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POLITICS

When nothing else inspires History does ! (82)
Nearly all men can stand adversity but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

Hard decisions by Modi only after November elections?
It is heard that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take hard decisions only after the Vidhan Sabha elections in November. One can wait and watch.

Survey -

15 percent people say Modi is like Hitler But others say he is now World leader !

Call him authoritarian, rigid, egoist or even insular, the fact remains that the country's new Prime Minister Narendra Modi is also 'firm and disciplined', charismatic, very hardworking and a great visionary having clear goal in his mind - how to make the country a World Leader.

And in doing so, his charisma within a short span of less than 100 days has been such that he has become the third most followed world leader on Twitter though many compare him even with Adolf Hitler.

It is in this backdrop that Whispersinthecorridors.com invited views on - Whether Modi is Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini, Roosevelt or Churchill ?

While 15 percent of the total respondents said that his character was akin to Hitler, many even compared him with Mahatma Gandhi, Lee Kuan Yew and Margrate Thatcher. Some said that he is a mix of all.

For details read September issue of Whispers In The Corridors now available on stands.

BUREAUCRACY

Kaun Banega Chairman Railway Board (2) Will CRB continue till Board is reconstituted ?
There is strong rumour that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will reconstitute the Railway Board and present Chairman Arunendra Kumar will continue as CRB till the new Board is constituted.

Sunil Arora an important Secretary in GoI !
Sunil Arora seems to have joined the Government of India as an important Secretary. This is evident from the fact that Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself, while interacting with school children on Teachers Day, mentioned the name of new department of Skill Development of which Arora is Secretary. He is 1980 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Ms Jayanti S Ravi to be JS HRD ?
Ms Jayanti S Ravi is likely to be appointed Joint Secretary HRD in the Government of India. She is 1991 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

34, 1984 batch IPS officers to be empanelled ?
About 34 IPS officers belonging to 1984 batch are expected to be empanelled to the rank of ADG in the Government of India.

K K Singh to be Joint ED in Chandigarh
K K Singh is being tipped to be Joint Enforcement Director in Chandigarh. He is an IRS (C&CE) officer.

Major General Tiwari to be Lt General
Major General Ajit Tiwari has been promoted to the rank of Lt Gen in the Indian Army.

Orders of D R Sarin for CMD, ALIMCO issued
The orders of D R Sarin, GM, NSC, for the appointment as Chairman and Managing Director, Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India (ALIMCO) have been issued by the Government of India.
(We said this on March 21, 2014)

Cadre restructuring of ICAS set to take-off ?
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that after CBDT & CBEC cadres have witnessed a successful cadre restructuring now it is the turn for Indian Civil Accounts Service. Reportedly, new Secretary, DoPT may set the process for take-off shortly. The cadre restructuring was supposed to start during UPA-II Govt but finally the idea was dropped. The new regime has sparked-off hope among the ICAS officers.

Pathak is new JS (Kashmir) in MHA
Keshav Kumar Pathak is new Joint Secretary (Kashmir) in the Ministry of Home Affairs. He is 1990 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

V S K Kumar joins as Director (Fin), RINL
T V S K Kumar, GM, RINL, has taken over the charge as Director (Finance), Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL).
(We said this on April 29, 2014)

Will Sumathi be moved from Chennai to Delhi at CGA (HQ)?
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that N Sumathi may be moved from Chennai to Delhi. The 1986 ICAS officer is presently serving Joint Controller General of Accounts, PFMS, Ministry of Finance, Chennai. The position was recently carved out to handle Central Plan Scheme Monitoring System (CPSMS). If the buzz is to be believed she may be brought back to her previous post; Joint CGA attached to CGA HQ in Delhi.

M L Tayal to retire in November
Member of the Competition Commission of India M L Tayal will retire in November. Another Member Anurag Goel has already retired on September 1.

Commissioners attached to CBEC Members to be shifted soon ?
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that CBEC which is set to implement its cadre restructuring from October 01 may soon shift the Commissioners, attached with the Members, from CBEC. Meaning hereby as many as six Commissioners are expected to be placed with field-formation.

Jagbans Singh appointed as PAG, Audit, Punjab
Jagbans Singh, Director General (IR) CAG of India, New Delhi, has been transferred and posted as Principal Accountant General (Audit), Punjab, Chandigarh.

CMD, NHB yet to be selected
The Ministry of Finance is yet to initiate the selection process for the post of Chairman and Managing Director, National Housing Bank (NHB).

Tenure of Venkatraman as Director (BD), GAIL ends in Sept
The tenure of S Venkatraman as Director (Business Development), Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) is coming to an end on September 30, 2014. Sanjib Dutta, ED, GAIL, is expected to succeed him on October 1, 2014.

