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POLITICS

This is History (40)
The Crusaders had to fight against Sultans and their followers.


A subtle message to Sushma, Vasundhara and Shivraj ?
"I assure you, I shall give you a corruption-free country" Independence day announcement of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a subtle message to Sushma Swaraj, Vasundhara Raje Scindia and Shivraj Singh Chauhan. One has to wait till Bihar elections. Presently is he killing them with kindness ?

Mentor Modi

I am seated in the Departure Lounge of Delhi Airport .... Refuse to call it IGI...They need to rename it... maybe after Abdul Kalam .....My flight is delayed because of very stormy weather ... Seated next to me is an exasperated Singaporean.

Me: (Keeping the Athithi flag flying) Going to get myself a coffee .. Can I get you one ?

S: Thank you... Espresso single shot ... Can I pay for my coffee.

M: It's my treat ...

I get the coffees. Hand him his...

S: (Pointing to the TV... news is about the Lok Sabha proceedings on a Private Channel) Thanks........ This guy who I hear is time and again called scion....seems to be very high on gesticulating but low on content!!

M: Yup his Mom is an Italian.. now an Indian... so the gesticulating!!

S: But Scion. .. sounds very odd in a Democracy. .. never heard of Mentor Lee's ..despite his stature...son being called Heir or Scion...what does this mean!!

M: Well you look like you are a businessman (nods his head in affirmation) so let me explain in business terminology ... Its a Sole Proprietorship Company. ..at present his Mom is the owner .... He is tipped to take over from his Mom.... but his Party takes itself to be a Kingdom and his Ma is the Queen and so he is the Prince ....

S: Wow an Autocracy in a Democracy.... is he as qualified like his Mom???

M: Maybe a little more ... ha ha ha ....

S: Why did you laugh??

M: Well, frankly both have questionable qualifications .. which are still questioned and debated...

S: Why this penchant to shout in India ....the other day I viewed a News Show in which the Anchor kept shouting and refused others an opportunity to even have a word .... and another Channel.. the anchor kept narrowing his eyes and asking questions.. His way of asking showed these were loaded questions ..

M: Ha ha bang on .... one I call Noise Hour and the other Loaded Points.

S: I come to India pretty often....for the last one year I see a lot of change ....Indians seem to be more confident. Proud of India ... and no longer do they complain about Government's unnecessary interference!! Your Mentor Modi ... I would call him so... is doing a good job!!

M: Yes our Mentor Modi has changed India .... from Personal to Social to Governmental changes ...

S: And he has been in power for a yea. Imagine what will happen in 5 years!! You know I go to a Ministry and previously it was a practice to give some money to the guy who gave you your Visitor pass .... and he unashamedly took the money from every visitor ... we used to 'marvel at the transparency in taking this bribe' ...

M: Yes things are changing ... And Government is becoming transparent where transparency is needed.

S: Yes... yes ... now I do not hear of Party Fund... previously it used to be a perennial demand ....

S: If you do not mind what kind of business are you in?

S: (after a pause) Construction.... and another very big change ... I note now there is a great aversion to asking for external payments ... now they want all Contractual payments via the proper channel... previously used to be a headache ...as our Government does keep an eagle's eye on our transactions!



M: Yup so I hear too... its no longer the Great Indian Takeaway!!

S: I passed by a place where the Driver told me Retired Army men were protesting demanding rationalisation of pension... Read a few banners .. Why??? It sends a horrendous message!!

M: Well, frankly previous UPA Government stonewalled it ...and when this Government came to power it started work on granting what is their right .... The delay is in the process .. No change in the intent ... But like they say ... Someone burnt by milk would sip a Cold Coffee by blowing cold breath into it ....the Army Pensioners feel like the previous Government ditched them this Government will let them down too!

S: Ahaa... and I saw some ruffians outside ... Speaker's Home ....My driver told me.. protesting so crassly... Really this too needs to change ...

M: Sir, our PM believes in eradicating the root cause (winking) ..Like in this case the Autocracy that ran this Democracy is the root cause of many of our woes... He will eradicate it ....of course democratically .....



