What people say about us!
Very well said Dr Kanth and so apt. Keep it up Whispers.
H K Dubey

When nothing else inspires, History does! (155)
When peaceful revolutions are made impossible, violent revolutions become inevitable.

Doval Doval and Doval these days !
Entire media and TV Channels have been projecting Ajit Doval as Crisis Manager, Trouble shooter and closest man to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Who is the PR Man of Doval sahib ? Is he a friend or his enemy ?


PM and Swami Maharaj of Swaminarayan Sanstha
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is great admirer of Swami Maharaj of Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha), Swaminarayan Aksharpith

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 Alok Rawat return to Sikkim as Chief Secretary ?
Will the top contender for the post of Cabinet Secretary Alok Rawat return to the parent cadre Sikkim as Chief Secretary in January ?. Present Chief Secretary Rinchen Ongmu is scheduled to retire in January.He is 1977 batch IAS officer of Sikkim cadre.

Will A K Sharma join CBI ?
It is whispered that A K Sharma may join the CBI to head Delhi unit of the CBI. He is 1987 batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre.

AIS officers to be deprived of empanelment on failing to submit property returns
The officers of All India Service will be deprived of empanelment for the post of Joint Secretary or other senior level posts in Government of India if they fail to submit their annual immovable property returns of the previous year by January 31, 2015.

Second name for Director (Mktg), IOCL yet to be decided
The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas is yet to select the candidate for the post of Director (Marketing), Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) after the name of U V Mannur, ED, IOCL, was struck off by the concerned Minister. However, ACC will decide the fate of Mannur as per DoPT guidelines.

160 candidates for 3 Members of NDMA
Altogether 160 candidates are believed to have applied for three vacancies of Member in the National Disaster Management Authority(NDMA).

11 IAS officers quit to join private sector
As many as 11 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers have resigned from the service to take up jobs in private sector during last three years.

11 IRS officers quit to join private sector
As many as 15 officers belonging to Indian Revenue Service (IAS) have resigned from the service to take up jobs in private sector during last three years.

5, 23, 721 employees of OBC category in GoI
As many as 5, 23, 721 employees belonging to Other Backward Classes (OBCs) are working in 69 Ministries in Government of India. This is 17.74% of total 29, 52, 080 employees working in various Ministries.

IAS officers offered central posts on deputation for 2015
The Government of India has invited applications from the officers willing to be appointed to the posts of Joint Secretary, Director, Deputy Director or other equivalent posts in the year 2015.

N K Mehta selected as Director (Enterprises), BSNL
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.

Ashok Kumar Singh is Director, Financial Services in GoI
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.

Avijit Ghosh to join as CMD, HECL on Jan 1

Avijit Ghosh, Director (Mining), HCL, will be taking over as CMD, Heavy Engineering Corporation Limited (HECL) on January 1, 2014.
(We said this on June 26, 2014)

Vikas inducted as SP, NIA

Vikas has been inducted as Superintendent of Police (SP) in National Investigation Agency (NIA) on deputation basis. He is a 2009 batch IPS officer of Nagaland cadre.

Mrs Namita Mehrotra posted as ED, Railway Board

Mrs Namita Mehrotra, on return from deputation to Planning Commission, has been posted as Executive Director, Finance (Resource Mobilization), Railway Board. She is an IRAS officer.

Rajesh Tripathi to succeed Mohanty as CMD, DCI on Feb 1

Rajesh Tripathi, presently in the Ministry of Railways, will be taking over the charge as Chairman & Managing Director (CMD), Dredging Corporation of India Limited (DCI) on February 1, 2015. He will succeed Capt D K Mohanty retiring on January 31, 2015.

Srinivasa Rao nominated Govt Nominee Director, Indian Bank
N Srinivasa Rao, Financial Services, has been nominated as Government Nominee Director of Indian Bank.

ITBP cadre officer Ajay Kumar is CSO and Fire Officer NDMC
Ajay Kumar, Dy. Commandant, ITBP has been appointed has new Chief Security Officer and Fire Officer, New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) in place of Anil Kumar Saha. He is an ITBP cadre officer.

Fresh applications to be invited for nine CGM posts with NHAI
It is reliably learnt that fresh applications may soon be invited for the nine vacant posts of CGM, NHAI. Out of 39 CGM posts 09 have been lying vacant for several months. Previously the eligibility crieteria was SE plus 06 years of experience but now it would require only 03 yrs of experience as Supretendnt Engineer (SE).

Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore to get well-furnished room
.A well-furnished room is being prepared for Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting at the 7th floor of the Ministry. Personal staff of Rathore is sharing room with the staff of Arun Jaitley, Cabinet Minister of the same for the time being.

