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16th March marks the anniversary of the Whispersinthecorridors . com. The fact that the Column has been sustained for 14 long years, without a break and single-handedly for most of the period, is indeed laudable. Its popularity remains unchallenged, and is growing by the day among politicos, bureaucrats and corporate honchos. My congratulations and best wishes to Dr Mehrotra for its continued success.

P V Rajgopal
Former Director National Police cademy

Gujarat - as seen by whispersinthecorridors.com (2)

Girish Chandra Murmu

Red tapism and inordinate delay - what Indian bureaucracy is known for – is a taboo also when it comes to another diligent and popular Gujarat officer
Girish Chandra Murmu - an IAS officer of 1985 batch – who is Principal Secretary to Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel as also Principal Secretary Information Department.
It could be not without a reason that Murmu developed strong links with former Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi over time and occupied two key roles in his government - Secretary to CM and the Secretary of the Home department.
On his toes 24x7,a well-informed Murmu, who charts on Modi's list of most favoured officers – does justice to both his roles – that of PS to Gujarat CM and Information department - most efficiently and with ultimate dexterity.
Although access to his department is not possible without prior appointment, once you are in, there is no looking back since the quick decision-maker, Murmu is pretty fast with either a yes or a no.
Settling issues on a daily basis, he leaves no files pending in his department and this might be the reason why Murmu - often quoted among his batch-mates as the right-hand of Modi – is able to handle top media persons of the country who can be seen waiting to meet him outside his chamber.

(A visit by our Corporate Editor Abul Hasan)

Petro gate: Delhi police gets pat ?
After exposing petro gate, Delhi police is getting pat from many. It is said that MHA, Petroleum ministry and other related departments praise DP for progress made in petro gate.


Only Secular leader so far ?
At a get-together after discussion conclusion was "The only Secular leader in the country so far has been Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru ".

BUREAUCRACY

Who will be new Cabinet Secretary ? (5) Alok Rawat
Earlier Alok Rawat was considered a strong candidate for the post. By seniority Sikkim cadre 1977 batch IAS officer Rawat was aspiring to become Cabinet Secretary. Though he has true credentials to be Cabinet Secretary his stocks have reportedly gone down in recent months. One can only guess.

Major joinings in PSUs in June
More than half a dozen persons are scheduled to join various boards of Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) on June 1, 2015.

DG via SS, a sure bet ?
In the corridors of power, it is said that If any senior IPS want to become DG in a Central Para Military Force (CPMF) he should join as Special Secretary in MHA. As past records of Special Secretary (SS) internal security shows that many of them became DG. . Earlier also many SS , ML Kumavat, Raman Srivastava, UK Bansal and Prakash Mishra were appointed DG of various CPOs.If trend is repeated again then the present SS has fair chance to be appointed as Director General of a CPMF. Ashok Prasad, SS,MHA chances are bright to become DG,CISF .Prasad who is an IPS of 1979 batch is A P cadre officer. Arvind Ranjan, present DG of CISF is going to retire in April this year.

T S Raju joins as full-time CMD, HAL
T S Raju, Director (D&D), HAL, has joined as full-time Chairman, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).
(We said this on Sept 15, 2014)

Orders of M Venkatesh for Director (Ref), MRPL issued
The orders of M Venkatesh, GGM, MRPL, for the appointment as Director (Refinery), Mangalore Refineries & Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL) have been issued by the Government of India.
(We said this on Sept 3, 2014)

Ms Ishita Roy joins as JS, Higher Education
Ms Ishita Roy has joined Government of India at Joint Secretary, Higher Education. She is a 1991 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.
(We said this on February 24 )

B R Sharma to be new Chief Secretary of J & K ?
After the appointment of B R Sharma as Secretary Home in J & K rumours are rife that 1984 batch IAS officer would succeed present Chief Secretary Mohammad Iqbal Khanday after his superannuation or may be early.

Orders of Biswajit Roy as Director (HR&BD), OIL yet to come
Orders of Biswajit Roy, ED, IOCL, for the appointment as Director (HR&BD), Oil India Limited (OIL) are yet to be issued by the Government of India. The post has been lying vacant.

