What an updated, calculated and almost authenticated website, neither developed ever before nor will anybody be able match this in near future. Best wishes to Organisers of whispers.

Bhalla

Contact-suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com> & <mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com>

INDIA,S BUSINESS HOUSE (14)
A business house has caught hold of weakness of politicians and bureaucrats. This group has set up Medical, Engineering and Professional colleges to oblige the kins of bureaucrats and politicians. Guess the name.
1991 batch IAS empanelment by Dec
The empanelment of IAS officers belonging to 1991 batch for the post of Joint Secretary level is likely to take place in December this year.
Eligibility criteria for promotion to ADGP revised
The eligibility criteria for promotion to the rank of Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) has been revised at par with IAS . Accordingly, officers who have put in 25 years of service will now be eligible to be promoted as ADGP.
Verma is now JS in MEA
D B Venkatesh Verma (IFS 1988) has joined MEA as Joint Secretary in charge of Disarmament Division in place of G Dharmendra (IFS 1990) after his return from posting to Geneva.
Appointment of new NHAI Chairman this week ?
Appointment of new Chairman of the NHAI is expected to take place this week.
Will Common Wealth Games be held ?
Will Common Wealth Games be really held ? Now this question is being asked in the corridors of Delhi. Adverse reports pouring in across the globe may force several countries not to participate, people say.
Chatterjee appointed member, Selection Committees for National Sports Awards
Sayan Chatterjee, Director General, Sports Authority of India, has been appointed Member of the Selection Committee for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award, Dhyanchand Award for Lifetime Achievements in Sports and Games and the Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar for the year 2010. He is 1976 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.
Banthia to succeed Gokhale in Maharashtra ?
Jayant Kumar Banthia is likely to succeed Sharwaree Gokhle as Principal Secretary Health next month. He is 1977 batch IAS officer. Ms Gokhale is retiring by this month end.
Maharashtra cadre IAS unlikely to succeed Khatua
Maharashtra cadre IAS officer is unlikely to succeed B C Khatua as Chairman Markets Commission. Some 1979 batch IAS officer is likely to be posted.
Chairman JNPT post to be circulated again
Picture is still not clear about the appointment of new Chairman of the Jawahar Lal Port Trust. If insiders are to be believed post of Chairman is being circulated again.
No IAS to be posted as Chairman of Paradeep Port Trust
It has now been decided that no IAS will be posted in the Paradeep Port Trust as Chairman .The post will now go to the Port Sector officer.
Naxalism in Chhattisgarh (2)
At a party of retired IPS officers, Naxalism and Chhattisgarh was the hot topic of discussion. There was a consensus that problem can not be contained only through Police operations. Only the army has an experience of the Jungle Warfare .
B. M. S. Rathore soon to join as new Jt.Secretary MoEF
B. M. S. Rathore, an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of 1982 batch from Madhya Pradesh cadre who on central deputation has been posted as new Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Environment & Forest (MoEF) will be joining soon. So far Rathore was Senior Advisor with the Winrock International (a body dealing in spheres of bio diversity and climate changes).
Sharma is convener for foreign delegation of Gujarat
The government of Gujarat will send a delegation led by A.K. Sharma, an IAS officer (Gujarat cadre) to three foreign countries for promotion of the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2011.These countries are: Brazil, France & Italy .The delegation consisting Gujarat based well-known industrial leaders, will visit these countries to invite business community there for participation in Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2011. The summit is going to be held on January 12 and 13, 2011 in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. A.K. Sharma is Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Gujarat Infrastructure Development Board (GIDB).
Bharadwaj to be IG CISF
P R Bharadwaj is being promoted to the rank of IG in CISF. Name of Bharadwaj has been cleared for promotion.
Narayanasami appointed Director in CDSL
Former CMD of the Bank of India Mr T. S. Narayanasami has been appointed an independent director in CDSL.
Maya Sinha quits IRS
Former Deputy Chairman of JNPT Maya Sinha after quitting from service has reportedly joined a big private group running Educational Institutions. She is former 1980 batch IRS (IT) officer.
Deputation tenure of Sharma extended
Deputation tenure of A.K. Sharma, Chief Vigilance Officer of the Central Mine Planning and Design Institute Ltd., Ranchi, has been extended for a period of three months. He is 1991 batch IOFS officer.
Thade joins APPPA Course
Sanjay Krishnarao Thade has joined 36th APPPA course at Indian institute of Public Administration. He is 1989 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.
Shiv Shankar promoted as Principal Staff Officer
Senior Principal Private Secretary in MSME, Shiv Shankar has been promoted as Principal Staff Officer (37400-67000 equivalent to Director).
IPS postings in Assam

Shiv Prasad Ganjawalla will be new SP of Barapeta.D Mukherjee has been moved from Barapeta to 1st Assam Police Battalion.

