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Irvinder Verma

"It'll be disastrous for country"

Given the today's political scenario, if both the Congress and the BJP really get less than 100 seats each in the next Lok Sabha elections, a coalition government - with the help of regional parties full of vested interests - which may not last long would be formed which would again be disastrous for the country as has been the case in the past mainly in 1996.

The above opinion has emerged on eliciting the views of the surfers - of thewhispersinthecorridors.com - who were asked "If today's political scenario is taken into account, both the Congress and the BJP will get less than 100 seats in the next Lok Sabha elections. In such a case, what could be the emerging scenario?".

While some said that in the above situation, it would be better to switch over to Presidential form of Government, others said that it would be a repetition of 1996 which would be disastrous for the country.

Majority surfers felt that a national democratic front of small/likeminded/ regional parties supported from outside by either of the two national parties will be in place for one year after which mid term elections will be held to have a stable government.

One thing that can't be ruled out is that in the case of none of the national parties getting majority of their own, there will be unprecedented horse trading and whichever be the government it will be of the mercenaries by the mercenaries and for the mercenaries. We shall have maximum corruption.

For detailed report see July issue of the Whispers in the Corridors.

Cabinet reshuffle delayed due to finalization of list

Much awaited Cabinet reshuffle at the Centre is getting delayed to non finalization of the list.

Cabinet reshuffle next in a day or two
In case list finalization doesn't happen soon then much awaited Cabinet reshuffle at the Centre may take place on July 1 or 2, 2011.

Many heads to roll in cabinet reshuffle
As the grapevine has it, at least eight Union Ministers are being dropped during the next cabinet reshuffle.

Non-performer Maharashtra Government ?
There is a general impression that the Maharashtra Government led by Prithviraj Chauhan is a non-performer. Where are his media managers ?.

BUREAUCRACY

Swarnamala Rawla to be Secretary BRPSE
Swarnamala Rawla is being appointed new Secretary of the Board for Reconstruction of Public Sector Enterprises (BRPSE). 1980 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre Rawla is presently Additional Secretary Animal Husbandry in the GoI.

Is LG Delhi on his way out?
Is Lieutenant Governor (LG) of Delhi Tejendra Khanna on his way out? Rumblings in corridors of power say that he is likely to replaced.

Dr.A .Jayathilak is new Chairman of Spice Board
Dr.A .Jayathilak has been appointed as new Chairman, Spice Board (Joint Secretary level) .He is 1991 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.
(We said this on April 15, 2011)

Manoj Kumar is new JS Corporate Affairs
Manoj Kumar has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs. He is 1988 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Keshni Anand Arora joining GoI
Keshni Anand Arora is joining the Government of India as Deputy Director General (Joint Secretary level) in the regional office of Unique Identification Authority of India at Chandigarh .She is 1983 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

Ms. Usha Ananthasubramanian soon be ED, Punjab National Bank
Ms. Usha Ananthasubramanian General Manager (GM) with the Bank of Baroda will on elevation soon join as Executive Director (ED) of the Punjab National Bank(PNB). Though, the slot fell vacant on June 28, 2011; her notification is yet to be issued. She will succeed M. V. Tanksale has assumed the charge as CMD of the Central Bank of India (CBI) on June 29, 2011.

Who will cut Gordian knot on new CRB?
Who will cut the Gordian knot as far as appointment of new Chairman Railway Board (CRB) was concerned? It is a hot topic of discussion in corridors of power

due to following factors:-
(1)PMO wants to go by seniority for new CRB. In that case Sanjiv Handa becomes new CRB who has eight months of service.

(2) If criteria of more than year of residual service was applied then A.P. Mishra is considered to be "the suitable candidate" .

(3) If the criteria that was applied while appointing R.K. Singh as CRB was applied now also then Vinay Mittal is considered to be "the suitable candidate". Mittal has served as over a year as General Manager (GM)of open line and has more than two years of residual service left.

(4) If tenure policy is applied then A.P. Mishra is number because he is already a Member and has more than one year of service left. Next to him is Vinay Mittal who is the senior most GM of an open line who has done over one year as GM in open line and has two years of service left.

Vinay Mittal is new Chairman Railway Board ? (UPDATED)
As the grapevine it Vinay Mittal (IRTS, 1975) GM of South Eastern Railways (SER) is going to be new Chairman Railway Board (CRB). The Prime Minister has cleared his name.

