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March 16 marks the anniversary of the Whispersinthecorridors.com. It is fascinating to find that this informative website has sustained unabated for over 14 long years and has consistently provided valuable insights and updates for the civil service community in the country.In fact for me and many others it has become akin to a daily diet and lately twice a day. Congratulations. You must now start a column on AIS rules and citations such as new LTC rules for SAARC nations etc. Issues of common interest like the CGHS must also be flagged regularly. Just like the RTI column, this will be of great service to the serving officers.Your website is not just an information window but truly a public service movement. Best wishes. Keep on marching ahead.

Rohit R Brandon IAS- Retd

Former ACS and Director of the HCM RIPA Training Academy Jaipur

Major achievement of Modi Government - "Confidentiality "
Modi Government has one major achievement. They have restored the regime of "Confidentiality" .Earlier classified information was considered common property and free for all.

A man of Rs 5000 crores ?
In a cocktail party in Delhi some one remarked, "There is a CMD of a PSU - a man of 5000 crores ". One can only guess.

BUREAUCRACY

Who will be new Cabinet Secretary ? (10) Rajiv Mehrishi
Chances of Finance Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi are rated high for the key post. 1978 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS officer Mehrishi had been Chief Secretary in the state. In North Block image of Mehrishi is that he is a man of high integrity.

CBI to have two new Joint Directors
CBI will soon have two new Joint Directors. Names are believed to have been short-listed.

Will Sharma be JD, CBI ?
A K Sharma is likely to be appointed Joint Director CBI. He is 1987 batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Will Amit Prasad be JD, CBI ?
Will Amit Mohan Prasad join the CBI as Joint Director?.He is 1989 batch IPS officer of Odisha cadre.

Only two posts of Judges vacant in Supreme Court
Only two posts of Judges are lying vacant in Supreme Court of India. Presently 29 Judges are in working strength against the approved strength of 31 Judges.

Nine Judges working as Acting Chief Justice
As many as nine Judges are working as Acting Chief Justice of nine High Courts namely Chhattisgarh, Gauhati, Gujarat, Kerala, Meghalaya, Orissa, Punjab & Haryana, Rajasthan and Sikkim.

B N Shukla selected for Director (Tech), CMPDIL
B N Shukla, GM, MCL/CIL, has been selected for the post of Director (Technical), Central Mine Planning & Design Institute Limited (CMPDIL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on March 23, 2015. As many as 10 persons were interviewed for the same.

Gupta is new CEO Odisha
Devendra Nath Gupta has been appointed new Chief Electoral Officer Odisha. He is 1989 batch IAS officer.

Four vacancies of ED in Banks
There are already two vacancies of ED in the Banks. Two more vacancies will arise next month.

Ashutosh Roy to return to Madhya Pradesh
Ashutosh Roy is to return to the parent Madhya Pradesh cadre from central deputation. He is 1994 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Orders of Srivastava for Director (P), SAIL yet to come
The orders of Atul Srivastava, ED, SAIL, for the appointment as Director (Personnel), Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) are yet to be issued by the Government of India as vacancy is arising on April 1, 2015. The incumbent Himansu Sekhar Pati is due to retire on March 31, 2015.

AAP keen for services of Naresh Kumar ?
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is reportedly keen to get the services of Naresh Kumar for Delhi Government. 1987 batch IAS officer of UT cadre Naresh Kumar is presently on deputation to the GoI as Joint Secretary, Mines.

Ministry yet to appoint full time Director (Fin), HMT Ltd
The Ministry of Heavy Industry is yet to appoint full time Director (Finance), HMT Limited after the recommendations of Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB), which had failed to select suitable candidate at selection meeting on June 16, 2014. The Ministry was told to explore the possibility of appointing a candidate on deputation basis.

Two IAS officers of Bihar cadre empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Two officers Santosh Kumar Mall and Ms A N Safeena belonging to Indian Administrative Service of 1997 batch and Bihar cadre have been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India.

