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Aaj Ki Aawaz
Pranab Da knows inflows are creating a huge bubble!!!
The Bull will rampage in the China Shop and exit leaving a lot of rubble!!
 
Maybe he’ll justify his not taking action with ‘ this happens with a 8.5% growth rate’!
Add ‘It is only natural and so we must wait’!!
 
He had a similar view on rampaging inflation!!
As per him ‘ inflation is development’s creation’!!!
 
Scenario is…… huge inflows and then comes the slump!!!
Soon the shares these ‘Goras’ will dump!!
 
When markets rose we rose the most and when Markets fell we will fall the most!!
Then Seminars on ‘why emerging markets were hit the most’ India will host!!
 
History keeps repeating itself and small investors keep getting burnt!!!
Greed is the guide and so lessons are never learnt!!
 
So ' unnatural' flow of inflows will not be capped and allowed a 'free flow'!!!!
Yes the Dollar will hit a new low!!
 
And Indian Rupee will hit a 'unhealthy' high and when money flies out!!
Rupee knocks out Dollar in this bout and reverse will happen in the next bout!!
 
On account of inflation amounts demanded for ‘under the table’ gratification have rocketed!
Now more money is being pocketed!!
 
Like the lowest in the Chain the traffic cop ….. his demand has shot up three fold!
In Mumbai it is five fold I am told!!
 
When you ask them why this rise they’ll say living is sky high!!
‘Lion’s share goes up to the higher ups’ they’ll add with a sigh!!
 
How many times have you heard 'I'll only get a pittance the rest is for my Boss'????
As he pockets the ghoos or into his briefcase the ghoos he does toss!!!
 
And in the poltical arena ghoos is taken in Party fund's name!!
In many cases Party Fund and Neta's pocket are the same!!
 
Kalmadi says that he's ready for an inquiry post the Games!!!
At present the cries for his head via this he tames!
 
At present he's pinning his hopes on a hitch-less Games!!!!!
He's also working on 'who to balme' list of names!!
 
Shiela, Gill, DDA, EMAAR, Aiyer will be on the top of this list!!!
And to compile the list and charges Bhanot karr raha hai Kalmadi ko assist!!
 
By the way why did Camella snigger as our President spoke????
But Charles proved he's a smart bloke!!
 
He refused to acknowledge his wife sniggering to him!!
Diplomatically Camella's sniggering when President of India spoke was grim!!
 
Confucius says.....Camella is not a patch on Princess Diana!!!
For starters unlike Diana she must be avoiding looking into the 'aina' (mirror)!!

Adds.... Charly Boy and our Amir Khan have one thing in common!
That is marrying unattractive women which for a future King and a Star are even more uncommon!!
 
Flash.... Released.... 'Khaane bhi doh yaaro' starring Kalmadi, Shiela, Gill!!
Film grossed 2000 crores before release .... story is about how their pockets Netas fill!!

Bharat Kumar

R.C. P. Sinha in JD-U’s star campaigners’ list

Bureaucrat turned politician R.C. P. Sinha who is a Rajya Sabha MP from Bihar on a ticket of Janata Dal United (JD-U) is said to be party’s one of the 25 star campaigners for Bihar assembly polls. He is an IAS of the 1983 batch and has been associated with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar while the latter was a Cabinet Minister at the Centre during NDA regime. Sinha is a Kurmi who hails from Nalanda district of Bihar. In last Rajya Sabha poll he had become an MP on a JD-U ticket.

Will Sarangi be Secretary Food in GoI ?

Chairman of the NABARD, U C Sarangi, who hails from Maharashtra cadre is likely to join the Government of India as Secretary Food and Consumer Affairs. Union Minister Sharad Pawar is reportedly keen to have 1977 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS officer Sarangi as Secretary Food.

Empanelment of 1991 batch IAS this month

As the grapevine has it, the Committee of Secretaries (COSs) will take up process for empanelment of IAS officers belonging to 1991 batch for posting as Joint Secretaries in Government of India (GOI) after October 13, 2010.

Has Punjab govt gone bankrupt ?
 
