A very happy & prosperous New Year 2010 to all Hum-browsers of whispersinthecorrodors.com
A K Saxena (A retired civil servant)


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Neeta Kapoor appointed new CGDA
Neeta Kapoor has been appointed new Controller General Defence Accounts (CGDA), 1973 batch IDAS officer Neeta Kapoor has succeeded Ms Bulbul Ghosh.
( We said this on December 29 )
Uday Verma goes as Secretary in GoI
Uday Kumar Verma, IAS(MP-76), presently Special Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, has been appointed as Central Provident Fund Commissioner, Employees Provident Fund Organisation under Ministry of Labour and Employment in the rank and pay of Secretary.
Suman Bala is new JD CBI
Suman Bala is joining the CBI as Joint Director. She is 1987 batch IPS officer of West Bengal cadre.
( We said this on October 13 )
Ramadoss is new CMD New India Assurance
M. Ramadoss has taken over as chairman-cum-managing director of the New India Assurance Company.Earlier he was CMD of Oriental Insurance Company.
( We said this on November 25,2009 )
B.Vijayan gets a clean chit
B.Vijayan against whom an enquiry was going on pertaining to a case the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) for a long time, has got a clean chit. He is an IAS officer of 1982 batch who belongs to the AGMU cadre, Vijayan is presently Secretary Health and Industries in Pondicherry.
1994 batch IAS get super-time scale in Uttarakhand
Two 1994 batch IAS officers Ajay Singh Nablyal and Kunal Sharma have been given super-time scale in Uttarakhand.
GoI making efforts to provide quality training to officers
In a bid to provide quality training to its officers, the GoI is no more limiting itself to government institutes. It is going beyond its own training institutes and tying up with private management schools like the ISB for mid-term training programmes for its officers.
Jitin Prasad is annoyed with IOC chief
As the grapevine has it, Indian Minister of State for Petroleum & Natural Gas Jitin Prasad has said that he would not like Sarthak Behuria Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) to continue whose tenure is coming to an end in February 2010.
1995 to 1997 batch IAS get Selection-Grade in Uttarakhand
IAS officers of three batches 1995,1996 and 1997 in Uttarakhand have been given selection-grade in Uttarakhand.
1997 batch IAS get Selection-Grade in Chhattisgarh
1997 batch IAS officers have been given Selection-Grade in Chhattisgarh.
Lalit Prasad to move to Helsinki
Second Secretary in Indian Embassy,Colombo, Lalit Prasad is moving to Helsinki.
Singh Deo is DIG RPF
P M Singh Deo has been posted in Northern Railway as DIG RPF.
ISS officer gets new posting on promotion
ISS Officer Tapas Kumar Sanyal, Director, NSSO (SDRD), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Kolkata, has been posted as DDG, NSSO (SDRD), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Kolkata.
ISS officer gets new posting on promotion
ISS Officer Harbinder Singh, Director, RO, NSSO (FOD), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Ludhiana, has been posted as DDG, Labour Bureau, Ministry of Labour, Chandigarh.
PK Lahiri appointed in Somnath Temple Trus
Former Chief Secretary of Gujarat PK Lahiri has been appointed as new trustee in Somnath Temple Trust.
Three new Judges of Madras HC
T Mathivanan, A Arumugasamy and KBK Vasuki from the subordinate judiciary are reportedly being tipped to be Madras High Court Judges.
Rajgopalan to be Advisor to Narendra Modi
Outgoing Chief Secretary of Gujarat D Rajgopalan is likely to be appointed Advisor to Chief Minister Narendra Modi. Chances of his becoming full time Chairman of GSPC are also not ruled out.
Posting of Chairman at Chennai Port Trust awaited
Posting of Chairman at Chennai Port Trust is still being awaited. The post is lying vacant for long.
Naveen Saxena to move to Belgrade
Second Secretary in Indian Embassy, Panama, is moving to Belgrade.
Railway postings
