I am a regular visitor of your web site and it is really very glad to note that most of your whispers are becoming true.
Rathinasabapathy

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Who will be Secretary Power (3)
If Mukesh Ambani can have say in Petroleum Ministry why can’t Anil Ambani exert in the appointment of Secretary Power ?.In corridors of power it is widely believed that new Secretary Power will be Anil Ambani’s choice.
Snehlata Kumar to be MD, TRIFED
Ms Snehlata Kumar will be the new Managing Director of TRIFED. Kumar is 1979 batch MP cadre IAS officer. Earlier, the name of CSS officer of 1974 batch, CS Chaddha, was in circulation for the above post.
Shatrughna  Singh to be Joint Secretary, PMO
Shatrughna Singh is going to be new Joint Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO).He is 1983 batch IAS officer of Uttarakhand cadre.
Avni Vaish empanelled in GoI
On Monday name of Madhya Pradesh Chief Secretary Avni Vaish was  cleared for the empanelment to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India. He is 1975 batch IAS officer.
       ( We said this on February 9 )
Who will be Intelligence Advisor ?
Who will be Intelligence Advisor ?. Name of one senior most IAS officer and two retired IPS officers D C Pathak and V D Tiwari are in circulation.
9 BSF cadre IPS officers elevated as DIGs
Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has cleared the promotion of nine BSF cadre officers for promotion as DIGs. Orders this effect have been issued.
P.K Mehta is ADG Northern Railway in RPF
P.K Mehta has been appointed ADG Railway Protection Force Northern Railway. He is an IPS officer of the 1977 batch who belongs to the Haryana Cadre.
Dr.Ravi Inder Singh is Director in MHA
Dr.Ravi Inder Singh on central deputation has joined as Director (Internal Security) in Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).  He is an IAS officer of the 1994 batch who belongs to the West Bengal Cadre.
Ms. Satwant Atwal Trivedi joins NIA
Ms. Satwant Atwal Trivedi on central deputation has joined as SP in National Investigation Agency (NIA).  She is an IPS officer of the 1996 batch who belongs to the Himachal Pradesh cadre.  She was earlier posted in NPA Hyderabad
Hussain to return to Maharashtra cadre next month
Chairman of the Jawahar Lal Nehru Port Trust, S S Hussain, is returning to the parent Maharashtra cadre in the third week of March.1976 batch IAS officer Hussain who is scheduled to retire on May 1 will be posted as OSD in the rank of ACS.
IA&AS officer AK Patnaik to hold addl charge
AK Patnaik, Principal Accountant General (Civil Audit), Uttar Pradesh, Allahabad, will hold additional charge of IA&AS, Accountant General (C&RA), Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow. 
PESB for appraisal of IOC chief's post
As the grapevine has it, amidst air of uncertainty over the fate of Sarthak Behuria CMD Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) whose term expires in February 2010; the PESB is going in for an appraisal for the same on February 25, 2010. Otherwise Behuria is to retire in 2012.
Prabhat Kumar to succeed Pande in BHEL Jhansi
Prabhat Kumar is going to succeed R K Pande as GM (Incharge) Jhansi Unit of the BHEL.He is currently in Haridwar unit of the BHEL.
GS Sundararajan is MD, SCL
G.S.Sundararajan is now Managing Director (MD) with Shriram Capital Ltd (SCL). Earlier he was CEO & MD Fullerton India Credit company ltd.
All eligible GMs to be called by AAI
As the grapevine has it, a dozen General Managers (GMs) who are eligible will be called for interview of Executive Director (ED) Engineering in Airports Authority of India (AAI).
Mazumdar to move to Kathmandu
Jaideep Mazumdar, DCM in Indian Embassy, Beijing, has been shifted to Kathmandu.
