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Are Muslim parties the next thing in Indian politics?
There has been a mushrooming growth of regional Muslim parties. Political observers believe that this is going to be the game changer in the 2014 elections. It is now that Muslims have started to understand that 14 percent of their electorate power is what can wield real power. There are already Muslim parties in UP, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Assam and maybe in Telangana once it was formed. The new one being a Muslim party from Maharashtra. An emerging coalition of Muslim regional parties can be a new headache for national parties who play the minority card. Are the big guys of politics listening?

Government forcing banks to pass rate cuts, but....
As the grapevine has it, the government is forcing banks to pass on the rate cuts to the borrower in order to spur consumption and investment in the economy. However, the banks are in a jittery as all of them are facing restructuring of loan to government owned companies, Power Companies, Private Airlines, Private Hotels, State Electricity Boards, Real Estate Companies. This has hugely reduced appetite for credit risk by banks. Moreover, banks neither have the liquidity nor have the will to lend to lower rated borrowers until
they can get back on track regarding Non Performing Assets (NPAs) containment.

Orders of Khullar as TRAI Chairman in a day or two
Formal orders of the appointment of Rahul Khullar as Chairman of the TRAI are expected to be issued in a day or two. 1975 batch UT cadre IAS officer Khullar is presently Commerce Secretary.
( We said this on April 4 and on April 16 )

Orders of R P Singh as NHAI Chairman in a day or two
Formal orders of the appointment of R P Singh as Chairman of the National Highways Authority of India are expected to be issued in a day or two. He is former 1976 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre. He had been CMD of the Punjab and Sindh Bank and also Secretary, Industrial Policy and Promotion.
(We said this on March 30 and on April 18 )

Saurabh Chandra is new Secretary IPP
Saurabh Chandra has taken over as new Secretary Industrial Policy and Promotion in the Government of India. He is the first 1978 batch IAS officer to get the position of Secretary. Chandra is from UP cadre.

Sinha to succeed Banerjee as Secretary Atomic Energy
Chief of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) R K Sinha is going to succeed Srikumar Banerjee as Secretary Atomic Energy in May.
( We said this on March 21 )

Anita Agnihotri to be Additional Secretary, Commerce ?
Anita Agnihotri is likely to be appointed Additional Secretary, Commerce, in Government of India. She is 1980 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

G C Pati promoted as Special Secretary
Gokul Chandra Pati, Additional Secretary in the Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture, has been promoted in-situ as Special Secretary. He is Orissa cadre IAS officer of 1978 batch.

Arvind Mayaram promoted in GoI
Arvind Mayaram Additional Secretary, Department of Rural Development, Ministry of Rural Development, has been promoted in-situ as Special Secretary Government of India. He is Rajasthan cadre IAS officer of 1978 batch.

Prem Narain is now Special Secretary in GoI
Prem Narain, Adviser, Planning Commission, has been promoted in-situ as Special Secretary Government of India. He is Uttar Pradesh cadre IAS officer of 1978 batch.

S K Srivastava promoted in GoI
S K Srivastava, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Mines, has been promoted in-situ as Special Secretary Government of India. He is Assam Meghalaya cadre IAS officer of 1978 batch.

Joshi is now Special Secretary in Atomic Energy
A P Joshi, Additional Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy, has been promoted in-situ as Special Secretary Government of India . He is Karnataka cadre IAS officer of 1978 batch.

Rajgopalan is now Special Secretary in GoI
V Rajagopalan, Additional Secretary, Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, has been promoted in-situ as Special Secretary Government of India. He is an IAS officer of 1978 batch who belongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Post of Chief Economic Advisor advertised
The post of chief economic adviser either on an ad hoc deputation or contract basis for a three-year tenure has been advertised .Term of Kaushik Basu is coming to an end in a couple of months. The post is with a fixed pay of Rs 80,000 a month and last date for submitting applications is May 18.

Cabinet Secretary to form panel on SEBI Members
Cabinet Secretary Ajit Kumar Seth is expected to hold a meeting shortly to form a committee that would shortlist 52 contenders for two posts of SEBI Member.

Meeting to select ED officials today
A meeting to be presided over by CVC Pradeep Kumar to select officers of the rank of Special Director, Additional Director and Joint Director in the Enforcement Directorate will take place on Monday. Enforcement Director, Home Secretary and CBI Directors are other members of the selection committee.

RBI GMs transfer -promotion list soon
List of transfer and promotion of General Managers of the Reserve Bank of India is expected to be issued soon.

