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POLITICS

Dr Raman Singh manages to corner two IPL matches ?
Everyone is praising Chhattisgarh for hosting IPL matches at Naya Raipur, which even big brother State Madhya Pradesh with established cricketing strongholds of Indore and Gwalior could not clinch. The whispers are that Dr Raman Singh managed to corner two IPL matches through some deft political maneuver. Dr Singh's act not only persuaded Arun Jaitley, President of Delhi's DDCA to forgo those matches originally scheduled for Feroz Shah Kotla; but what is more even convinced Rajiv Shukla, Chairman of IPL to accommodate the new International Cricket Stadium as venue and as 'away home' for GMR's Delhi Dare Devils. Now, this is suave politics-BJP's Jaitley and Congressman, Rajiv Shukla who do not see eye to eye in Parliament, making common cause!

Country's longest living Judge T P Naik turns 103 years today
Born on May 8, 1910 at Raigarh in Madhya Pradesh, Justice Tarini Prasanna Naik who turns 103 years today completed his Bar-at -law in London in 1937 from "Inner temple" and was enrolled as an Advocate in Supreme Court of India on May 1, 1951. Elder brother of late R P Naik, ICS, former Chief Secretary MP, he was appointed Judge in 1955 by Dr Rajendra Prasad, President of India. Having done his schooling from Raipur and college studies at Allahabad, he went to Jabalpur in 1956 after creation of Madhya Pradesh. Having the privilege of being the father of late Dilip Naik , former Advocate General, MP and father- in- law of late K C S Acharya, former Chief Secretary MP. Justice Naik retired on May 8, 1972.

BUREAUCRACY

Umesh Kumar is new ED, ADB
Joint Secretary, Financial Services, Umesh Kumar is going to succeed Dr Ashok Lahiri as Executive Director in Asian Development Bank (ADB), Manila. Orders of 1983 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre have been issued.
(We said this on May 4, 2013)

Sudhir Bhargava is new Secretary, Social Justice
Sudhir Bhargava will take over as new Secretary, Social Justice in the Government of India on May 9. The 1979 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS officer Bhargava is presently Special Secretary, Petroleum.
(We said this on May 7, 2013)

Ms Nita Chowdhury gets additional charge
Secretary, Ministry of Women & Child Development, Ms Nita Chowdhury, has been given additional charge of Secretary, Department of Youth Affairs, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports with immediate effect for a period upto June 2.She is a 1977 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Is Bhaskar Chatterjee still front runner for DG, BPRD?
Whispers in the corridors of power have started doing rounds that Bhaskar Chatterjee's name has now grim chances to be appointed as DG, BPRD. Initially Chatterjee's name charted top on the list as the front runner. The latest buzz says that some dark horse may grab this slot. Chatterjee is a 1978 batch IPS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Aman Puri poised for OSD to Union Minister for Commerce & Industry
As the grapevine has it, Dr Aman Puri is poised to be appointed as the OSD to Anand Sharma, Union Minister for Commerce and Industries. He would fill the gap as the incumbent OSD Ayush Mani Tiwari is all set to move back to his parent cadre. He is IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre whereas Puri, Deputy Chief Protocol (C.), is 2003 batch Indian Foreign Service officer.

Vir Vikram Yadav takes charge at WTO, Geneva
Vir Vikram Yadav, reportedly, has taken the charge at World Trade Organisation (WTO) assignment in Geneva. Vikram served as Director in the Ministry of Commerce. He is a 1996 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

Justice Ahmed unlikely to be CJ of MP High Court
Now Judicial circles have ruled out the appointment of Justice Badar Durrez Ahmed as Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court because four Judges in the Court are senior to him .Senior Judge of the Delhi High Court Justice Ahmed will now either go as Chief Justice of the Jammu & Kashmir High Court or Acting CJ of the Delhi High Court Judicial circles feel.

Will N Vasudevan go to Bombay High Court ?
ITAT, Judicial Member, N Vasudevan is likely to be elevated as Additional Judge in Bombay High Court.

