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POLITICS

This is History (33)
The people at the top profit by the existing system and shout a lot when change is proposed.

BJP schemes connect 20 crore Indians
According to an estimate, various schemes launched by the Union government - with the Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the helm - have connected at least 20 crore Indians.

Why did RSS Chief and Gadkari meet ?
A long meeting between RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat and Nitin Gadkari has raised many an eyebrow in the top BJP leadership. Narendra Modi was the subject of discussion ?

No separate Development Boards
The Government of India has clarified that there is no proposal for creation of separate Development Boards for the development of certain regions of the country.

DEBATE - Bureaucracy under NDA rule better !

Modi government has completed one year in office only recently and the perception about the functioning of bureaucracy, atleast, at the central level has started changing with the majority claiming that it is better under the present rule than the previous regime even as, many say that there is no change in working of bureaucracy.
Whispersinthecorridors.com has asked its surfers – Whether functioning of the bureaucracy under the present rule better ? And the majority of them said that it was ‘certainly better’ than what it used to be under the UPA regime.
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http://www.whispersinthecorridors.com/news.pdf

BUREAUCRACY

Posting of 1982 batch IAS officers to start this month
Posting of 1982 batch IAS officers to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India is expected to start by this month end.

Karnail Singh is appointed ADG, NIA
Senior IPS officer of UT cadre Karnail Singh has been appointed ADG, National Investigating Agency, NIA. Presently he is posted as Spl Director, ED in Delhi.He is 1984 batch IPS officer.
(We said this on May 22)

Arup Roy Choudhary to retire on August 31
Five year tenure of CMD of the NTPC Arup Roy Choudhary is coming to an end on August 31.

Constitute CSB- SC Direction to Union and State Governments
The Supreme Court in Judgment dated 31.10.2013 directed the Centre, State Governments and the Union Territories to constitute Civil Services Boards (CSB) with high ranking serving officers, who are specialists in their respective fields, In compliance of the Apex Court's directions, amendments in rule 7 of the IAS, IPS and IFS (Cadre) Rules have been carried out by the GOI vide notification dated 28.01.2014. For the other Central Services, the respective Cadre Controlling Authorities have been directed to implement the Apex Court's directions. The direction of the Supreme Court is also for compliance of the State Governments/UTs.

Dr Soumya Swaminathan appointed DG, ICMR
Dr Soumya Swaminathan has been appointed as Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)-cum-Secretary, Department of Health Research for a period of three years.


No suitable candidate found for CMD, HPCL
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has failed to find a suitable candidate for the post of CMD, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) at its selection meeting held on August 6, 2015. The Board, which interviewed as many as nine persons, decided to see more candidates.


Who will be new MDs and CEOs in banks ?
Who will be the new MDs and CEOs in five nationalized banks ? Names are yet to be cleared by the ACC.

Lull in IPS appointments !
There is complete lull in the Ministry of Home Affairs as far as IPS appointments in the Government of India are concerned.

No extension beyond three months in GoI
Now this is hidden instruction in the Government of India that extension in deputation tenure will not be given beyond three months.

KD Maiti quits ISS
Indian Statistics Service (ISS) officer, KD Maiti has resigned from the service. He is a 1981 batch ISS officer.

Tenure of Tapas Pal as CVO, BRCL, Kolkata extended
The tenure of Tapas Pal as CVO in Bridge & Roof Company (India) Limited, Kolkata, has been extended for a period of two years with effect from October 31, 2015. He is a 1991 batch ITS officer.

PESB seeks applications for Director (Engg), NPCC
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Director (Engineering), National Projects Construction Corporation Limited (NPCC) lying vacant since June 30, 2015. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before September 21, 2015.

About 60,000 reserved category vacancies filled up
During the special Recruitment Drive about 60,000 backlog vacancies in Government of India's various ministries/departments were filled up. As per information 48,034 backlog reserved vacancies for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes were filled up by March 31, 2012. In the second round 19,676 backlog reserved vacancies were also filled up during the period April, 2012 to December, 2014.


441 Air Force officers take premature retirement
As many as 441 officers are reported to have taken premature retirement from Air Force since 2012.

Fresh panel for Chairman of Paradip Port Trust
A fresh panel is being prepared for the post of Chairman Paradip Port Trust.

80 posts of IPS officers vacant in Orissa
Around 80 posts of Indian Police Service (IPS) officers have been lying vacant in Orissa cadre.