Disclaimer. ..All alleged ... its Satire ...read it and forget it

VJS

BUREAUCRACY

Will Vinod Zutshi be new Secretary, I & B ?
Name of 1982 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS officer, Vinod Zutshi has started doing the rounds for the post of Secretary, I & B. Incidently, powerful MoS I&B Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore is an MP from Rajasthan.

Appointment of Air India CMD this week ?
Appointment of new CMD of the Air India is expected to take place this week. Present CMD Rohit Nandan is all set to become Secretary in the Government of India.

PSU Banks revamp on the cards
Govt is going to revamp PSU banks to overcome NPA. Banks monitoring board is also proposed. Now each bank's performance would be monitored. Aim of the whole exercise is to make these banks profitable and competitive.


Hasmukh Adhia unlikely to move North Block
Secretary, Financial Services Hasmukh Adhia is unlikely to move to the North Block as Secretary, DEA or Finance. He is 1981 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre. His contribution in the banking sector will not permit the PM to send him to the North Block.



Who will be new Secretary, DEA ?
Who will be new Secretary of Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) ? A couple of names have already started doing the rounds.



Anoop Agrawal selected as MD, IPRC
Anoop Agrawal, IRSE on deputation to RVNL as GM Mumbai, has been selected as MD of newly created PSU Indian Port Railway Corporation under the Ministry of Shipping.



Ms Purkayastha appointed Director, TCIL
Ms Sumita Purkayastha, at present posted as Principal Commissioner of Communication Finance, Northern Region, Dept of Telecom, has been appointed as government nominee Director on the board of TCIL (Telecommunication Consultants of India Ltd). She is a IP&T (A&F)S officer of 1983 batch. '

Kaushal Kishore to join CCI
Kaushal Kishore has been selected as Advisor (Economic) in the Competition Commission of India. He is an IP&T (A&f)S officer of the 1990 batch.


60 posts of IPS officers vacant in Maharashtra
More than 60 posts of Indian Police Service (IPS) officers have been lying vacant in Maharashtra cadre.

Ajit Seth is new Chairman of PESB
Outgoing Cabinet Secretary Ajit Seth has taken over as PESB Chairman. He is a former 1974 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on August 6)

Ms Gauri Kumar appointed Member, PESB
Ms Gauri Kumar, Secretary, Cabinet Secretary, has been appointed Member, Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) in place of K M Acharya. She is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Anshuman Das appointed Member, PESB
Anshuman Das, retired CMD, NALCO, has been appointed member, Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) in place of Ashwani Kumar Datt.
(We said this on August 11)


Postings of DC/JCs in CBEC cleared !
After much ado, the postings of DC/JCs were cleared by FM on Friday evening. The all important posting files of Commissioners, Pr Commissioners and Chief Commissioners has also reached FM, finally. Rumour has it that the files would still be gathering dust, but for the arrest of a Commissioner and whose removal had been suggested by CBEC, but the file, along with others was stuck at a certain decisive level, and the delay is going to prove costly for the officers, given that PM has announced an uncompromising stand on corruption on August 15. Whether this translates at least in Finance Ministry is being watched with bated breath. Watch out.

Om Prakash Rawat joins as Election Commissioner of India
Om Prakash Rawat has assumed charge as the new Election Commissioner (EC) of India. Rawat is a former Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of 1977 batch belonging to Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Cadre of Sanjiv Chaturvedi changed
Cadre of 2002 batch IFS officer of Haryana cadre Sanjiv Chaturvedi's has reportedly been changed to Uttarakhand. Presently he is posted as DS in AIIMS.

P S Jayakumar appointed MD&CEO, Bank of Baroda
P S Jayakumar has been appointed Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of Bank of Baroda. Presently he is chief of VBHC Value Homes Pvt. Ltd.


MO Rego appointed MD & CEO, Bank of India
M O Rego has been appointed Managing Director & Chief Executive officer of Bank of India. He is presently IDBI, DMD .



Rakesh Sharma appointed MD & CEO, Canara Bank
Rakesh Sharma has been appointed Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of Canara Bank. He is presently The Laxmi Vilas Bank MD & CEO.

K P Kharat appointed MD & CEO, IDBI Bank Ltd.
K P Kharat has been appointed Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of IDBI Bank Limited. He is presently ED of Union Bank of India.