S K Bharadwaz poised to be appointed as OSD to Muniyappa
As the grapevine has it, S K Bharadwaz is all set to be appointed as OSD to K H Muniyappa, Minister of State for MSME. Earlier he was PS to Late Vilasrao Deshmukh, former Union Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences.

Sanjay Khatal to join NSC on May 16 or 20
Sanjay Khatal, GM, MSSC, is expected to take over the charge as Director (Commercial), National Seeds Corporation Limited (NSC) either on May 16 or 20, 2013.
(We said this on Sept 12, 2013)

Dwivedi appointed Director, DoPT
Manoj Kumar Dwivedi has been appointed Director, Department of Personnel & Training, in the Government of India. He is a 1997 batch IAS officer of J & K cadre.

Politician to be ITDC Chairman ?
An Andhra Pradesh politician is likely to be appointed new Chairman of the Indian Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC).

Restructuring of CSS cadre begins
The cadre restructuring process of CSS (Central Secretarial Services) has taken off. This would be the ever third restructuring of the cadre. Prior to it the restructuring was done in 2003 and 2010.

ESIC gets three Insurance Commissioners
In a fresh and substantial development, ESIC has got three senior officers as Insurance Commissioners. They would be looking after three separate wings as Insurance Commissioners; Personnel & Administration, Recruitment and ICTD & Public Relations.

K Padmaja Nambiar is Commissioner (P&A), ESIC
K Padmaja Nambiar has been appointed as Insurance Commissioner for Personnel & Administration, at ESIC. Prior to her fresh posting, she served as Additional Commissioner and Regional Director, Tamil Nadu at Chennai.

P K Srivastava is Commissioner (Recruitment), ESIC
P K Srivastava has been appointed as Insurance Commissioner for Recruitment & RTI in ESIC. Prior to his fresh posting, he served as Additional Commissioner and Regional Director, U P at Kanpur.

S C Chakraborty is Commissioner (Recruitment), ESIC
S C Chakraborty has been appointed as Insurance Commissioner (ICTD & Public Relations) in ESIC. Prior to his fresh posting, he served as Additional Commissioner and Regional Director, Maharashtra at Mumbai.

Nidhi Khare gets three months extension
Nidhi Khare has been given three months extension in central deputation tenure beginning August 1. She is a 1992 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre, presently in the Planning Commission.

Madhvi Das gets one month extension
Director, Textiles in the Government of India, Ms Madhvi Das has been given one month extension in central deputation tenure beginning April 1. She is a 1991 batch IP&TA&FS officer.

Puroshottam Tiwari is PD, PAC
Puroshottam Tiwari, Principal Director (GASAB) CAG of India, has been posted as Principal Director (PAC) in the CAG office.

Maj Gen Nair to be promoted ?
Maj Gen Nair is likely to be promoted to the rank of Lt Gen in the Indian Army.

Bhanu elected Vice Chairman of ITC
M G V K Bhanu, Chairman, Tea Board of India has been elected Vice-Chairman of the International Tea Committee (ITC).Bhanu's name was proposed by the US and supported by China and Sri Lanka.

Ramanathan is on Board of Religare Enterprises Limited
Former Secretary, Finance in the Government of India, Arun R Ramanathan has been nominated as an Independent Non-Executive Director on the Board of Religare Enterprises Limited.

Sanjib Pati posted as WED on UBI Board
Sanjib Pati has been appointed as Workman Employee Director (WED) on the Board of Directors of United Bank of India (UBI) for a period of three years.

Mrs Anusuiya Sharma is Non-Official Director on UBI Board
Mrs Anusuiya Sharma has been appointed as part-time non-official Director on Board of Directors of Union Bank of India (UBI) for a period of three years.

Madhusudan moves to Beijing
Consul in San Francisco, R Madhusudan has been moved as Counsellor in Indian Embassy, Beijing.

Four IPS Probationers allocated Kerala cadre
As many as four Probationers of Indian Police Service (IPS) of 2011 batch have been allocated Kerala cadre. They are Arul RB Krishna, Sivavikram G, Kalligotta Nagaraju and J Himendranath.