Interviews for SEBI Members on July 1,2011
Interviews for two posts of Members in the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) will be held in Mumbai on July 1,2011. The panel for interview will be headed by SEBI chief U. K. Sinha while other its members are : Shekhar Chaudhary Director- Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Kolkata and Suman K. Bery leading Economist. Among 10 contenders are:Dr.Charapatri Shivaji an IAS of 1986 batch from Maharashtra cadre, Ms.Usha Narain ED-SEBI, S Sridhar ex Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Central Bank of India (CBI) & Dr. Shashank Saxena Director Financial Services. Dr.Saxena is basically an officer of the Indian Economic Service (IES).

Mystery shrouds about Kailash Gupta of NMCE being haunted
Mystery shrouds the manner in which Kailash Gupta ex-Managing Director of the Ahmedabad based National Multi-Commodity Exchange of India Ltd (NMCE) is being haunted. It is a hot topic of discussion that while there exist irregularities in such other institutions why the NMCE-- India's first multi-commodity exchange has been singled out?

Pranab to meet bank chiefs on July 8 & 9
Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has convened a meeting of all chiefs of banks in Delhi on July 8 & 9, 2011.

Panel for DG, NIFT scrapped
The for the post of Director General (DG) of the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) under the Ministry of Textiles that has been lying vacant for a pretty long time has been scrapped. This has been done for the second time. There were five IAS officers and an officer of the Indian Postal Service (IPS) who had faced interview for the slot on May 4, 2011. They were: Bibhu Prasad Acharya (IAS -1983 batch, Andhra Pradesh cadre), D.V. Prasad (IAS -1984 batch, Karnataka cadre), Hardeep Kumar (IAS -1984 batch, Haryana cadre), P.K. Gera (IAS -1985 batch, Gujarat cadre), Sanjay Kumar Rakesh (IAS - 1990 batch, Manipur-Tripura cadre) and Ms. Alka Jha an officer of the Indian Postal Service (IPS)-1987 batch.

Two posts of Member in Postal Services Board vacant
Two posts of Members are lying vacant in the Postal Services Board. These vacancies exist as Maj. Gen. V Sadasivam & Ms. Indira Krishna Kumar had retired.

Ms. Shomita Biswas not to join as Director, Atomic Energy deptt
Ms.Shomita Biswas who on central deputation was to join as a Director in the Atomic Energy department has refused to do so. She is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of 1988 batch who belongs to Maharashtra cadre. She has reportedly refused to join because she is going to be promoted in her parent cadre.

Panel for Joint Secretary Atomic Energy sought
The Atomic Energy Department is has sought panel for the post of Joint Secretary. It will be filled up by an Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer.

TN government to recall IAS officers from Delhi
The Tamil Nadu government being headed by Chief Minister Ms. J Jayalalitha is going to recall certain IAS officers from Delhi to the parent cadre.

Lohani to join GoI
S K Lohani is all set to go on deputation to the Government of India. He is 1995 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre,

TN government changes all IAS officers
The Tamil Nadu government being headed by Chief Minister Ms. J Jayalalitha has shifted all IAS officers in the cadre.

Four IPS officers allocated Punjab cadre
As many as four IPS officers who had qualified for the all India Police service during 2009 civil services examination have been allocated Punjab cadre. They are Patil Ketan Baliram, J Elanchezhian, Nimbale Dhamendra Kumar Harsha and Harjeet Singh.

R. Venkatachalam SBI's DMD gets new desk
R. Venkatachalam is the DMD looking after the stressed assets portfolio has now been given charge of Midcorporate group in the State Bank of India (SBI).

IA & AS officer Ranjit Singh promoted
Ranjit Singh, Deputy Accountant General (Admn) in the office of the Principal Accountant General (Audit), Punjab, Chandigarh, to the Junior Administrative Grade of IA&AS and posted as Senior Deputy Accountant Genera (Admn) in the same office.

Rajesh nominated for 37th APPPA
Rajesh, Joint Secretary, UPSC, New Delhi, has been nominated for the 37th Advanced Professional Programme in Public Administration (APPPA) commencing at the Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi on July 1, 2011. The programme includes detailed framework of conceptual and applied modules to enable professional exposure on public administration in Indian and international context.

