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Are key appointments in the GoI after scrutiny of RSS ?
Are key appointments in the GoI are made after the scrutiny of a group of RSS leaders ?. Insiders answer will be "Yes".

Survey--Who after Modi in 2024 ?

Who will be the BJP stalwart, or in other words, who will replace Narendra Modi after 2024 ? This question has already started haunting the politicians who believe that there is no danger to Modi till that time. Modi himself has commented, in a lighter vein, while addressing the children of the nation a couple of weeks ago.

During a chat with students on Teachers' Day, when a boy from Imphal sought advice on how to become PM, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, "Prepare for 2024 elections and invite me to your swearing in. That will ensure that till then I do not have any threat”.

Whispers team also pondered over the fact and regardless of the fact that Modi’d replacement would be a common choice of the BJP and the RSS, few names that came to it are given below. We would also like or surfers to express their opinion on the same.

( Mail your views to –Mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com or Suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com)

The probables are :

Nitin Gadkari
Nitin Jairam Gadkari (born 27 May 1957) is the current Transport minister under the BJP central cabinet in the 16th Loksabha. He was appointed to head BJP in December 2009 after the party suffered a defeat in the general elections earlier that year. A strong supporter for privatization, he is known for having campaigned for investment in the infrastructure areas from private firms.

Amit Shah
Amit Shah (born Oct 22, 1964) is an Indian politician from Gujarat and the current president of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He is a close associate of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and held a number portfolios in Government of Gujarat, when Modi was the Chief Minister.

Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Shivraj Singh Chouhan (born 5 March 1959) is the 18th and current Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh. He replaced Babulal Gaur as Chief Minister on November 29, 2005. As a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party, he has served as its general secretary and as president of its Madhya Pradesh state unit.

Devendra Fadnavis
Devendra Gangadharrao Fadnavis (born 22 July 1970) is the 18th and current Chief Minister of Maharashtra state. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and is also the president of the Maharashtra state unit of the BJP and a MLA of Maharashtra from Nagpur South West.

Manohar Parrikar
Manohar Gopalkrishna Prabhu Parrikar (born 13 December 1955) is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in India, and Defence Minister in the Government of India.

Ravi Shankar Prasad
Ravi Shankar Prasad (born 30 August 1954) is an Indian lawyer, politician and the present Union Minister holding Ministry of Communications and Information Technology in Government of India. He is a Member of Parliament in (Rajya Sabha) and represents Bihar.

Kiren Rijiju
Kiren Rijiju (born 19 November 1971) is Union Minister of State for Home Affairs of India. He has entered the Lok Sabha for the second time from the Arunchal (West) constituency of Arunachal Pradesh.

Ram Madhav
Ram Madhav (born on April 22, 1965), is one of the top intellectuals associated with RSS. Since 2003 he is the national spokesperson of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (R.S.S.), considered to be the largest voluntary organization of the world.

Raman Singh
Raman Singh (born on 15 October 1952) joined the Bharatiya Jan Sangh as a youth member, was the president of youth wing in Kawardha has successfully won election 2013 for his 3rd tenure as a CM of Chhattisgarh.

JP Nadda
Jagat Prakash Nadda (born 2 December 1960) is an Indian politician and Member of Parliament. He is currently the member of Rajya Sabha from Himachal Pradesh and national general secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party.

Vasndhara Raje
Vasundhara Raje Scindia, commonly referred to as Vasundhara Raje (born on 8 March 1953 ) is an Indian politician who has been Chief Minister of Rajasthan since 2013; previously she served in the same post from 2003 to 2008. She is the first female Chief Minister of Rajasthan.

Uma Bharti
Uma Bharti (born 3 May 1959), is an Indian politician and cabinet minister. Raised by Vijaya Raje Scindia of Gwalior, was one of the most prominent leaders of the Ram Janmabhoomi movement of the 1980s and 1990s organised by the BJP and the Vishva Hindu Parishad.

Smriti Irani
Smriti Zubin Irani (née Malhotra, born 23 March 1976) is an Indian politician and former model, television actress and producer. She represents the Bharatiya Janata Party and is the incumbent Minister of Human Resource Development of Government of India.

