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Thus Chinese officials occupied the highest posts. The system appeared to be the same, but the guiding hands at the top were altered.

Bihar polls to be game changer
Bihar polls, it is deemed, will be a game-changer. Observers feel that the results of these polls will either revive caste politics or it will be buried.

Lalu Yadav not liked by younger generation
Political observers say that this time Lalu Yadav is not liked by the younger generation, who constitute a large chunk of voters.

Project derail is on. ...
Where have the incidents taken place?
BJP ko kyon karr rahe hai heckle and chase!

In Karnataka there is Congress Sarkaar!
Aur UP ko padh rahi hai SP ki maar!

There is a systematic plan in place!
And it's gathering pace!

Idea is make Muslims feel insecure!
Next will be only Congress has the cure!

They have friends in the Media!
Force deviation from development is the idea!

Now Modi has set his sights on Banks!
Must be well aware of Banking pranks!

PSU Banks ..NPAs are a big bleeder!
And often the Facilitator is some Leader!

This was majorly the case in UPA days!
To get things done they had their ways!

Loans were under-secured!!
Huge losses and write offs Banks have endured!

Compare NPA cases of 'Hoi Polloi 'and connected!
Former is hounded and latter protected!

For connected hundreds of ploys and excuses!
Even Banks invented ruses!

I know a few who can pen 100 Banking ploys!
How with the Banking system one toys!

Defaulters ke good times karro end!
Backwards for them Banks should not bend!

Kejri ji what is delay in CCTV installation!
Kindly explain this to the Nation!

At least do what is in your domain!
Under Centre you know DP will remain!

What about the Mohalla Committees?
Not doing what you can is one of the biggest pity's !

With a 95% majority!
AAP is behaving like it's in a minority!

How about getting Delhites into the act!
Commit to Save Girl Child/Women pact!

Joke doing rounds is ..get Nobel Prize and you get recognised!
Till you return Sahitya Award you remain unrecognized.

VJS

BUREAUCRACY

Major appointment in Judiciary before Diwali ?
Now the picture about NJAC is cleared. It is expected that major appointments in High Courts will be made in November before Diwali.

Zohra Chatterji to be Chairperson in UP ?
Former Secretary, Textiles in the Government of India Zohra Chatterji is being tipped for Chairperson of the Fashion Commission in Uttar Pradesh. She is a former 1979 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Jaideep Prasad promoted as IG, BPR&D
Jaideep Prasad, DIG, CISF, has been promoted to IGP grade and posted as IG in Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPR&D). He is a 1995 batch IPS officer of MP cadre.

Posting orders of Dr. Shaik Darvesh Saheb as IG, BPR&D cancelled
The posting orders of Dr Shaik Darvesh Saheb as Inspector General in Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPR&D) have been cancelled. He is a 1990 batch IPS officer of Kerala cadre.

24 additional judges to get extension !
The Collegium led by Chief Justice of India HL Dattu is believed to have recommended to the government the names of 24 additional judges for extension. They are slated to retire on Oct 24.

N Krishnappa selected as Director (OU), BEL
N Krishnappa, GM, BEL, has been selected for the post of Director (OU), Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on October 20, 2015. As many as 14 persons were interviewed for the same.

Cadre of Ravi Prakash Gupta transferred to Haryana
The cadre of Ravi Prakash Gupta has been transferred from Chhattisgarh to Haryana. He is a 2007 batch IAS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre.

Justice Reva Khetrapal to be new Lokayukta of Delhi
Former Delhi High Court Judge Justice Reva Khetrapal has been chosen for the post of Lokayukta,in Delhi. Post has been lying vacant since 2013.

Orders of Kanwar Singh for Director (Civil), SJVNL yet to be issued
The orders for the appointment of Kanwar Singh, ED, NHPC, as Director (Civil), Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited (SJVNL) are yet to be issued by the Government of India as the post has been lying vacant since February 26, 2015.

Vacant post of Member: CWC not moving proposal
A post of Member is vacant in Central Water Commission (CWC) since June this year and another member is going to retire this month. But if sources are to be believed, CWC has not moved any proposal in this regard, therefore chances of appointment of new member is said to be bleak. Will the minister in charge take any action?

Ajit Balaji Joshi relieved to join as Deputy Commissioner, Chandigarh Administration
Ajit Balaji Joshi has been relieved by the Government of Haryana for joining as Deputy Commissioner, Chandigarh Administration on deputation. He is a 2003 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

Warrier is new Ambassador to Congo
SK Ashok Warrier, presently in the Ministry, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Democratic Republic of Congo .

First IPS officer no more
KR Shenai, officer of India's first IPS batch of 1947 passed away in Chennai. He was 93.

IPS officer to be CIC in Rajasthan
Former IPS officer Suresh Chowdhary will be new Chief Information Commissioner in Rajasthan. He belongs to the 1979 batch.

IAS officer is Information Commissioner in Rajasthan
Chandra Mohan Meena will be Information Commissioner in Rajasthan. He is former 1980 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Justice Tatia new Chairman, HRC in Rajasthan
Former Judge of Rajasthan High Court Justice Prakash Tatia will be new Chairman of Human Rights Commission in Rajasthan.

Hasan and Nathan to be members of CWC ?
S. Masood Hasan, DG, National Water Development Agency (NWDA) and LVA Nathan, CE,CWC, could become members of the Commission. Both are 1978 batch engineers.