Dr DK Likhi to join as CMD, MIDHANI on Sept 1
Dr D K Likhi, Director (P&M), MIDHANI, will be joining as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD), Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited (MIDHANI) on September 1, 2015.
(We said this on Feb 25, 2015)

V Thangapandian to take over as Director (Power), NLC on Sept 1
V Thangapandian, GGM, NTPC, will take charge as Director (Power), Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited (NLC) on September 1, 2015.
(We said this on February 23, 2015)

Eight IRS-C&CE officers get postings in CBEC
As many as seven officers belonging to Indian Revenue Service of Customs & Central Excise (C&CE) cadre have been given postings as Under Secretaries in the Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC). Accordingly, Santosh Kumar Mishra has been posted as Under Secretary, CX8 while Mayush Goel was made Under Secretary, Cus IV and Temsunarao Jamir as Under Secretary, Land Customs. Similarly, Kshitendra Verma was posted as Under Secretary, Cus V; Debjit Banerjee and Gaurav Chandel to RA; Harshvardhan and Vijayrani S to Legal Cell and Amang Garg was posted to Judicial Cell.

Dilip Goyal relieved to join as Asst DG, UIDAI
Dilip Goyal has been relieved to join as Assistant Director General in the Unique Identification Authority of India, Mumbai (UIDAI). He is a 1998 batch IRS-C&CE officer.

10 officers of Indian Postal Service transferred
As many as 10 officers belonging to Indian Postal Service have been transferred. Ms Padmagandha Mishra has been appointed ADG (IR), Postal Directorate, New Delhi while Aparajeet Pattanayak was transferred to Assam Circle and Bishan Singh is being posted to Himachal Pradesh circle. Pawan Kumar has been transferred to Delhi circle; Ms Radhika Dhir to Punjab circle; Ms Arkaja Das to Delhi circle; Abhinava Pratap Singh to UP circle; Ms Anubrata Das to Delhi circle; Abhijeet Bansode to Maharashtra circle and Abhishek Kumar Singh to UP circle.

Vasanta Kiran Babu posted as DCF, Regional Office, Ranchi
Vasanta Kiran Babu has been appointed Deputy Conservator of Forests, Regional Office, Ranchi on deputation basis. He is a 2008 batch IFS officer of HP cadre.

12 probationers of Indian Postal Service get postings
As many as 11 offices of Indian Postal Service of 2013 batch have been given postings after the completion of probationary training. Ms Bipasha Das was posted to Maharasthra; Alexin George to Tamil Nadu; Surekh Reghunathen to Odisha; Sandesh Mahadevappa to AP; Meet Kumar to West Bengal; Ms Preeti Agarwal to Haryana; Ajinkya Ajey Kale to MP; Puneet Bijaranya to West Bengal; Ms Moona Yasmin to Rajasthan; Ms Priyanka Mishra to UP and Hammad Zafar to Bihar. Besides, one officer of 2012 batch, Gaurav Singla was posted to Maharashtra.

Dr SW Naqvi promoted to ADGP grade in MP
Dr S W Naqvi has been given proforma promotion to the grade of Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) in Madhya Pradesh. He is a 1990 batch IPS officer of MP cadre. He is presently posted in ED Mumbai.

BB Sharma promoted to ADGP grade in MP
BB Sharma has been promoted to the grade of Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) in Madhya Pradesh. He is a 1990 batch IPS officer of MP cadre.

KT Vaiphei promoted to ADGP grade in MP
KT Vaiphei has been promoted to the grade of Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) in Madhya Pradesh. He is a 1990 batch IPS officer of MP cadre.

Pramod Verma promoted to DIG grade in MP
Pramod Verma has been promoted to the grade of Deputy Inspector General of Police in Madhya Pradesh. He is a 2001 batch IPS officer of MP cadre.


IPS officer Ramanujam to be CIC in TamilNadu
K. Ramanujam is being tipped to be new Chief Information Commissioner in TamilNadu. He is 1978 batch IPS officer.


Reshuffle of IAS officers in Karnataka
As many as 11 IAS officers have been transferred and posted at different places in Karnataka. Accordingly, Ajay Seth has been appointed as Principal Secretary, Education Department while Mrs M V Jayanthi was made Regional Commissioner, Bengaluru and Anjum Parwez is MD, Krishna Bhagya Jala Nigam Limited. Similarly, R R Jannu has been appointed as Commissioner for Religious & Charitable Endowment and Additoinal Secretary, Revenue; Dr P J Jaffer as Registrar, Lokayukta Bengaluru; Mrs Khushboo Goel Chowdhary as CEO, Zilla Panchayat, Dharwad; Ramandeep Chowdhary as Deputy Commissioner, Koppal district; Ms Pallavi Akurathi as Deputy Commissioner, Tumakuru district; S S Nakul as CEO, Zilla Panchayat Ballari; D S Ramesh as Mission Director, State Water & Sanitation Mission and Deputy Secretary, RD &PR and M G Hiremath was posted as CEO, Zilla Panchayat, Bagalkot.