Ratan Ghosh empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Ratan Ghosh has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. He is a 1982 batch Indian Telecommunication Service officer.

Six IFS officers of 1990 batch get upgraded pay scale in MP
As many as six officers of Indian Forest Service (IFS) belonging to 1990 batch have been given an upgraded pay scale in Madhya Pradesh. The officers are Mrs Sanyukta Mudgal,, Charanjit Singh, Vibhasha Kumar Thakur, Vivek Jain, Asit Gopal and Dr Renu Singh.

Mrs Priti Maithil is Additional Collector, Guna in MP
Mrs Priti Maithil has been appointed as Additional Collector, Guna in Madhya Pradesh. She is a 2009 batch IAS officer.

Jindal nominated as Director on Board of IFCI Ltd
Sanjeev Kumar Jindal, Director, Department of Financial Services (DFS), New Delhi, has been nominated as Director on the Board of IFCI Ltd.

NBCC to Develop Industrial Estate at Sitarganj, Uttarakhand (UPDATED)
NBCC, recently, signed an MoU with the State Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation Uttarakhand Limited (SIIDCUL) to develop infrastructure for the envisaged Industrial Estate at Sitarganj in Udham Singh Nagar district of Uttarakhand. The MoU was signed by Anoop. Kumar Mittal, CMD, NBCC and Rakesh Sharma, Principal Secretary, Deptt. Of Infrastructure Development, Govt. of Uttarakhand & Managing Director, SIIDCUL. NBCC has been entrusted with development of the Industrial Estate in an area of 700 acres costing Rs. 200 Crore (Approx.), which include electrification, construction of roads, sewer lines, water pipelines, sewer transmit plant, and many other works pertaining to infrastructure.

SCOPE advocates single window clearance mechanism for projects (UPDATED)
SCOPE and Ministry of Environment & Forests jointly organized the 7th two-day Programme on 'Environment & Safety - Prevention & Management of Chemical Accidents' at SCOPE Convention Centre. Dr Muzaffar H Ahmad, Member, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) inaugurated the Programme and delivered the keynote address. Dr U D Choubey, DG, SCOPE underlined the efforts of PSE's by saying that they are now adopting clean technologies and efficient monitoring coupled with a spectrum of preventive measures to protect environment by their respective Boards. He linked the profitability of PSEs to the effective integration of regulatory mechanism and their business strategies given, the MoEF ensures single window clearance mechanism for the upcoming projects. By doing this he said the extra cost incurred on the protection of environment would be compensated by quick decisions. In the very backdrop of his argument he proposed that the projects must be cleared within 30 days. Citing some disastrous industrial mishaps; like Jaipur Oil depot fire, Bombay Port Trust chlorine leakage, Sivakasi explosion etc, Dr. Muzaffar, Member, NDMA said the adherence to the laws and enforcement of applicable rules and regulations are the actual drivers for robust chemical disaster management in the country.

LIC makes people aware of fraudulent recruitment advertisements (UPDATED)
Misleading advertisements for recruitment to the cadre of Assistants in LIC of India have been noticed in various newspapers. In these ads, applicants have also been instructed to deposit money into the account of "Director of Call Centre". Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has categorically stated that they do not have any such scheme nor have they run any Call Centres for recruitment. LIC never requests money to be deposited in accounts other than that of "LIC of India". Any advertisements for recruitment published by LIC in Newspapers are invariably displayed on LIC's websitewww.licindia.in at Careers link. It is also suggested to the public to contact LIC's nearest Branch/Divisional office for cross-checking.

Jalaj Shrivastava transferred to GNCTD, Delhi (UPDATED)
Jalaj Shrivastava has been transferred from Andman & Nicobar Islands to GNCTD, Delhi. He is a 1984 batch IAS officer of AGMU cadre.

Vasanth Kumar N shifted to GNCTD, Delhi (UPDATED)
Vasanth Kumar N has been transferred from Lakshadweep to GNCTD, Delhi. He is a 2004 batch IAS officer of AGMU cadre.