A K Agarwal SAG/IRSME/ Northern Railway has been transferred to COFMOW.J C Rajora, SAG/IRSME/Western Railway is transferred to Northern Railway.
A Swamy, IRSME, GM/NF Railway, presently on leave has been posted to Railway Board as Additional Member (Mechanical Engineering).
Ojha goes on deputation
Mahendra Nath Ojha SAG/IRTS is going on deputation to Kutch Railway Co Ltd..
Shibu Soren to seek vote of confidence next week
Top priority for the Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren is to win trust vote next week.
Cabinet formation 2nd priority for Shibu Soren
Cabinet formation will be second priority of the Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren who has just begun his third innings as the Chief Minister.
Bureaucratic reshuffle in Jharkhand after cabinet formation
A bureaucratic reshuffle in Jharkhand will take place after cabinet formation by the Chief Minister Shibu Soren. However, new ministers may like to assume their offices after January 13, 2010 because till then inauspicious spell of “Kharmas” will continue.
Post of Chairman NHRC lying vacant
Post of Chairperson of National Human Rights Commission has been lying vacant for the last six months. Justice G P Mathur is acting Chairman of the NHRC.
AGMU IPS officers relieved
Those IPS officers of the AGMU cadre who had not joined the foundation course last year have been relieved from their duties with the instruction to join foundation course at Bhopal Academy.
1985 batch IAS get PS rank in Karnataka
Eight 1985 batch IAS officers have been promoted to the rank of Principal Secretary in Karnataka. They are Mssrs :-N. Sivasailam, Pradeep Singh Kharola, Mahendra Jain ,Yogendra Tripathi, Parmesh Pandey, Bharatlal Meena, Erubothu Venkataiah, and Amita Prasad..
1997 batch IAS get Selection-Grade in Karnataka
10 IAS officers belonging to 1997 batch have been promoted to the selection grade in Karnataka. They ARE Mssrs :- S. Selvakumar, Harsh Gupta, Amlan Aditya Biswas, C. Somasekhara, V.B. Patil, K.R. Niranjan, R. Narayanaswamy, S. Dayashankar, N. Sriraman, and K. Viswanatha Reddy.
2006 batch IAS gets promotion in Karnataka
2006 batch Karnataka cadre IAS officers have been promoted to the senior time scale .They are Mssrs :-Thulasi Maddineni, Gurneet Tej, Salma S. Fahim, Manoj Jain, and D. Randeep.
Prakash Chandra is new Member CBDT
Prakash Chandra has taken over as new Member of the CBDT on Thursday.He is 1973 batch IRS officer.Prakash Chandra is also President of the Prestigious Gymkhana Club of Delhi.
IFS officer gets award
Tripura Bamboo Mission 2009 headed by George Jenner, IFS has been awarded North East Business Excellence Award 2009.
NBCC bags SCOPE meritorious award for CSR
The State owned NBCC, the largest and a Schedule 'A' Construction Company, has bagged the SCOPE Meritorious Award for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) & Responsiveness for the year 2007-08. The panel of judges under the chairmanship of Justice P.N. Bhagwati, unanimously decided conferring the award on NBCC for its extensive participation in the CSR activities while carrying out its business venture. A communiqué issued by Standing Conference of Public Enterprise (SCOPE) announced the awards under "SCOPE Meritorious Awards in Specialized Fields" recently. The award, a Gold Trophy, shall be presented to NBCC and the winners in other categories, at a ceremony to be held on the Public Sector Day falling on April 10, 2010. It may be mentioned that NBCC has been engaged in lot of CSR activities in the North-Eastern Region of the country, in the States of Jammu & Kashmir, Bihar & Gujarat by participating in Earthquake Rehabilitation, Flood Victims Rehabilitation, National Security Consolidation, Infrastructure Development etc. thus contributing enormously in Nation's progress as well as improving the life style of the masses.
Bhupal Singh is no more
Former IAS officer and former Vice Chancellor of the Bhopal University Bhupal Singh has passed away in Bhopal. He was 63.

