj Ki Aawaz Mohna’s defense of Raja reminds me of an adage…. Marta kya nahi karta!! And we all know Mohna kyon hai darta!! CBI’s raids could be a ploy to show ‘nothing’s been found to point to a scam’! Sarkaar’s way of getting Raja out of the fix he is in or jam!! The scam is estimated to be to the tune of $ 10 billion!!!! Alleged Raja is behind the scam and now after Mohna’s defense it’ll be alleged Congress is riding pillion!! Hooda made it because of a situation called TINA or There Is No Alternative!! Or was it because he’s from the lot that they say is Haryana’s Native (Jat)??? Is Hooda asking the HJC to merge or in HJC is he trying to spring a leak??? Kyaa karr raha hai Hooda seek??? Lals (Bhajan) know their Party is going nowhere!! And if they bargain tactfully his Kuldeep could land up somewhere!! Congress cannot depend on the seven who have lent support with no strings attached!!! For more malai in due course a plan by them could be hatched!! In Maharashtra some say NCP from its Ministerial dreams is going to be rudely awoken!! Some say Congress’s ‘we will take more berths’ chant will in actuality be just token!! And on Congress NCP merging!!! For sometime this Congress has been urging! Pawar is keeping this as a trump card to get to the PM’s post!!! We know his ‘I’ll become PM’ boast!!! Say if Congress needs the numbers and NCP’s support is crucial then he’ll make his move!!! He’ll say ‘ if you want numbers in Dilli make me PM and merger I will approve’!!! Karat says Maoists are not Communists!! Commies who have taken to violence is the definition of Maoists!! Karat still thinks he’s the Karat of yore!!! When he had the Sarkaar at his doorstep pleading with him if just showed he was sore!! Now Karat though he’s a nobody tries off and on to show he’s somebody!! And ends up as a nobody!! How true….. Mohna’s statement that Dalai Lama is India ’s honored guest!! And it’s a guest’s moral duty to ensure for the host he does not become a pest!! We are cut up on China ’s Bhai Bhai charade and then its attack!! And Chinese give India for harboring Dalai Lama flack!! These kinds of irritants come up and then things go back to being normal!!! Normal in Indo- China is .... diplomatically formal!! Amar Singh is back to his 'I'm being framed or persecuted' chest beating!!!! In his absence things had cooled down and now again things are heating (up)!! Big B in his blog is also crying foul and saying Media is envious as he speaks his mind! Media should now gang up and reveal this joker and thereby kick joker in the hind!! Will RBI Guv hike rates tomorrow??? If he does the on The Street there will be cause for sorrow!! But we know that RBI Guv will do what he’s ordered to do by Pranab Da!! And even though he should Pranab Da is going to order him ‘na’!! Monetary and Fiscal tightening is needed and should be done!!! And economic parameters should not be fixed as per the Sarkaar's mann (mind)!! Its now clear that in agri production there is a huge fall!!! And Mohna Ji its time you took a call!! Leaving things to Pawar would mean things will go from bad to worse!! Which means a bigger hole in the Common Man's purse!! Confucius says... Efficient PM who turns blind eye to a Minister's corruption and inefficiency! Puts a blot on his own efficiency!! 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) Hike in retirement age; no, yes It should not be 65 but reduced to 58/59 years. The people after 55 start making excuses for doing work indicating that they are going to retire soon and can not put up with the work pressure and demand some light work and facilities of coming late, leaving early and doing other works during office hours with lame excuses of preparing for retirement, young elements to be appointed to provide employment to youth as well as get fresh blood in the service leading to effective work culture Rakesh SharmaAge should be increased to 65 and all so called post retirement jobs should be given to serving officers. SinghWith better health and medical facilities, one is much healthier today then 10 years ago. Governnment must utilise the expertise and knowledge of these senior officers. If proffessors can teach, doctors can treat, politicians can rule beyond 60, why cant bureaucrat serve the nation beyond 60? D BanerjeeSo boring. Enough is enough. please stop discussing the retirement age and do some work.Sis “No Assets declaration under RTI Act“: The clarion call of Civil servants ? A news item published in the TOI today (25-10-09) gave me a severe jolt. This appeared to be the harbinger of a pernicious malignancy plaguing the civil services today. So much frightened are the officers of All India Services particularly the IAS from the CIC ‘ ruling of May.09 