Dr Dilraj Kaur transferred to GNCTD, Delhi (UPDATED)
Dr Dilraj Kaur has been transferred from Mizoram to GNCTD, Delhi. She is a 2000 batch IAS officer of AGMU cadre.

Rajesh Somaal moved to GNCTD, Delhi (UPDATED)
Rajesh Somaal has been transferred from Goa to GNCTD, Delhi. He is a 1999 batch IAS officer of AGMU cadre.

R K Verma shifted to GNCTD, Delhi (UPDATED)
R K Verma has been transferred from Goa to GNCTD, Delhi. He is a 1984 batch IAS officer of AGMU cadre.

Three IPS officers shifted in MP (UPDATED)
As many as three officers of Indian Police Service (IPS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Madhya Pradesh. K B Sharma (2003) has been appointed as SP, PHQ, Bhopal while Mahendra Singh Sikarwar (2004) will now be SP, Shivpuri and Ajit (2010) is SP, Sheopur.

M K Mittal selected as Director (Fin), DFCCIL (UPDATED)
M K Mittal, GM RECL, has been selected for the post of Director (Finance), Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on May 8, 2013. As many as seven persons were interviewed for the same.

Cabinet Secretary, Ajit Seth gets one year extension (UPDATED)
Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh has approved a one year extension to Ajit Seth as Cabinet Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1974 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on April 15, 2013)

CORPORATE

Profit of Andhra Bank increases
Net profit of Andhra Bank has increased 1.5 per cent at Rs 345 crore in the fourth quarter ending March 31, 2013. B A Prabhakar is the CMD of the Bank.

Mankad resigns as Independent Director, Gujarat Gas Company Ltd
Sudhir Mankad has resigned as the Independent Director of Gujarat Gas Company Ltd.

Lahiri resigns as Director, MindTree Ltd
Anjan Lahiri has resigned as Director of MindTree Ltd.

Malhotra resigns as Whole-time Director, Gammon Infrastructure Projects Ltd
Rajeev Kumar Malhotra has resigned as Whole-time Director of Gammon Infrastructure Projects Ltd.

Kumar appointed Independent Director, Sintex Industries Ltd
Sintex Industries Limited has appointed Dr Narendra Kumar Bansal as an Independent, Non Executive Director of the Company.

Banerjee is ED (Operations), CEAT Ltd
CEAT Limited has appointed Arnab Banerjee as Executive Director (Operations) of the company

Agnihotri resigns as MD, Malabar Trading Company Ltd
Rajeev Agnihotri has resigned as Managing Director of Malabar Trading Company Ltd.

Kapadia appointed MD, Malabar Trading Company Ltd
Viral Kapadia has been appointed Managing Director of Malabar Trading Company Ltd.

Bhutoria appointed CFO, Bhagyanagar India Ltd
Bhagyanagar India Limited has appointed Surender Bhutoria as Chief Financial Officer of the company.

Two Directors cease to be on Board of SML Isuzu Ltd
Masao Tabuchi and Kenji Lida have ceased to be Directors on the board of of SML Isuzu Ltd.

Shivaraman to be re-appointed MD & CEO, Shriram EPC Ltd?
The Board of Shriram EPC Ltd is to re-appoint T Shivaraman as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Company.

Shariff to be re-appointed Joint MD, Shriram EPC Ltd?
M Amjad Shariff is to be re-appointed as the Joint Managing Director.

Villavarayan appointed Director, Automotive Axels Ltd
Automotive Axles Ltd has appointed Chris Villavarayan as a Director of the company.

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New scam gate ?