BUREAUCRACY

Who will be next R&AW Chief ?
Who will succeed Alok Joshi as R&AW Chief ?.Chances of number two in the organization Rajinder Khanna are bright. He is former 1978 batch IPS officer of Odisha cadre.One source however mentioned the name of another officer A Saxena for the post.

Key appointments this week ?
Key IAS and IPS appointments are expected to take place in the Government of India this week. An exercise is already on.

Will Sanath Kumar be appointed as new Chairman, NIC?
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Sanath Kumar, the incumbent Chairman of New India Insurance Company may soon be appointed as new Chairman of National Insurance Company. His file is reported to have reached the ACC. One can only wait and watch.

Extended panel of CBEC Members !
Najib Shah, AK Kaushal, Mrs Neerja Shah, Mrs Vanaja Sarna, Ram Tirath. Mrs Ananya Ray(extended panel)

Lt Gen (Rtd) Hasnain in the race of DG, IDSA
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Lt General 9Rtd) Syed Ata Hasnain is also in the chase of Director General, IDSA (Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses). The coveted post of DG, IDSA has been lying vacant since August this year.

Dr Avinash Chander continues as Secretary, DRD
Dr Avinash Chander will be continuing as Secretary, Department of Defence Research & Development (DRD) in the Ministry of Defence more 18 months on contract basis after his retirement on November 30, 2014. His contractual term will end on May 31, 2016.

R C Tayal is also DG, CRPF
R C Tayal, Special DG, CRPF, has been assigned an additional charge of Director General of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) consequent to the retirement on superannuation of incumbent Dilip Trivedi. He is a 1980 batch IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Khwairakpam Nobin Singh is Judge, Manipur HC
Justice Khwairakpam Nobin Singh has been appointed as a Judge of the Manipur High Court.

Public Sector Banks to appoint Statutory Central Auditors
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will provide the selection criteria for selecting Statutory Central Auditors (SCAs) to Public Sector Banks (PSBs) with the list of eligible auditors made available by the Comptroller & Auditor General (C&AG). Then, the PSBs can make selection out of the list with the prior approval of RBI for the year 2014-15.

Disinvestment of TCIL expected next year
The Ministry of Heavy Industry is expected to complete disinvestment process of Kolkata based Tyre Corporation of India Limited (TCIL) within one year. This Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE) is debilitating by financial crisis.

Ministry expected to appoint Sahu as Member, DVC without CVC clearance?
The Ministry of Power is believed to be planning to send the appointment proposal of H K Sahu as Member (Finance), on the Board of Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) to the Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) for final approval after the delay in Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) clearance within two months as per DoPT guidelines.

Ms Saraswati Valli as Deputy Director (Civil/AB) in PD office, Mumbai
Ms Saraswati Valli, Deputy Accountant General (ES-I), Accountant General (E&RSA), Gujarat, Ahmedabad, has been transferred and posted as Deputy Director (Civil/AB) in the office of Principal Director of Audit, Central, Mumbai.

Nine CGM rank posts lying vacant in NHAI
As against the sanctioned strength of 39 as many as 09 posts of CGM rank has been lying vacant in NHAI. Reportedly, the differing views (on eligibility crieteria) between the NHAI & ministry made this delay.

Malay Shrivastava to return to MP this month end
ED in the ITPO Malay Shrivastava is returning to the parent Madhya Pradesh cadre on December 24.After spearheading the Urban Development in MP as Commissioner and Secretary, Malay Shrivastava continued in infrastructure sector while serving as Director in the Power Ministry, Joint Secretary in Telecom and current assignment in Commerce Ministry as ED, ITPO. He is 1990 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

No decision about SPG Chief ?
The Government is yet to take a decision about the new SPG Chief.Meanwhile, K Durga Prasad is reported to have applied for two months leave.

Durga Prasad meets PM
Outgoing SPG Chief K Durga Prasad met the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday. He is 1981 batch IPS officer of Telengana cadre.

