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India to have nine Chief Justices in next seven years
India will have nine Chief Justices in next seven years i.e. by 2020. They are Justice R M Lodha , Justice H L Dattu, Justice TS Thakur , Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar , Justice Jasti Chelameswar , Justice Dipak Misra, Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justice Madan B. Lokur and Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde.
The present strength of judges in the Supreme Court is 28, against the sanctioned strength of 31. Of the 28 judges, three each are from the Bombay and Delhi, two each from the Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Punjab, Kerala, Karnataka, Patna, Jharkhand and Orissa High Courts; and one each from the High Courts of Calcutta, Gujarat, Allahabad, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Gauhati. Though appointments are not made on the basis regional considerations, as per convention, every State - it is deemed - be represented by at least one judge at any point of time.
( For details See September issue of Whispers in The Corridors )

Will Nitish show mirrors to Modi & Mulayam as the Chief Guest of NCM today?
One can anticipate the decibels and can decipher the politics and plots when Nitish Kumar would deliver his speech on minority issues as the chief guest of National Commission for Minorities at 6.30 pm at Nehru Memorial Library, Teen Murti today. Nitish has been given the opportunity to share his views and to unfold his plans. Not too tough to anticipate that Nitish would hardly miss even a single frame of news channels in showing mirrors to Modi for his might and Mulayam for his misfortunes in Muzaffarnagar massacres. One can guess only whether the Congress has gauzed the gravity of Nitish in the emerging scenario or Nitish has found the nectar of new political equations in the emerging scenario.

BUREAUCRACY

Law, Secretary, Dr Agrawal to be Member of CIC ?
Secretary, Law ,Dr B A Agrawal is likely to be appointed Member of the Central Information Commission (CIC).

Empanelment of 1980 batch IPS delayed
Empanelment of 1980 batch IPS officers to the rank of DG in the Government of India has been delayed. It will take place only after the empanelment of 1980 batch IPS officers to the rank of DG.

Will Patnaik be new DGP of Mizoram?
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Amulya Kumar Patnaik may be given to succeed Alok Kumar Verma as the new DGP of Mizoram.

Appointment of SCI Chairman awaits ACC's approval
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that the selection procedure for the appointment of new Chairman of Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) has been completed. Reportedly, the PESB has sent the file to ACC for its formal approval. The appointment of new Chairman is now a matter of days only. Presently B K Mandal, Director (Finance), SCI, is looking after the additional charge of CMD, SCI.

Ambuj Sharma to be AS, GoI, orders in a day or two
As the grapevine has it, the orders for Ambuj Sharma, poised for posting as Additional Secretary, may be issued in a day or two. The 1983 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre is empanelled as Additional Secretary, GoI. He is poised for lateral promotion and posting as Additional Secretary in the Department of Heavy Industries.

Will Raghvendra move from I&B ?
The developments in Information & Broadcasting Ministry has bolstered the buzz that Raghvendra Singh, JS (Films), may continue with I&B even after the 43rd edition of IFFI concludes in November. The 1983 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre is empanelled as Additional Secretary, GoI and awaiting posting.

AP cadre IAS officer quits
V Bhaskar has quit the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) before his normal retirement. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Justice P C Pant appointed Chief Justice, Meghalaya HC
Justice Prafulla Chandra Pant, Judge of the High Court of Uttarakhand, has been appointed as Chief Justice of the High Court of Meghalaya.
(We said this on August 21, 2013)

Orders of P C Mohapatra for Director (Projects), RINL issued
The orders of P C Mohapatra, ED, RINL, for the appointment as Director (Projects), Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL) have been issued by Government of India.
(We said this on March 19, 2013)

Post of Joint Secretary in Skill Development Scheme falling vacant
The post of Joint Secretary in Placement Linked Skill Development Scheme, under NRLM Programme division of Rural Development, is falling vacant by December 2013

Pramod Agrawal gets three months extension
Joint Secretary, Disinvestment in the Government of India ,Pramod Agrawal has been given three months extension in his deputation tenure. He is a 1991 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Anoop Kumar gets extension
Executive Director ,FCI Headquarters, Anoop Kumar has been given three months extension in his deputation tenure. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Debanja Chakrabarti empanelled as Joint Secretary, GoI
Debanjan Chakrabarti has been empanelled for the post of Join Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. He is a 1985 batch officer of Indian Information Service.