In view of the financial problems being faced by the government in Punjab, it appears that the government has gone bankrupt. The payment of all the bills has been virtually stopped and disbursement of salary to the employees too has become an uphill task for the government.

P V Kumar is acting Chairman of NTRO

P V Kumar has been appointed acting Chairman of the NTRO. Chairman of the National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO) K V S S Prasada Rao has retired on October 3.

Three Secretary level vacancies in GoI this month

Three Secretary level vacancies are going to take place this month - -one each in Water Resources, DoPT and AYUSH.

Kaun Banega ONGC CMD ? (1) D K Sarraf

D K Sarraf, Director (Finance) in the ONGC, is also appearing for the interview for the post of Chairman cum MD of the ONGC slated for October 19. Incidently ,he has no godfather.

Are BSNL,MTNL heading the NHAI way?

Are BSNL and MTNL heading the NHAI way as far as appointment of new CMDs was concerned. Answer to this question is yes if one goes by developments that have ensued in last couple of days. As it is there are very high stakes in the Telecom sector. It is worth mentioning that no incumbent has so far been appointed as CMD of the NHAI.

Appointments in Railways stalled

Senior level appointments in Railways have been deferred until the Delhi High Court gave its ruling on a petition by Rajiv Bhargava, Additional Member (Works) Railway Board. Bhargava has challenged his supercession.

Decision about CBDT, CBEC members next week

Since meeting of committee meant for selection of CBDT and CBEC Members remained inconclusive on October 4, 2010 , it will meet next week again. Revenue Secretary Sunil Mitra left India for Brazil on an official tour. He is being accompanied by : M. S. Paruthi and K Ramalingam(both joint Secretaries), M.M. S. Moorthy CBDT Chairman , V. Sridhar CBEC Chairman and Milap Jain CCIT Delhi. They will return to India on October 9, 2010. However, next working day on their return will fall on Monday i.e. October 11, 2010.

Jaswant Singh to be DG, GSI

Jaswant Singh will be new Director General (DG), Geological Survey of
India (GSI). He will look after the charge once Dr.N.K. Dutta retires.

5 appointed as Members of the Settlement Commission

As many as five officers of the CBEC have been appointed as Members of
the Settlement Commission.

Process for SIDBI chief yet to start

Process for selecting new SIDBI chief is yet to commence.

5 appointed as Members of the CESTAT

As many as five officers of the CBEC have been appointed as Members of the
Customs Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT).

Rajasekharan to join NCRB

R Rajasekharan is all set to join the Government of India as DIG NCRB. He is 1997 batch IPS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Ms Aparna Sharma is now Director in Health

CSS officer Ms Aparna Sharma has been promoted to the rank of Director in the Ministry of Health.

Ajay Singh Chauhan of Indian Postal Service transferred

Ajay Singh Chauhan (1998), Director (HQ), Delhi circle, New Delhi, has been posted as Director (Tech),Postal Directorate.

Shera’s lively interaction with CWG guests

“Shera”- the mascot for the Common Wealth Games (CWG) 2010 is cynosure of all eyes in the ITDC run Ashok Hotel New Delhi as there is a lively interaction of his with guests.

IA & AS officer Raj Kumar transferred

Raj Kumar-I, Director, in the office of the Director General of Audit, Defence Services, New Delhi, on relief from his present duties by local arrangement, has been transferred and posted as Officer on Special Duty (SG of JAG) in the office of Principal Director of Audit, North Eastern Railway, Gorakhpur.

Bajrang Das Bishnoi empanelled as Jt. Secr in GOI

Bajrang Das Bishnoi has been empanelled in Government of India (GOI) for posting as Joint Secretary. He is an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer who belongs to the 1981 batch.

Post of Adviser to World Bank Executive Director vacant

The post of Adviser to the Executive Director, World Bank, Washington (DS / Director Level) under the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance will fall vacant on Oct 31, 2010, on completion of the tenure of Jawed Usmani, IAS (UP:78). Officers of the rank of Deputy Secretary / Director of the Government of India or equivalent level are eligible to apply.