PMO Turns down proposal of Dr Gupta !
The PMO is believed to have turned down the proposal of Dr Subrato Gupta for the post of Chairman Tea Board. He is 1990 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

10 CSS officers transferred to MHA
As many as 10 officers of Central Secretariat Service (CSS) have been transferred at Assistants' Grade to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). They are Abhishekh Sharma, Sumit Jha, Shahnawaz Ahmed Ansari of Commerce while Vikas Anand of UPSC; Partha Pratim Sur and Subodh Kumar of IPP; Virendra Singh of Power; Yadvendra Kumar Singh and Amit Kumar of Planning Commission and Susant Parida of Water Resources.

D N Singh appointed as PS to Dr Harsh Vardhan
D N Singh has been appointed as Private Secretary to Dr Harsh Vardhan, Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences. He is a 1987 batch DANICS officer.

Ashish Chauhan strengthening roots for Indian capital market
Bombay Stock Exchange, ( BSE ) is these days spreading its wings in a full swing indicating towards a healthier market scenario in India. And the credit for this goes none else but its Managing Director Ashish Chauhan who is also its Chief Executive Officer. Recently Market Capitalisation of the BSE - which is not only 140 years old but also the Asia's first stock exchange - has crossed 100 Lakh Crores - taking BSE on 9th position in the world leaving Switzerland behind. Chauhan visited USA and Australia during Prime Minister Narender Modi visit to these countries for better economic ties. Chauhan who serves on the Board of ICCL, CDSL, BSE Training Institute, BFSI Sector Skill Council and Marketplace Technologies Ltd., is graduated from IIT Bombay and is an MBA from IIM Calcutta. He has served not only served prominent corporate houses - including Reliance Industries & Reliance Communications - in India but also worked with NSE besides having served as the CEO of Mumbai Indians, a cricket team in the Indian Premier League (IPL) .

HSL debilitated by financial losses since 2011
Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL) under the Defence Public Sector Undertaking (DPSU) has been incurring financial losses since 2011-12.

GSL incurring financial losses since 2013
Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) Defence Public Sector Undertaking (DPSU) has been incurring financial losses since 2013-14.

Coir Board bags Gold Medal
The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium of which Kalraj Mishra is Union Minister and Surendra Nath Tripathi IAS, is Chairman of Coir Board. Coir Board bagged Gold Medal for best display in IITF among banks, PSUs, & Commodities boards during the India International Trade Fair, at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi, Minister of State for Culture (Independent Charge), Tourism (Independent Charge) and Civil Aviation, Dr. Mahesh Sharma presented the Gold Medal to the P.R.O.-cum-Manager Coir Board, J. K. Shukla

Two posts of Deputy Inspector General in CIPF vacant
Two posts of Deputy Inspector General, Central Industrial Police Force (CIPF), have been lying vacant.

Subodh Kumar Singh is also Secretary, Commerce & Industries in CG
Subodh Kumar Singh has been assigned an additional charge of Secretary Commerce and Industries in Chhattisgarh. He is a 1997 batch IAS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre.

Aruna Bahuguna bereaved
Director of National Police Academy Aruna Bahuguna, Sunday morning, lost her husband S. Jayaraman, an IPS officer of 1977 batch who retired last year as Special Secretary (Internal) of the Ministry of Home Affairs..

O P Singh appointed as DG, NDRF (UPDATED)
O P Singh, ADG, Airport, CISF, has been appointed as Director General of NDRF at ADG level. Singh is the first IPS officer in the country to have got DG Rank in GoI.He is a 1983 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Ramesh P Singh appointed as ADG, BSF (UPDATED)
Ramesh P Singh, IG, CISF, has been appointed as Additional Director General (ADG), Border Security Force (BSF) after promotion to this grade. He is a 1984 batch IPS officer of Orissa cadre.

R K Pachananda posted as ADG (Airport), CISF (UPDATED)
R K Pachananda, ADG, CRPF, has been appointed as Additional Director General (Airport), CISF. He is a 1983 batch IPS officer of West Bengal cadre.

