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FIRST CASE STUDY OF ANY WEBSITE IN THE COUNTRY

Innovation Approaches of "whispersinthecorridors.com" in the field of Indian Bureaucracy : A case study. Manoj Kumar Dash and Ajay Singh of the ABV -Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Gwalior (India), have done the case study (http://www.allbusiness.com/reports-reviews-sections/case-studies/16664420-1.html). This study describes the business model for the website whispersinthecorridors.com and find outs that the main reason for this popularity and success is targeting group of the website, i.e the top bureaucrats and corporate elites.

(Published in - International Journal of Management and Innovation)

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Pally Media even gave coverage of Anna's fast a kind of miss!!! But then as crowds swelled and Opposition Leaders trooped in Congress and its friendly Media sat up and took notice!!! Then Congress's DTD (Dirty Tricks Department) started conjuring up excuses...... accusation hued excuses !!! Like Team Anna and Opposition Parties are demeaning Parliament..... it is a limited forum!!!! Of course both statements fell flat!!!! Seems in the Standing Committee Congress played one 'chaal after another'...... Kirti Azad in a Talk Show revealed this and Renuka was a participant did not even utter a 'choo' (whimper)!!!!Kirti said decisions were bulldozed by Congress and also changed at the last minute... changed in a span of 24 hours!!! And then he mentions the last minute drama done by Rahul's group!!! The Opposition Parties that came for a debate were all in agreement on PM's inclusion and on CBI's 'freedom from being Party in Power's tool'!!!! Of course Congress was absent in this Debate and so was NCP!!!!!

Both Congress and NCP did not turn up for debate at Anna's fast!!!!
They feared that by many in the audience in the direction of their reps shoes would be cast!

Do not understand how Government made the $ 9 Billion error in export data!!!!! Anand Sharma's Ministry says it's a computer error.... not possible.... and foolishly Ministry has also said '4-5 % margin of error' is accepted!! Detractors say it's a whitewash of 'paper exports'..... 'conversion exports'...... and they say such exports took place with the understanding or the Ministry!!! Anand Sharma got to show off bloated export figures...... but when Ministry realized 'chori's been caught' the Ministry has come up with this $ 9 Billion error goof up excuse!! Of course there is no mention of the reverse cascading effect this goof up has had in the 'as it is fudged' figures that the Government dishes out!!

Why is Opposition not demanding an enquiry into this 'glitch'????
I'm sure many like me would like to know the hitch!!!!

After saying that Congress is above 'caste and creed' politics ... Rahul is off to UP to woo Muslims!!! Of course he took his weekend break......all work and no games makes Derick or Robert or Richard dull boys!!!! Only he's going to find that Maya and SP have beaten him at wooing Muslims in UP!!!! As it is his 'Dalit home stays have got him a thumbs down'......so now what new drama will he do???? Time is short????? He met the Muslim Personal Law Board Chief..... reservation to Muslims...... and may I remind him of the domino effect this will have!!! He also told Congress activists not to believe reports about Congress coming fourth.....live in a fool's paradise!!!!

In UP Opposition will use DK Bose tune.....lyrics......Bhaag Rahul bhaag!!!
Saboon ki shakal mein Rahul Baba nikla jhaag!!!

PS...... There is this conversation in the Radiaa Tapes in which Raja tells Radiaa that PC's got a lot of money......in Neta terms lots of money means in billions!! Kapil Sibal has been advised to stop viewing 'smutty sites on the net'...... having a negative effect on him!!! MNS in Mumbai is starting its own Milk Brand.... to hit out the UP Doodh wala Bhaiya!!! It'll misfire 'doodh ka doodh paani ka paani ho jaye ga'!!!! Manpreet Badal now wants to ride the Anna wave......Team Anna will be wary of Dera hopping Manpreet.... would Team Anna want to associate with a pal of Sirsa's Baba .....Ram Raheem???

Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

Cabinet reshuffle on December 18!
Cabinet reshuffle is expected to take place on December 18. Ajit Singh is all set to become Minister.