Post of Joint Secretary vacant in Defence
A post of Joint Secretary level is lying vacant in the Department of Defence in Government of India.

Post of Joint Secretary vacant in Commerce
A post of Joint Secretary level is lying vacant in the Department of Commerce in Government of India.

Ms Manju Pandey posted as DDG, Recruitment & Petitions, Dte, Delhi
Ms Manju Pandey has been appointed as Deputy Director General, Recruitment & Petitions, Postal Directorate, New Delhi. She is a 1989 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.

P N Dixit is seniormost serving IPS officer in the country
As on date, P N Dixit is the seniormost serving IPS officer in the country. 1977 batch IPS officer of Maharashtra cadre Dixit is retiring on August 1.

DEITY seeks applications for DG, ICERT
The Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DEITY) has invited applications from the interested persons for the post of Director General, Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (DG, ICERT) at New Delhi. The last date for filing applications is April 7, 2015.

Ms Priti Agarwal appointed as DPS, Indore region
Ms Priti Agarwal has been appointed as Director, Postal Service (DPS), Indore region, Madhya Pradesh circle. She is a 2003 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.

Transfer of 298 CSS officers cancelled
The transfer orders of 298 officers belonging to Central Secretariat Service (CSS) have been cancelled and will continue in their present Ministry/Department as they could not be relieved, due to some technical reasons in December 2012 and February 2013.

ESIC to continue running Medical Colleges, says Shri Bandaru Dattatreya
Bandaru Dattatreya, Minister of State for Labour & Employment (I/C), Govt. of India has informed that the ESIC would continue with already running three Medical Colleges at Rajajinagar, Bangalore (Karnataka), K K Nagar, Chennai (Tamil Nadu), Joka, Kolkata (W.B.) and one Dental College at Rohini (Delhi). He further informed that the ongoing PG courses would also continue on similar lines. Minister of State for Labour & Employment (IC) was addressing a Press Conference on March 23on this issue at the Union Labour & Employment Ministry, New Delhi. Shankar Aggarwal, Secretary, Labour & Employment Ministry and Anil Kumar Agarwal, Director General, ESIC were also present in the Press Conference. Dattatreya also said that ESIC will not undertake any more Medical Education Projects. The Minister also said that ESIC will focus on its core function of providing social security to IPs. Presently, ESIC is running 4 Medical Colleges and one Dental College. Besides this, 8 more Medical Colleges are under construction. The core function of ESIC is to provide social security i.e. cash benefit and medical benefit to the Insured Persons under the ESI Scheme. It was felt that it would help the ESIC in concentrating at its core function if the ESIC exited from the field of Medical Education. Accordingly, the ESI Corporation in its 163rd meeting took a decision to exit from Medical Education and, a decision in this regard was communicated to all concerned in January, 2015. This decision had fully protected the interest of students and most of other stakeholders. However, the students continued to have some apprehensions in this regard. Several representations from Member of Parliaments, parents of students, public representatives and general public were received. In the 164th meeting of the Corporation also, it was reiterated that the interests of the students as well as the Insured Persons should be protected. Therefore, a revised Circular was issued last week stating that ESIC would continue to admit students at its already running four Medical Colleges and one Dental College. ESIC is continuing its efforts to transfer other Medical College projects to State Governments concerned. Letters containing revised terms and conditions have been issued to the concerned State Governments with the request that their reply may be sent to the Central Govt. within the next 15 days failing which it would be presumed that they are not interested in taking over these projects and thereafter, effort will be made to run these Medical Colleges under PPP Model etc.

DPC for IPS promotons in MP tomorrow (UPDATED)
DPC for IPS promotions to the rank of DIG,IG,ADG and DG in Madhya Pradeshwill take place on Wednesday.

Chaturvedi posted as Senior Personnel officer, LMRC (UPDATED)
Brajesh Kumar Chaturvedi has been posted as Senior Personnel Officer, Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) on deputation for a period of three years. He is from Personnel Service.

