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Great men have magnetism which draws people to them. Akbar had this personal magnetism and charm in abundant measure.

Bank Board Bureau to start from April 2016

With a view to improve the governance of Public Sector Banks (PSBs), the Government has decided to set up an autonomous Bank Board Bureau (BBB). The Bureau will search and select heads of Public Sector Banks and help them in developing differentiated strategies and capital raising plans through innovative financial methods and instruments. The BBB is proposed to start functioning from 1st April, 2016.

This is the great PR Department of MEA !

Since Day One of his assuming office, PM Narendra Modi has been insisting that all departments should remain up-to-date on information related to their fields but who cares, not atleast MEA, or so, it seems.
Believe it or not, the Ministry of Ext ernal Affairs (MEA) doesn't even have the profiles of officials posted as Indian Ambassadors abroad. It does not has their photographs either. And this when our tech savvy PM has been insisting upon 'ready reckoners' .

The above lacunae in such an important Ministry with such a huge set up came to light last month after the Government of India appointed about a dozen Ambassadors.

Soon after the appointments, after the news regarding the same was flashed on whispersinthecorridors.com, our Special Correspondent got in touch with offices of Vikas Swaroop, Joint Secretary and Director, XP Division, MEA, who is also spokesperson for Ministry of External Affairs and requested them for the profiles and pictures of the new appointees.

As per advise, an e-mail was also sent to him on Oct 17 and then again on Oct 19, 2015.
"(Dear Sh Swarup, You might have aware about website 'Whispersinthecorridors.com', which deals with the govt appointments ,postings and service related other matters. Recently many diplomats have been posted at various places. I shall be grateful that if you kindly provide us profile of officials in the attached list. Thanks and Regards)" .

On Nov 5,2015 JS XP office informed that such info will be given by Admn.. accordingly request was emil to JD adm on Nov 7-Later on our request, Y.S.Kataria Dy Director, PIB, looking after MEA publicity also emailed a request to Masakui also on Nov 7, 2015.

However, after few days Amit Kumar, SO, Admn Section , MEA informed us, "we are not having such records. If some one ask we write the particular Embassy for the same and it takes time".

Meanwhile, whispersinthecorridors arranged the profiles and pics in question through other sources as it was to meet the deadline for publication.

Chat with retired Senior Bureaucrat

Again I have to stay back in Shimla ...do it joyfully...and so I meet my respected friend. ..this time at a Cafe that has a breathtaking view and is accessed from the Mall. It's Pasta Pizza today...

M: I hope you do not feel that I am hinting the subject we should discuss..
B: Ha .. ha ..even if it is its a apt hint for an apt topic ....I get the feeling Madam has realized the hopelessness in the NH case ... and I'm sure her legal luminaries have educated her about this .......the best way to evaluate this case is apply the Fiduciary Test..... I think now Congress would have an axe to grind with the Legal Advisors who advised in the first place (at the conjuring and execution stages)...

M: Doesn't Congress realise people know what's happening ....
B: Maybe the cause is more vital than popularity ... like jaan hai toh jahaan hai.... to be popular reputation is vital..... holding up Country versus political survival. ..

M: Now Rahul says he was stopped from entering a Mandir in Assam..
B: Media follows him night and day ...if this is the truth why did he not take on the people who blocked him in Assam itself after the incident ...Gogoi would have ordered a Inquiry there and then and embarrassed those responsible ..in such issues the timing of the reaction to the provocation is vital. ...as there is a Congress Government in Assam if a Inquiry now somehow confirms this incident took place it would not be the same as if he had reacted there and then... then it was live cooking ...like our Pasta ...now it'll be Oven Baked like the Pizza...

M: Now Rahul has taken on the Ooman Chandy issue ...
B: He says Ooman Chandy is the voice of the people of Kerala ...what about MEA Sushma isn't she voice of Indians ...don't Indians want to know about the Indo-Pak talks???? And I understand Chandy has written a Letter on 12th December saying he would not attend the functions in question...

M: Now what.....
B: When BJP won and Congress was reduced to 44 in the House...after some time there was some sympathy for Congress ....now BJP and Modi are getting all the sympathy .... 'see he wants to deliver promises he's made but Congress not letting him deliver' ' being unfairly targeted' ...