Will Ms. Natrajan be the new headache for UPA?
The heat is bound to be on Ms. Jayanthi Natarajan as she returns from the Durban climate change conference having signed India into a historic global agreement on cutting emissions of greenhouse gases. India has signed the pact that will make it compulsory to cut carbon emissions after 2020. Earlier, Ms. Natrajan had said that India will never be intimidated by threats. Why should I give a blank cheque and give a legally binding agreement to sign away the rights of 1.2 billion people? So, Ms. Natrajan what happened for the sudden change in your stance? Has Ms. Natrajan been wrong into doing this by the developed countries, are the whispers in the climate change critics' corridors.

Will advance tax collection be good?
The deadline for advance tax payments is December 15 with about Rs 50,000 crore expected to flow out of the system because of these payments. That will be problematic at a time when fund flows in the financial system are relatively tight. However the whisper in the corridors of power is whether the tax flows will be as good as they were targeted or not?

Ashok Chavan to make a comeback
All eyes are on former Chief Minister Ashok Chavan who is likely to stage a comeback in the forthcoming a civic body poll in Maharashtra. It is heard that Chavan will be campaigning for the elections.

BUREAUCRACY

Viswanath to be AS & FA I & B
C Viswanath is being appointed Additional Secretary and FA in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. He is 1981 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Bala Prasad tipped to be Joint Secretary, AYUSH
As the grapevine has it; Bala Prasad is tipped to be Joint Secretary - AYUSH department in the Government of India (GoI). Presently, he is Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Delhi based National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB). Prasad is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1983 batch who belongs to the Manipur-Tripura (M-T) cadre.

Arun Kumar is new Joint Secretary, Mining
Arun Kumar is new Joint Secretary Mining in the Government of India. He is 1983 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

DD Sharma poised to be shifted to UPSC
As the grapevine has it, DD Sharma - Joint Secretary in AYUSH in the Government of India (GoI) is poised to be laterally shifted to the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) in the same capacity. Sharma is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1984 batch who belongs to the Jharkhand cadre.

BK Batra poised to be IDBI's DMD
As the grapevine has it; BK Batra who is one of the three incumbents who have been short listed for the post of Deputy Managing Director (DMD) in the IDBI Bank Ltd is poised to be elevated as DMD. Of all Executive Directors (EDs) in the said bank, B. Ravindranath is the senior most

DK Saraf to be Additional Member; Railway Board
DK Saraf on elevation is tipped to be Additional Member Planning in the Railway Board. His posting will be done vice Rajsekhar.

JS level officers to be promoted in R&AW
Joint Secretary level officers in the R&AW are being promoted to the rank of Additional Secretary soon. DPC Meeting has been scheduled within a week.

Sharma to be IG, BPR&D!
BB Sharma is being tipped to be new IG BPR&D. Sharma is an IPS officer of 1990 batch who belongs to the MP cadre.

Will Loku be DIG BSF?
Ravi Kumar Loku is likely to be appointed DIG in the BSF. He is an IPS officer of 1995 batch who belongs to the UP cadre.

Jose Mohan appointed SP, CBI
Josh Mohan has been appointed as SP, CBI. He is an IPS officer of 2002 batch who belongs to the Rajasthan cadre.
(We said this on June 1)

Neha Champawat is new SP CBI
Ms. Neha Champawat AIG (CID) PHQ Raipur has been appointed as SP CBI in New Delhi. She is an IPS officer of 2004 batch who belongs to the Chhattisgarh cadre.
(We said this on November 24, 2011)

Vhatkar is new SP CBI
Rajkumar Maruti Vhatkar DCP (Ops) Mumbai has been appointed as SP CBI. He is an IPS officer of 1998 batch who belongs to the Maharashtra cadre.
(We said this on December 9)

Bhagat appointed SP CBI
Subendra Kumar Bhagat, SP, Jaunpur, has been appointed as SP, CBI. He is an IPS officer of 1998 batch who belongs to the UP cadre.

Gautam appointed SP CBI
Pram Kumar Gautam, SP, Pilibhit has been appointed as SP CBI. He is an IPS officer of 2005 batch who belongs to the UP cadre.

Pankaj Sharma is now JS (TC) in MEA
Pankaj Sharma (IFS 1991) has joined in MEA as Joint Secretary (TC) after his return from the Embassy of India in The Hague.

CLB on a lookout for three members
Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has begun the process to appoint three more members to the Company Law Board (CLB) to strengthen the quasi-judicial body. At present there are only 5 members and as per the legal stipulation at least three more members were required.