Chief Information Commissioner condemns Gill

New Chief Information Commissioner AN Tiwari has condemned Sports Minister MS Gill for his assertion in Parliament that MPs take the RTI route to get information. Gill said so when confronted with alleged corruption in Commonwealth Games. Tiwari favours making transparency more effective so that the RTI works better.
Govt worried over retirements in banks !
The government seems to be worried over the retirements that public sector banks would face in the next few years. This is evident from the fact that after setting up a committee on human resource (HR) issues in public sector banks last year, the government has now set up another committee to consider the feasibility of these banks drawing up integrated long-term HR intervention plans to maintain business continuity and ensure growth.

Arvind Kumar bags Chevening scholarship

Arvind Kumar Director, Policy in Department of Food & PD, GoI has
bagged the Chevening scholarship. He is in London School of Economics
(LSE) for a 12 weeks course that commenced in LSE, London on September
27, 2010.He is an IAS officer of the 1991batch who belongs to the
Andhra Pradesh cadre.

MP Handlooms Corp supplies stoles for CWG winners
 
The stoles put around the necks of the winners at the Commonwealth Games (CWG) are "Chanderi" stoles. They have designed and supplied to the CWG committee by MP Handloom and Handicrafts Corporation under the brand name "Mrignayanee". Defying the notion that charity and business cannot go hand in hand, the Corporation introduced its first initiative to define fashion for the masses with an underlying social cause. 1994 batch IAS officer Ms Dipali Rastogi is the MD of MPHHC.

IAS officer booked by CBI

An IAS officer belonging to the Haryana cadre has been booked by the CBI.
UP Government send VRS request to centre

Uttar Pradesh Government has forwarded VRS request of 1982 batch IAS officer Raju Sharma to the GoI.

An exhibition on Kerala Mural painting in Bhopal

An exhibition on Kerala Mural painting is underway in Bharat Bhawan,Bhopal.And the painter is Ms Arpitha Reddy, wife of M Gopal Reddy, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, designate. Kerala Mural painting is a major artistic tradition, basically painted on the walls of the sanctum sanctorum, gate tower of the temples and interior rooms of the palaces throughout the state of Kerala. The Kerala Mural tradition is a lesser known style as it hasn’t got enough scholarly attention compared to the wall paintings of Ajanta and Bagh.

Former CLB Member chargesheeted by CBI

Former member of Company Law Board R. Vasudevan has been chargesheeted by the CBI.

CBI’s clean chit to Dr. M.K.Devarajan

Dr. M.K.Devarajan Chairman & Managing Director, The Rajasthan Small
Industries Corporation (RAJSICO) has been given clean chit by CBI in
all cases against him. Due to high court order he had to be removed
from DG, ACB (anti corruption).  Now he will come again in race for
any important assignment. Dr. M.K.Devarajan is an IPS officer of the
1977 batch who belongs the Rajasthan cadre.

IPS changes in Punjab
There is IPS reshuffle in Punjab. New postings are Mssrs:-Manmohan Singh Assistant Commandant, 27 Battalion, PAP, Rajinder Singh SP(H), Batala, Paramjeet Singh Goraya SP(D), Amritsar (Rural), Randhir Singh Uppal SP(D), Hoshiarpur, Amarjit Singh Bajwa SP(D), Khanna, Vijay Sharma SP(D), Faridkot, and Harmohan Singh SP, Vigilance.

Rajiv Takru to be Additional Secretary I & B
Rajiv Takru is being appointed new Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting .1979 batch Gujarat cadre IAS officer Takru is presently DG NIFT.
Large scale changes in Rajasthan police on cards

As the grapevine has it there are going to be large scale changes in
Rajasthan police, specially at the additional SP level.
New posting for Dharmendra Pratap Yadav in Tamil Nadu

Dharmendra Pratap Yadav Managing Director Tamil Nadu Housing Board has
been transferred to Director of Treasuries and Accounts.He is an IAS
officer of the 1996batch who belongs to the Tamil Nadu cadre.
Vijay Kumar is new DG CRPF
K Vijay Kumar has taken over as new DG of the CRPF. He is 1975 batch IPS officer of TamilNadu cadre.