1993 batch IDAS get SAG
1993 batch of IDAS has been promoted to Senior Administrative Grade.

Major general Binoy Poonnen is head in Manipur
Major general Binoy Poonnen has taken over command of the Red Shield Division from Maj gen DS Hooda in Manipur.

Mahesh Rangarajan to be Director NMML !
Prof Mahesh Rangarajan is being tipped to be new Director of the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML).

Pakistan : Apex Court takes suo motu notice of dubious land deal
The supreme court of Pakistan has taken suo motu notice of a dubious land purchase deal by the Federal Government Employees Housing Foundation (FGEHF) an entity under the federal housing ministry from a private company named Green Tree. As per an agreement arrived at in 2009 the FGEHF is to purchase 3000 kanals of land from Messrs Green Tree @ Rs 950/- per kanal on Simli Dam Road whereas land in the locality is available at half the price in open market. In 2009 when the agreement was reached no construction activity was permissible in the area by Capital Development Authority of Islamabad even though the restriction was withdrawn subsequently. The FGEHF has also made an advance payment of Rs 1.5 billion to Green Tree even without possession of the promised land having been delivered by the firm. Last but not least two important share olders of the firm Green Tree is owned by the brother and father of the Executive Director of FGEHF.

Verma to be Director (Exploration) ONGC Videsh Ltd (UPDATED)
N K Verma is being tipped to be new Director (Exploration) of the ONGC Videsh Ltd..He is presently GM in the ONGC.

Ravneet Kaur joins WDRA (UPDATED)
Joint Secretary in the Department of Financial Services Ravneet Kaur has joined the Warehousing Development and Regulatory Authority (WDRA).She is 1988 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.
( We said this on June 23 )

Akhilesh Prasad gets additional charge of CCIT-IV + LTU, Delhi (Updated)
Akhilesh Prasad, CCIT-III, Delhi, has been given the additional charge of CCIT-IV + LTU, Delhi - a post that has fallen vacant on the retirement of Qaiser Shamim on June 30.

Sondhi gets additional charge of CCIT-II, Kolkata (Updated)
BS Sondhi, CCIT-I Kolkata has been given the additional charge of CCIT-II Kolkata- a post that has fallen vacant on the retirement of Kalyan Chaudhury on June 30.

Satya Prakash gets additional charge of CCIT-I, Thane (Updated)
Satya Prakash , CCIT-I, Pune, has been given the additional charge of CCIT-I Thane - a post that has fallen vacant on the retirement of AP Srivastava on June 30.

Railway Board's file in a sealed envelope in PMO (UPDATED)
As the grapevine has it Cabinet Secretary Ajit Kumar Seth wrote a note on a notesheet and sent in a sealed envelope to the Prime Minister's office (PMO). It was hand carried by a Director level officer.

Work in GOI stalled (UPDATED)
Work has been stalled in the Government of India (GOI). Thanks to rumour about a cabinet reshuffle at the centre, such a situation has cropped up.

IAS officer suspended in Bihar (UPDATED)
K Senthil Kumar has been suspended by the Bihar Government. He is 1996 batch IAS officer .

Dinesh Reddy appointed DGP, Andhra Pradesh (UPDATED)
The Andhra Pradesh government has appointed Dinesh Reddy as the Director General of Police (DGP) on Thursday afternoon. Reddy who was the Managing Director (Vigilance and Enforcement) is an IPS officer of the 1977 batch who belongs to the Andhra Pradesh cadre. Earlier he also served as the Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad. Reddy took charge from the outgoing DGP, K. Arvinda Rao later in the evening.

mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com or suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com

CORPORATE

Kappan is Vice Chairman of Coconut Board
Mani C. Kappan has been elected as the Vice-Chairman of the Coconut Development Board .

Mishra is new VP-Sales for Mahindra Two Wheelers
Dharmendra Mishra has been appointed as Vice President-Sales and Customer Care of the Mahindra Two Wheelers.

Khanna appointed as Nominee Director, Ashapura Minechem Ltd
The Export-Import Bank of India (EXIM Bank) has nominated Rajendra Khanna , Chief General Manager , Exim Bank on the Board of Ashapura Minechem Ltd as Nominee Director on June 8, 2011.