that the Cabinet Secretary has directed DOP&T to place the matter before the Committee of Secretaries( Read as IAS coterie, as all Secretaries belong to this elite Service).They are the worst affected! The rotten eggs in this Service far exceed the Hon’ble exceptions. Unaccounted wealth running into crores of rupees, hundis of benami properties are stashed in safe havens .I know of two retired IAS officers ( Names withheld) who refused to file FIRs at the police stations as the liquid cash, gold, diamonds, costing lakhs of rupees, stolen from their homes, were unaccounted. One of them was rewarded with the Membership of CAT despite the fact that the same tribunal had issued serious strictures against him while in Service. Serving government officers (IAS, IPS,IFS included) religiously file their annual property returns. These are simply taken on record by DOP&T and State Cadre controlling authorities without any scrutiny. Why, then, this useless exercise? Why can’t this information be displayed in the public domain by the GOI for public scrutiny? Reasons are not far to seek. The officers have allegedly amassed tons of black money and benami properties, whch are not reflected in annual property returns The vigilant public is aware about these illegal assets more than the employers. The public includes Officers’ neighbours ,their detractors , social activists who keep a watch on their life-styles and conspicuous consumptions. How could the public expect the Judiciary and the Ministers to permit the display of their assets in the public domain? Should the civil servants not clean up its own Aegian stables first before asking the Judiciary and the political Executive to take the initiatives. The Cabinet Secretary, as the senior-most civil servant ( by default) must lead by example and give a unanimous recommendation of COS to the PM in conformity with the CIC’s ruling. A suggestion: I propose that a common unconditional legislation be moved in the Parliament in its winter session to make “Assets Declaration” mandatory, across the board, by all citizens of India, who are equal before the Law of the Land. This must include the Judiciary, the political Executives and first and the foremost the Civil Servants , devoid of any exemption clause to benefit any of the above categories. A K Saxena (A retired civil servant) ITBP : Most dedicated, yet most neglected Although the present DG of ITBP is leaving no stone unturned to rechristen the rusting force but the fact remain that ITBP has remained one of the most dedicated Force of the union yet most neglected. DG,s of yesteryear's used this Force as their launching pad to jump over to other bigger organizations. Some of them even commented that "small is beautiful" coz they never bothered for the welfare of the Force. Some of them shamefully boast for their achievements and still continue to enjoy hospitality of this so called elite force.Their is no denying the fact that serving conditions in ITBP are toughest among all Para-military Forces. Medically unfit personnel are highest. vigil on the border is 24x7 task, but compensation is woefully dismal. Successive governments and MHA always looked at this force with jaundiced eye. Subramanaim committee which post Kargil suggested "one border one Force" was in fool's paradise. The members of this committee never realised repercussions of such a "genius idea". Government promptly acted on the recommendations and sent entire force to mountains all along China border. With in 5 years the impact of high altitude on the physical fitness of the Force personnel reached at insurmountable heights. Force personnel continuously languish at one border or other. In real sense Force is yet to be compensated for its difficult serving conditions. The postings of personnel, transfer policy, career planning and various other important issues are hardly discussed and there are no efforts to streamline the rot. DG is trying his best but he, it appears is not getting adequate support. We are hopeful still, ( I really do not know the reasons for such a hope) that better sense will prevail every where to address core issues of the Force, more so at MHA level. We are really thankful to the present Home Minister and DG of the Force for their commitment.Abhimanyu It is funny ! It is funny to listen to the Law minister asking judiciary to expedite justice. However, when it comes to Govt action in this regard, hardly anything is being done. They have so far failed to appoint assistant Solicetor Generals to represent central Govt in the High Courts since taking over. As a result the judges come and go back without taking up any central Govt matter. Bhadoria |
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