Why orders of Singh for CMD, BRCIL delayed?
Why the orders of M K Singh, Director (PM), BRCIL, for the post of CMD, Bridge & Roof Company Limited (BRCIL) are getting delayed? However, he is holding an additional charge of CMD, BRCIL. He was selected for the post on November 29, 2013.

Will Shakuntala Jakhu be new SIC, Haryana ?
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Shakuntala Jakhu, the incumbent Chief Secretary of Haryana, have brighter prospects to make it as State Information Commissioner. The 1978 batch IAS officer now has bleak prospects for extension beyond September 30, the concluding day for her in IAS.

Post of Director (Mktg), HPCL vacant
The post of Director (Marketing), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL), has been lying vacant.

Post of MD, Director vacant in CPCL
Two posts - one each of Managing Director and Director (Finance) - are lying vacant in Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL).

Post of Director (HR&CA), BLC vacant
The post of Director (HR &CA), Balmer Lawrie & Company Limited (BLC) under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has been lying vacant.

JS level post falling vacant in Higher Education
A post of Joint Secretary level is falling vacant in the Dept of Higher Education in Government of India up to September 2014.

Investment rising ahead of 7th Pay Commission
Ahead of submission of 7th Pay Commission report in 2016, the Central Government employees have reportedly started investing in real estate and purchasing other luxuries items in anticipation of increase salaries.

Bank loan expected to be boom ahead of 7th Pay Commission
The Central Government employees pinning their hopes on the salary increase in 7th Pay Commission in 2016 are planning to take huge loan from the banks for meeting their domestic requirements.

14 IAS officers transferred in Karnataka (UPDATED)
As many as 14 officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Karnataka. Accordingly, Dr N V Prasad has been posted as Additional Commissioner, Welfare BBMP, Bangalore while Vipul Bansal will now be Deputy Commissioner, Gulbarga district and V P Ikkeri is Deputy Commissioner, Shimoga district. Similarly, Ujjawal Kumar Ghosh has been appointed as Deputy Commissioner, Uttara Kannada district, Karwar; Mrs C P Shylaja as CEO, Zilla Panchayat, Bangalore Rural district; M K Sreerangaiah as Administrator, Bhadra, CADA Shimoga; Dr R Ragapriya as Assistant Commissioner Kolar Sub-Division, Kolar; M Sundaresh Babu as Assistant Commissioner, Dharwad Sub Division, Dharwad district; Pavan Kumar Malapati as Assistant Commissioner, Sirsi Sub-division, UK District; Ms Charulata Somal as Assistant Commissioner, Sakaleshpura Sub-division, Sakaleshpura, Hassan; K Rakesh Kumar as Assistant Commissioner, Jamakhandi Sub-division, Jamakhandi, Bagalkot district; K Rakesh Kumar as Assistant Commissioner, Jamakhandi Sub-division, Jamakhandi, Bagalkot; R ramachandran as Assistant Commissioner, Bailhongal Sub-Division, Bailhongal, Belgaum; Suralkar Vikas Kishore as Assistant Commissioner, Bagalkot Sub-Division, Bagalkot, Nitesh Patil as Assistant Commissioner, Sagar Sub-division, Shimoga district.

Manjunath appointed as CEO, Dharwad Panchayat in Karnataka (UPDATED)
Manjunath has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Panchayat, Dharwad in Karnataka. He is an IFS officer of Karnataka cadre.

5 IPS officers of 2012 batch get postings in Karnataka (UPDATED)
As many as five officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) of 2012 batch have been given postings at different places in Karnataka. Accordingly, Nikham Prakash Amrit has been appointed as Assistant Superintendent of Police, Nanjanagudu Sub-division, Mysore district while Dr Bheemashankar S Guled was posted as Assistant SP, Holenarasipura Sub Division, Hassan and Rahul Kumar Shahapurwad is Assistant SP, Bantwala Sub division, Dakshina Kannada. Similarly, Dharmender Kumar Meena has been appointed as Assistant SP, Humnabad Sub division, Bidar district and Ms G Radhika will be Assistant SP, Chikkaballapura Sub-Division, Chikkaballapura district.

CONCOR signs MoU with NWR & CEL (UPDATED)
CONCOR signed a tripartite MoU with North Western Railway, Ajmer Division & Central Electronic Limited (CEL) for Solar Electrification for Ajmer & Udaipur Railway Stations under its CSR & Sustainability activity. The project will be executed by Central Electronic Limited in association with North Western Railway, Ajmer Division with total expenditure of Rs 1.16 crore. The project will be completed in a year & when commissioned it will benefit around 65680 passengers per day of above stations. CMD, CONCOR, DRM, Ajmer Division NWR & CMD, CEL were present on the occasion along with other senior officials of above organizations.