Deputy/ Assistant Commissioners of Income Tax transferred

As many as 40 IRS officers in the grade of Deputy/ Assistant Commissioners of Income Tax have been transferred. Accordingly Chandan Das has been transferred from Bihar to West Bengal region, Rajat Datta from Bihar to West Bengal region, G N Singh from Bihar to MP& Chhattisgarh region, Anil Kumar Sharma from Delhi to Rajasthan region, Abhishek Narang from Delhi to NWR region, Amrbek Singh from Delhi to NWR region, Neha Chaudhary from Dolhi to Karnataka region, Mallikarjuna Rao Anumala from Delhi to Kerala region, Manjit Kumar from Gujarat to Mumbai region, R Sampat Kumar from Kerala to Tamil Nadu region, Ajay Kumar Misra from MP& Chhattisgarh to UP(E) region, Vikas Singh from MP& Chhattisgarh to Delhi region, Abhishek Prabha from Mumbai to MP& Chhattisgarh region, Dr. Ashwini D Hosmani from Nagpur to Karnataka region, Mahender P Ahuja from Nagpur to Mumbai region, N Gopi Krishna from Nagpur to Hyderabad region, Mahadevanm Krishnan from Nagpur to Mumbai region, U U Kasar from Nagpur to Mumbai region, G. Hukugha Sema from NER to Delhi region, Subhra Jyoti Chakraborty from NER to West Bengal region, Subhendu Datta from NER to West Bengal, Sanjib Kumar Roy from NER to West Bengal region, Sankar Kumar Halder from NER to West Bengal region, Sailen Samadder from NER to West Bengal region, Ritu Sharma from NWR to Delhi region, Dlllp Kumar Mitra from Orissa to West Bengal region, Sanjit Kumar Das from Orissa to West Bengal region, Sanjaib Kumar Paul from Orissa to West Bengal region, Dhrubanoti Ray from Orissa to West Bengal region, Suprlyo PAL from Orissa to West Bengal region, Sree Krishna Ghosh from Orissa to West Bengal region, Sambit Mishra from Orissa to NADT, Nagpur region, Tarsem Chand Gupta from Rajasthan to Nagpur region, S.S. Kalyan from Tamil Nadu to NADT, Nagpur region, Christopher Jerome Singh from Tamil Nadu to West Bengal region, A V Shahpur from Tamil Nadu to Karnataka region, Rohini D from Tamil Nadu to Kamataka region, Belu Sinha from UP(E) to UP(W) region, Ashok Mishra from UP(W) to MP& Chhattissgarh region and Bhopal Singh from UP(W) to NWR region.

Deputation tenure of M B Sagar extended for two years
Central deputation tenure of M.B. Sagar as Chief Vigilance Officer in the Shipping Corporation of India has been extended for a period of two years beyond January 3.He is 1985 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

CORPORATE
Mushtaq Ahmad is new Chairman of J&K Bank

Mushtaq Ahmad has been appointed as the new Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Jammu and Kashmir Bank.
Retired IAS on the Board of RINL

1976 batch retired IAS officer of Orissa cadre H S Chahar has been appointed Director on the Board of the Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (Visakhapatnam Steel Plant) for three years.
Shirish Navlekar joins Sunil Tandon promoted Company
Former CFO of GMR Shirish Navlekar has joined Ariston IET ,1500 crore Fund for Infastructure Company promoted by former 1983 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre Sunil Tandon.
Shri Krishna is ED Personnel also in Air India