Aanand Swarup Joins ITBP
Aanand Swrup has joined ITBP as IG. He is an Uttar Pradesh cadre 1992 batch IPS officer.

ACC seeks clarification on Manoj Mishra's proposal
The Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) is reported to have sought some clarification on the proposal of Manoj Mishra, Director (Finance), STC, for the appointment as Chairman and Managing Director, National Fertilizers Limited (NFL).

Prasar Bharti board is without Members ?
Prasar Bharti Board is without important Members. Posts of members finance and personnel are vacant for the last one year. Reasons best known to govt.

Rishikesh Singh deputed as Director, Economic Affairs
Rishikesh Singh has been appointed as Director in the Department of Economic Affairs, Delhi. He is a 2000 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.

Dinesh Gupta appointed as Director, Food, Public Distribution
Dinesh Kumar Gupta has been appointed as Director in the Department of Food and Public Distribution under the Ministry of Food and Consumer Affairs. He is a 2000 batch ITS officer.

Atul Kulkarni is new JCP (Crime)Mumbai
A former IB man Atul Kulkarni has joined as Joint Commissioner Police (Crime) in Mumbai. He is 1990 batch IPS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Date joins CRPF as IG
Former JCP (Crime) in Mumbai Sadanand Date has joined the CRPF as IG. He is 1990 batch IPS officer.

Ms N R Visalatchy appointed as DPS, Visakhapatnam region
Ms N R Visalatchy has been appointed as Director, Postal Service (DPS), Visakhapatnam region, Andhra Pradesh circle. He is a 2002 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.

Stress Management programme for officers
The Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) will hold a two-day Programme on Stress Management for officers of DoPT and the Cabinet Secretariat in Delhi. Officers of the level of Deputy Secretaries / Director and above can register for the Programme to be conducted by the Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhan Sansthan at the Civil Services Officers' Institute (CSOI), Vinay Marg, Delhi onMarch 28-29, 2015.

Alok Saxena to be PMG, Kanpur Region
Alok Saxena will be joining as the Postmaster General , Kanpur Region in Uttar Pradesh.

P Sitharama Anjaneyulu likely to join central deputation at IG level
P Sitharama Anjaneyulu is expected to join central deputation at Inspector General (IG). He is a 1992 batch IPS officer of AP cadre.

Why CPOs cadre review remain pending?
If sources are to be believed, cadre review of central police organizations (CPOs) is not a priority for the govt. During last decade CPMFs size have increased many folds but staff strength not increased accordingly. That's the reason cadre review remained pending for decades. In some cases it is being done on court directives. Will MHA do the justice?

PESB yet to advertise post of Director (Tech), ECIL
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is yet to advertise the post of Director (Technical), Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL) lying vacant since July 17, 2013. Prashant Rao, ED, DMRC, was selected for this post, but he declined the offer. However, ECIL, CMD, P Sudhakar is holding an additional charge of Director, Technical.

Minor reshuffle of IPS officers in Tamil Nadu
S Murugan Deputy Inspector-General of Police has been transferred and posted as the new DIG of Tirunelveli range with additional charge as the Commissioner of Police Tirunelveli city. He has replaced Sumit Sharan who has been posted as Villupuram DIG. Superintendent of police (SP) N Devarani who was with central investigation unit of prohibition offences has been posted as SP of narcotics intelligence bureau CID replacing S Santhi. Thoothukudi SP Dr M Durai has been transferred and posted as Sivagangai SP and the Sivaganga SP Ashwin M Kotnis has been made Thoothukudi SP. V Vikraman SP Villupuram was posted to Tirunelveli district replacing K S Narenthiran Nayar who has been transferred to Villupuram.

Dr Somanathan was to join FMC
Newly appointed Joint Secretary in the PMO Dr T V Somnathan was to join as Chairman of the Forward Markets Commission (FMC). Change of his posting was made because of the fact that the GoI decided to merge the FMC with the SEBI.