Vijay Kumar appointed CMD, FACT
Vijay Kumar on central deputation has been appointed as Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of the Fertilisers & Chemicals Travancore (FACT). He is an IRS-IT officer who is posted as Commissioner of income Tax (CIT) Chennai.

RNI to retire next month
Registrar Newspapers of India (RNI) T Jairaj is superannuating next month. He is an ISS officer.

PM's speech works -CVO CCI up in arms
CVO of the Cotton Corporation of India D C Sagar who is an IPS officer has brought to the notice bungling in purchase of cotton in Rajkot, Gujarat. He said that the purchase was at the higher price than the market price to give favour to few select people. He has termed the purchase as "unjustified" and urged the ministry of Textiles to refer this matter to the CVC. Is it the effect of Prime Minister's speech ?

Many contenders for post of Commissioner, BMC
There are many contenders for becoming new Commissioner of Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) i.e. BMC.

Ashok Prasad to be new DGP of J & K ?
Ashok Prasad is likely to be appointed new DGP of J & K. 1979 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IPS officer Prasad is presently posted in J & K in the IB.

Anish Dayal Singh to join IB ?
Anish Dayal Singh is likely to be inducted as Hard-Core Officer as Joint Director in Intelligence Bureau. He is an IPS officer of 1988 batch who belongs to the Manipur-Tripura cadre.

Pankaj Singh is now IG - Operations, CRPF
IG Operations in Chhattisgarh is being moved by the CRPF as IG Operations in the Headquarters. He is 1988 batch IPS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Mehrda to be IG (Pers), CRPF
Ravi Prakash Mehrda is moving from Srinagar to the CRPF Headquarters as IG (Pers).He is 1990 batch IPS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Ashutosh Shukla is new IG - RAF, CRPF
Ashutosh Shukla will now be new IG RAF in the CRPF. He is 1986 batch IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Vishwakarma is new IG (Admn), CRPF
Raj Kumar Vishwakarma is moving as IG Administration in the CRPF .He is 1988 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

S P Singh moves to Srinagar
S P Singh has been moved to Srinagar by the CRPF. He is 1983 batch IPS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Many a brows raised over new Forest Secretary in UP
Many a brows have been raised over new Forest Secretary in Uttar Pradesh (UP).A 1991 batch officer Rajesh Kumar Singh was posted to head the Forest department in UP. And he heads the Environment Department also. This is so because about 70 officers senior to him exist in UP cadre of the IAS but a 1991 batch officer is today posted to head a cadre full of other All India Service officers. Moreover, the central government says that the same scale can be claimed by other services two years after they have been given to the IAS at the Centre but now 1979 batch officers of one All India Service (IAS) are
serving under 1991 batch officer of another AIS (IFS). Interestingly, the 1991 batch of the IFS in UP cadre still serves as DFOs- Divisional forest officers- the post on which they had joined. To cap it all Pawan Kumar an IFS officer is Principal Secretary(PS) Forest in UP. He belongs to 1983 batch.

This is the state of affairs in Mandi House
Believe it or not, in Mandi House - the Headquarters of Doordarshan and Akashvani, 70 percent officers and employees are retired and number of regular staff is said to be 30 percent. Several posts are also lying vacant.

Promotions and Transfers of IPS in Tripura
V S Yadav (1987) has been promoted and posted as ADGP (Armed Police), B K Debbarma promoted and posted as ADGP (Intelligence), Rajiv Singh (1993) posted as IGP (Law and Order), K. Nagaraj (1984) posted as IGP (Training), Nepal Das (1994) promoted and posted as IG (Home Guards),
T B Roy (1994) promoted and posted as IG (Administration & Welfare). Transfers at DIG Level are expected shortly.

Process to fill vacancy in New York
Appointment Committee of Cabinet (ACC) has advised Ministry of DOP&T, Government of India to start the process of filling the vacancy of the Education Consulate General of India, New York.

Sahu is repatriated to Mizoram
H P Sahu, Director Sensex Operation, Mizoram, has been repatriated to Parent Cadre but his additional charge as DCO will continue until his substitute is found. He is AGMU Cadre IAS/SCS Officer of 1998 batch.

Paradip Port Trust Chairman Rao seeks VRS
Chairman of the Paradip Port Trust (PPT) G Jagannath Rao has taken voluntary retirement from service . He was to retire on May 31.

J & K officials get PM award
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh conferred award for excellence in public administration for successfully conducting panchayat elections in the state. on Madhav Lal, Chief Secretary, DGP Kuldeep Khoda,B R Sharma, Chief Electoral Officer, R K Varma, Special Secretary to Chief Secretary and B B Vyas, Principal Secretary (Planning and Development) in New Delhi on the Civil Services Day.