Jharkhand CS writes to all states
Shiv Basant, Chief Secretary to the Jharkhand Government (IAS 1976 batch –Jharkhand cadre), has written a letter to Chief Secretaries of all states in the wake of a decision by the DoPT. It may be stated that decks had been cleared for inter cadre deputation of IAS officers hailing from cadres other than Jharkhand. Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) has issued a letter to all Chief Secretaries whereby inter cadre deputation of those IAS officers who have put in three years of service will be possible to Jharkhand. Normally it is permitted in case of such bureaucrats who have put in at least nine years of service. However, an exceptional decision has been taken in view of shortage of IAS officers in Jharkhand. The DoPT had said this vide its letter no.13017/51/2008 AIS 1 DoPT 2nd February 2010.
Mid-career training of IPS officers would cost over Rs 65 crore
Mid-career training recently made mandatory for promotion of IPS officers would involve a whopping cost of Rs 68.53 crore, according to the home ministry sources. The ‘mandatory training’ programme involves visits to premier academic institutions in India and abroad including international cities like London for one-week,
Prasad Rao is number one in the race for ECIL Director (Engineering)
PESB has put Prasad Rao on number One for the post of Director (Engineering)  in the ECIL.
Meeting of CBI Selection Board takes place
Meeting of the CBI Selection Board was held in New Delhi on Monday.
Modi appointed Consultant in Planning Commission
Arbind Modi has been appointed as Consultant in the Planning Commission. He is 1981 batch IRS (IT ) officer.
ACC rejects proposal of ICMR
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has rejected the proposal of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to appoint  Vineet Chowdhry presently Joint Secretary in the Department of Health & Family Welfare as Senior Deputy Director General(Admn) in Indian Council of Medical Research(ICMR). He is 1984 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.
Transfer order of Ujwal Chaudhary stayed
Transfer of DG Investigations (IT) in Jharkhand, Ujawal Chaudhary, has been stayed.
IPS reshuffle in West Bengal
Zulfikar Hasan will now be IG (Western range), Kuldip Singh will now become IG (Organisation). Anil Kumar has been appointed DIG Medinipur. Bastab Baidya, East Midnapore SP, is joining as the new special SP, CID. Ashok Biswas will be the new East Midnapore SP.
ACC clears Prabhat Singh’s appointment as GAIL’s Director (Marketing)
As the grapevine has it ACC has cleared the name of Prabhat Singh to take over the post of Director (Marketing) of GAIL. At present Prabhat Singh is Director, Business Development (BD) for the Exploration & Production (E&P) activities of British Gas in India. His, will be the first ever appointment in any of the PSUs of Government of India at such a high level. Prabhat Singh who has B.Tech degree from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur has around 29 years of experience of working in both MNC’s and the Government held PSU’s at prestigious posts. His vision has given many firsts to the industry/country. It is courtesy him that LPG is now being transported cross-country through pipelines in India. The world’s longest exclusive LPG pipeline from Jamnagar to Loni by GAIL is his gift to India, which was recognized by the Asian Development Bank as the “best managed project” of the year. Prabhat’s forte has been managing people. Recognizing this,
 GAIL India Limited bestowed on him the responsibility of leading their organizational transformational effort. It was a highly human oriented change management initiative, which put “people at the heart of corporate purpose”. He did one-on-one workshops with all the 3400 plus employees spread over more than 91 locations.
(We said this on October 22, 2009)
ACC clears extension for B.M. Bansal Director (BD) in IOC
ACC has cleared the extension of B.M.Bansal Director Business Development (BD) in Indian Corporation (IOC) till he superannuates by the end of 2011. His term was expiring on February 28, 2010.
Prosad Dasgupta CMD Petronet LNG wants to quit
As the grapevine has it Prosad Dasgupta Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of Petronet LNG Limited wants to quit on health grounds.
Latest take on Sarthak Behuria
As the grapevine has it Sarthak Behuria CMD Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) whose term expires on February 28, 2010 is tipped to be CMD Petronet LNG Limited. Behuria is to retire in 2012.
Four Power Centres ?
Who can get things done in the Government of India ?.No dearth of power brokers in the national capital. If insiders are to be believed, there are four power centres in the corridors of power. They are :-
T K A Nair Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister
AND
K M Chandrasekhar Cabinet Secretary

B K Chaturvedi former Cabinet Secretary
AND
M K Narayanan currently West Bengal Governor

M N Prasad Secretary to the Prime Minister
AND
Other officers from North
4 Montek Singh Ahluwalia Vice Chairman of the Planning Commission
WHISPERS’ OPINON POLL
WHO WILL BE THE QUEEN'S CHOICE FOR PRIME MINISTER AFTER DR. MANMOHAN SINGH ?