Shri Krishna who is Mumbai based Executive Director (ED) Headquarters in Air India has been given additional charge of ED Personnel also. So far this charge was with Dr. Nakhwa ED Medical. Now she will continue to be ED Medical.
Modi is Exec. VC Spice i2i
Spice i2i has appointed Dilip Modi as Executive Vice Chairman of the company.
Sanyal appointed Chief India Economist
Barclays Capital has appointed Siddhartha Sanyal as Chief India Economist .
Aggarwal may join Kingfisher Airlines?
Former SpiceJet CEO Sanjay Aggarwal may soon join Kingfisher Airlines .
Anand Mahindra makes donation
Anand Mahindra, Managing Director and Vice-chairman of Mahindra and Mahindra, has announced a $10 million gift to support the Humanities Centre at the Harvard University.
Nair appointed Sales Head (USA & Canada)
Wipro Technologies has appointed Sid Nair as Chief Sales and Operations Officer (USA & Canada).
Sankaranarayanan is Chairman FACT
V.G. Sankaranarayanan has taken over as Chairman and Managing Director of  FACT. He was serving as Director (Technical) of the company.
Medhekar quits Shreyas Shipping Board
K. P. Medhekar has relinquished his position as Non-executive Independent Director of  Shreyas Shipping & Logistics Ltd with effect from October 1, 2010.
Taparia resigns from Rama Newsprint
 
M. P. Taparia has resigned from the Board of Directors of Rama Newsprint And Papers Ltd as an Independent Director with effect from September 30, 2010.
 
 
Patankar to join as Addl. Director
 
 Madhukar Patankar to join as Additional Director Classic Diamonds (India) Ltd .

Suzuki is new MD of IYML

H Suzuki has been appointed new CEO and MD of the India Yamaha Motor Ltd (IYML)

Shah is MD and CEO of BMW
Sanjiv Shah has been appointed as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of German luxury carmaker BMW’s India operations..
Venkat is new MD of Birla Wellness and Healthcare
N. Venkat has been appointed as new Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Birla Wellness and Healthcare Pvt. Ltd..

FORUM
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Role of corruption in growth of Indian economy ?

Time has come now when we should not feel shy or apologetic and openly admit and acknowledge that the main factor/reason for our high rate of annual growth of 8 or 8.5% p.a. is that we recognise the role and importance of corruption in growth of Indian economy. Without corruption we could not have put up such a spectacular show on the opening day of CWG. Encouraged by the appreciation received on the opening ceremony of CWG voices have already been raised in favour of India aiming at 2020 olympics. Infact those who speak against corruption should be silenced and treated as traitors and at par with anti national elements so that there are no hurdles in the path of India becoming super power. Infact we should get our formula patented and ask for suitable royalty should any one try to emulate us .Under the IPR regime who knows our income from royalty from the patented formula may surpass even income from IT and BPO sector .

Sudhir Chopra
Nation of achievers

There cannot be any progress in this country unless we agree on nation building. This will require strong leadership at the top; intolerance with corruption ( for god's sake punish the guilty politicians and civil servants); invoke rule 56-J and ors and remove the inefficient government employees; reward all the high achievers ( both within government and outside- not just the Ratna awards). Will the Congress party or BJP make that as an election agenda!

Sudhakar Kumar

Boycott all products of Apples

Let we Indian boycott all products of Apples be it iphone, ipod or others. If they have shown Arunachal Pradesh as part of China in its map, let them do business with China. No need to do business in India. Our TV channel should no review/advertise Apples products. We must not buy any of its items.

Rakesh Tiwari

CWG participation

Why the empty stadiums? Why can’t we use this opportunity to build the sporting spirit? Get each sports federation ( national and state) to ensure participation of all their budding and existing talent; get the sports clubs to attend ( give free tickets if need be); any school going child should get a free ticket for seeing any 1 event. Ask them to come with their school ID or almanac.

Sudha

After CWG scam, what ?

The most amazing scam after the Commonwealth games is the state governments scam. The modus operandi is the grant of Joint Secretary to government of India rank and pay to IAS officers of 16 years seniority and Additional Secretary Government of India pay and rank to IAS officers of 24 years seniority by the bankrupt state governments when the Central Government allows the same only upon 20 years and 31 years to the IAS (and the IAS does not allow even that to all comparable services except the Foreign Service). This is because the state governments are controlled by the IAS. The political executive does not even know of these things.

Vijay Kumar

CGEWHO experience

Regarding the functioning of CGEWHO I would like to state that my experience with CGEWHO has not been good. The officers do not meet the allottees. No action is taken on the letters written to the CEO who being a retired colonel feels insulting to meet common man. No action is taken on the issues of mutation of flats allotted to allottes. Gurgaon scheme is an example. The possession of flats was given in early 2000. It is 2010 the mutation/conveyance deed has not been made in favour of the allottees. In fact the matter is left to the RWAs and no action is taken by them to pursue the same with HUDA or other government agencies. A letter is written which is never followed. Wake UP CGEWHO!