M: Rahul's also taken up the case of the Delhi oustees .... announced ..if anyone is being forcefully ousted to meet him ...he will take up their cases in Parliament ...
B: Doesn't he realise for him to do so he has to let Parliament function first . ...now my friend let's enjoy our meal ... rest assured 'they' do not think of Nation or us when they enjoy a meal..

VJS

BUREAUCRACY

Posting of 1982 batch IAS to complete by March end
Posting of all the empanelled officers of 1982 batch IAS to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India will complete by March end.

Seniority principle in Indian Army to continue
Modi Government is set to follow seniority principle in top appointments in Indian Army. Top slots of Commanders in Chief in the Army are to be filled up soon. Seniormost eligible officers are going to be promoted.

Will Mohapatra be ED of Canara Bank ?
Deen Bandhu Mohapatra GM in the Central Bank of India is likely to be appointed ED in the Canara Bank.

G Sudhir to be Member of CAT ?
G Sudhir is likely to be appointed Member of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT).He is former 1977 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Dr S Ayyappan unlikely to get extension as Secretary, DARE
Dr S Ayyappan, Secretary, Agricultural Research & Education (DARE), who is retiring on December 31, 2015, is expected not to get extension.

1995 batch IPS officers in CBI to be promoted
Three 1995 batch IPS officers are being promoted to the rank of Joint Director in January. Names are currently lying in the ACC.

Ambuj Sharma returns to parent cadre
Ambuj Sharma, who is presently on central deputation as Additional Secretary in the Department of Heavy Industry, has been relieved to return to parent cadre after completion of central deputation. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

A K Choudhury selected as MD, IRFC
A K Choudhury, ED, RVNL, has been selected for the post of Managing Director, Indian Railway Finance Corporation Limited (IRFC) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on December 14, 2015. As many as seven persons were interviewed for the same.

Justice L Narasimha Reddy to Head Judicial Committee on OROP
The Government of India has appointed Justice L Narasimha Reddy, retired Chief Justice of Patna High Court to head the Judicial Committee which will look into the implementation of One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme for the Ex-Servicemen.

Mathur likely to be next Additional Member, Staff Railway Board
Aanad Mathur , a 1980 batch IRPS batch officer is likely to be appointed Addl. Member Staff in the Railway Board. Presently he is posted as Chief Pesonnel Officer ( CPO), Northern Railway, hq, New Delhi. His retirement is due in November 2018.

NLC to get new Director in January
P Selvakumar, CGM, NLCL, will be new Director (Planning & Projects), Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited (NLC) with effect from January 1, 2016.

Will Bhatia be new Chairman of Mumbai Port Trust ?
Name of Sanjay Bhatia is doing the roud for the post of Chairman Mumbai Port Trust. He is 1985 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

BHEL has no financial head since June 2015
The post of Director (Finance), Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has been lying vacant since June 1, 2015. Director (Power), Atul Sobti, who will join as CMD, BHEL on January 1, is holding an additional charge.

Hitesh Khanna to join as CMD, KRCL on Jan 1
Hitesh Khanna, Director (Works), IRCON, will be taking over the charge as Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Konkan Railway Corporation Limited (KRCL) on January 1, 2016.

Revival package of Rs 1,000cr to FACT under consideration
A revival package of Rs 1,000 crore for Fertilizers & Chemicals Travancore Limited (FACT) is reported to be under consideration in the Government of India.

DoPT seeks applications for Member, SSC
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has invited applications for the post of Member, Staff Selection Commission (SSC), New Delhi at Joint Secretary level. Those willing to apply for this post can send their applications to the DoPT before February 8, 2016.

Ms Deepti Umashankar to return to parent cadre !
Ms Deepti Umashankar, Joint Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat, is expected to return to her parent cadre after completion of central deputation on December 26, 2015. She is a 1993 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

Four posts of Independent Directors vacant in NTPC
At present, atleast four posts of Independent Directors are vacant in NTPC.