Anita Chaudhary to be Secretary Land Resources (UPDATED)
Anita Chaudhary is going to succeed Rita Sinha as Secretary Land Resources in the Government of India on August 1. She is 1976 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.
Railways transfers and postings (UPDATED)
Dr. Madan Dubey of SAG/IRMS has been transferred from ECR to CR and posted in the cadre, Dr. Sunil Kapoor of Sr. DMO(SAG) has been transferred from NR to be posted as CMS/MD on the Rly itself and Dr. AK Sengar of SAG/IRMS has been transferred from NR to NWR and posted in the cadre.
IRS officer Mrs. Anjali Tewari gets two years extention (UPDATED)
CBDT has granted two years extension in the deputation tenure of Mrs. Anjali Tewari, IRS, as CVO in the CSIR.

CORPORATE

Hunt starts for BSNL and MTNL Chief
The Government has started hunt for the new BSNL and MTNL Chief.Applications have been sought from candidates from both the public and private sector.
Infy to look for trainees from rural background 
Grapevine has it that IT major Infosys will hire more trainees from rural areas of the country as it struggles to retain employees 
Sahay appointed PTM CEO
Rajnish Sahay has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Percept Talent Management (PTM).
Nissan India appoints Dy CFO
Nissan Motor India Pvt Ltd (NMIPL) has appointed Sunil Rekhi as Deputy Chief Financial Officer.
Bhushan is CVO SAIL
Chandra Bhushan Paliwal has taken over as the Chief Vigilance Officer, SAIL. Paliwal was earlier posted as Joint Secretary in the Department of Personnel and Training , Ministry of Personnel, Government of India, since 2006.
Kumar reelected President of Petrotech Society 
Naresh Kumar, Managing Director of Jindal Drilling & Industries Ltd is re-elected as the President of Petrotech Society for the fourth consecutive term.
BBDO India's Vij puts in papers
Ranjeev Vij , Vice President and Business Director, BBDO India has resigned.
Allahabad Bank to open a branch in Shenzhen (China)
Allahabad Bank plans to expand its global presence and is in the process of upgrading its representative office in Shenzhen, China and will open a branch there.
CESC to set up solar  power project
CESC Ltd  will establish a solar power project in Rajasthan and initially the generation capacity of the project could be 200 MW. 
Subbiah to be MD  Cholamandalam Investment
Vellayan Subbiah is tipped to become managing director of the $3-billion Murugappa Group’s asset financing arm Cholamandalam Investment and Finance
Tomar is nominee Director Blue Coast Hotels
Shivendra Tomar has been appointed as nominee Director on the Board of Directors of Blue Coast Hotels and Resorts Ltd pursuant to his nomination by IFCI Ltd., with effect from July 26, 2010.
JSL appoints Additional Director
JSL Ltd has appointed Rajeev Bakshi as Additional Director w.e.f. July 23, 2010.
Jaykrishna is Joint MD Asahi Songwon
Asahi Songwon Colors Ltd has appointed  Munjal M. Jaykrishna as Joint Managing Director of the Company.

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. However, we would also request our contributors not to be personal, directly or indirectly, in presenting their views. Instead of countering the views which ‘X’ has already expressed, our contributors are advised to present their own views. Also be brief, say about 200 words at the most since any views longer than that if eliminated at our end would carry the risk of the contrbutor’s item losing its original essence)

Dr. Manmohan Singh aka Bahadur Shah Zafar

With every passing day Dr. Manmohan Singh resembles the last Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar, more and more. His flowing white beard, his puppet like body language and his soft voice hardly above a whisper, topped by a blue turban is so much like Zafar in his twilight years. And the old Lady behind the Purdah is so much like Begum Samru! The other young lady is just like Begum Zeenat Mahal. The young Crown Prince is like the Mughal Crown Prince. Union Carbide and other US multi-national companies are the new East India Company and Hilary Clinton the new Queen Victoria. The only difference now is that while Zafar composed exquisite ghazals Dr.Manmohan Singh comes out only with GDP figures.

D Chaudhury

Good decision indeed !
This is very good decision on the part of Govt. of India that 50% posts in the rank of Director and Deputy Secretary will be filled by CSS officers. In fact this a very welcome step to pave way for faster promotions to the CSS cadre. Thanks are certainly due to the Minister in DOPT and the Senior IAS officers who have taken a lead in this direction. In fact faster promotion is very good tool to motivate people to do their work with more dedication, sincerity and commitment. Any one should not raise complaints in this regard. It never happens that a CSS officer gets a Chance to become Addl. DG of CPWD or DG Roads in their department then why they want to do the job of Secretariat. If everyone tries to do their own jobs instead of playing with others Job then only our country will progress.