NHAI to delay fund raising
The whisper in the road transport ministry is that the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) could delay plans to raise Rs 10,000 crore via tax-free infrastructure bonds.

Venkat is new Director (Finance) Air India
S Venkat has been appointed new director (Finance) of the Air India. He will take over new assignment soon.

Manish Gautaum tipped be Dy.Director Field Publicity
As the grapevine has it, Manish Gautam who is presently Deputy Director in Doordarshan Kendra (DDK), Bhopal is poised to be new Deputy Director in the Directorate of Field Publicity at Regional office Bhopal as the Head of Office, Manish Gautaum is an Indian Information Service (IIS) officer of 2002 batch.

Singhal gets additional charge in SSB
Sanjiv Kumar Singhal IGP (Ops&Int.) FHQ, Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), has been given additional charge of IG (Pers.) He is an IPS officer of1988 batch who belongs to the Bihar cadre.

Chauhan is back to Uttar Pradesh
On return from central deputation, Devendra Singh Chauhan, has joined as IG (PHQ). He is an IPS officer of 1988 batch who belongs to the UP Cadre.

Why there is no AGM of IAS Association in UP?
It seems everybody is afraid of Mayawati in Uttar Pradesh. This is evident from the fact that there has been no Annual General Meeting of the IAS Association for the last four years. There is no one to speak on behalf of the Association.

6505 employees of National Textiles Corp. avail of VRS
As many as 6505 employees of National Textiles Corporation availed of voluntary retirement during last three years. A total 3493 employees sought VRS in 2008-09 while 1217 in 2009-10, 1503 in 2010-11 and 292 employees availed of it in 2011-12.

1045 employees of National Jute Manufacture Corp. Ltd. seek VRS
As many as 1045 employees of National Jute Manufacture Corporation Limited availed of voluntary retirement. A total 882 employees sought VRS in 2009-10 and 163 in 2010-11.

Post of Director (Finance) vacant in HUDCO
The post of Director (Finance) has been lying vacant in Housing & Urban Development Corporation Limited (HUDCO). Those willing to apply can send their applications before January 23, 2012 to Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB).

Nehra is now AG, Haryana
D S Nehra, Principal Director (RS-II), has been posted as Accountant General (A&E), Haryana, Chandigarh against a downgraded post. He will relieve Balwinder Singh.

Vineet Vinayak to return to Sikkim
Vineet Vinayak who was on inter- state deputation to Bihar is back to the parent Sikkim cadre. He is 1995 batch IPS officer.

Post of Director (HR) vacant in NALCO
Post of Director (HR) has been lying vacant in National Aluminum Corporation Limited (NALCO).Those willing to apply can send their applications before February 9, 2012 to Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB).

Nirmal Singh is Sr. Adviser, Info. & Broadcasting
Nirmal Singh, Senior Administrative Grade (SAG) officer of Indian Economic Service, has been promoted to Higher Administrative Grade (HAG) and posted as Senior Adviser, Information and Broadcasting.

Surinder Singh to move Berne
Surender Singh is moving to Berne as Second Secretary. He is presently looking after US (South) in the MEA Headquarters.


Rajiv Mishra is new CEO Lok Sabha TV
Rajiv Mishra has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of Lok Sabha TV. Prior to this he was COO at India News group of TV channels. Mishra has also worked with Hindustan Times group, Star TV, Zee TV and TV Asia of USA.

EC prevents transfer of IAS officer in Punjab
The election commission of India has prevented the transfer of Director IT, Punjab, Kavita Mohan Singh .

Judge dies in his chamber in Karnataka (UPDATED)
Senior Judge of Karnataka High Court, Justice V G Sabhahit passed away in his chamber on Monday.

Ms Vasudeva is Vice President, Youth & Gen., Exe. Committee, WPC (UPDATED)
Ms Nishi Vasudeva, Director (Marketing), HPCL has been elected as Vice President of Youth & Gender, Executive Committee of World Petroleum Council.