Mrs Usha Ananthasubramanian appointed MD & CEO, PNB
Mrs Usha Ananthasubramanian has been appointed Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of Punjab National Bank. She is presently Bharatiya Mahila Bank, CMD.

Ravi Venkatesan appointed Non-Executive Chairman, BoB
Ravi Venkatesan, Independent Director, Infosys, has been appointed Non-Executive Chairman of Bank of Baroda. He is presently Independent Director, Infosys.

G Padmanabhan appointed Non-Executive Chairman, BoI
G Padmanabhan, retired ED of Reserve Bank of India, has been appointed Non-Executive Chairman of Bank of India.


TN Manoharan appointed Non-Executive Chairman, Canara Bank
T N Manoharan, Director, Tech Mahindra, Public Health Foundation, has been appointed Non-Executive Chairman of Canara Bank.

G Narayanan appointed Non-Executive Chairman, Vijaya Bank
G Narayanan, retired ED, Indian Overseas Bank, has been appointed Non-Executive Chairman, Vijaya Bank.

Subramanian appointed Non-Executive Chairman, Indian Bank
T C V Subramanian, retired CMD, Exim Bank, has been appointed Non-Executive Chairman of Indian Bank.

BHEL dependant on Telangana orders alone
The order book position of BHEL is so bleak these days that it is said to depend on orders mainly from Telangana alone. What could be the reason ?

Post of DG, Hydrocarbons lying vacant since July 1
The post of Director General Hydrocarbons has been lying vacant since the retirement of B N Talukdar on June 30, 2015. However, Ajay Prakash Sawhney, Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Petroleum, has been given an additional charge of DG.

Vacancy of Joint Secretary, Commerce in Sept
The post of Joint Secretary is falling vacant in the Department of Commerce in September 2015.



Vacancy of Joint Secretary, School Education in Sept
The post of Joint Secretary is falling vacant in the Department of School Education & Literacy in September 2015.

S D Moorthy gets extension as Consul, Jaffna
Indian Foreign Service officer, S D Moorthy has been given extension as Consul, Jaffna in Sri Lanka.



M R Qureshi posted as First Secretary, Embassy of India, Mexico
Indian Foreign Service officer, M R Qureshi has been posted First Secretary and Director of Indian Cultural Centre in Embassy of India, Mexico.

75 IPS officers of 1995 batch empanelled as IG in GoI (UPDATED)
As many as 75 officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) of 1995 batch have been empanelled for the Inspector General level posts in Government of India. The officers are: David Lalrinsanga, Ravindra Singh Yadav, Madhup Kumari tiwari and Devesh Chandra Sriastava of AGMUT cadre;A Y V Krishna, Anurag Tankha, Munna Prasad Gupta of Assam-Megalaya cadre; Mahesh Muralidhar Bhagwat and Swati Lakra of Telgana cadre; Atul Singh of AP cadre; Sushil Mansing Khopde, Pankaj Kumar, Darad, S Raveendran, R Malvarizhi and Jag Mohan of Bihar cadre; Pradeep Gupta of Chhattisgarh cadre; R B Brahmbhat and Raju Bhargava of Guajrat cadre; Satinder Pal Singh, Vengopal N of Himachal Pradesh; Subash Yadava, Sandep Khirwar, Charu Bali of Haryana; Sanjay A Lathkar of Jharkhand; Shiv Darshan Singh, Satish Shriramji Khandare, Rajesh Kuamr, Tsweang Namgiyal Kalon of Jammu & Kashmir cadre; S Suresh and M R Ajith Kumar of Kerala cadre; Amrti Paul, Umesh Kumar and Arun Jeji Chakravarthy of Karnataka cadre; R G Kadam, V K Chaubey, Niket Kaushik, Amitesh Kumar, Naval Bajaj and P S Salunkhe of Maharashtra; A Sai Manohar, Chanchal Shekhar, Jai Deep prasad, Yogesh Deshmukh and K V Ventkeswar Rao of Madhya Pradesh cadre; Radha Kishan Sharma, Ritu Arora, S K Priyadarshi, Santosh Bala and Madamkar S Ranipse of Orissa cadre; Kapil Dev, Pramod Ban, Md Faiyaz Farooqui, Amit Prasad and Gollapalli Nageswara Rao of Punjab cadre; Prashakha Mathur, Smita Khare, Biju George Joseph K of Rajasthan cadre; Vinaya Vineet of Sikkim of cadre; S N Seshasai and S Davidson Devasirvatham of Tamil Nadu; Puneet Rastogi of Tripura; Deepam Seth, P V Krishna Prasad of Uttarakhand cadre; Alok Singh, Vijay Bhatia, Ashok Mutha Jain, Amrendra Kuamr Sengar, Ashok Kumar Singh, Anupam Kulshsrestha, Rajkumar R N Kuril, Ravi Joseph Lokku of UP cadre; Jawed Shamim, Ajay Mukund Ranade, R Sivakumar and Anil Kumar of West Bengal cadre.