Indian Foreign Service officer gets PM Award
IFS officer India's then envoy to Libya M. Manimekalai has been given the PMs award in the individual category on the Civil Services Day for "rendering selfless service to evacuate Indian nationals" .

2004 batch IAS officer gets PM Award
2004 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre Soumya Gupta who is DM in North Tripura has been given PMs award on the Civil Services Day for a project to improve health and nutrition among villagers.

IFS officer gets PM award
1988 batch IFS officer of Gujarat cadre Ram Kumar who is presently Gujarat's chief conservator of forests has received the PMs award on the Civil Services Day for "participatory scientific watershed management" in the organisation category.

Contenders for DMDs in SBI
There are 10 contenders for five posts of Deputy Managing Directors (DMDs) in State Bank of India (SBI) interviews for which will be held on April 28,2012. They are B V Chaubal, V G Kannan, Rajeev Krishnan, Ms. Sudha Malhotra, Sushil Kumar Mishra, V Murali, Jeewandas Narayan, K Ramchandran, Sharad Sharma and B Shriram.

A Anbarasu gets pro-forma promotion
A Anbarasu, PS to Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension, Government of India has been given proforma promotion in Super Time Scale by Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi. He is AGMU cadre IAS officer of 1996 batch.

IOB to open 4 regional offices & 65 new branches:S.H.Keshava
The Indian Overseas Bank(IOB), as part of its consolidation process is going to open four regional offices and 65 new branches in the budgetary year of 2012-13. This was disclosed to <whispersinthecorridors.com> by IOB's General Manager (GM) S.H.Keshava.He was on a brief tour to Bhopal, last week.S.H.Keshava said that the IOB will be setting up its three new regional offices in :Nagpur,Jalandhar , Dehradun & aranasi.With this number of regional offices of IOB would go up from 45 to 49.Likewise,he said,the IOB which has a network of 2635 branches at present, will be opening up 65 new branches taking the total number of branches to 3000 by March 31,2013. In response to a question S.H.Keshava said the IOB is planning to open a branch in Dubai. Besides, there is a plan to convert the bank's representative offices in Vietnam and China into branches.As of now IOB has got six foreign branches, he added.

Jindal is new CEO, Tripura
Ashotosh Jindal is taking over as new Chief Electoral Officer(CEO) of Tripura. He is 1995 batch IAS officer. He will replace K V Satyanaraya.

Nagaraju to return
Nagaraju Maddirala Advisor to the ED World Bank, Washington is returning to the parent Manipur-Tripura cadre. He is 1993 batch IAS officer.

1987 batch IPS is now ADG in TamilNadu
1987 batch IPS officers have been promoted to the rank of ADG in TamilNadu.

1994 batch IPS is now IG in TamilNadu
1994 batch IPS officers have been promoted to the rank of IG in TamilNadu.

1998 batch IPS is now DIG in TamilNadu
1998 batch IPS officers in TamilNadu have been promoted to the rank of DIG .

8 SSPs shifted in Punjab
The Punjab government has transferred 8 SSP.They are: Rajpal Singh PPS-SSP Batala,Inderbir Singh IPS-SSP Khanna, Ms. Dhanpreet Kaur IPS-SSP Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar, Preetpal Singh PPS-SSP Rural Amritsar, Gurpreet Singh Toor SSP Rural Ludhiana,Surjit Singh PPS-SSP Moga,Mandeep Singh
PPS-SSP Fatehgarh Sahib,Ravcharan Brar -SSP Gurdaspur and Gurinder Singh Dhillon PPS-SSP Fazilka.