A Sankaramurthi posted as GM (Signal), CMRL (UPDATED)
A Sankaramurthi has been posted as Joint General Manager (Signal), Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) on deputation for a period of two years. He is an IRSSE officer.

M Rajkumar deputed as Director in Coal (UPDATED)
M Rajkumar has been appointed as Director in the Ministry of Coal. He is a 2000 batch IFS officer UT cadre.

Maharatna of the Year Award to NTPC (UPDATED)
NTPC Limited the largest power utility of the country has been adjudged the Maharatna of the Year- Manufacturing by the premier Investment Journal Dalal Street. The Award was received by Dr. Arup Roy Choudhury, CMD NTPC and K K Sharma, Director (Opns) from K D Tripathi, Secretary DPE at the 6th DSIJ Awards Ceremony held in New Delhi.

Reddy appointed as ADM, Medak in Telangana (UPDATED)
P Venkata Rami Reddy has been transferred and posted as Joint Collector & Additional District Magistrate, Medak in Telangana. He is a 2007 batch IAS officer of Telangana cadre.

Jayaswal posted as Additional PCCF in Telangana (UPDATED)
Lokesh Jayaswal has been posted as Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF)/Conservator Forests, P&E Circle, Hyderabad. He is a 1987 batch IFS officer of Telangana cadre.

NBCC Women Employees celebrate 'International Women's Day' (UPDATED)
The Women Employees of NBCC Corporate Office and its Delhi NCR Offices, celebrated International Women's Day at its Corporate Office on March 20, 2015. The event comprised activities relating to Women Empowerment like Enhancing Productivity, Life Management, Life Style Re-engineering and a Quiz Competition, participated by women employees of the Company. Dr Anoop Kumar Mittal, CMD, was invited to attend as the Chief Guest of the Programme and he was accompanied by S K Pal, Director (Finance), S K Chaudhary, Director (Projects), Rajendra Chaudhari, Senior Executive Director and N P Aggarwal, Executive Director of the Company.

8 IES officers promoted to Higher Administrative Grade (UPDATED)
As many as eight officers belonging to Indian Economic Service of 1981 batch have been promoted to the Higher Administrative Grade (HAG). They are: M R Anand, Gajendera Bhujbal, Ms Preeti Madan, Ms Rugmini S Parmar, Dr M Mathisekaran, S N Bromo Choudhary, Ram Charan Meena and K M Gupta.

Manish Rastogi appointed as MD, MPRDC in MP (UPDATED)
Manish Rastogi has been appointed as Managing Director of Madhya Pradesh Road Development Corporation (MPRDC) as well as ex-officio Secretary, PWD in Madhya Pradesh in place of Vivek Agarwal . He is a 1994 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre. Interestingly, four Agarwals, who are looking after PWD, have now been reduced to three: Principal Secretary, Promod Agrawal, Engineer-in-Chief, Akhilesh Agarwal and Engineer-in-chief of PWD PIU C P Agarwal.

Yogesh Gupta appointed as Under Secretary, Oversease Indian Affairs (UPDATED)
Upon his repatriatoin from deputation, Yogesh Gupta has been appointed as Under Secretary, Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs in Government of India.

27 CSS officers shifted after promotion to Under Secretary grade (UPDATED)
As many as 27 officers belonging to Central Secretariat Service (CSS) have been transferred to different ministries after promotion to Under Secretary grade. Accordingly, Shobha Basil has been shifted to Economic Affairs while Uday Shankar Mehta was transferred to Health & Family Welfare and Sanjay Kumar is moving to Rural Development. Similarly, Harkesh Chander has been transferred to Panchayati Raj; Pankaj Kumar to National Disaster Management Authority; Rajeev Bahree will remain in Telecommunications; Kundan Kumar to Power; Rakesh Kumar Singh, Textiles; Prakash A to Urban Development; Manjula Juneja to Personnel & Training; V K Kushwaha to Urban Development; Suray Narayan to DoPT; Prabha Sharma to Skill Development & Entrepreneurship; G Vijay Kumar to Urban Development; Sunil Singh Rawat to National Disaster Management Authority; Anurag Kumar to Food & Public Distribution; Sunil Kumar Gupta to Health & Family Welfare; Gautam Kuamr Yadav to Food & Public Distribution; Rajeev Ranjan to UPSC; Manoj Kumar Shukla and Sachin Arora to Higher Education; Kesang Norbu Bhutia to Power; Deep Chand Lakra to Higher Education; Muraleedharan to Skill Development & Entrepreneurship; Pratap Singh Dahiya to Heavy Industries; Din Dayal to Food Processing Industries and Shantha Sharma was posted to UPSC.