A P Maheshwari appointed as ADG, BSF (UPDATED)
A P Maheshwari, IG, CRPF, has been appointed as Additional Director General, Border Security Force (BSF). He is a 1984 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

D K Pandey posted as ADG, CRPF (UPDATED)
D K Pandey, IG, CRPF, has been appointed as Additional Director General, CRPF. He is a 1984 batch IPS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

Justice Ranjana Desai takes over as Chairperson (UPDATED)
Mrs. Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai, former Judge Supreme Court has taken over the charge of Chairperson, Appellate Tribunal for Electricity, New Delhi on Monday.
(We said this on Nov 12, 2014)

Air Marshal Jagjeet Singh joins as AOC-in-Chief (UPDATED)
Air Marshal Jagjeet Singh VSM has taken over as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at Headquarters Maintenance Command, Nagpur. After completing his Bachelor of Engineering Degree in Electrical Engineering (Hons) from Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala in 1976, he joined the Indian Air Force in 1977 and was commissioned in the Aeronautical Engineering Branch.

Air Marshal Sukhchain Singh takes over as Air Officer-in-charge Maintenance (UPDATED)
Air Marshal Sukhchain Singh Vishisht Seva Medal (VSM) has assumed the responsibilities of Air Officer-in-Charge Maintenance at Air HQ, New Delhi. The Air Marshal who belongs to Amritsar was commissioned in the Electronics stream of Aeronautical Engineering branch in IAF on July 2, 1979.

Prabhat Sahai takes over as CMD, MRVC (UPDATED)
Prabhat Sahai has assumed the charge as Chairman & Managing Director, Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation Limited (MRVC). He succeeded Rakesh Saksena retired on November 30, 2014.
(We said this on June 9, 2014)

Anuj Aggarwal joins as Member (HR), AAI (UPDATED)
Anuj Aggarwal, ED, AAI, has taken over the charge as Member (HR), Airport Authority of India (AAI).
(We said this on June 4, 2014)

ISRO chairman lays foundation stone for space program, calls HAL 'partner-in-progress' (UPDATED)
The Chairman of ISRO, Dr K Radhakrishnan laid the foundation stone for Integrated Cryogenic Engine Manufacturing (ICEM) facility on HAL land in presence of HAL Chairman, Dr R K Tyagi The facility is being set up over a built-up area of 5560 sqm opposite to HAL's Aerospace Division and will be manned by HAL. ISRO will fund Rs 139 crores for the facility. "Our plan is to establish the ICEM facility in next two years and we are proud to come out with a strategy on indigenous engines for our space missions in future", said Dr Tyagi. Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Radhakrishnan, hailed HAL's contribution to ISRO. "We remember HAL every time we succeed in our missions, the Mars Orbiter Mission being the latest. We have been partners in progress and will continue to be so in future too", he said. Dr. Tyagi recalled the success stories of ISRO and assured the space agency the continued support in all its missions. "Together we will work to ensure that the make-in-India efforts succeed in the space sector", he said. "HAL is now transforming itself from being manufacturing company to technology driven company. We have identified 111 technologies which we need to master in next few years", he added. He also pointed out that HAL has now registered over 500 patents as against single digit figure two years ago. The major facilities planned at this upcoming ICEM unit include rotary vacuum brazing facility, machineries for sheet metal forming, CNC machines (mainly 5 axis) for complex geometry machining, tungsten inert gas/metal inert gas welding, the heat treatment facilities for special materials and testing facilities. The new facility is expected to have a turnover nearly Rs. 9 crores per year. K Naresh Babu, Managing Director, HAL's Bangalore Complex, V Natarajan, GM, Aerospace Division and senior officials of ISRO also spoke on the occasion.

Ms Snehalata Kumar is also Secretary, Official Language (UPDATED)
Ms Snehalata Kumar has been assigned an additional charge of Secretary, Department of Official Language under the Ministry of Home Affairs for a period of three months. She is a 1979 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

2 IAS officers get new assignments in Haryana (UPDATED)
Mrs Gauri Joshi has been appointed as ADC-cum-CEO, DRDA Jind while Rajnarain Kaushik was given an additional charge of Administrator, HUDA, Hisar in Haryana.