NTPC awarded with Assocham Corporate Governance Excellence award (UPDATED)
NTPC Limited has been awarded with "Assocham Corporate Governance Excellence award in "Listed PSU Category -2014" in recognition for the outstanding Corporate Governance practice undertaken by the company. The award was presented by Piyush Goyal, Minister for Power, Coal & Renewable Energy at a function held in New Delhi. K Biswal, Director (Finance), NTPC received the award on behalf of NTPC. NTPC was selected for the award after a detailed evaluation process done by a jury headed by V N Khare, former Chief Justice of India.

Vivek Kishore deputed as Joint Director, Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (UPDATED)
Vivek Kishore has been deputed as Joint Director, Wildlife Crime Control Bureau, New Delhi at DIG level. He is a 1999 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Tapish Chandra Nautiyal posted as Deputy Secretary, Rural Development (UPDATED)
Tapish Chandra Nautiyal has been appointed as Deputy Secretary in the Department of Rural Development in Government of India. He is a 2003 batch IFS officer of UT cadre.

Dr Ravendra Singh posted as DDG, MoSPI (UPDATED)
Dr Ravendra Singh presently Statistical Advisor, Biotechnology, has been appointed as DDG (CAP), CSO, Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MoSPI). He is an Indian Statistical Service officer.

S Durai Raju posted as Statistical Advisor, Biotechnology (UPDATED)
Upon return from deputation to MoSPI, S Durai Raju has been appointed as Statistical Advisor in Department of Biotechnology in the Ministry of Science & Technology. He is an Indian Statistical Service officer.

Sravan Sahni appointed as Member, Rajasthan Civil Service Appellate Tribunal (UPDATED)
A retired IAs officer, Sravan Sahni has been appointed as Member Rajasthan Civil Service Appellate Tribunal for a period of three years.

K K Garg posted as APCCF, Monitoring & Evaluation in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
K K Garg has been appointed as Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests Monitoring & Evaluation, Jaipur in Rajasthan. He is a 1987 batch IFS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

ED seals two bank accounts? (UPDATED)
Sources claimed that ED has sealed two bank accounts of Lalit Modi in Singapore. Red corner notice against him is likely to be issued this week.

Bombay VT, DRM Mukesh Nigam shifted to Railway Board (UPDATED)
Mukesh Nigam presently DRM, Bombay VT in Central Railway, has been transferred to Railway Board and posted as Executive Director (Statistics & Economics). He is an IRTS officer.

Tenure of Otem Dai as Director, NEIFM extended (UPDATED)
The deputation tenure of Otem Dai as Director, North Eastern Institute of Folk Medicine (NEIFM) has been extended till the appointment of a regular incumbent. He is a 1987 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

CORPORATE

Profit of Coal India drops
Profit of the prestigious PSU Coal India has dropped by 6.6 per cent to Rs 3,764.34 crore in the April-June quarter ended June 30, 2015 . Sutirtha Bhattacharya, 1985 batch IAS, Government of Telengana is the CMD of CIL.

Director of Jet Airways (India) Ltd. Diwakar Gupta resigns
Director of Jet Airways (India) Limited, Diwakar Gupta has resigned following his appointment as Vice President in the Asian Development Bank.

Independent Director of Gitanjali Gems Ltd. Mittur resigns
Independent Director of Gitanjali Gems Limited, Swaminathan Sundararajan Mittur has resigned.