Gone are the days when the Joint Secretary level officers in the Government of India were making big notes and drafts on their own and submitting files to the Senior Officers. The current lot of Senor IAS officers and other organized Group services are trying to create a wrong impression that the Central Secretariat Service officers do not work. There is a reason for this, one that the government has stopped recruiting people at Peon/Daftry level (who were responsible for upkeep of the files, delivery of files etc., LDC level (who were responsible for diary/despatch of letters and typing work) and two absence of required number of Dealings hands & Section Officers from the Section. There is also no proper place to sit in offices. The Under Secretary level officers of CSS are doing their own typing work at many places and they also clean the tables/ bring water for themselves. A lot of their time is wasted on 'please speak' type of files. They keep sitting in the officers room and on the other hand the senior offices make them waiting by talking of telephone to their friends/family members in between. The senior officers these days rarely write original notes. They work by putting the but on the shoulders of their juniors. They get the note sheets prepared and try to impose their own views. All of them have become sissy of writing anything in this era of policy paralysis fearing inquiry. Secondly, they have a lot of commitments both at home front and friends level, wherein they spend more time. They are not able to give more time to office work and hence are found missing and then unnecessarily pass on the buck to the CSS officers. Their PAs/PSs are also not doing any official work rather attending to their personal chores. The latest CSMOP states that the 'notes on files requiring the decision of the Ministers should be initiated at Dir/DS level'. None of those so called critique of CSS officers are doing this. Last but not the least the IAS/Group 'A' officers keep all their entitlements (even take excess both from office and PSUs). If some ground work is done in this area a new scam gate may emerge.

Satya Prakash

Exempt Transport Allowance from Income Tax

As per recommendation of 6th Pay Commission, Government pays Transport Allowance to the employees @ Rs.3200 +DA in Metro cities, but allows Income tax rebate only on Rs.800, the old rate of TPA. Since TPA is not an income and therefore, the entire amount of TPA should be declared as non-taxable by the Income Tax Department being expenditure by the Government servants.

V Kumar

Shouldn't others wake up

It is shocking to see the caste profile of those indulging in corrupt activities. A small percentage of reservation is nothing, when compared to the open loot by a particular Upper caste. Shouldn't others wake up and fight this injustice. Only BC/SC/ST/ minorities go to jail the rest continue in their positions.

S Rao

Why do people need reservations?

Why can't they work hard? For a thousand years, the British and Muslims ruled over India. Should all Muslims be banned from jobs and education and reservations put in place for Hindus? Certainly not. Then why should there be reservations for some and others cannot compete in those categories? In case there is a proposal to divide jobs caste wise, as some have suggested, why not on religion, region and language too? Why not have different states for different castes? There are thousands of castes in India. Why not divide jobs into castes instead of groups like SC/ ST/ OBC? Divide into Yadavs, Kurmis, Hajjam, Dhobi and divide the country also on similar lines. Can we do that? These people will go to any length!

Arjun Mallik

Caste-wise reservation in proportion to population will be just

To friends who advocate caste-wise reservation including general castes, it is a wonderful idea to bring equality in governance or at least to stop one particular general caste's dominance over all. As we all know 3% of a particular has been and is still holding 90% of posts due to sheer manipulations, they manage positions at Recruiting Agencies, Interview Boards, which makes almost impossible to implement rules reservations and recruitment for even general castes not belonging to this particular caste due to favour to their own caste. The particular general caste candidates who suggest caste-wise reservation, will they really accept 3% reservation for their caste in accordance with their population? Caste-wise reservation in proportion to population will be just. It will automatically break monopoly of that particular caste in jobs. With this, I would say, let us talk on some other issues, such as promotions, transfers, etc., for which whispers is better known for.

Singh R K

Singh could have been continued

Yes, Rishi Raj Singh could have been continued in CBI eternally.

Kumar Gautam

NE neglected in Whispers

Whispers covers less of North East as far as IAS/IPS postings are concerned. NE is neglected except for law and order reporting.

Lawmkunga

IAS awards

The bias is clearly evident from the fact that even though the government projects the initiatives as its achievements, when it comes to recognition of such initiatives the IAS makes sure that this is not done. Surprisingly the political bosses are also non- committal on this approach. If this is the approach, why the facade of "evaluation' process. Let this be called IAS awards rather than civil services awards.

Raghu

Congratulations

I would have loved Agrawal to be appointed as the first Member S&T and IT in Railway Board. Anyways, congratulations.

Kiran