Jaimini Bhagwati is new HC in London (UPDATED)
Finally Jaimini Bhagwati has been appointed new Indian High Commissioner in London.He is 1976 batch IFS officer.Bhagwati is presently posted in Brusells.
( We said this on December 1 )

Rahul Khullar to move to Brusells (UPDATED)
Secretary Commerce Rahul Khullar is moving to Brusells to succeed Jaimini Bhagwati as Ambassador Indian Union. Appointment of 1975 batch IAS officer of UT cadre Khullar has been cleared.
( We said this on December 7 )

UPSC declares result of Engineering Service (Exam)-2011 (UPDATED)
UPSC has announced the result of written part of Engineering Services Examination-2011 held in May in the same year. As many as 2158 candidates including 87 physically handicapped have qualified.

Two IRS (IT) officers resign (UPDATED)
Resignations of two Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officers, P Siva Sankar, ACIT, Circle-15(I), Hyderabad and Andra Vamsi, ACIT, circle-2 (I), Vijayawada, have been accepted by the Department.

(DEBATE)
EMPANELMENT IN GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
Whether administrative procedure for empanelment of Additional Secretary and Secretary in the Government of India is fair and legally sound?
Mail your views to suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com or mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com

CORPORATE

Will inflation cool?
Will the inflation cool from the above 9 percent level in the winters as has been claimed earlier? Well all eyes are going to be on December 14 when the inflation numbers will be released.

India Inc to go on an Investment strike
Demoralised India Inc which is already having a pretty rough time is likely to go on investment strike. In all probability new investments or expansion plans are going to be minimal or maybe nil in the coming years because of policy paralysis, high interest rates, high inflation and a falling rupee. As it is, these factors have combined to increase input costs and lower consumer demand, which are squeezing profit margins.

RIL hires Negi to develop fast food chain
Reliance Industries has hired Rishi Negi, as Chief Operating Officer (COO) to develop the quick service restaurant concept.

Why did Mallya meet CBEC Chairman?
Why did Vijay Mallya meet CBEC Chairman S.K. Goel on Monday?

Gowda appointed Whole-time Director, Maharahstra Apex Corp. Ltd
S R Gowda has been appointed as Whole-time Director of Maharashtra Apex Corporation Ltd with effect from December 10, 2011 for a period of three years.

Hebbar appointed Addl. Director, Maharashtra Apex Corp. Ltd
V R Hebbar has been appointed as an Additional Director of Maharashtra Apex Corporation Ltd

DB Realty Ltd appoints Addl. Directors
DB Realty Limited has appointed Jayvardhan Goenka and Salim Balwa as Additional Directors of the company.

Sajjanhar appointed CFO, D B Realty Ltd
The Board of DB Realty Ltd has approved appointment of Vijay Sajjanhar as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in place of Asif Balwa who has been re-designated as Group Director (Finance) with effect from December 10, 2011.

Sabharwal appointed Head (PR & Events), Woodland Worldwide
Vivek Sabharwal has joined Woodland Worldwide as Head (PR & Events).

Tibrewal to join HT as Business Head (South & West)
Pankaj Tibrewal, who resigned as Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Business Head, Pantaloons is joining the Hindustan Times as Business Head (South & West).

Siddiqui resigns as Company Secy., Techtran Polylenses Ltd
Ms. Shabnam Siddiqui has resigned as Company Secretary of Techtran Polylenses Ltd w.e.f. December 8, 2011.

Pandey appointed Company Secy., Techtran Polylenses Ltd
Deepak Pandey has been appointed as the Company Secretary of Techtran Polylenses Ltd w.e.f. December 1, 2011.

Hegde appointed Company Secy., Avantel Ltd
Manjunath R. Hegde has been appointed as the Company Secretary of Avantel Ltd in place of T V Babu who has resigned from the post.

Raj is new MD of MTC
V Paul Raj has been appointed new MD of the Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) in Chennai.Ravikumar resigns Ravikumar V. has resigned as Company Secretary of GTL Infrastructure Ltd w.e.f. December 5, 2011.

Joshi appointed Company Secy. GTL Infrastructure Ltd
Suresh V. Joshi has been appointed as Company Secretary of GTL Infrastructure Ltd w.e.f. December 6, 2011.

Is Media bashing a fashion?