Post of CMD, Hindustan Salts Ltd advertised
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has advertised the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Hindustan Salts Limited (HSL) fell vacant on November 1, 2014. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before February 5, 2015.

Orders of Piramanayagam for Director (Fin), BDL issued
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 for Director (Tech), NCL issued
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)

DoPT invites applications for GM, FCI in Bihar
The Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) has invited applications for the post of General Manager (Bihar) in Food Corporation of India (FCI), Patna under the Department of Food & Public Distribution. Those willing to apply for this post can send their applications to DoPT at the earliest.

Subrahmanyam posted as Accountant General, A&E
M S Subrahmanyam, on return from foreign assignment, has been posted as Accountant General (A&E), under CAG in West Bengal, Kolkata. He is a 1993 batch IA&AS officer.

Anish Prasad is again SP ACB,CBI Delhi
Anish Prasad, IPS (Tripura-2003) who was transferred from Anti-Corruption Branch, Jaipur as SP (Pers) in CBI HQs, Delhi has again been transferred as SP in Anti-Corruption Branch, CBI, Delhi

DoPT invites applications for Minister (Economic), HCI in London
The Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) has invited applications for the post of Minister (Economic) in the High Commission of India, London (Joint Secretary Level), under the Department of Commerce. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the DoPT at the earliest.

MRPL conferred with SKOCH order of merit 2014
MRPL has been conferred the prestigious Skoch Foundation Order-of-Merit Award for the Best Project in the country. BHV Prasad, GM Projects, MRPL received the Order of Merit from Shri Sameer Kochhar, CEO, SKOCH Foundation and Ms Zohra Chatterjee IAS, Senior Advisor, Skoch Group, former Secretary Textiles, GoI, in the presence of the 'who's who' of Corporate India at the 38th Skoch Summit on "Resurgent India, Competitive India" held at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.

Dr Satbir Silas Bedi gets additional charge of Chairman CBSC (UPDATED)
Joint Secretary in the Ministry of HRD Dr Satbir Silas Bedi has been given additional charge of Chairman Central Borad of Secondary Education . She is 1986 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Ajit Kumar Seth gets extension as Cabinet Secretary (UPDATED)
The tenure of Ajit Kumar Seth as Cabinet Secretary has been extended for a further period of six months beyond December 13, 2014. He is a 1974 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.
(We said this on Nov 28, 2014)

Reshuffle of IPS officers in Punjab (UPDATED)
Some IPS officers have been transferred and posted at different places in Punjab. Accordingly, Hardyal Singh Mann has been appointed as SSP, Ferozepur while Sukhwant Singh Gill will now be Commandant, 4th Commando Battalion, Mohali and Gurpreet Singh Bhullar is SSP, Mohali. Similarly, Inder Mohan Singh Bhatti has been posted as SSP, Bathinda; SK Sharma gets charge of Punjab Home Guards; G D Pandey as DGP Powercom; Lok Nath gets charge of IGP, Zonal-2, Jalandhar; Gurmeet Singh Chauhan as SSP, Patiala; Gurmeet Singh Randhawa as SSP, Fatehgarh Sahib and Gurpreet Singh Gill was posted as SSP, Khanna.

Nirja Saraf selected as CMD, HDPEL (UPDATED)
Nirja Saraf, CS & GM, Braithwaite has been selected for the post of Chairman & Managing Director (CMD), Hoogly Dock & Port Engineers Limited (HDPEL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on December 5, 2014. As many as 4 candidates have been interviewed for the same.

PESB invites applications for Director (Prod), Braithwaite & Co Ltd (UPDATED)
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Director (Production), Braithwaite & Co Ltd fell vacant on October 27, 2014. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before January 22, 2015.

Rohit Kumar is back to Rajasthan (UPDATED)
Rohit Kumar is back to the parent Rajasthan cadre from central deputation. He is 1997 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.Kumar is awaiting for posting.

Pranabjyoti Nath goes on inter cadre deputation to Odisha (UPDATED)
An inter cadre deputation of Pranabjyoti Nath from Kerala cadre to Odisha cadre has been approved for a period of 5 years. He is a 2005 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

Akhilesh Kumar goes on inter cadre deputation to Rajasthan (UPDATED)
An inter cadre deputation of Akhilesh Kumar from Uttar Pradesh cadre to Rajasthan cadre has been approved for a period of 5 years. He is a 2005 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

4 IRS-IT officers get postings after return from deputation (UPDATED)
Upon return from deputation, four IRS-IT officers have been posted as CIT (OSD) in the regions of Principal Chief Commissioners of Income Tax. Accordingly, Vidisha Karla has been posted to the region of PrCCIT, Hyderabad whereas Ajay K Atri to PrCCIT, Mumbai and Praveen Kishore in the region of PrCCIT, Patna. Besides, Kusum Bansal has been posted as OSD in the region of PrCCIT office, Chandigarh.