CORPORATE
BSE sensex completes 25 years today
BSE sensex will complete 25 years of its establishment on January 2,2010.
Sharma is new Chairman Bihar EB
R K Sharma has taken over from Swapan Mukherjee as the new chairman of Bihar State Electricity Board (BSEB).
Chandran is Airport Director in Kerala
V.N. Chandran has taken over as the Director of the Thiruvananthapuram international airport.

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Some New Year Resolutions for 2010,
For making New Near Resolution we all have a yen!!!!
Sonia’s is to learn how to SMS on the Blackberry and SMS Rahul ‘get married’!
Get a SMS package so that thousands of SMSs can be sent to get Rahul harried!!
Mohna’s is to pen the Principles of Economics in Mirza Ghlaib kind of shayri!!!
And for post PM days some tayaari!!!
Rahul’s is to work towards losing his Baba tag and become Mister!!!!
Work on being called Mr./Shree Rahul Gandhi India's future Prime Minister!!!
Pranab Da’s is to keep his joyous look that’s got many giving a questioning look!!!
And pen ‘How to smile despite losing your temper’ book!!!
PC’s  is to get it mandated that all decisions of MF will require HM’s clearance!
Try level best to enforce in Ministry of Finance (MF) Home Minister's interference!!
Pawar’s is to keep farm prices rocketing!!!!
Did not catch the other part of his resolution but it had something to do with ‘pocketing’!
Mamtha’s is to ensure that Commies in WB bite the dust!!!!
And ensure that Laloo’s ‘reformist’ image goes bust!!!
Advani’s is to keep his PM hopes secretly alive and is hoping against hopes,
That when the time comes he’ll be able to ‘pull the ropes’!!!
Ghadkari’s is to learn how to conjure up Delhi street food!!!
He’s been told this kind of food gets BJP Leaders in a good mood!!!
Sushma’s is to dress everyday like she’s going to a Jagrata!!!
To be a PM candidate she feels BJP’s chant for her should be ‘Jai Sushma Mata’!!
Jaitley’s is to give up his ‘choosa hooa lemon’ look!!!
And work on his ‘Electionless Wonders of India’ book!!!
Shinde’s is to project that Power Ministry did not perform as his work was sabotaged by a foe!!!!
Tell all that about this High Command is in the know!!!
Kamalnath’s is to ensure that no African Nation faces rice shortage!!!!
From India war on rice shortages in African States he will wage!!
Murli Deora’s is to tell all he’s not a Mukesh man!!!!
And also not ‘Mukesh's fan’!!!
Praful’s is to ensure that air ticket prices shoot up!!!!
And his hoping to order new airplanes for the domestic usage is not a gupp!!!
Tharoor’s is to ensure that in MEA all communications are done via twitting!!
And he also wants to find out why his shoes are no longer fitting (him)!!!
Mulayam’s is to distance himself from Amar!!!!
And Amar’s is to tie a rope to Mulayam’s kamar and the other end to his own kamar!!!
Maya's is to somehow stop Rahul from visiting Dalit homes in her State!!!!
And start planning ghost written biography 'Maya the Great'!!!
Laloo's is to make Nitish fall off the CM's chair!!!
Saw off two legs of the chair and to make it look the legs are still attached take care!
Raj Thackrey's is to now hold at Shivaji Park Balasahib kind of annual rally!!!!
With Rane and Bhujbal get pally!!!
Big B’s is to be a participant in Big Boss’s House and get over Paa flopping!!!
Also appoint a consultant to look into why his flop show is not stopping!!!
Jethmalani 's is to get back at the Media because it exposed his client Manu Sharma!!!
Offer Rathor his services saying to defend the 'undefendable' is his Dharma!!
Sheila Dixit's is to keep an arm's length from the Commonwealth Games!!!
And prepare in advance answers for on her Sarkaar possible blames!!!
Sukhbir Badal's is to take over from Papa and become Punjab's CM!!!
And he still is resolute about becoming believe it or not India's PM!!!
Tiger Wood's is to sign a prenuptial agreement with his next wife to be!!!
She cannot divorce him if 'babes by the dozen he does see'!!!
I do not come in the high and mighty bracket,
But I pledge against ‘wrongs’ I'll continue to make my poetical racket!!
Bharat Kumar

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)
We should learn from Railways
The Indian Railways is the largest organisation in the World but this organisation is very well managed by their own officers and no IAS is there in the Ministry. Should we not learn from them to develop specialised services for each department in stead of leaving it to the generalists.
Subasis Mishra

Why IAS do so ?
Once the DIGs are being appointed district police chief at some places, where is the hitch in granting promotions. Further why not have more police commissionarate to have more senior IPS officers in the field and to have better policing for general public. Why do IAS bureaucrats block this? I fail to understand. Let Us Hope.
Santosh

It will only result in sympathy for Rathore
The way visual media have gone over board conducting a one sided media trials calling the ex-DGP rapist DGP, killer DGP and molestor DGP etc will only result in a bit of a sympathy for Rathore. Like the bureaucrats and policemen involved, the attitude of Ruchika’s father also calls for scrutiny. Why has he kept quiet all these two decades especially when the Governments have changed more than thrice and also he has supporters like ex-DGP Singh and some CBI officers. As an educated person he could have put an habeas corpus case in the Supreme Court. Some thing is fishy and it requires a thorough enquiry.
N K Nair

It is disgraceful !
Your news item is disgraceful, in the most polite terms. Learning and intelligence are important, but wisdom, participation and representation are better qualities. Being father of two daughters, I feel their safety and security will be better ensured if all judges of SC are women. If not 100%, then at least 50% of all SC & HC Judges ought to be women.
Vijay Kumar