Rathi appointed CMD of Sudarshan Chemical Industries Limited
Sudarshan Chemical Industries Limited has appointed PR Rathi who is Vice Chairman and Managing Director of the company as Chairman and Managing Director of the company.

Khaitan appointed Independent Director of Monnet Ispat and Energy Ltd.
Monnet Ispat and Energy Limited has appointed Suman Jyoti Khaitan as an Independent Director of the company.

Srivastava appointed CS of Essar Shipping Ltd.
Essar Shipping Limited has appointed Awaneesh Srivastava as Company Secretary.

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CBDT and filing of ITRs

This is regarding a comment on FORUM titled "CBDT and filing of ITRs" by N Prakash onwhispersinthecorridors.com page dated 12.08.2015. The observations are factually incorrect.

It may be noted by that E-filing of ITRs 3, 4, 5 and 7 for Assessment Year 2015-16 was enabled on 31st of July 2015 and E-filing for ITR 6 was enabled on 6th August 2015 on the Department's E-filing website-https://incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in. Taxpayers are filing ITRs for AY 2015-16 electronically at the rate of nearly 3 Lakh per day.

The Income Tax Department has also provided freely downloadable return preparation software for e-filing of ITRs on its e-filing website.

Official Spokesperson, CBDT


Example of bad governance

The frustrated IRS officer of 1992-94 batches waiting for promotion since last 15 months have faced DPC TWICE by UPSC and also Revenue secretary is conducting nonfunctional upgradation of 1991-1995 batches of IRS(IT) may be face writ petition and may also demand effect of UPSC recommendation from retrospective effect. This is being quoted as example of bad governance.

S Singh



Irony of fate !



See "irony of fate" that last date of filing income tax return is 31st August 2015 for AY 2015-16 but still fillable form for ITR-3 to ITR-7 are not available at income tax website. Even CBDT is not bothered to extend the last date of filing. CBDT wants to keep filer under tension without extending last date of filing. This is Digital India. No advance planning only fire fighting. Good luck.



N Prakash



"Over 500 posts of non-official Directors vacant in central PSUs".

The news (Whispers, August 12) is disturbing. Will this ensure good corporate governance in central PSUs and protect stakeholders' confidence? There is no shortage of professionals. Under UPA, retired bureaucrats with no hands-on experience of running PSUs, were appointed as Non-Official part-time (Independent) Directors on the boards of central PSUs. They enjoyed freebies, transports; hospitality at tax payers' cost. This was unethical, unprofessional. Blatant misuse of discretionary powers under UPA meant rewarding pliable bureaucrats with lucrative assignments, post retirement. Scams were a natural corollary. Come to specifics. 500 vacancies did not pile up in one year?A majority is a legacy from UPA. What next? In order to fast-track appointment to 500 vacancies, PM Modi is urged to prepare a pool of CAs , Managers and other professionals ( with no conflict of interests) train them to effectively discharge their responsibilities as independent directors in central PSUs. Pool creation will require screening of credentials and insulation against political compulsions.

A K Saxena ( A retd. civil servant)



Readying for retirement

I fully agree keeping in view the health condition of those Government servants nearing retirement. Government should consider utilizing their experience after their retirement at some appropriate place, at least till they attain the age of 65. This will also help the retired Government servant financially as well as help him continue in his retired life. Alternatively, Government should start preparing Government servants five years before their retirement, through workshops, as to how to spend the retired life. First workshop when they are left with five years service and subsequently after every one year's interval. I would add rather than this if Pensioners who are ready to give back may be allowed to work as Honorary Consultant in his/her department after retirement, at the most they can be refunded a fixed petrol expenditure/transportation. I am sure there would be money to help and fill the gap of available vacancies.

Harish Kumar


NHPC lucky this time

After a long gap of about half a decade, ultimately NHPC is getting its own cadre employee, who joined in remote project Loktak with luggage on his shoulder as a trainee engineer. NHPC is lucky this time thanks to Modi government.

Rajan Narang


Congrats

Sir, congratulations for being appointed Secretary (CSS Cadre) in Rajya Sabha secretariat.

Mohan Das M

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