3 IAS officers shifted in Telangana (UPDATED)
Rahul Bojja has been appointed as Collector, Hyderabad while Dr Yogita Rana was made Collector, Nizamabad and D Ronald Rose is Collector, Medak in Telangana.

Reshuffle of IAS officers in Haryana (UPDATED)
As many as seven officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Haryana. Accordingly, A K Singh has been appointed as Secretary, Personnel, Training, Vigilance, DG, Training and Inquiry officer, DG, Science & Technology while Sandeep Garg will now be DG, Industries & Commerce, Chief Executive, Khadi & Village Industries Board, Advisor, Civil Aviation and Chander Parkash is Transport Commissioer and MD, HAFED. Similarly, Rajbir Singh has been appointed as Secretary, Monitoring & Coordination and Commissioner, Rohtak and Hisar division; Rajeev Ranjan as Secretary, GAD & Administrative Reforms, DG, Social Justice & Empowerment; Vijay Singh Dahiya as MD, Agro Industries Corporation Limited and Vikas Yadav was made Director, Tourism and MD, Tourism Development Corporation.

4 IRS-IT officers get postings (UPDATED)
Anu J Singh has been appointed as OSD in the office of Principal CCIT, Delhi 2while Aparna Karan was posted as OSD in the office of Principal CIT, Patna and Prabhjot Kaur is OSD in the office of Principal CCIT, Bhopal. Besides, R K Gupta was posted as Joint CIT in the office of Principal CCIT, CCA, Delhi region.

Mrs Tilotma Verma appointed as Additional Director, Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (UPDATED)
Mrs Tilotma Verma, who is presently in the cadre, has been appointed as Additional Director, Wildlife Crime Control Bureau. She is a 1990 batch IPS officer of UP cadre.

Ashok Kumar appointed as Joint Secretary, Commerce (UPDATED)
Ashok Kumar has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Commerce. He is a CSS officer.

Prakash appointed as Joint Secretary, DoPT (UPDATED)
Prakash has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Department of Personnel and Training. He is a CSS officer.

Moti Lal appointed as Joint Secretary, Water Resources (UPDATED)
Moti Lal has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Water Resources. He is a CSS officer.

Raghavender appointed as Joint Secretary, IPP (UPDATED)
G R Raghavender has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion. He is a CSS officer.

Rajneesh Tingal appointed as Joint Secretary, Cabinet Secretary (UPDATED)
Rajneesh Tingal has been appointed as Joint Secretary in Cabinet Secretariat. He is a CSS officer.

Susham Taishete appointed as Joint Secretary, Petroleum (UPDATED)
Sushma Taishete has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas. Taishete is a CSS officer.

Ashwani Kumar appointed as Joint Secretary, Agriculture (UPDATED)
Ashwani Kumar has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Agriculture & Cooperation. He is a CSS officer.


Subha Thakur appointed as Joint Secretary, Urban Development (UPDATED)
Shubha Thakur has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Urban Development. Thakur is a CSS officer.

Sanjeev Jiindal appointed as Joint Secretary, Prasar Bharti (UPDATED)
Sanjeev K Jindal has been appointed as Joint Secretary in Prasar Bharti. He is a CSS officer.

Aparna Sharma appointed as Joint Secretary, HRD (UPDATED)
Aparna S Sharma has been appointed as Joint Secretary in Human Resource Department. Sharma is a CSS officer.

Kaushik Rakshit selected as Director (Fin), HIL (UPDATED)
Kaushik Rakshit, GM, NSC, has been selected for the post of Director (Finance), Hindustan Insecticides Limited (HIL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on August 7, 2015. As many as 11 persons were interviewed for the same.

Rakesh Garg is also Secretary, Electronics & IT (UPDATED)
Rakesh Garg has been assigned an additional charge of Secretary, Department of Electronics and Information Technology. He is a 1980 batch IAS office officer of UP cadre.

CORPORATE

Singh appointed CEO (Lighting Business) of Surya Roshni Ltd
Surya Roshni Limited has appointed Ramanjit Singh as Chief Executive Officer (Lighting Business) of the company.