It seems the WIC has also joined the bandwagon of Media bashing. I thought the Editor-in-chief , WIC was dispassionate in promoting objectivity through healthy debates. I was proved wrong. My views on this passing fad opposing the facetious remarks of a learned browser were conveniently bypassed . One gets the impression that the WIC is arbitrary in 'picking and choosing' the columns for its Forum. More arbitrary than the GOI formulating panels for JSs, ASs and Secretaries!

Journalists do not exist in ether. What is true of the Indian society at large, is true of them. One wonders how could Retired Justice Katju gave vent to his ire against the Media coverage on the demise of legendary actor late Dev Anand ? Did he not cross the Lakshman Rekha as PCI Chief carrying political agenda ? Was it because Dev Anand opposed the imposition of emergency in 1975 and became a persona non grata to the Congress? How could Dr Mehrotra remain silent to this criticism?

This column is without prejudice to anyone!

A K Saxena ( A retired civil servant)

Sad state of Governance

T K Ghosh wrote "Are you suggesting in your column that post of IT Secretary cannot be filled up for One year because GoI cannot decide whether Secretary should be IAS or Technocrat. Very."

No. because Chandrashekhar does not want to continue as Telecom Secretary and wants to go back as IT Secretary. As soon as Kapil Sibal is no longer holding the post of Telecom Minster ( it is a temp charge), there will be a new Telecom Secretary, who understands the mess of telecom.

R Kumar

BSNL and MTNL has a huge working strength

BSNL and MTNL is having a huge working strength of 2.5lakhs, of these 2.5 LAkhs the average age is 50years .Think of any company with this average age.Major software companies are running with average age of 30 or 35 even then their profit margins are shrinking due to fierce competition and global recession .How it will cope up with competition in the market with the staff whose educational qualification does not match the indusrty standards. Immediate VRS or CRS is must to clean the system.How many circles in BSNL are profitable which are headed by absorbed officers and what IAS officer as CMD has done in AIR India. All the PSUs so far are run by IAS as CMDS only then why PSUs in India are still running under Losses? .Who are chargesheeted in 2G scam .It is not the cadre it is the character , dedication and sincerety of the person who heads an organisation that matters.First work culture is to be improved

Rajiv

Dr Prasad will bring many changes in hospital management

Dr Prasad carries with him a great experience as a doctor and administrator. He will be able to bring many changes in hospital management of city's big hospitals and modernize them. I am sure he will make these hospital world class..and will be able to start Nursing Home facilities at Safdarjung Hospital at par with RML or AIIMS to serve south delhi residents.

Sanjay

God to the poor patients

Dr Jagdish Prasad is like God to the poor patients from Bihar and UP who flocked to his department to get free heart surgeries done when he was chief cardio thoracic surgeon at Safdar jung Hospital. Few people know that even now he operates on poor patients at the Safdarjung Hospital. He has brought key administrative acumen to the DGHS and with him at the helm we should see landmark changes int the national health policy and its implementation. May God bless him!

Vijay

Should the Property returns be disclosed?

The applicant sought the copies about the movable and immovable property returns of an IAS Officer for a particular period. The PIO consulted the officer in terms of the provisions of Section 11 of the RTI Act. The officer objected to giving the details stating that the property file returns is purely a personal matter and is not related with any public activity or interest. In line with the view taken by the CIC in numerous decisions in the past, the Commission upheld the decision of the PIO not to disclose such information. The CIC has consistently held that the immovable property returns filed by officers are their personal information and should not be ordinarily disclosed. Section 8 (1)(j) of the RTI Act exempts such information from disclosure. The CIC observed that in recent months, on their own several state governments have published the immovable property returns filed by the All India Service officers in their respective websites. Therefore, the Commission directed the CPIO to ascertain from the State Government of Uttar Pradesh about this and disclose the information to the Complainant provided such returns have already been published by the State Government.

Comments

Immovable Property Return (IPR) of a government servant is a personal information and is not liable for disclosure under the RTI Act.

[Shri M P Singh v. Staff Selection Commission in CIC/WB/C/2010/000026SM]

- Weekly article by Dr. (Mrs.) Anuradha Verma
(dranuradhaverma@yahoo.co.in), RTI Consultant to IIM, Indore and Co-author of the book: RIGHT TO INFORMATION - LAW AND PRACTICE by Taxmann. (The views are Personal)