Mrs Ramaiyer is also Secretary, Intermediate Education in Telangana (UPDATED)
Mrs Shailaja Ramaiyer has been assigned an additional charge of Secretary, Board of Intermediate Education in Telangana. She is a 1997 batch IAS officer of Telangana cadre.

Mukesh Jain gets additional charge (UPDATED)
Mukesh Jain has been given additional charge of National Trust in the Department of Disability.He is 1989 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Deepak Kumar promoted as IG, SSB (UPDATED)
Deepak Kumar has been promoted from Deputy Inspector General, SSB to Inspector General, SSB. He is a 1994 batch IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

CORPORATE

Diwanji resigns as Director, Cadila Healthcare Ltd
Apurva S Diwanji has resigned as Director of Cadila Healthcare Limited

Mallya appointed Director, MRPL
Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Limited has appointed Ms Ritu Mallya as a Director of the company with immediate effect

Etchemendy appointed Independent Director, Infosys Ltd
Infosys Ltd has appointed Prof. John Etchemendy as an Independent Director of the company.

Khan appointed MD, Dollex Industries Ltd
Dollex Industries Ltd has appointed Firoz Khan as a Managing Director of the company w.e.f. December 1, 2014

Pandya resigns as Director, Rutron International Ltd
Hitesh Pandya has resigned as Director of Rutron International Ltd w.e.f. December 4, 2014.

Gupta appointed Addl. Director, Luminaire Technologies Ltd
Luminaire Technologies Ltd has appointed Ramendra Kumar Gupta as Additional Director of the company.

Two Addl. Directors to be appointed on Board of Golden Legand Leasing & Finance Ltd
The Board of Golden Legand Leasing & Finance Ltd is to appoint Gulab Awadhpal Singh and Dheeraj Kumar Singh as additional directors of the company w.e.f. November 11, 2014

Vijeshwar resigns as Director, VLS Finance Ltd
Gian Vijeshwar has resigned as Director of VLS Finance Ltd

Bothra resigns as Director, Anugraha Jwellers Ltd
Ashok Bothra has resigned as Director of Anugraha Jwellers Ltd w.e.f. December 4, 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)

Shiv Raj Singh Chauhan (Debate 1 )

A simple and straignt Shiv Raj Singh will make a good PM .

R K Govil

Manohar Parikar (Debate 2 )

He seems to be a copy of Narendra Modi. He can be a good Prime Minister.

G K Kutty

Don't reduce retirement age

"Retirement age of government servants should not be reduced. In fact, it should be increased suitably. Reasons for this have been discussed in detail by many of us- increase in life expectancy, delayed marriages and consequent unsettled children, optimum utilization of the experience gained by government servants over the years etc. etc. It is more important that jobs are created in the private sector which is much more lucrative now. BJP government should take a decision on this issue with great care. "

Naveen Kumar

Idea is far fetched

The notion that reduction of retirement age in civil services will usher in more efficiency is far fetched as long as the system remains the same. Caste and religion based recruitment for more than 50% of the vacancies and the ministers' quest for coreligionists and co castes in their departments are playing havoc with efficiency and creating cesspools of corruption. An example is that of the Kerala IAS officer with lots of allegations of corruption pending against him and a blue eyed boy of ruling UPA partner, Muslim League was caught by the vigilance for DPA(till now it is 50 crores).In almost all most states, CS has no powers in nominating IAS officers to various departments, such powers resting on ministers. The allegedly corrupt officers do not even want their ACR to be initiated by CS.

N Krishnan

Weed out dead wood instead

Retirement age at 58 from the existing 60 years when it was in force for last 16 years is a knee jerk stuff. Instead, they should weed out dead wood; can they bring in objective reviews from 55 years on and only the effective ones survive. Rest should get back to home. As it was mentioned if it is for babus…it is high time we change from "Indian Administrative Services" to "India Development Services" or "India Management Services"

Suresh

Cheating Tom To Pay Paul

Reducing retirement age from 60 to 58 will be like "Cheating Tom To Pay Paul".

K B

Flexi Office Timings

I do not agree that because of family problems one cannot attend office. If the problem is so acute then leave government job and take up a private job near your home.This way one can earn good money as private jobs are better paid.

Anil

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