Interview for Spl. Correspondent, Prasar Bharti tomorrow
After a hectic exercise Ministry of I & B has got some applicants for the post of Prasar Bharati Special Correspondents at Colombo, Kathmandu and Dubai. Four senior IIS officers have been called for interview on Dec 16, 2015.

Websites of Rly officers Associations not up to date ?
Its strange but true that Railway Officers Associations websites are not being updated regularly. Many officers are posted to some place whereas association's website show them some where else. Here is a latest example. An IRAS officer K.B.Nanda is posted as Additional Member Finance --, Railway Board. where as in wesite his place of posting is Izzatnagar. Such errors could be seen in the websites of IRTS, IRSEE, IRSS, IRSE and IRSME.

Ms Shwetha Rao appointed Research Officer, Cabinet Secretariat
Ms Shwetha Rao B has been appointed as Research Officer, DBT, Division, Cabinet Secretariat. She is a 2011 batch IES officer.

Post of CVO in IRCTC falling vacant
A vacancy of Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) at Director level is arising in Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC), Delhi on June 16, 2016. Those willing to apply for this post can send their applications before January 8, 2016.

Dinesh Kumar relieved to join as Joint Secretary, Agriculture
The Government of Rajasthan has relieved Dinesh Kumar of cadre responsibility enabling him to join as Joint Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare in Government of India. He is a 1996 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

N Sreekumar appointed as CFTM, Southern Railway
Upon return from deputation to CONCOR, N Sreekumar has been as CFTM in Southern Railway. He is an IRTS officer.

P Raveendran posted to Southern Railway
P Raveendran presently posted as CFTM, SR, has been posted in the cadre of Southern Railway. He is an IRTS officer.

Chhattisgarh HC gets Additional Judges for three months
Manindra Mohan Shrivastava, Goutam Bhaduri, Sanjay Kumar Agrawal, Puthichira Sam Koshy, Inder Singh Uboweja and Chandra Bhushan Bajpai have been appointed as Additional Judges of Chhattisgarh High Court, for a period of three months.

Major reshuffle of IAS officers in Haryana
As many as 16 IAS officers have been transferred and posted at different places in Haryana. Accordingly, Sudhir Rajpal has been appointed as MD, Industrial & Infrastructure Development, Financial Corporation while Anurag Rastogi will now be Principal Secretary, Cooperation and Vineet Garg is MD, Vidyut Prasaran Nigam. Similarly, Sandeep Garg has been appointed as Secretary, Home-II Department and Joint Commissioner, Gurdwara Elections Commission; Arun Kumar Gupta as Advisor, Civil Aviation and Secretary Civil Aviation; Pankaj Agarwal as Registrar, Cooperative Socieities; Vikas Gupta as Director, Urban Local Bodies, Livelihood Mission; Vijay Singh Dahiya as MD, Agro Industries Corporation, Director, Sports & Youth Affairs; Mrs Amneet P Kumar as Chief Executive, Khadi & Village Industries Board; T L Satyaprakash as Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Gurgaon; Mrs Ashima Brar as Director, Women & Child Development; Phool Chand Meena as MD, Federation of Cooperative Sugar Mills Limited; Vivek Attray as Director, Industries & Commerce and Special Secretary, Industries & Commerce; Anshaj Singh as Director, Science Technology; Ms Garima Mittal as Administrator, HUDA, Faridabad and Additional Director, Urban Estates and Vijaykumar Siddappa Bhaviktti was made ADC-cum-CEO, DRDA, Fatehabad.

Reshuffle of IPS officers in MP
As many as seven IPS officers have been transferred and posted at different places in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, Abhishek Tiwari was posted as CSP, Ujjain while Sampat Upadhyay is appointed as SDOP, Sendhwa, Barwani and Vinayak Verma is CSP, Gwalior. Similarly, Hitesh Chaudhar has been appointed as SDOP, Jatara, Tikamgarh; Pankaj Kumawat as CSP, Jabalpur; Md Israr Mansuri as SDOP, Khajuraho, Chhatarpur and Mansingh Thakur was posted as SDOP, Shujalpur, Shajapur.

Justice Ananda is Uplokayukta in Karnataka
Former Karnataka High Court judge Justice N Ananda has been appointed as the Upalokayukta,Karnataka.