NTPC pays total dividend of Rs. 4741.16 cr for FY 2013-14 (UPDATED)
NTPC Limited paid a total dividend @ 57.5% of its paid-up capital for the financial year 2013-14, amounting to Rs. 4741.16 crore. The dividend payment is 3rd highest among Public Sector Undertakings and 5th highest among the Listed Companies. The Company had paid interim dividend @40.0% amounting to Rs. 3298.19 crore on February 10, 2014. Today, the Company has paid the final dividend @17.5% amounting to Rs. 1442.97 crore. The RTGS advice for the transfer of Rs. 1081.61 crore to Government of India, being the share of Government of India in the final dividend, was presented by Dr. Arup Roy Choudhury, CMD, NTPC to Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy in the presence of Dr Pradeep Kumar, Joint Secretary & Financial Advisor, MOP, Mukesh Jain, Joint Secretary (Power), K Biswal, Director (Finance), NTPC, I J Kapoor, Director (Commercial), NTPC, N N Misra, Director (Operations), NTPC, A K Jha, Director (Technical), NTPC, U P Pani, Director (Human Resources), NTPC and SC Pandey, Director (Projects), NTPC.

NBCC inks MoU with NAWADCO (UPDATED)
With an objective to develop Waqf properties, National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC) has signed an MoU with National Waqf Development Corporation (NAWADCO) on September 8, 2014. The MoU was signed between Dr. Anoop Kumar Mittal, CMD, NBCC and Rakesh Mohan, MD, NAWADCO, in the presence of M Venkaiah Naidu, Minister for Urban Development, GoI; Dr Najma Heptulla, Minister for Minority Affairs. GoI, and other senior officials of NBCC and Ministries. NAWADCO has identified several Waqf properties including one in Delhi, two in Rajasthan, six in Madhya Pradesh and seven in Karnataka which shall be undertaken by NBCC for development as institutional and commercial projects. To begin with, properties lying vacant will be taken up for easy and early development. The revenue, which would be garnered through the initiative, will be used to the socio-economic and educational empowerment of the community. India has the largest number of Waqf properties in the world. There are more than 4.9 lakh registered Auqaf (waqf properties) and the current annual income from these properties is about Rs.163 crores. Sachar Committee has estimated that such properties, if properly developed, with a minimum return of 10%, would be capable of generating an income of Rs.12000 crore per annum. The total area under waqf properties all over India is estimated at about 6 lakh acres, the market value of which is about Rs.1.20 lakh crores. Many of these properties are on prime land and they have the potential of generating considerable returns, which in turn may be used for socio-economic development of deprived sections of Muslim community. It is to be mentioned here that NBCC is a Navratna CPSE under the Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India, having wide and varied business experience and expertise, inter alia, in the field of construction and real estate development.

7 IPS officers empanelled as IG in GoI (UPDATED)
As many as seven officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) have been empanelled for the post of Inspector General in Government of India in fresh and review cases. The officers are: Dr Jacob Thomas of 1985 batch of Kerala cadre; Gupteshwar Pandey of 1987 batch of Bihar cadre; Arun Kumar Sharma of 1987 batch of Gujarat cadre; S N Pandey of 1987 batch of Maharashtra cadre; S M Narvane of 1989 batch of Orissa cadre; Dr Atul Verma of 1991 batch of Himachal Pradesh cadre and Dr Bhagwanram Meghwal of 1992 batch of West Bengal cadre.

CORPORATE

Interview - "LIC has invested huge amounts in nation building"
Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) is an Indian state-owned insurance group and investment company headquartered in Mumbai. Founded in 1956 when the Parliament of India passed the Life Insurance of India Act that nationalised the private insurance industry in India, it was formed with the merger of over 245 insurance companies and provident societies to create the state owned Life Insurance Corporation.

LIC, however, created history when Ms Usha Sangwan was appointed as its first female Managing Director - the second highest position after Chairman.

Known as a jack of all trades with expertise in housing finance, pension and group insurance, direct marketing and international operations, Ms. Sangwan who was instrumental in turning around LIC Housing Finance by taking it to the international market through global depository receipts, talked to our Corporate Editor Abul Hassan on a variety of aspects concerning the Corporation.

For detailed interview read September issue of Whispers In The Corridors now available on stands.


Goel appointed CFO, Shri Bajrang Alloys Ltd
Shri Bajrang Alloys Ltd has appointed Archit Goel as Chief Financial Officer of the company

Thiagarajan steps down as Part-time Chairman, ING Vysya Bank Ltd
Arun Thiagarajan has stepped down as Part-time Chairman of ING Vysya Bank Ltd w.e.f. September 6, 2014

Pandian resigns as Director, Gujarat Gas Company Ltd
D J Pandian has resigned as Director of Gujarat Gas Company Limited

Prabhakar appointed Director, Karnataka Bank Ltd
Karnataka Bank Ltd has appointed B A Prabhakar as a Director of the company.