Kishore is new Secretary Industries in West Bengal
S Kishore has been appointed new Secretary Industries in West Bengal. He is 1989 batch IAS officer.He has replaced C M Bachhawat who will now be Secretary food processing and horticulture department.

IAS changes in West Bengal
Secretary Agriculture Subrata Biswas has been transferred to the housing department and R.S. Shukla, the fire and emergency services secretary, has replaced him.

Justice Mathur appointed as Chairperson, DRAT, Allahabad
Justice Vishnu Kumar Mathur has been appointed as Chairperson, Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunal (DRAT) at Allahabad

Justice Girija Shankar appointed as Chairperson, DRAT, Chennai
Justice Kallakuri Girija Shankar has been appointed as Chairperson, Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunal (DRAT) at Chennai.

Two IPS officers shifted in Karnataka (UPDATED)
C H Pratap Reddy has been appointed as IG, Criminal Investigation Department, Bengaluru while Pronab Mohanty will now be Inspector General, Karnataka Lokayukta, Bengaluru in Karnataka.

Naveen Raj Singh appointed as MD, KSIIDC in Karnataka (UPDATED)
Naveen Raj Singh has been appointed as Managing Director, Karnataka State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (KSIIDC) with additional charge of Managing Director, The Mysore Paper Mills Limited, Bengaluru. He is a 1998 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Devendra Yadav deputed as Director, Minority Affairs (UPDATED)
Devendra Yadav has been deputed as Director in the Ministry of Minority Affairs in the Government of India. He is a 1995 batch ITS officer.

Delhi High Court gets eight Judges (UPDATED)
Justice Jayant Nath, Justice Najmussahar Waziri, Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva, Justice Vibhu Bakhru, Justice Valluri Kameswar Rao, Mrs Justice Sunita Gupta, Mrs Justice Deepa Sharma, and Justice Ved Prakash Vaish, Additional Judges of the Delhi High Court, have been appointed as Judges of Delhi High Court.

Transfer orders of Utpal Saha to Center for Railway Research cancelled (UPDATED)
The transfer orders of Utpal Saha from South Eastern Railway to Center for Railway Research at IIT, Kharagpur under RDSO have been cancelled. He is an IRSE officer.

Dr Rai is now VC of GB Pnt University in Uttarakhand (UPDATED)
Former DG of the ICAR Dr Mangla Rai has been appointed Vice Chncllor of the GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar.

C V Muniraju appointed as ADG, Anti-Naxal Campaign in MP (UPDATED)
C V Muniraju has been appointed as Additional Director General, Anti-Naxal Campaign, PHQ, Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh. He is a 1987 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Sushobhan Benerjee appointed as ADG, Jail in MP (UPDATED)
Upon return from deputation, Sushobhan Benerjee has been appointed as Additional Director General, Jail in Madhya Pradesh. He is a 1989 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Ramaswamy selected as Director (Fin), HPCL (UPDATED)
J Ramaswamy, ED, HPCL, has been selected for the post of Director (Finance), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) at a Public Enterprise Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on March 18, 2015. As many as nine persons were interviewed for the same.

CORPORATE

Dwivedi is Director (Exploration), ONGC
Union Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas has appointed A K Dwivedi as Director (Exploration) of Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. He assumed charge on March 16, 2015

Desai appointed CFO, Gujarat Themis Biosyn Ltd
Gujarat Themis Biosyn Ltd has appointed Bharat A Desai as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company w.e.f. March 17, 2015.

Neelkant appointed Exec. VP & President (Industrial Business Unit), Crompton Greaves Ltd?
Crompton Greaves Ltd has appointed K N Neelkant as Executive Vice President and President (Industrial Business Unit) of the company.

Mutha appointed CS, Future Lifestyle Fashions Ltd
Future Lifestyle Fashions Ltd has appointed Sanjay Kumar Mutha as Company Secretary of the company w.e.f. March 17, 2015

Nishimura resigns as Director, Tayo Rolls Ltd
Osamu Nishimura has resigned as Director of Tayo Rolls Ltd .