Mishra is new High ommissioner to Maldives (UPDATED)
Akhilesh Mishra (lFS:1989), Consul General of lndia, Toronto, has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of lndia to the Republic of Maldives.

Empanelment lists re-uploaded on DoPT's site (UPDATED)
The two lists of empanelment of IAS officers of 1982 batch and 1985 batch re-uploaded by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) on its website create confusion as there are similar headings of different empanelment lists.

Md Jamshed appointed as Member Traffic, Railway Board (UPDATED)
Mohd Jamshed, General Manager, Northeast Frontier Railway, has been appointed as Member Traffic, Railway Board. He is an IRTS officer.

S P Singh is also MD, Telangana Drinking Water Supply Corp Ltd (UPDATED)
S P Singh has been assigned an additional charge of Managing Director, Telangana Drinking Water Supply Corporation Limited, Hyderabad in Telangana.

Rakesh Kumar Gupta is also Chairman, J&K Special Tribunal (UPDATED)
Rakesh Kumar Gupta has been assigned an additional charge of Chairman, Jammu & Kashmir Special Tribunal. He is a 1986 batch IAS officer of J&K cadre.

Cadre of Ms Krittika Jyotsna transferred to UP (UPDATED)
The cadre of Ms Krittika Jyotsna has been transferred from Telangana to Uttar Pradesh on the grounds of marriage to Rahul Pandey a 2014 batch IAS officer of UP cadre. She is a 2014 batch IAS officer of Telangana cadre.

Orders of Madhu S Nair for CMD, CSL issued (UPDATED)
The orders of Madhu S Nair, CGM, CSL, for the appointment as Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) have reportedly been issued by the Government of India.

A K Jain appointed as Chairman, CBDT (UPDATED)
A K Jain has been appointed as Chairman, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). He is an IRS-IT officer.
(We said thios on Dec 05,2015)

CORPORATE

Ms Narayanan appointed Director of BoB
Ms Usha A Narayanan has been appointed as Director of Bank of Baroda

Kishore appointed CEO & MD ( Designate) of Zensar Technologies Limited
Zensar Technologies Limited has appointed Sandeep Kishore as Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director (Designate) of the company w.e.f. January 12, 2016

Garg appointed CFO of NIIT Technologies Ltd
NIIT Technologies Limited has appointed Amit Kumar Garg as Chief Financial Officer of the company

Delaney appointed Director of Goodyear India Ltd
Goodyear India Ltd has appointed Christopher Raymond Delaney as Director of the company w.e.f. January 1, 2016

Two Independent Directors appointed on Board of PBA Infrastructure Ltd
PBA Infrastructure Limited has appointed Ms Jacintha Castelino, and Bhagwati Prasad Mangal as Independent Directors of the company

Ferns resigns as CS of Hind Rectifiers Ltd
Alen Ferns has resigned as Company Secretary of Hind Rectifiers Limited

Shah appointed Group CFO of Mercator Limited
Mercator Limited has appointed Kishor Shah as Group Chief Financial Officer of the company w.e.f. December 15, 2015.

Gala appointed CFO of Prabhat Dairy Ltd
Prabhat Dairy Limited has appointed Amit Gala as the Chief Financial Officer of the company.

Kini ceases to be Independent Director of Indusind Bank Ltd
Ashok Kini has ceased to be Independent Director of Indusind Bank Ltd

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Arvind Kejriwal and Lalu : what are the similarities in political style?

Lalu Prasad Yadav is one person who perfected the art of communication- he thumbed his nose publicly at the padha-likha log"", who were dispensable; he talked to the public in their own style, his voter was the illiterate, poor man who could be taken for a ride by emotive appeals. So has Arvind Kejriwal. The only difference is, taking advantage of the FM radio network, Kejriwal is on FM radio every two minutes, talking, extolling his virtues.
Lalu had discovered that without doing too much, he could survive by just promising every voter of his the moon (and careful advertising, including cut-outs of himself with a sudarshan chakra in hand). He used it to his advantage. He would promise everybody a sarkari naukri and huge compensation, instead of tackling real issues. Once he carried out a campaign (nothing really came out of it) for bathing children and giving them haircuts (he also gave a song- likhna padhna seekho...). Kejriwal has learnt the lesson well. Free electricity, free water, free Wi-Fi, CCTVs, guards in buses, you name it, he has already promised the same. The tangible results thereof are yet to be seen. When they decided to celebrate a cleanliness programme for a week in Delhi, Kejriwal was all over FM and all over billboards in Delhi. All this for a week of doing what is actually the regular work of the government.