Parthy re-appointed MD, Rajshree Sugars & Chemicals Limited
Ms Rajshree Pathy had been re-appointed as Managing Director of Rajshree Sugars & Chemicals Limited w.e.f. March 16, 2015

Karthikeyan appointed Independent Director, Rajshree Sugars & Chemicals Ltd
Rajshree Sugars & Chemicals Limited has appointed G R Karthikeyan as an Independent Director of the company.

Atthreya resigns as Independent Director, FDC Ltd
Dr Nagam H Atthreya has resigned as Non Executive Independent Director of FDC Limited

Swarup appointed Addl. Director, Berger Paints (I) Ltd
Berger Paints (I) Limited has appointed Dhirendra Swarup as an Additional Director of the company w.e.f. September 8, 2014

Rear Adm (Retd.) Ganeshan resigns as Part-time Director, SCIL
Rear Adm (Retd.) T S Ganeshan has resigned as Part-time Independent Director of Shipping Corporation of India Ltd

Verma resigns as Part-time Independent Director of SCIL
Arun K Verma has resigned as Part-time Independent Director of Shipping Corporation of India Ltd

Minda appointed Addl. Director, Jay Ushin Ltd
Jay Ushin Ltd has appointed Ms Vandana Minda as Additional Director of the company w.e.f. August 05, 2014

Kumar appointed Independent Director, Diamond Power Infrastructure Ltd
Diamond Power Infrastructure Ltd has appointed Ashok Kumar Singh as an Independent Director of the company.

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"No Apartheid Against non-IAS Services"

Your report ( Sept 8, 2014) that the " PMO would induct a set of 6-8 Joint Secretary rank officers soon who may be entrusted with set of departments to coordinate with ", enhanced the feel-good factor.

Problem : How would the PM select Joint Secretaries. Under previous dispensation, all appointments decisions were Sonia-centric later formalised by former PM. DOP&T never tapped its data bank prepared after collecting background details of officers of all organized services which was to be regularly updated. Huge efforts made in this regard were rendered infructuous. This led to corruption, cronyism, arbitrariness and rampant political interference.

Officers at top echelons misused discretionary powers to keep the political bosses happy. This caused massive heart burnings besides accentuating inter-Services rivalry.The perception that wisdom is the monopoly of only one elite Service, is misplaced.There is no dearth of talent in other organized Services like IPS, IFS,I FoS, IRS ( Custom, IT), Railways, Accounts, Audit, Postal etc

May I urge the PM through this illustrious website to remove the perpetual discrimination and spread the selection of Joint Secretaries of the proposed team of super Secretaries to all Services? There should be fair representation of all services at key positions, subject to merit. No extraneous considerations. I trust, with his vast administrative experience and clear vision , PM will take the call.

A K Saxena (A retd civil servant)

Congratulations - Dr. Ashwani Kumar

Dr. Ashwani Kumar, IFS, UP Cadre has joined as Director General, ICFRE, MoEF. You said long back. I congratulate him for his successful tenure in ICFRE. He may be successful, if he is able to remove differences between Scientists and IFS and bring them at one platform, without favouring IFS officers. He should maintain balance between IFS and Scientists in Administrative post and bring more scientists in decision making posts. Further, he should have independent decision. CAG reports recently published in Down to Earth is sufficient to understand and bring ICFRE at national and international level.

Subramanian

Tin Patti should not be illegal

Playing Tin Patti or any form of such acts should not be illegal. It merely implies voluntary transfer of assets from one major person to another . Why should it be illegal unless there is some coercion involved or a complaint of forcing someone to play. Let there be casinos etc. like other developed countries, it will generate employment and also earn huge revenue for government

S Chatterjee

CGHS pensioners ke liye bure din aa gaye hain

The specialists don't come every day. There are over one dozen. CMO and they just while away their time. I think for over one dozen dispensaries they need to post one CSS officer and most of the medicines have just to be issued only. It is only a clerical job and you don't need doctors for just issuing medicines. Hope the health minister wakes up soon to redress the grievances soon.

Hari Shankar

Don't include Khobragade in Indian delegation

Devyani Khobragade shouldn't be included in the entourage of Indian delegation to USA when PM visits America. She brought discredit to the entire Indian diaspora by filing false information and made all NRIs as violators of Rules. USA does not discriminate between Diplomats and ordinary citizens. His father by taking umbrage to Ambedkar is trying to whip up emotions. At any cost, PM Modi should not take this lady and spoil the Trip. In America, Jugad Nahi Chalta.

Radhikai

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