Rahul - ultimate choice, Chidambram, Pranab Mukherjee , Antony and Digvijay also named
The Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi might have discarded any post in the Government of India so far but most people believe that he would be the ultimate choice of the party's Chairperson Ms. Sonia Gandhi when the occasion to (s)/elect the next Prime Minister of the country arrives with the Congress or the UPA remaining in power. This was revealed in the opinion poll run on our web site to learn about who among the present lot of Congress leaders will make the best Prime Minister apart from Dr. Manmohan Singh.
The poll threw open some surprising names as well just because of their proximity and loyalty to the Gandhi-Nehru family. Some people think that it would not be a surprise if this happens even before the tenure of the present UPA government comes to an end. In that case Dr. Manmohan Singh may be pushed to the President House. Present incumbent, Pratibha Devisingh Patil had become the first woman to head the Indian Republic on July 25, 2007. Accordingly, she would be completing her five year term in July 2012 while the next Lok Sabha elections are due in 2014.
Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee the senior most cabinet minister is voted by most to be the best person who would be the second to the Prime Minister. They don’t want to see Pranab as PM. Apart from Rahul, Union Home Minister P. Chidambram is the most favoured cabinet minister to step into the shoes of Dr. Manmohan Singh. Chidambaram, most surfers suggest is intelligent and tough and has the support of Sonia Gandhi. Likewise, the names of Defence Minister A.K. Antony has also come up due to their loyalty to Gandhi family. Among the other names the name of AICC general secretary Digvijay Singh has also been endorsed by many surfers. Digvijay is the only name that found a mention from leaders outside the government.
(Read the full survey in Feb issue of WHISPERS IN THE CORRIDORS magazine)
H P Rao is new JA & FA Expenditure
Hindupur Pradeep Rao has been appointed as Joint Secretary and Financial Adviser, in the Department of Expenditure. Rao is 1981 batch IA&AS officer.
Dayalan returns to parent IA&AS
M. Deena Dayalan Joint Secretary & Financial Adviser in the Department of Expenditure has returned to his parent  IA&AS cadre with immediate effect in order to  avail the benefit of promotion to the next higher grade in the cadre. He is 1978 batch IA&AS officer.
Ms Deepa Krishan  returns to parent IRS
Ms Deepa Krishan  Chief Vigilance Officer, National Projects Construction Corporation Limited (NPCC), New Delhi, under the Ministry of Water Resources  has returned to parent Department of Revenue to avail benefit of her promotion in the parent Department. She is 1977 batch IRS (IT) officer.

CORPORATE
Internet is good for advertising
If Yahoo India MD is to be believed, Internet  is going to be a good medium for certain verticals and their products, aimed at ‘new age customers'. . Regular internet users in the 25-plus age category are close to 2.2 crore and they cannot be ignored.
Bimalendra Jha to be in charge of Tata’s long products.
Bimalendra Jha will be in charge of Tata’s long products replacing Hridayeshwar Jha  who is moving out to take over Tata’s Orissa project
Name of Agrawal is number two in panel of ITDC
Name of P K Agrawal has been put number two in the panel by the PESBfor the post of Director (Finance) ITDC.
Ramakrishna at number two for the post of Member (Tech) in CERC
V Ramakrishna has been put on number two for the post of Member (Tech) Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC).

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)

Should civil servants be called as professionals ?
No doubt that Civil Servants are playing a crucial role in running the country but if you provide the same authority and reservation of top posts to any rational educated man the outcome will be even better.
If one is willing to see the real worth in open completive world let the Acronym (IAS, IPS even with word-retd) should not be used while mentioning the name?