CORPORATE

GoI to disinvest stake of IOCL
The Government of India has proposed to disinvest stake of oil Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL) to meet the revenue target.

Jain to be MD, Bajaj Finance Ltd
Bajaj Finance Limited has appointed Rajeev Jain who is currently Chief Executive Officer (CEO) as Managing Director of the company w.e.f April 1, 2015

Bhardwaj resigns as Independent Director, Rupa & Company Ltd
R N Bhardwaj has resigned as an Independent Director of Rupa & Company Limited w.e.f. March 23, 2015

Suresh appointed Independent Woman Director, Surana Solar Ltd
Surana Solar Ltd has appointed Ms Madhumathi Suresh as Independent Woman Director of the company w.e.f. March 23, 2015

Chuaungo appointed Director, Gujarat State Petronet Ltd
Gujarat State Petronet Limited has nominated L Chuaungo, IAS as a Director of the company.

Bhide appointed Addl. Director, Bombay Dyeing & Mfg Company Ltd
Bombay Dyeing & Mfg Company Limited has appointed Dr Sheela Bhide as Additional Director of the company w.e.f March 23, 2015

Mathur appointed Non Exec. Independent Director, Phoenix Lamps Ltd
Phoenix Lamps Limited has appointed Ms Sunita Mathur Non-executive Independent Director of the company

Mimani resigns as ED ( Mktg.), IMP Powers Ltd?
Rajendra Mimani has resigned as Executive Director ( Marketing) of IMP Powers Limited w.e.f. March 2, 2015, due to personal reasons.

Vij appointed Women Independent Director, Solar Industries India Ltd
Solar Industries India Limited appointed Ms Madhu Vij as Women Independent Director of the company w.e.f March 23, 2015

Jain appointed Addl. Director, Impex Ferro Tech Ltd
Impex Ferro Tech Limited has appointed Rohit Jain as an Additional Director of the company

Choudhary ceases to be Independent Director, Balrampur Chini Mills Ltd
Ram Kishore Choudhury has ceased to be an Independent Director of Balrampur Chini Mills Limited w.e.f March 20, 2015

Dutta appointed Woman Director & CS, Khaitan (India) Limited
Khaitan (India) Limited has appointed Ms Sulekha Dutta as Women Director and Company Secretary of the company.

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Refixation of pension

Retirees on pay revision do not go below minimum of the scale from which they had retired. It should also protect them from not falling below the top of next below scale so that people retiring prior to revision in a grade get not lower pension then those retiring from a lower scale after revision.

Rajeev Agrawal


Conduct CBI probe

PESB's selection of Chairman & Directors of Mahartna PSU's and Navratna and Mini Ratna PSU's is not proper. They simply rely on the data given by PSU's & Ministries. Many are having political connections and are of dubious character. It should refer to vigilance agencies like CBI. PMO should take a note of it .

Prasad

Why senior posts not available to IFS officers ?

I am in complete agreement that why are senior level posts, of AS or Secretary-level, in Ministries or areas where international relations is an important determinant, like Commerce, Defence, Petroleum and DEA not available to IFS officers? Why are they non-existent, forget about being extinct ?

IFS officers being toppers, genius, open to global living, more trained in all spheres of life, deserve better treatment. Of course Dead wood certainly exist in IFS too. I think like Defence, there should be no reservation in the foreign service and area specific professionals may also be recruited at JS level too.

Harish Kumar

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