Miyasaka appointed Addl. Director, Tayo Rolls Ltd
Yoshikazu Miyasaka has been appointed as Additional Director of Tayo Rolls Ltd

Singhania appointed Independent Director, Key Corporation Ltd
Key Corporation Ltd has appointed Yadupati Singhania as Independent Director of the company w.e.f. February 24, 2015

Sunitha appointed CS, Raminfo Ltd
Raminfo Ltd has appointed Ms Bora Sunitha the Company Secretary of the company w.e.f. March 16, 2015.

Asdhir appointed Independent Director, Nahar Industrial Enterprises Ltd
Nahar Industrial Enterprises Ltd has appointed Dr Vijay Asdhir as an Independent Director of the company w.e.f. February 14, 2015

Vora appointed Independent Director, Prime Property Development Corporation Ltd
Prime Property Development Corporation Ltd has appointed Ms Hiral Vora as an Independent Director of the company w.e.f. March 16, 2015

Paun appointed ED, Regency Trust Ltd
Regency Trust Ltd has appointed Dharmesh Paun as Executive Director of the company.

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Welcome move

It is a welcome move that central government offices should not use e-mail service other than that is being provided by NIC. It is not just through yahoo and gmail, traitors can have access to your computers and there are professional hackers who can invade your server through other websites also. The govt. should take cognizance of this issue. I went to one Tamil Nadu State Govt. Office where they have installed Reginet software which prevented staff from entering undesirable websites. Can PMO advise NIC to come out with a suitable one on similar lines ?

Sivakumar


Finance Minister: Wrong chasing

Recently Income Tax department started sending requests to deposit TDS before 31st March to show the collection in this FY. Big advertisement is being given by IT department for deposit of advance tax by 15th March which is over to-day but again showing that we have (IT deptt.)information if you buy MF of Rs. 2 lakhs, credit card expenditure of 2 lakhs etc... It shows still income tax department is chasing small tax payers not the people having taxable income more than 20 lakhs. It is wrong to say that the higher value transactions will get covered. IT department has limited resources and man power, their energy will be wasted in chasing very large number of people whose taxable income is less than 20 lakhs and they will never reach to higher income group people. Please leave tax payers of less than 20 lakhs start with people having income more than 20 lakhs and concentrate the energy in tracking these groups with limited man power and using modern technology. CPC is available to handle small taxpayers. Track business man, professionals etc. leave salaried people as their income is well known and employer takes care for TDS.

N Prakash


No cadre review

This is the fact that no cadre review was done since 1979. I do not know who is responsible for this but this shows the pathetic condition of officers and men in the force in regrd to thier carear management. this issue has come to light only when paramilitary officers have gone to the court for thier grievances There is heavy stagnation in the force resulting lot of discontent specially among young officers who joined the force with the dream of bright future. let us hope that Present DG and government of day to see the problem and find some solution

Madho Singh

Situation has gone worse

It is correct that there is no Cadre review since 1989. The same batch officer from SSB is now 2IC & BSF officers are still Deputy Commandants &they will be DC,s for next 10 years where as SSB officers will be Commandants next year of the same batch.

Sany

Sad and disturbing

It is very sad and disturbing to learn that a young and bright IAS Officer D.K.Ravi of 2009 batch has allegdly comitted suicide in Bangalore.

This office was known to be extremely upright and competent and had taken on the sand mafia since he was put as DC and DM, Revenue Dept. in Kolar. There are reports that he had been receiving threats from the sand mafia and on the date of his death unknown persons visited his home.

It is time for senior IAS officers al over the country to give a deep thought to the work they are doing and whether they are doing justice to their duties by remaining scrupulously honest and taking on wrong doers. Sadly, in public perception, a vast majority of the IAS officers are busy making money by corruption and are, thereby, proving to be a disgrace to this administratice backbone service.

This is to call upon all IAS officers to decide to give up corruption and embrace honesty and integrity. This is the only way to pay tribute to a young honest officer who was forced to end his life in a tragic way.

Manu Ashar

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