Watsa retires as Non Exec. Director, ICICI Bank
V Prem Watsa, Non-Executive Director on the Board of ICICI Bank retired at the Annual General Meeting of the Bank. He has ceased to be a Director of the Bank effective June 28, 2011.

Dube appointed Director (Industrial Systems & Products), BHEL
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited has appointed M K Dube as Director (Industrial Systems & Products) on the Board of BHEL, w.e.f. June 25, 2011.

Tata appointed National Head (Sales), Vh1 India
Viacom18 Media Pvt Ltd has appointed Namrata Tata as National Head (Sales) for Vh1 India.

Mookerjee appointed Branch Head, Rediffusion Y&R, Bangalore
Rediffusion - Y&R has appointed Indrajeet Mookerjee as Branch Head of Rediffusion - Y&R, Bangalore.

Rishiraj appointed Addl. Director, KMF Builders & Developers Ltd
The Board of KMF Builders & Developers Ltd has appointed Anil Rishiraj as an Additional Director of the Company.

Dutta appointed Director, Inter Globe Finance Ltd
Inter Globe Finance Ltd has appointed Anirban Dutta as Director of the company .

Two directors cease to be on Inter Globe Finance Ltd Board
Pramod Kumar Jain and Ms Seema Gupta have resigned as directors of Inter Globe Finance Ltd .

Iyer resigns as Director, Lakshmi Automatic Loom Works Ltd
Venkataraman Sundaresa Iyer has resigned as Director of Lakshmi Automatic Loom Works Ltd effective from May 30, 2011

Shahane appointed Director, Lakshmi Automatic Loom Works Ltd
Milind Madhav Shahane has been appointed as a Director of Lakshmi Automatic Loom Works Ltd

Work under water tight compartments

I agree to above observations. In railway all 9 departments work under water tight compartments though there are posts like DRMs, GMs for interdepartmental coordination. DRMs & GMs after completing there tenure again go back to parent department and therefore do not forget the loyalty of the department. Glaring example is that 5th pay commission gave two posts of members for S&T and Stores department of railway but existing members and CRB did not process as they do not want these departments to become equivalent to them. There is long story which is known to the working officers and staff of the railway.

S C Mishra

For a good governance !

For a good governance, transparency, accountability and fairness is necessary. Transparency and Accountability is brought through legal framework while fairness is by implementation. Developed countries generally talk of transparency and accountability because fairness is not a problem for them. India is almost reverse in this regard. We have a lot of laws and institutions but we lack fairness. It is built in Indian psyche to say something but act opposite to that. The fairness can only be brought by having dedicated and selfless leaders and merit oriented administration.

In India what is done is not what is envisaged in the policy. We can start from PDS, appointment, contract, and end up counting all the programs and policy are meeting the same fate. Programs are for needy people but corrupt people does exactly opposite.

Lokpal bill is an attempt to bring all three things (transparency, accountability and fairness) to the level which will help poor people in long run.

Mohan

Regularisation of Ad-hoc service

CS-II Division of DOP&T, responsible for management and promotion of al cadres, including CSSS cadre, appears to giving step-motherly treatment to CSSS Cadre as they failed to regularise Stenographers Grade 'D' appointed on regular basis in 1983 and promoted as Grade 'C' on ad-hoc basis during decentralisation regime way back between 1993-94 against the vacancies arising out of CSSS Cadre restructuring taken place in 1993 despite having put in more than 15 years continuous and uninterrupted service as Stenographers Grade 'C' in consultation with Establishment Division of DOP&T. It is to be mentioned here that though ad-hoc period cannot be continued beyond 3 years period, yet the officials have not been regularised despite putting in more than 15 years continuous uninterrupted service which cannot be termed a short term measure and just to fill the gap to meet the exigencies of work.

Now, the restructuring of CSSS cadre has done again and the process of benefitting the officials is almost over, but the issue of acute stagnation in respect of Stenographers Grade 'D' and thereafter prolonged ad-hoc service as Stenographers Grade 'C' without giving the benefit of restructuring and regularisation of ad-hoc service has completely marred the future prospects of promotion of Stenographers Grade 'D' which remained most stagnated in this cadre. Moreover, it is contrary to the instructions of Establishment Divison of DOP&T itself. Hence, CS.II may kindly take up the matter and give a serious thought to the status of those stagnating and serving for the last more than 15 years without even getting a single promotion in consultation with Establishment Divison and as a one time measure, regularise the entire ad-hoc service(s) put in by the officials. Now that the officials, Stenographers Grade 'D' in particular, who have put in more than 27 years service as Steno Grade 'D' and are likely to retire in the next five or so years, it is requested and humbly prayed that CS.II Division give a serious and sincere thought and after taking into account the entire ad-hoc service(s) and issue revised Seniority List in respect of Stenographers Grade 'C'/Private Secretaries from the date of persons eligible for next regular promotion . It will eradicate the problems of acute stagnation in this cadre to some extent.