Mrs Gaur Singh appointed as MD, MP Urja Vikas Nigam in MP (UPDATED)
Mrs Gauri Singh has been appointed as Managing Director, Madhya Pradesh Urja Vikas Nigam with additional charge of OSD-cum- Commissioner, New and Renewable Energy. He is a 1987 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

CORPORATE

Kumar appointed Govt Nominee Director, Union Bank of India with immediate effect
The Central government has appointed Mihir Kumar as Government Nominee Director of Union Bank of India with immediate effect

Dogra nominated Govt Nominee Director, United Bank of India
Ashok Kumar Dogra, Deputy Secretary, Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance has been nominated as the Government Nominee Director of United Bank of India

Modi appointed Group CFO, Eros International Media Ltd
Dinesh Modi has been appointed as Group Chief Financial Officer, India of Eros International Media Limited

Raizada resigns as ED ( Retail), Tara Jewels Ltd
Vikram Raizada has resigned as Executive Director (Retail) of Tara Jewels Ltd w.e.f. January 2, 2015

Soni appointed CS, Tara Jewels Ltd
Ms Jayshree Soni has been appointed as Company Secretary of Tara Jewels Ltd w.e.f. December 02, 2014

Jain to be re-appointed Whole-time Director Magnum Ventures Ltd
The Board of Magnum Ventures Ltd is to re-appoint Abhey Kumar Jain as the Whole-time Director of the company

Guha resigns as Independent Director, Kalpena Industries Ltd
Nilay Guha has resigned as Independent Director of Kalpena Industries Ltd w.e.f. November 1, 2014

Tripathy resigns as CS, Alpine Housing Development Corporation Ltd
Ashok Kumar Tripathy has resigned as Company Secretary of Alpine Housing Development Corporation Limited

Sahu appointed CS, Alpine Housing Development Corporation Ltd
Suraj Kumar Sahu has been appointed as Company Secretary of Alpine Housing Development Corporation Limited

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All augurs well for the future
Narendra Modi is working day and night for the country. He does not believe in sycophancy, he does not have any axe to grind, he does not have any coterie, he does not believe in kitchen cabinet, he does not believe in nepotism, he has no sons or daughters or sons in law or daughters in law or brothers or brothers in law or sisters or sisters in law in tow. There is tight control over the bureaucracy, the police, the legislators and the political executive. It is only a matter of time before more and more of his ideas start taking concrete shape. The results have already started flowing in. It all augurs well for the future.
Vijay Kumar

Is the govt serious about reducing Expenditure ?
1.If yes then the first thing Gov should do is to Privatise Air India. Out of 370 daily flights 361 flights of Air India are loss making. Air India suffered a loss of Rs.7,559 crore in yr 2011-12,Rs.5400 crore in 2012-13 and Rs.5,300 crore in yr 2013-14.
2.On the contrary pvt airlines are paying taxes.The gov is using taxes collected from pvt airline to fund the losses of Air India.
3.In fact the Gov policy of selling LTC tickets at huge price is an indirect way of subsidising the airline.
4.Further the Gov directive that Central Gov employees must travel by Air India is a directive which is anti competitive directive. CCI needs to look into this and strike it down.
5. It is said that it is none of the business of government to be in business, Gov should privatise/wind up Air India as soon as possible. Else I don't see that this government is any different compared to previous ones.
6. Pl stop this loot of taxpayers money, else I feel the private business is justified in stashing their money in Swiss Bank accounts.
7. Hope the advisers to PM would bring this post to the knowledge of Hon PM.
Rekha

Check on CSS reqired
Of course there has to be a check on CSS too. Whenever there is a pay commission these people override other lesser placed central government employees. Let them deny this.
Sudhakar

" Don't pamper MPs and MLAs "
The civil servants have been bending forward for the last 66 years while receiving or seeing off MLAs and MPs in their offices. Formal instructions are being issued by DOP& T year after year. Why again, this year ? Har saal, zalil kyon kiya jaata hai, babus ko ? MPs / MLAs khuda nahi hain ?Minimum courtesies must be extended to all visitors ,more so, to the poor and helpless. All must be treated at par.
A K Saxena (A retd civil servant)

It's good
Good, in fact R C Tayal should be made the regular DG, a very competent & impartial officer ... Congrats !
Subhash Kumar

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