Major reshuffle of IPS officers in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
As many as 48 IPS officers have been transferred and posted at different places in Rajasthan. Accordingly, Ram Phal Singh has been posted as ADGP, Civil Rights while Umesh Mishra is IG (First), Anti-corruption Bureau, Jodhpur and Dharma Chand Jain will now be IG, RAC, Jaipur. Similarly, Sunil Dutta has been posted as IG, RAC, Jaipur; Janardan Sharma as Commandant, 5th battalion, RAC, Jaipur; L N Meena as DIG, Crime Branch, Jaipur; Vishal Bansal as DIG, SOG, Jaipur; Hava singh Ghumariya as DIG, Arms battalion, Jaipur; Bipin Kumar Pandey as DIG, Police Personnel, Jaipur; Alok Kumar Vashisth as DIG, Vigilance Jaipur; Rupinder Singh as Deputy commissioner, Crime Jaipur; Bhupendrea Sahu as SP, CID, Jaipur; Mrs. Lata Manoj Kumar as Deputy Commissioner, Traffic, Jaipur; Rohit Mahajan as commandant, 10 th battalion, RAC Bikaner; Rakesh Saxena as SP, Bikaner; D S Chundawat as SP, Banswada; Shiv Lal Joshi as SP, Nagore; Bal Mukund Verma as SP, Jhalawad, Hari Prasad Sharma as SP, Udayapur; Mahesh Kumar Goyal as SP, CID (CB), Jaipur; Surendra Kumar as SP, (SOG), Jaipur; Mahendra Singh Chaudhary as Deputy Commissioner (PHQ & Traffic), Jodhpur; S N Khinchi as Additional Commissioner, Excise Enforcement, Udayapur; Dr. Nitin Deep Blaggan as Deputy Commissioner, Jodhpur; Satyavir Singh as Deputy, Jaipur; Sharat Kaviraj as SP, SCRB, Jaipur; C Santosh Kumar Tukaram as SP, Alwar; Mrs. S Parimala as SP Tonk; Om Prakash as SP, Churu; Mrs. K B Vandana as SP, Pali; Deepak Kumar as SP, Jalore; Swai Singh Chaudhary as SP, Dausa; Ajay Pal Lamba as SP, Jaipur rural; Dr. Vishnu Kant as Commandant 8th battalion, RAC, New Delhi; Mrs. Param Jyoti as SP Hanumangarh; Don K Jos as Deputy Commissioner (South), Jaipur; Dr. Aman Deep Singh Kapur as SP, Karauli; Dr. Ravi as SP, Ganganagar; Barhat Rahul Manhardan as SP, Baran; Mrs. Lavali Katiyar as SP, Badmer;Rahul Kartikey as SP, Rajsamand; Mrs. Priti Chandra as SP, Bundi; Harendra Kumar Mahawar as Deputy commissioner, Jodhpur city, Jodhpur; Vikas Pathak as SP, Kota rural; Dr. Rahul Jain as SP Dungarpur; Mrs. Sweta Dhakad as ASP, SC/ST Cell, Alwar and Pankaj Kumar Chaudhary has been posted as ASP, Ghatol( Banswada).

Sunil Arora is also PS, Small Scale Industries, Khadi in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
Sunil Arora, Principal Secretary, Industries and Chairman Rajasthan Industrial Development Corporation, has been assigned additional charge of Small Scale Industries, Khadi and Rural Industries. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer.

Shashi Shekhar appointed Addl. Secy., Admn. Reforms in GoI (UPDATED)
Shashi Shekhar has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions in Government of India. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.
(We said this on April 20, 2012)


Devendra Chaudhary appointed Addl. Secy., Power in GoI (UPDATED)
Devendra Chaudhary has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Power in Government of India. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on April 20, 2012)


Sharda Prasad is DG, Employment & Training in GoI (UPDATED)
Sharda Prasad has been appointed as DG, Employment and Training (Additional Secretary level), Ministry of Labour and Employment in Government of India. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on April 20, 2012)

Two ACIT get postings (UPDATED)
Two Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officers including Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax Rajesh Kumar ACIT of 2009 batch has been posted to NWR while his namesake Rajesh Kumar of 2010 batch is posted to UP (West) on completion of their training at National Academy of Direct Taxes, Nagpur.

DEBATE

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has asked civil servants to take bold decisions, assuring them that there would be no witch-hunting in the name of fighting corruption. How far it is possible ?

Mail your views-mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com or Suresh. Mehrotra @yahoo.com

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New Horizons India Limited were Declared L1
Haryana ICT project was won by Shree Ram New Horizon India worth 100Cr Approx which is to be implemented in next five years. I C Sharma, ED of Shree Ram New Horizon India, took initiative and started entering government Business and Shree Ram New Horizon India had won this project. This project is the biggest in the History of this group. They gave tough competition to EDUCOMP, IL&FS,NIIT and Quick Reply.

G K Pillai is Director in HPCL
Former Union Home Secretary G K Pillai has been appointed part-time non-official Director in the HPCL.

India Bull promoters maintain low profile
It is discussed in the corporate world as to why India Bull promoters Samir Gehlot and Rajiv Ratan maintain low profile.

Vijaykumar appointed MD, Sun TV Network
K Vijaykumar has been appointed as Managing Director of Sun TV Network .

Attal appointed Addl. Director, Ramgopal Polytex Ltd
Ramgopal Polytex Ltd has appointed Harinarayan Attal as Additional Director of the company .

Lihala resigns as Director, Ramgopal Polytex Ltd
Ayushya Vardhan Lihala has resigned as Director of Ramgopal Polytex Ltd .