Tiwari
Many PSUs short of Independent Directors 
It is a known position that many PSUs are woefully short of Independent Directors. The PESB follows a procedure that is indeed shortsighted. It considers for empanelment only retired or resigned Chairman & Managing Directors for these positions.  What abou empanelling retired or resigned Directors of PSUs. They form a large bank of talent, formally whetted by the PESB in their earlier selection as Directors of PSUs. Many of them have even held part-time positions of Chairmen of the many subsidiaries or Joint Ventures of the PSUs of which they were Directors. It is truly said that in-house talent is often ignored (within the public sector) and the Babus only see the farther bank of the Pvt. sector greener! Will the DPE and the PESB ever be broad minded and escape their tunnel vision? S A Narayan
Recruiting on contract basis for regular assignments  A new trend has started in government of recruiting persons on contract basis for regular assignments. Such employees perform the same functions as a regular employee but are paid a consolidated salary which is substantially lower than that of regular employees tho they possess the same qualifiations and perform the same functions .After the 6th pay commission implementation  the difference has further increased . The contract employees are also not entitled to housing , medical, LTC. pension or any other perk. This tantamounts to sheer exploitation  of employees . The DOPT should take cognizance and lay down clear guidelies for contract employment at different levels.
Suman Swarup
For Grover Sir
Its a fantastic news. We pray to God for your further uplift. Any way we will miss you Sir in CWC.
V K Saha
I often find that any there are no takers for discussion on the topic of corruption on this column. Is the reason that bureaucrats have largely become immune to corruption and have accepted this as normal part of life?
MB
Merger of CSSS with CSS
I am also keen to have update on this issue.  To my mind, there are certain issues which are to be resolved before the merger of CSSS with CSS takes place.  Firstly and foremost is the regularisation of Stenographers Grade 'D' presently working as Personal Assistants since 1996.  As these appointments have been made in 1997 and the officials are continuously working in the same capacities since long coupled with the fact that CSSS, the Stenographers Grade 'D',have been lagging behind for regular promotions in comparison to their counterparts in sister services. it would not be fair if their stake for regular promotions is not taken care of prior to merger of both the issues.  Secondly, the seniority of Stenographers in different capacities should be protected at all costs.  The ad-hoc appointments be regularised from the date of initial appointments as the ade-hoc appointments are short-term appointments and time gap arrangements and these appointments continued for more than 2 years cannot be terms as short-term appointments.  As far as competence is concerned, it may be mentioned that they had been made after a prolonged service of regular Stenographer Grade 'D' and, hence, their stake for regular promotion may not be given due regard.  
V P Sharma
Computers in head post offices not networked
Postal department computers in head post offices are not networked even after decade. saving bank system and postal Meghdoot software for Speed Post, registered, money order, treasury, accounts, are working independent to each other because saving bank software is from one company and postal operations system is developed by officials. Will officers explain, how when in head post office there is no networking then how come branch post office working with part time employee for 3 to 5 hours in rural village with computer will be networked with head office or with sub post office which is accounting office. Postal department is only buying hardware and benefiting HCL company which is supplying out date computers at very high DGS&D rate contract. Senior officers have to go for big meetings in Guwahati or Coimbatore. Even GPF is not computerised in postal department having 3 lacs staff. All projects are having big budget of crores but no result. And frauds are now committed in crores. NSC fraud in West Bengal, one group of official in Raniganj has swindled more than 100 crores, Same in AP, Karnataka, Maharashtra. Same NSC is being shown again and again as being discharged to depositor. No paid voucher is sent with accounts, no checking at head post office of audit office. Bogus NSC is paid as on maturity. A way of fraud is after decentralisation of RD now our head post office is having no record and clever sub post master shows very same RD repeatedly as being  paid to depositor. RD pass book is being returned to depositor. No checking or cross checked with records by accounts. So instead of meetings and buying computers, senior officers should spend more time in post office understanding problem and cutting loopholes being exploited by criminal postal employees giving honest department bad name.
Vinod Kumar
"All appointments in the National Security Council(NSC) put on hold "!
The news posted today(23-2-10)on this website is satisfying. The credit for this goes to this website where I had recently exposed the arbitrary manner in which,appointments are made in the NSC and its Sectt.A great news indeed!
A K SAXENA (A retired civil servant)