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PM and Swami Maharaj of Swaminarayan Sanstha
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is great admirer of Swami Maharaj of Swaminarayan Sanstha. This is evident from his two twits-

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

Will 1974 batch retired IAS be new CIC ?
There are whispers that a 1974 batch retired IAS officer is being appointed new Chief Information Commissioner .Guess the name.

Who will succeed Najib Shah as DRI ?
Najib Shah is all set to become Member of the CBEC.Now discussion has started about his successor as DRI. Rakesh Mishra 1979 batch IRS(C&CE) Seems to be ahead in the race.

Vivek Srivastava to be new JD SPG
Vivek Srivastava, IPS 1989 Gujarat Cadre is all set to join the SPG as Joint Director.He has served in SPG as DIG Ops for about 04 years and was posted as JD IB Patna from where he was picked for the assignment.

GoI to abolish slavery of junior staff for IPS officers
The Central Government led by Narendra Modi has decided to impose a ban on British legacy embarrassing junior staff while working as slaves for senior IPS officers posted in police or paramilitary forces.

Vigilance clearance of seven EDs arrives
Vigilance clearance of seven Bank Eds selected for CMDs is believed to have been received by the Ministry.

GoI employees can't use personal e-mail IDs for official purposes
The Government of India has issued advisory to all the Ministries and Departments to either use e-mail services provided by National Informatics Centre (NIC) or their own e-mail and web services being fully controlled by them and hosted in India for official communication for security reasons. The Government is of the view that security risk increased while accessing information over the internet through e-mail or web as some of the adversaries have launched target attacks to steal or damage the information for different purposes and interests.

Dr Rao posted as OSD, Overseas Indian Affairs
Dr Vani S Rao has been appointed as OSD in the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs at Joint Secretary level. He is a 1994 batch IFS officer.

Sanjay Kumar appointed as Director, MHA
Sanjay Kumar has been appointed as Director in the Ministry of Minority Affairs in Government of India. He is a 1995 batch officer of Indian Railway Store Service.

Orders of Rajesh Tripathi for CMD, DCI issued
The orders of Rajesh Tripathi, presently in the Ministry of Railways, for the appointment as Chairman & Managing Director (CMD), Dredging Corporation of India Limited (DCI) have been issued by the Government of India.
(We said this on July 9, 2014)

Ratnesh Kumar Jha posted as Director, MIL Rail, Delhi
Ratnesh Kumar Jha, who is presently in NWR, has been posted as Director/MIL Rail, New Delhi. He is an IRTS officer.

IIS officer Anil Kumar Saxena to join central deputation !
Anil Kumar Saxena is expected to join central deputation in Government of India at Joint Secretary level. He is a 1984 batch officer of Indian Information Service (IIS).

Mustafa is Govt Nominee Director, BoB
Mohammad Mustafa, Joint Secretary, Financial Services, has been nominated as Government Nominee Director of Bank of Baroda (BoB).

File of Ms Bhatnagar for Director, BLC yet to move to ACC
The file of Ms Manjusha Bhatnagar, GM, MRPL, is yet to move to the Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) for its final approval for the appointment as Director (HR & CA), Balmer Lawrie & Company Limited (BLC).

Three posts of Deputy Inspector General in CRPF vacant
Three posts of Deputy Inspector General, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), have been lying vacant.

B Prashant Kumar likely to join as CVO, CPSE
B. Prashant Kumar is expected to join central deputation at Director level as a Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO), Central Public Sector Enterprises(CPSE). He is a 1991 batch IRTS Officer.

Anil Kumar Majad posted as APS to V K Singh
Anil Kumar Majad has reportedly been appointed as APS to V K Singh, Minister of State for Statistics and Programme Implementation. He is a CSS officer.

Post of Chairman, NIC vacant since March 2014
The coveted post of Chairman, National Insurance Company has been lying vacant since March this year despite having the name selected and recommended few months back. It is reliably learnt that the name may soon be declared. Keep guessing the name.

DoPT invites applications for Financial Commissioner, ESIC
The Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) has invited applications for the post of Financial Commissioner (Joint Secretary Level), Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), Delhi under the Ministry of Labour & Employment. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the DoPT at the earliest.