Anil Kumar to join CRPF ?
Anil Kumar is likely to join CRPF as an ADG. He is 1982 batch IPS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Cadre Management of CSS to go online
Amidst the ongoing cadre restructuring of Central Secretariat Services, the DoPT is all set to facilitate the cadre management of CSS with online platform with the introduction of website based cadre management system.

Kerala Govt wants Inder Jit Singh back to the state
If the latest buzz is to be believed the Government of Kerala has sought the services of Inder Jit Singh. The 1985 batch IAS officer is serving as JS, Department of Science & Technology. He is serving GoI on central deputation since January 11, 2010. Reportedly, the GoI is reluctant to relieve the officer to repatriate.

Central deputation of DG Foreign Trade to complete on Sept. 30
Dr Anup K Pujari, DG, Foreign Trade, is all set to complete a seven years term on central deputation on September 30. The 1980 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre took over as DG, Foreign Trade on December 6, 2010.

Will Dharmendra be Spl CP, GAD Delhi Police?
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Dharmendra Kumar may be given as Spl CP GAD in next likely reshuffle in Delhi Police. Dharmendra, a 1984 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre, is serving Delhi Police as Special CP - Crime along with the charge of GAD.

K S Patro to join as Director (Pers), ECL on Nov 1
K S Patro, GM, CCL, will be taking over the charge as Director (Personnel), Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL) on November 1, 2013. He will succeed S K Srivastava who is retiring in October.
(We said this on April 10, 2013)

Reddy empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
C Sita Rami Reddy has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. Reddy is a 1987 batch IPS officer of Punjab cadre.

1981 batch IRS (IT) DPC takes place
DPC for the promotion of 1981 batch IRS (IT) officers to the rank of Chief Commissioner has taken place. According to informed sources B D Gupta is the last in the list.

IAS officers charge-sheeted in AP
A couple of IAS officers in Andhra Pradesh have been named as accused in the two fresh charge sheets filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the Jagan Mohan Reddy case.

RINL CMD A P Choudhary to retire in Dec
A P Choudhary, Chairman-cum-Managing Director of Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL) is due to retire on December 31, 2013. P Madhusudan, Director (Finance), RINL is expected to succeed him in January, 2014.

Post of Director (T&M), IRCTC lying vacant since Feb 23
The post of Director (Tourism & Marketing), Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC) has been lying vacant since February 23, 2013. However, Ms A K Brar has been selected for the post, but she is to receive the orders.

N S Megharikh empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
N S Megharikh has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent posts in Government of India. Megharikh is a 1987 batch IPS officer of Karnataka cadre.

IAS changes in Maharashtra
MPSRTC MD Deepak Kapoor has been appointed Secretary of the state food and civil supplies department. He replaces Bhagwan Sahai, who has been shifted to the General Administration Department (GAD). Vikas Kharge will be new MD of the MSRTC.

AP High Court gets two additional Judges
Justice Asapu Ramalingeswara Rao and Justice Dama Seshadri Naidu have been appointed as Additional Judges of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh.

Rao moves to Delhi
Transfer order of 1999 batch IAS officer of UT cadre CV P Rao has been cancelled from Goa to Arunachal Pradesh. He has now been posted to the Delhi Government.

Dinesh Kumar posted as Joint Director, (M&C), PIB, Patna
Indian Information Service (IIS) officer, Dinesh Kumar has been posted as Joint Director (M&C), PIB, Patna.

B K Mehra selected as Director (Fin), MRVC (UPDATED)
B K Mehra, Financial Adviser &Chief Account Officer, MRVC, has been selected for the post of Director (Finance), Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation Limited (MRVC) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board meeting on September 20, 2013. As many as five persons were interviewed for the same.

Secretary Food reviews performance of CWC (UPDATED)
The Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) organized Regional Managers' Conference at Corporate Office, New Delhi on 16-17th September, 2013. The Conference was attended by 17 Regional Managers, Functional Directors and Senior Executives of Corporate Office. Besides Dinesh Rai, Chairman, WDRA and Dr C V Ananda Bose, Chairman, CWC addressed the Regional Managers. Sudhir Kumar, IAS, Secretary, Department of Food and Public Distribution, Government of India, reviewed the performance of CWC, addressed the participants and gave away meritorious Performance Awards for the year 2012-13 to the best performing regions. B B Pattanaik, MD, CWC highlighted the performance of the Corporation during 2012-13. Addressing the Executives, the Secretary (Food & PD) stressed upon the need for diversification into new areas of business so as to reduce dependence on FCI, innovation in warehousing and logistic areas and mechanisation of handling operations. The Secretary (Food & PD) lauded for CWC's consistent growth and achieving highest ever capacity utilisation of 93% and record turn-over of Rs.1406.70 crore during 2012-13.