Ramesh

I do not know why format of corridors is changed. Politics and aajkiawaz can be seen at leisure. Please reconsider.

P V Hathi Advocate

“Let the imbroglio be resolved out- of- court !”

I am not competent to go into the complexity of the High Court’s order. The verdict on Ayodhya-Babri title suit, besides contributing to delay of over 60 years, merely succeeded in releasing the pent-up angst, anguish and suspicion from the minds of Hindu-Muslim communities simmering for decades. Had the judgment been pronounced six decades back, irrespective of its content, the problem would have been resolved long back.One wonders how many browsers have ever visited the twin city of Faizabad-Ayodhya to witness the extra-ordinary bonhomie prevailing between the Hindus and Muslims. Just go and behold! It enhanced my feel-good factor, anyway. It does not take one long to understand the hidden agenda of the Hindu-Muslim fundamentalists incited by political parties whose motives are to keep their political kettles boiling as part of vote bank politics. Having now understood the game plans of politicians, the enlightened Hindus and Muslims have decided to show them the doors. The game of politicians is up.
The role of print and electronic Media merits appreciation. I congratulate them for creating public awareness before the judgment against mindless communal violence. Let the Media black-out such politicians to facilitate bilateral out-of-court settlements before the expiry of mandatory 3 months period of status quo.
Let wisdom dawn upon the political parties. They must realize the futility of BJP’s Rath yatra of 1992,the Congress’s secret deal with the former. The public has not forgotten the Congress’s opportunism and the Dhritrashtra’s syndrome of of P V Narsimha Rao,the then PM, when the mosques were were demolished. Let all politicians keep their hands off and leave the Muslims and Hindus in peace and resolve their “family matters” amicably between themselves
A word about pseudo Leaders of smaller parties who give support to the Congress in return for protection from CBI, will be meaningful as they have been exploiting the Muslims during the ‘Ramzaan’. They create ‘tamasha’ while attending or organizing “ iftaar” parties. They look like buffoons, anyway. By merely donning Muslim attire, one cannot become a Muslim and vice versa. Let the hindu politicians first behave like responsible citizens of India instead of shamming their “conversion” to Islam ! We have grown sick of them all.

A K Saxena (A retired civil servant)

Kudos to Ms. Shovana Narayan

All kudos to Ms. Shovana Narayan and her team for the wonderful opening ceremony of CWG 2010. This one event has changed the mood of the entire nation towards the Commonwealth Games.

Guljari

Whispers about Directors on PSUs !
In the past several years, Whispersinthecorridors.com has been putting out information about the appointments of Directors on the Boards of PSUs. All the names carreied the distinguishing mark "retired...". Makes interesting reading, as if there is some co-relation between the service and eligibility for appointment on the Board of Directors. I know from my long service in GOI, including the Ministry of Industry, that there is no dearth of people possessing working experience of industry & PSUs, but they belong to "other" services. It seems either they are not nominated /appointed Directors/Independent Directors on the PSU boards or the WIC gives information about only one service retired persons(Which I don't bite). The question is: what is in the best commercial interests of the PSUs/Banks: the stamp of a particular service alone or the qualifications, experience etc of the appointee? If the health of the PSUs/Banks is the prime consideration, all services should be given the opportunity of proving their mettle. Let there be a healthy competition in the interests of PSUs/Banks.The foot over Bride incident at the Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium symbolizes the admirable side of the Government in comparison to the private sector. It also projects the "other" services in the commendable light!. Administrative reforms desirabe? Deridable? Yes/No?

M L Gupta

CGEWHO is in a slumber!

No new projects coming up in NCR or other metros, nor any news. No progress on "Projects/ Schemes under Planning". "Scheme expected to be announced in ..." "Further course of action is proposed to be put up..... " - These are typical examples of progress on projects. Have they bitten more than they could chew? Going to be part of history ??

E R Padmnabhan