Orders of Sinha for MD, OMDC Limited yet to come
The orders of P K Sinha, Dir (P&P), OMDC for the appointment as Managing Director, OMDC Limited are yet to be issued by the Government of India as vacancy of the post has been lying vacant since July 15, 2013.

Deptt of Commerce invites applications for Dy Chairman, Tea Board, Kolkata
The Department of Commerce has invited applications for the post of Deputy Chairman, Tea Board, Kolkata. Those willing to apply can send their applications to this department at the earliest.

Nagaraj yet to join as Director (Fin & Com), HSL
M Nagaraj, AGM, ITIL, is yet to join as Director (Finance & Commercial), Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL).

Ashutosh Sharma appointed Principal Director, Commercial Audit
Ashutosh Sharma, on return from foreign posting, has been posted as Principal Director of Commercial Audit & Ex-Officio Member Audit Board-IV, New Delhi. He is a 1997 batch IA&AS officer.

Dr Pingale Vijay Maruti yet to join as PS to Suresh Prabhu
Dr Pingale Vijay Maruti, who is presently in his cadre and deputed to election duty in Jammu and Kashmir, is yet to get orders as Private Secretary to Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, Minister for Railways. He is a 2004 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Rakesh Verma is also Secretary, Science & Tech in Rajasthan
Rakesh Verma has been assigned an additional charge of Secretary, Science and Technology Department in Rajasthan. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Singh and Kumar promoted in Lok Sabha Secretariat
Devender Singh has been promoted to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Lok Sabha Secretariat. Vipin Kumar has been given Director rank.

Minor reshuffle in CBI
Joint Director RS Bhatti will now take over as full fledged Chief of Policy Division. JD Ashok Tiwari has been relieved of the additional charge of the Policy Division.The additional charge of Special Crime Unit has been given to Joint Director Neena Singh who is also the head of the Special Task Force of theCBI.

Air Marshal P P Khandekar joins as Sr Maintenance Staff Officer (UPDATED)
Air Marshal P P Khandekar has assumed the responsibilities of Senior Maintenance Staff Officer at Headquarters Maintenance Command, Nagpur. He succeeded Air Marshal Sukhchain Singh, who took over the charge of Air Officer incharge Maintenance at Air HQs. Air Marshal Khandekar is a graduate of VNIT, Nagpur and was commissioned in Indian Air Force in Aeronautical Engineering (Electronics) stream in 1977.

Orders of Piramanayagam as Director (Fin), BDL issued (UPDATED)
The orders of S Piramanayagam, GM, BEML, for the appointment as Director (Finance), Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) have reportedly been issued by the Government of India.
(We said this on June 19, 2014)

Orders of Gunadhar Pandey as Director (Tech), NCL issued (UPDATED)
The orders of Gunadhar Pandey, GM, NCL, CIL, for the appointment as Director (Technical), Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL) have reportedly been issued by the Government of India.
(We said this on July 7, 2014)

Ashok Kumar Singh deputed as Director, Financial Services in GoI (UPDATED)
Ashok Kumar Singh has been appointed as Director in the Department of Financial Services in Government of India on deputation for a period of five years. He is a 1999 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

N K Mehta selected as Director (Enterprises), BSNL (UPDATED)
N K Mehta, ED, BSNL, has been selected for the post of Director (Enterprise), Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on December 4, 2014. As many as 11 persons were interviewed for the same.

CORPORATE

Sinha ceases to be Chairman, GACL
Dr Varesh Sinha, IAS, has ceased to be Chairman of Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Limited w.e.f. December 2, 2014

Verma appointed Govt Nominee Director, NHPC Ltd
Union Ministry of Power has appointed Arun Kumar Verma, Joint Secretary (Hydro), Union Ministry of Power as Part-time Government Nominee Director on the Board of Directors of NHPC Limited

Ghosh ceases to be CS, Balmer Lawrie & Company Ltd
Amit Ghosh has ceased to be Company Secretary of Balmer Lawrie & Company Ltd on reaching the age of superannuation.

Agarwal appointed CFO, Hi-Tech Gears Ltd
Hi-Tech Gears Limited has appointed Alok Agarwal as the Chief Financial Officer of the company w.e.f. December 1, 2014.