Hope the DOP&T will give a serious and sincere thought and do justice with the affected Stenographer Grade 'D' employees.

N K Luthra

What about NAC headed by Sonia Gandhi ?

While the arrogant ministers like Kabil sibal and Chidambaram in the UPA Government are denigrating the civil group on Lok Pal bill, saying they are unelected and unelectable and blame the civil group for behaving like an alternate government etc, the UPA ministers are not yet able to answer the same blame about NAC headed by Sonia Gandhi. While power was refused to Sonia by President Abdul Kalam(he paid for it by not getting a well deserved second term) due to her two passport status, she wanted power in anyway and formed a super PM post calling it NAC head and formed a group of unelected, unelectable people as her coterie members of NAC. They have made UPA cabinet a dummy one and the PM a target for a butt of jokes.

Navnith

Vibrant India !

I recall a vibrant India was brought to its knees by organising opening of locks in Ayodhya. Now after we heard our exports increasing and see India's resilience to melt down in US, India needs to be brought to its knees and hence all this hulla gulla. Corruption existed in India inspite of anti-corruption laws; why no Anna wants enforcement of anti-corruption laws; why no one raises voice against UP and Karnataka which are stinking. Reason is that UP and Karnataka don't bring India to its knees. All those joining the chorus need to think. A man earns 1150 crores in a few years - no honest means allow such an accumulation of wealth but no one questions. Let get down to setting our house in order first, otherwise, no Lok Pal will help us; we will need another Lokpal to keep a watch on this Lok Pal. Think dear Indians think. Who would like India to dominate the world scene; at least we Indians should.

An Indian

Bhopal progressing

Bhopal is now well connected by rail and air. It will now be the investment destination. Within a span of two years a lot of development can be foreseen. IT companies will make a beeline for their operations. Three cheers to Dir. Alex for his untired efforts.

NVK Prabhakar

JAI HO !

Amma is a happy lady now !

Justifiably so . She has come back to power with a thumping majority ,thanks to her popularity n help of Raja Kanimozhi ,Maran AND the grand old man Karuna . 2G has benifitted Amma more than it has to DMK family . But Amma has become very critical of Chidambaram and says he has done a fraud with nation !He was not conferred with this title when he was finance minister thogh such (FRAUD)activities are common in FINANCE . Home Minister not getting support from his HOME !Chidambaram should tighten his DHOTI now to take on AMMA !

Rajshree

TAIL-PIECE

Welcome to the 21st Century!!

Communication - Wireless

Phones - Cordless

Cooking - Fireless

Food - Fatless

Sweets - Sugarless

Labour - Effortless

Relations - Fruitless

Attitude - Careless

Feelings - Heartless

Politics - Shameless

Education - Worthless

Mistakes - Countless

Arguments - Baseless

Youth - Jobless

Ladies - Topless

Boss - Brainless

Jobs - Thankless

Needs - Endless

Situation - Hopeless

Salaries - Less & Less

PROTESTS - USE LESS

Contributor -A Visitor

Details of travel

Certain information (such as, passport & travel document; emergency certificate; certificate of identity; passport application along with supporting documents; police verification report; VISA details etc.) in relation to the passports issued to four persons were denied on the ground that disclosure would cause unwarranted invasion of privacy of the third parties. The appellant submitted that these third parties have been directed by the court to remain present in the city as per conditions mentioned in the bail order. The CIC directed the respondent to provide the available information to the appellant if he is able to provide the documentary evidence proving his allegations against third parties.

Comments

Personal information is ordinarily exempt from disclosure u/s 8(1)(j). However, if larger Public Interest is served, then the information can be accessed under Section 8(2).

Shri Kishor Babubhai Ruparel v. M/o External Affairs in CIC/AD/A/2011/000641.

- 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)