Singh appointed Company Secy. Camphor and Allied Products Ltd
Camphor and Allied Products Ltd has appointed Vipul Kumar Singh as a Company Secretary of the company w.e.f. April 18, 2012

Potey appointed GM (Operations), Prolific Inn Durga-Nashik
Sunil Potey has been appointed as General Manager (Operations), Prolific Inn Durga-Nashik.

Rao assumes charge as Director (Projects), RINL, Visakapatnam Steel Plant
Nistala Sreenivasa Rao has assumed charge as the new Director (Projects) at RINL, Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) .

Dharmakrishnan promoted as CEO, Madras Cements Ltd
Madras Cements Ltd has promoted its Executive Director (Finance) A V Dharmakrishnan as Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

Dinesh appointed Company Secy. Ester Industries Ltd
Ester Industries Ltd has appointed Diwaker Dinesh as Company Secretary of the company w.e.f. March 30, 2012.

Anand appointed Sales Manager, Worldhotels
Worldhotels has appointed Akshay Anand as Sales Manager, India.

What's so strange?

If a 1991 IAS officer can take his place and be in charge of the entire IFS from 1978 batch onwards...why cant a PS take charge of a commissioner? If it happens to the IAS, it is 'strange' on your website...but if IFS suffers, you don't even care to publish. You too have double standards.

A 1991 batch is just a DFO in UP. UP is the only state in India where 1991 batch of IFS officers is not promoted? Who manages this cadre in the state? Who is responsible for IFS officers not getting promotion ?
And why so much sympathy for them?
talk of double standards!!!

Ashy

Why criticize ?
R Saxena you are ill informed. Civil Services day is celebrated on April 21 (Sardar Patel addressed the probationers for the first time on that date. Secretary (AR&PG) is the main person and not Secretary
(DoPT). Why should you criticize ? At least, civil servants get awards and interact once in a year.

A Srivastava

Minority or Non-Minority ?

Another civil services Day ! Are the awardees minority or non-minority? This new coinage is the greatest contribution to the English language by our scholar civil servants, who qualify for these awards exclusively ! Ghost writing speeches and articles for ministers and secretaries is a part of the duties of civil servants, incumbent or ex. It is yet another thing whether they achieve the right velocity to land the award. The minority among them are sure to get rewards too, post retirement. Five years are assured, but rules have been amended to grant employment up to 70 years. Ombudsman, Information, arbitration, adviser, member, chairman, regulatory authority- one needs to update his/her knowledge of the English language in India.
Those below the minority-line (BPL sister) can hardly dream of such rewards or awards. Majority is certainly disliked, for it is the greatest of illusions. To win the award or the reward, one has to be a civil servant belonging only to the minority. The only thing is: how to enter the charmed circle of such a minority?

Following the law is no big thing. Carrying one's honest credentials is no less than displaying a chip on one's shoulder. Talent is a common pool if the recruitment is through a common exam for the civil
services. When the plural becomes singular on its way to the awards, will always remain a mystery, to which even the Prime Minister of India may not be privy. That throws up the question: how to serve the
nation and its citizens?
M L Gupta

What is DCO ?

In today's WIC the post DCO is mentioned at two places without expanding it. Unknown or ambiguous abbreviations and acronyms may be avoided and full designations given for the ready understanding of the
readers who come from varied backgrounds and all may not be familiar with acronyms like DCO.

DCO is Director Census Operations
K P Singh

Is there any age limit for the appointment of Cabinet Secretary?

The appellant asked the Prime Minister's Office for the inspection of the relevant records related with the appointment of the Cabinet Secretary, CVC and the CIC. The Public Information Officer (PIO) transferred some of the requests to the PIO of the DoPT and refused for other details on the ground of the personal information. During the hearing before CIC, the appellant specifically submitted that he was interested in inspecting the records relating to the policy followed by the Government of India for appointing individuals above the age of 60 years as Cabinet Secretary. The CIC directed the PIO to provide the photocopy of the relevant Fundamental Rule which lays down the age related conditions for the appointment of the Cabinet Secretary. Further, the appellant submitted that he would be able to commute to Delhi to inspect the records only after four months due to his ill health. As a special request, the CIC directed the PIO of the DoPT to invite the Appellant on any mutually convenient date after four months to show him the documents.

Comments

The RTI Act has enabled a citizen to question the appointments at the senior levels of governance, which has also lead to frivolous applications at times. The DoPT should consider putting the qualifications of all senior posts on the web to lower the application load.

Citation: Shri Nand Lal Sharma v. Prime Minister's Office in File No. CIC/SM/A/2011/000874

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