Subramaniam ceases to be Director of GNVFCL
Dr Manjula Subramaniam, IAS (Retd) has ceased to be Director of Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited

Malla appointed Addl. Director of Vardhman Textiles Ltd
Vardhman Textiles Limited has appointed Rajender Mohan Malla as an Additional Director of the company.

Singh designated as CEO of Fortis Healthcare Ltd
Fortis Healthcare Ltd has designated Bhavdeep Singh as Chief Executive Officer of the company

Poddar resigns as Director of Skipper Ltd
Shankar Lal Poddar has resigned as Director of Skipper Limited

Subramanyam appointed Independent Director of Sundaram Brake Linings Ltd
Sundaram Brake Linings Limited has appointed Ms Sandhya Subramanyam as an Independent Director of the company

Kori appointed Addl. Director of Zenith Birla (India) Ltd
Zenith Birla (India) Limited has appointed Harish Kori as Additional Director of the company.

Khannur appointed CS of Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd
Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd has appointed Vijayamahantesh Khannur as the Company Secretary of the company.

Dasgupta appointed ED ( Engg.) of Air India Engineering Services Ltd
Ashish Dasgupta had been appointed as Executive Director ( Engineering) of Air India Engineering Services Ltd.

(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)

Adjournment of business in Parliament

This is a very sorry state of affairs going on in the Parliament for the last two weeks. There is no business in the Parliament, the reason being the Opposition. Whatever their demand is, they should have let the Parliament do their normal business and also put forward their demand. By not letting the Parliament work does not mean that they are doing something good. They are wasting national money. With this state of affairs, I really appreciate the patience shown by the Speaker of Lok Sabha and Chairman, Rajya Sabha. I fully support the decision of the Speaker for suspending the unruly Members of Parliament. I will also request the Chairman, Rajya Sabha to take similar action in Rajya Sabha too.

Pradeep Ratnaparkhi

There is no rule of Law in MOS&PI

I fully agree with the views of Manoj Sinha published on August 2, 2015 under the heading of "Misuse of ISS, CSS officials in MOS & PI in www.whispersinthecorridors.com. All transfer orders issued by MOS&PI without any notified transfer policy should be cancelled and concerned officials of ISS & SSS should be posted to previous location. Simultaneously, a disciplinary proceeding may also be initiated against all culprits so that vested interest of senior officers may be restrained. Apart from this transfer policy should be framed immediately in respect of both Indian Statistical Service (ISS) & Subordinate Statistical Service (SSS) to stop the victimization of member of both service.

Rocky Singh.

Restructure of steel PSU

I agree with the opinions given in the forum. It is need of the hour to trim personal and HRD. Here show me the man I will show the rule. The performance appraisal system is meant for corrupt, fraud; kith and kin of top brass, politicians, and the lateral appointments are itself a proof. One executive director forged his age affidavit from 1953 to 1958, his class mates, batch mates are retd, but still his continuing and attended PESB interviews. Even Vigilance knows but could not because of strong connection. It is need of hour to investigate and purge the PSU

Pras

Arbitrary exercise of Power by a Director in DFCCIL

Selection of Directors made by PSEB during the tenure of the current chairman PESB is questionable. Persons without commensurate experience and exposure to HR have been appointed as Director in charge of HR matters in DFCCIL. AS a result while there are five GM's looking after operations though there are hardly any operations yet on the other hand there is only one GM looking after HR. matters of over 1000 employees. Exercise of power is arbitrary and based on the whims and fancies of the concerned director. Favourites are sent on foreign tours again and again. There is complete mismanagement of hired vehicles and there is arbitrary reduction in the pay and perks of senior officers without any explanation or communication of any reasons to the concerned officer.

Vox Populi'

SP conference

The chief advisors of home minister in Jaipur, recently got completed the SP conference. The three, Kapil Garg ADG, Govind Gupta IG, Rajeev Dash ADG, remotely handled the state police. Whereas the actual DGP sat in third row of the conference along with SPs.

S Agrawal

Dearth of honest officers

High time this happens. Corruption is at its peak and cops are involved in all crimes such as rape, extortion etc. On a daily basis corruption has hit the skies. Police are indulging in filing false FIRs after accepting money from complainant and trying to extort. There is a dearth of honest officers.

Ashok Menon

No rule of law

MoSPI is not the exception. There is no rule of law in either of the Ministries/Departments of the Government of India. Especially the Ministers and Bureaucrats are availing perks & facilities much more than their entitlement. The CVC and PMO also give a blind eye to it. People who may have pick-pocketed only Rs.10/- may still be languishing in Jail for more than a decade.

BBS

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