Vision 2025 will steer SAIL towards 50 MTPA: SAIL Chairman (UPDATED)
SAIL is working on a long term strategic plan Vision 2025, which will steer your Company towards a target of 50 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) capacity, in line with the Prime Minister's call for production of 300 mtpa by 2025. This will not only enhance SAIL's contribution to nation building but will put SAIL amongst the top steel companies globally. Your company already has the land bank and the other necessary infrastructure for expanding its capacity to this level," said C S Verma, Chairman of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) outlining the company's ambitious plans to shareholders at the company's 41st Annual General Meeting held here today. Updating shareholders of the progress made in company's modernization and expansion programme, Chairman said, "It gives me immense pleasure to inform my esteemed shareholders that the new 4060 m3 Blast Furnace at RSP, which is the largest in the country has become operational in August, 2013. Bringing about a quantum jump of 2.5 million tonne in our hot metal capacity, this marks a new chapter in the modernization and expansion of our company." The company is likely to operationalize projects worth more than Rs 15,000 crore during the balance part of the current financial year increasing the hot metal production capacity by around 5.0 MTPA during the fiscal. SAIL's performance in the current fiscal year has bucked global trends. The company registered a 16% hike in sales in the month of August '13 by selling 10.86 lakh tonnes of steel products as compared to 9.38 lakh tones in corresponding period last year (CPLY). For the five month duration of April-August '13, the cumulative steel sales stood at 47.8 lakh tonnes, a growth of 7% over CPLY. Early this month, SAIL launched a cost optimization drive aiming to achieve savings to the tune of Rs 5000 crore during the next three years. Thrust areas identified for cost reduction include input optimization, improving operational efficiency, quick stabilization of newly commissioned units and reducing overhead costs.

S K Aggarwal is also Principal Secretary, Public Relations in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
S K Aggarwal has been assigned an additional charge of Principal Secretary, Public Relations Department in Rajasthan. He is a 1986 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Devraj, Additional Commissioner Custom, Bhopal shifted to Bangalore (UPDATED)
P Devaraj, Additional Commissioner, Customs, Central Excise and Service Tax, Bhopal, has been transferred as Additional Commissioner, Central Excise, Bangalore.

Ashish Singh appointed as CEO, Zilla Panchayat Indore in MP (UPDATED)
Ashish Singh has been appointed as CEO, Zilla Panchayat, Indore in Madhya Pradesh. He is a 2010 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.


Calcutta High Court gets six Additional Judges (UPDATED)
As many as six Judges have been appointed as Additional Judges of Calcutta High Court. They include: justice Indrajit Chatterjee, justice Shib Sadhan Sadhu, justice Sudip Ahluwalia, justice Tapash Mookherjee, justice Ranjit Kumar Bag, and justice Ishan Chandra Das.

Tenure for 3 Addl Judges, HC of Punjab &Haryana extended (UPDATED)
The tenure of three Additional Judges of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana has been extended by one year. The Judges are: Rajiv Narain Raina, Tejinder Singh Dhindsa, and Gurmeet Singh Sandhawalia.

DEBATE

Who will make the best Prime Minister in India ?

Whether he should -

1. be a political person

2. be decisive

3. be having clarity in his thought

4. be a charismatic personality

5. be English speaking

6. have support of the Corporate World

Mail your views in not more than 100 words to mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com

CORPORATE

Melwyn Rego appointed DM D of IDBI Bank
In a recent mover Melwyn Rego, Executive Director, IDBI Bank Ltd., has been appointed as Whole-Time Director, designated as Deputy Managing Director (DMD), on the Board of Directors of IDBI Bank Ltd. by the Government of India for a period of 5 years. Rego is currently looking after Infrastructure Corporate Group, Project Appraisal Department, Debt Syndication, Structuring & Advisory Department, Treasury and International Banking. He is also a Member of several committees of the Bank including the Credit Committee, Systems & Procedures Products & Staff Suggestions Committee, Investment Committee, Asset Liability Management Committee etc.

Fourth extension to BBMB Chairman
Power Ministry has given a fourth extension to Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) Chairman, AB Agrawal.