In all his twenty years in power (without counting the current stint which has just begun), Lalu's voters kept thinking that Lalu had good intentions, but he was not being allowed to work. By whom? Nobody had a clue. Kejriwal has learnt the lesson well. The Police is not in his control, Delhi is not a full-fledged state, if the death toll due to dengue mounted in Delhi, he requested the PM not to play politics and also exhorted that people should not spread panic (no action on mosquitoes, though). His adherents (largely the uneducated and naive public, just like Lalu's supporters) believe in him and believe every word of what he says non-stop on FM.
Lalu was a glib talker who could think on his feet and throw the argument back with a twist in the tail. Kejriwal has learnt the lesson well. On Delhi's contemplated even -odd cars'rule, when asked if he had thought about it well, he threw it back- should he keep thinking when children were dying?

It is typical of Kejriwal to create a tussle, or do something to divert attention from the real issues. Pushed on the pollution agenda, he has probably created a solution which did not require him to think much, but which would raise more dust than it would quell (figuratively). Shiela Dixit was right when she said that there were no instant solutions- she described her work of planting trees, creating the metro, developing the CNG fleet of buses in Delhi etc. Kejriwal does not believe too much in hard work. He would rather create a media campaign.

Now, do we see why Lalu and Kejriwal met in Bihar with so much PDA?

Vijay Kumar

Development to bring down pollution

Let there be no development which causes pollution and Modi government should dedicate next two years for bringing down pollution. Strange is the concept of 'Development' in India. It is bringing down the quality of human life and health. Infrastructure building can help only if it is commensurate with our health .But high level of water and air pollution caused by the so called development is threatening the living cells. So ,the government must redefine development and bring the living creatures near the Nature. UNO in its latest report has declared three cities of Punjab amongst the twenty most polluted cities of the world. The case of pollution of Budha naala in Ludhiana still makes headlines. Ghaggar is a bone of contention with neighbouring states over pollution. Recently there have been reports of substantial increase in the pollution levels in river Satluj. Even Rajasthan govt and its people have been crying hoarse, as the Gang canal and Rajasthan feeders are reportedly carrying highly polluted water to that state. So the water pollution level in Punjab has alarmingly risen. In the year 2000 ,some prominent religious persons had undertaken the arduous and almost impossible task of cleansing the 160 kms long Kali Bein. This rivulet is associated with Sri Guru Nanak dev ji. As the story goes, while living with his sister in Sultanpur, Lodhi got enlightenment, while he was taking dip in the Kali Bein. It had almost become a sewage drain, when the work of its cleansing started. The Herculean effort was supplemented by promptly releasing 100 cusecs of water in the Bein on regular basis, ,by the then state government. Now the position in the state has so worsened that big canals like UBDC have become garbage storage and repositories of industrial wastes Truckloads of debris, and pollutants are regularly dumped in the canals. From UBDC, the hansli carries water to the sarovar of most sacred Golden Temple. The Irrigation deptt and Punjab pollution control board have become only guided paper arrows. Satluj action plan is on ventilators. In such a critical situation, the Punjab rivers, canals and rivulets have to emerge clean, once again.

Haryana has undertaken the arduous work of locating the long time back vanished and now considered a mythical river Saraswati. It might have disappeared in its pure and pristine condition without any pollution and dirt. Good to find out a long lost river, which is part of Indian folklore. More important is to put the system in shape to keep it off pollution and dirt before it is found. It would otherwise be a great blemish if a pure river is rediscovered and is allowed to die in impurity of pollution and dirt like other Indian rivers.

Surinderjit Singh Sandhu, Amritsar.

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