DK

CSS getting more share at DS/Director level

Clubbing CSS with powerful IAS might have really flattered the CSS. LDCs might have also jumped with joy as some LDC retired as Deputy Secretary? What a promotion jump? I find that people, in their enthusiasm to express their personal opinions cite such awkward examples which are far from actual. Unfortunately this website is catering to high and mighty of the officialdom so any outsider takes the views/facts mentioned here as gospel truth. So my request is to please impart with factual information. LDC and Assistants are not same. They have 2 steps gap in between them. So do not treat LDC and Assistant as equal. LDC get promotion as UDC then becomes Assistant and then Section Officer. Normally they retire as Section Officer (If any LDC qualifies Departmental Exam of SO then he might have become Under Secretary in rarest of the rare cases). Also about loss to other cadres. At one time Group A Services are fighting with IAS for equality and now where from CSS came? Posts at Deputy Secretary/Director level are normally (and should normally) managed by CSS Officers. It is surprising that we often read about shortage of Officers in Group A Services at Field level (one might have listened about shortage of IPS, IRS etc.)and at the same time Officers from these services are being posted at Central Secretariat on deputation. When there is shortage in their own cadre, first priority should be to fill the posts in their cadre instead of sending them on deputation in Central Staffing Scheme. But these Group A Officers want to have their cake and eat it too. What is the logic behind posting other services in Central Secretariat (which can be easily managed by CSS at the junior level like DS/Director) when there is acute shortage in their own cadre posts. All Group A and All India Services mus thave their first commitment towards their own cadre and when their Cadre posts are filled up then only they should be posted in deputation posts like Secretariat of other Departments. There is no logic in capturing other posts when your own house needs you and for which you have been recruited. So kindly allow the CSS to manage the Secretariat at the lower level. At SAG level field should be open and all Service Officers including IAS/Group-A/CSS(who are eligible as per rules and not as favour) should have equal opportunity. Do not make hue and cry on others getting benefits (even if it is in token form)but manage your own cadre with sincerity and devotion for which you have been recruited.

SK

What about the personal staff?

The CSS officers quota have been increased by 50% at the level of DS/Director. But what about the personal staff? The increase in CSSS staff, particularly the number of Stenographers Grade 'C' may also be in the same proportion as in case of CSS. There is no need to increase the posts of PSO, PPS as they have already got the increased number at the cost of Stenographers Grade 'D' and Stenographers Grade 'C'. Since the CSS cadre restructuring resulted in increases posts at DS/Director level has been completed. Now, the restructuring of CSSS is the moot question which needs to be answered by DP&T in a constructive manner. Here are some suggestions to be taken into account while taking a view in the matter:
(a) Fist of all, all the Stenographer Grade 'D' working as Personal Assistants be regularised from the date of their initial appointments as Personal Assistants on ad-hoc basis because all the Officers have been kept waiting for their regular promotions by more than 3years and in some cases the waiting period exceeds more than 13 years. DP&T may kindly take sympathetic view to correct the situation.

(b) Secondly, the Sixth Pay Commission has proposed merger of CSSS wih CSS. I am of the view that it would be beneficial to all concerned. Before merger, parity in all respects such as seniority between CSS and CSSS Officers and other related issues etc. be sorted out and then merger can take place so that there can be no injustice between both the officers

V P Sharma

"India's humiliation in Pakistan"

As a citizen of India, I feel ashamed of the manner in which India was maltreated by the Pak's foreign minister during India's foreign minister's visit to Pakistan. Can we take things lying down?

Dr Vinod Bhardwaj Reader Delhi University

Humiliation meted out to India

As a retired IFS officer, I feel most upset by the humiliation meted out to India at the hands of Pakistan foreign minister. This cannot be allowed to pass of as a simple non-event. The matter must be inquired into.

Philip J

They underestimated Jagan’s clout

The Congress High Command and the in-charge of AP congress affairs has grossly underestimated the clout of Jagan in AP politics. It is quite natural that the party followers and MLAs want able personality to compete a heavyweight like Chandra Babu Naidu. The present incumbent CM is feeble and looks for directions from Delhi Darbar every time.

Venkata Krishna

Impartial inquiry required

How much money the eternal Indian Olympic association President Kalmadi and his party made in the CWG Games only an impartial enquiry(not CBI) can reveal. Other than bringing such mega events to India(for obvious reasons) Kalmadi has done nothing to improve sports in India. He has now put ine foot into Hockey with his Hockey India and trying to capture Hockey. Priya Ranjan Das Munshi sat on the destiny of India's most popular game, foot-ball for more than a decade and brought it to the lowest levels. Now it is the turn of Praful Patil. India's sports will improve only if these self serving politicians are kicked out of sports' arena.

N Sriram

List of incumbents- CWG preparations

Can any one please provide list of Officers along with duration who held post of Secretary in Sports Ministry from year 2003 onwards. similarly names of all officers who held post of secretaries in urban development ministry and post of chief secretary of Delhi government. Names of all officers who held charge of CPWD, MCD etc. since responsibility & accountability will never be fixed on these gentlemen/gentlewomen the least we can do is to raise a toast to these officers at the dexterity with which they enjoyed the perks & privileges of their post & getting away with it by doing no work. this will be interesting case study which can be sent to IIM students for analysis.

D Chopra