Kamble appointed MD, Shubhra Leasing Finance and Investment Company Ltd
Shubhra Leasing Finance and Investment Company Ltd has appointed Pravin Bhanudas Kamble as a Managing Director of the company

Arumugam appointed Director, TVS Srichakra Ltd
TVS Srichakra Limited has appointed A Arumugam as Director of the company w.e.f. December 3, 2014

Agarwal resigns as MD, Yogi Sungwon (India) Ltd
Rajesh Agarwal resigned as Managing Director of Yogi Sungwon (India) Ltd w.e.f. December 3, 2014

Balakrishnan appointed Independent Director, INOX Leisure Ltd
INOX Leisure Limited has appointed Ms Girija Balakrishnan as an Independent Director of the company with immediate effect

Chatterjee resigns as Independent Director, Ankit Metal & Power Ltd
Jayanta Kumar Chatterjee has resigned as Independent Director of Ankit Metal & Power Limited w.e.f. December 3, 2014

Singh appointed Whole-time Director, Kesoram Industries Ltd
Kesoram Industries Limited has appointed Amolak Preet Singh as a Whole-time Director of the company w.e.f. December 1, 2014

(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)

Smriti Irani can not become PM (DEBATE 2)

Smriti Irani can not become PM. Reason is simple she is not from the RSS. In that case Uma Bharti has better chance to become PM.

R C Meena

After Modi, it has to be a women candidate ? Gujarat model..

(DEBATE 3)

V Sewak

The Civil Appeal 2872 of 2010, UOI vs. AK Goel has been dismissed by Hon'ble Supreme Court on 27.11.2014. It will benefit all those officers who were deprived of Promotions on the basis of uncommunicated below bench mark ACR's.

Tarun Kumar

Don't reduce encashment of Earned leave

Government may reduce the retirement age but they should not venture into reducing encashment of Earned leave at the time of retirement from 300 to 180 days. This will create problems as the employees will come out open in the streets. Government should think about other methods of savings like not allowing use of vehicles at the government cost for private purposes throughout the country. Total ban on mis-use of office perks & facilities. No-exploitation of PSUs. The Government should set up a Standing Committee to monitor this menace on a regular basis and prepare list of defaulters and place it on the website. Misuse of vehicles on the companies account also take place in the private companies. If we save consumption on petrol/diesel we will also be saving on pollution levels and subsidy.

BBS

A commended thought

MP/MLA are people's representative. Government officials are public servant and are to be made available for the services to public. If officials are busy with such work as mentioned by Saxena, that means public servant's meaning is meaningless.

Ramesh Chandra

Will it ever happen ?

I fully agree but million dollar question is, will it ever happen and the subsidies, facilities availed by MPs/Ministers/Civil servants be reduced/finished. The answer is a big NO. India is not a democratic model which is heading towards socialistic pattern of society, instead it is heading towards a situation where economic gap is widening more and more. Difficult to say what will happen in years to come, God only knows.

Harish Kumar

Biometric attendance in govt. offices

It seems it is only for lower staff. The senior officers, especially at the level of JS and above - many are not marking their attendance on these expensively procured machines and some of them have not bothered to give either their fingerprint or their aadhar card. So, there is no record of their attendance at all. Also, since they have got bungalows allotted in Lutyens Delhi and also official vehicle for to and from office daily, but still they come to office not before 10.30. They work for 2 hrs.i.e. till 12.30, go home for lunch come back at 2.30. Have a nap in office for about half an hour or so. Then work for about 2.5 hrs. Sharp at 5.30 are off from their offices back to their homes ...on the way do daily shopping at khan market, sarojini nagar mket etc. We, staff members , are even not sanctioned leave to look after urgent works. Moreover, as if to add insult to injury, we are under watchful eyes of biometric machines. Sr officers are saying that they are exempted from marking attendance.... is it so? If it is so, then it is highly discriminatory. The staff do not get govt allotment, even after waiting for long periods, so they are forced to come from long distances..noida, faridabad etc.Like vox populi says let it be laid down that 40 hrs for 5 working days would be the norm..let there be some flexibility. This is urgently called for.Some enlightened readers of Whispers may please inform whether this kind of exemption is available to sr officers.

Gyannis

Improve presentation

Pattern of contents of your informative true whispers need to be more improved presentation.

Manjit Singh

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