BEML Manufactured Jaipur Metro Cars flagged off
BEML Limited, a premier manufacturer of Mining & Construction, Defence Equipment and Rolling Stock including State-of-the-art Metro Cars has recently manufactured and supplied Metro Cars to Jaipur Metro Rail Project Phase-IA, against the Order for 318 Crore for manufacture, supply, testing and commissioning of 10 train sets of 4-Car each. The first trail run of Jaipur Metro Rail Car was flagged off on September 18, 2013 by Ashok Gehlot, Chief Minister of Rajasthan, registering a milestone in Metro Transportation facility for Jaipur citizens. The occasion was also graced by Shanti Kumar Dhariwal, Minister for Urban Development and Housing, Govt. of Rajasthan alongwith Chief Secretary and Additional Chief Secretary of Rajasthan State. Besides, dignitaries like CMD-Jaipur Metro, MD-Delhi Metro and CMD-BEML were present on the occasion. Ashok Gehlot, Chief Minister of Rajasthan congratulated BEML for manufacturing and supplying world-class Metro Trains and expressed happiness over BEML partnering in upgrading Urban Rail Transport in Jaipur and other cities. Mangu Singh, MD-DMRCL and NC Goyal, CMD-JMRCL have also appreciated BEML's efforts in timely supply or world class Metro Cars to Jaipur Metro.

Net direct tax collection upto Sept 17
Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has carved out a growth story in the collection of Net Direct Tax Collection as per the figure released upto September 17, 2013 along with the figures for the September Quarter advance tax. It has registered a growth of 12.5%, in the current FY 2013-14 upto September 2013, over the figure in the same period last year. Figure of Corporate tax collections showcases a growth of almost 8% in the same period. Similarly, Personal income tax collections in the same comparable periods showcase a fair growth of 21.08%. The collection of Securities Transaction Tax (STT) and Wealth Tax stands at Rs. 2210 crore and Rs 309 crore, respectively. Out of the above net collections, contribution by way of advance tax upto the September Quarter has been Rs 1,14,324 crore which shows an overall growth of 9.14%. Advance tax collections from Corporates show a growth of 7.97% as against previous year's collection; a fair growth rate of 4.5% during the same period last year. Advance Tax collection under Personal Income tax head is Rs 10946 crore, which shows a rise of 24%. ONGC, SBI, Reliance Industries Ltd, Life Insurance Corporation and HDFC Bank may find reasons for rejoice as they chart on the list among five top advance tax payers.

SAIL sweeps Vishwakarma Rashtriya Awards
"It is a matter of pride for all of us that 76% of awardees who have won the Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskar (VRP) are from Steel Authority of India Limited," stated SAIL Chairman C S Verma at a felicitation ceremony for VRP awardees organised at SCOPE Complex the other day. Continuing with its glorious tradition of previous years, 88 out of total 118 awardees for the performance year 2011 were from SAIL, who were awarded by Union Minister of Labour and Employment Sis Ram Ola at a glittering ceremony held at Vigyan Bhawan the other day. Estimated annual savings resulting from implementation of works mentioned in SAIL's award winning projects are over Rs 75 crore on a recurring basis and Rs 210 crore on a one-time basis. SAIL won 18 out of 28 awards, which went to employees from SAIL's five plants including Bhilai Steel Plant, Bokaro Steel Plant, Rourkela Steel Plant, Durgapur Steel Plant and Salem Steel Plant. In the Prime Minister's Shram Awards for 2012 announced early this month, SAIL won 6 out of the 16 awards conferred on PSUs; SAIL employees constituted half of the total Shram awardees. Instituted by the Government of India in 1965, the Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskar is a national award given every year by the Ministry of Labour in association with the Directorate General, Factory Advice Service & Labour Institutes. The Shram awards, on the other hand, are given in recognition of distinguished performance, innovative abilities, outstanding contribution in the field of productivity and exhibition of exceptional courage and presence of mind.

Venkataramani resigns as CEO, Indosolar Limited
S Venkataramani has resigned as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Indosolar Limited.

Kanodia resigns as CFO & Company Secy. Electrosteel Castings Limited
Anand Kumar Kanodia has resigned as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Company Secretary of Electrosteel Castings Limited.

Bhavsar appointed Company Secretary, Electrosteel Castings Limited
Kavita Bhavsar has been appointed as Company Secretary of Electrosteel Castings Limited.

Narendra appointed MD, Tata Steel Ltd
Tata Steel Ltd has appointed T V Narendran as Managing Director of the company w.e.f. November 1, 2013

Kumar appointed Director, KCP Ltd
KCP Limited has appointed P S Kumar as Director of the company.

Rathi resigns as Director, Thirumalai Chemicals Limited
Pradeep Rathi has resigned as Director of Thirumalai Chemicals Limited.

Kumar resigns as Company Secy. Octant Industries Ltd
Pola Sudheer Kumar has resigned as Company Secretary of Octant Industries Ltd.

Das resigns as MD, CMI FPE Ltd
Sanjoy Kumar Das has resigned as Managing Director (MD) of CMI FPE Ltd due to personal reasons.

Harlalka to be designated as ED, Milgrey Finance & Investments Ltd?
The Board of Milgrey Finance & Investments Ltd is to consider designating Shyamsunder Harlalka as the Executive Director of the company.

(The views expressed in this column are of the contributors. We do not owe any responsibility, whatsoever, of the views of our surfers as they are their personal opinion. However, we would also request our contributors not to be personal, directly or indirectly, in presenting their views. Instead of countering the views which ‘X’ has already expressed, our contributors are advised to present their own views. Also be brief, say about 200 words at the most since any views longer than that if eliminated at our end would carry the risk of the contrbutor’s item losing its original essence)

Debate (1)Who will make the best Prime Minister in India ?

PM. will be charismatic as Modi ji.

Bipin Abbi

DEBATE (2)

He should be decisive & clear in his mind about India first.

Papta

DEBATE (3)

The best Prime Minister of India should be an effective mass leader having high belongingness to the country with ability/skill to deliver to the countrymen despite adverse situations.

Niranjan Nayak

Some austerity measures

(i) No government money be utilized on the travel costs of the politicians in office for campaigning purpose for the ensuing elections.

(ii) No advertisement be issued on the exchequer account for mentioning the achievement of the existing governments.

(iii) Ministers to use only 600 litre petrol per quarter in line with the Staff Car Rules. No cars to his personal staff from the government side from the Department itself or its PSUs.

(iv) The Senior Bureaucrats from the level of Joint Secretary and above should set example and use facilities as per the entitlements and not excess even if it meant from the side of a PSU.

(iv) Officers/Staff in the office of the Ministers and Secretaries should not exceed entitlement. PSU employees should be sent back.

(v) Processing of cases in Government should be made speedier leading to saving on expenditure.

(vi) Ministers and Bureaucrats should shed their feudalistic image

A Srivastava

Plight of Senior citizens

The Senior citizens are the backbone of the society and this country. The facilities provided to them are shabby. They are paid very less pension and no house rent allowance. You can see that a simple house of 2 BHK is not less than Rs. 45 to Rs. 80 lakhs. So what a pensioner will do ? They should be given homes in the retired officers homes (to be done by the Govt). Similarly they should get at least 70 to 90 % of basic pension with HRA and other benefits. Manmohan Singh himself was a Government Servant and was designated as Economic Adviser. Why he is not interested in the welfare of senior citizens ? Many government departments seek these seniors as consultants to seek their expert advise on the matter on which they do not have experts. PM should not see it otherwise but do something to improve the plight of senior citizens in all spheres. It would be suggestive to the government to see this as a welfare project need to be implemented immediately. God bless our country

D N Yadav

Spending of CSR funds by the Companies

This present government is most inhuman towards senior citizen. See example... Senior citizens are lined up since early morning at various Delhi government Headquarters just to show their Bank Account number, Aadhar Card or other proof that they are alive to get the Old Age Pension. Human Approach should be from government side to depute their own personnel to Old Age People House to verify themselves instead of keep them waiting, rebuking them, admonishing them and refusing to entertain frequently.

Victor

WCP is fuel

As my job is PR, wcp is a fuel to me and it strengthen me.

Har Pal Singh

An insult to India

The move to allow IAS and IPS officers free medical treatment abroad is a crazy idea and an insult to India. It is anti-national. When foreigners rush to Indian hospitals for treatment where is the need for Indians, officials or otherwise, to rush abroad for treatment? Even the wisdom of treatment of the gang rape victim in a Singapore hospital was questionable. IAS and IPS officers do not even qualify as gang rape victims. Or do they, at the hands of their political bosses? Is that why they need free medical treatment in Singapore hospitals? In that case it would be better to deal with the cause of the ailment (ministers) than the disease (fawning on ministers beyond the call of duty).

D Choudhury

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