Hanish Yadav deputed as OSD to Suresh Prabhu
Hanish Yadav has been appointed as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to Suresh Prabhu, Minister for Railways on contract basis. He is a private person.

Bhagwan Shankar appointed ED of FCI
Bhagwan Shankar has been appointed Executive Director (North zone) at Joint Secretary level in Food Corporation of India (FCI), New Delhi. He is a 1988 batch IAS officer of Sikkim cadre.

Ministry of Law & Justice the oldest limb of GoI
Ministry of Law and Justice is the oldest limb of the Government of India dating back to 1833 when the Charter Act 1833 was enacted by the British Parliament. The said Act vested for the first time legislative power in a single authority, namely the Governor General in Council. By virtue of this authority and the authority vested under him under section 22 of the Indian Councils Act 1861, the Governor General in Council enacted laws for the country from 1834 to 1920. After the commencement of the Government of India Act 1919, the legislative power was exercised by the Indian Legislature constituted there under. The Government of India Act 1919 was followed by the Government of India Act 1935. With the passing of the Indian Independence Act 1947 India became a Dominion and the Dominion Legislature made laws from 1947 to 1949 under the provisions of section 100 of the Government of India Act 1935 as adapted by the India (Provisional Constitution) Order 1947.

Saurabh Singh appointed as Asst AG in PAG office, Bengaluru
Saurabh Singh, on completion of training at NAAA, Shimla, has been posted as Assistant Accountant General in the office of Principal Accountant General (G&SSA), Karnataka, Bengaluru. He is a 2013 batch IA&AS officer.

Ms Veenus Chaudhary appointed as Asst AG, Ahmedabad
Ms Veenus Chaudhary, on completion of training at NAAA, Shimla, has been posted as Assistant Accountant General in the office of Principal Accountant General (E&RSA), Gujarat, Ahmedabad.

Ms Urvashi Sadhwani appointed as Senior Adviser, Petroleum
Ms Urvashi Sadhwani has been appointed Senior Adviser in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. He is a 1982 batch IES officer.

Dr. Sunita Chhibba posted as Senior Adviser, Skill Development
Dr. Sunita Chhibba has been appointed as Senior Adviser, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. She is a 1982 batch IES officer.

Applications for Chairman, Mumbai Port Trust invited
The Ministry of Shipping has invited applications to the post of Chairman in Mumbai Port Trust. Those willing to apply for this post can send their applications to the Ministry before November 16, 2015.

Who is 'Asharam' in Railways?
The name of a General Manager level officer is being derided as 'Asharam' of Railways. Who is he ?

Seven CSS officers shifted after promotion to Under Secretary grade
As many as seven officers of Central Secretariat Service (CSS) have been promoted to the Under Secretary grade and posted to different Ministries. Accordingly, Dhirendra Kumar has been posted to Food & PD while Phool Chandra Prasad was appointed to Rural Development and Raj Krishna Bhoria was posted to Statistics & P I. Similarly, Rajneesh Mohan Singh has been posted to Science & Technology; Ravinder Kumar to SSC; Satya Prakash to urban Development, HUPA and Subhash Chandra Sharu was posted to UPSC.

Real Admiral Ghormade takes charge of Flag Officer Maharashtra Area (UPDATED)
Rear Admiral Satish Namdeo Ghormade has taken over the charge as Flag Officer Maharashtra Area from Rear Admiral Murlidhar Sadashiv Pawar, at Naval Base, in South Mumbai.

Anil Garg moves to Board of Revenue in UP (UPDATED)
Anil Garg CEO of the Yamuna Expressway Authority has been moved to the Board of Revenue in UP. He is 1996 batch IAS officer.

Alok Rawat is now Member of NCW (UPDATED)
Former Secretary in the Government of India Alok Rawat has been appointed Member of the National Commission of Women. He is retired 1977 batch IAS officer of Sikkim cadre.

Govind Jaiswal posted as Deputy Commissioner, East in Delhi Govt (UPDATED)
Govind Jaiswal has been appointed as Deputy Commissioner East in the Government of Delhi. He is a 2007 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

CORPORATE

Shah appointed CFO of Adani Transmission Ltd.
Adani Transmission Ltd. has appointed Kaushal G Shah as Chief Financial Officer of the company.

Ms Goenka re-designated as Joint MD of Welspun India Ltd.

Welspun India Ltd. has re-designated Ms Dipali Goenka who is Executive Director, as Joint Managing Director of the company.

Panda re-appointed Exec. Chairman of Indian Metals & Ferro Alloys Ltd.

Indian Metals & Ferro Alloys Ltd has re-appointed Dr. B Panda as Executive Chairman of the company.

Jena appointed Group CEO of Asian Granito India Ltd.

Asian Granito India Limited has appointed Tapan Jena as Group Chief Executive Officer of the company.

Mulhall appointed CFO of Tata Chemicals Ltd.

Tata Chemicals Limited has appointed John Mulhall as the Chief Financial Officer of the company.

Bhat appointed Addl. Director of Tata Chemicals Ltd.

Tata Chemicals Limited has appointed Bhaskar Bhat as an Additional Director of the company.

Negi ceases to be Part-time Nominee Director of SJVN Ltd.

S K B S Negi has ceased to be Part-time Nominee Director of SJVN Ltd. He was representing the Government of Himachal Pradesh on the Board of Directors of the company.

Ayyangar re-appointed MD of Sanofi India Ltd.

Sanofi India Limited has re-appointed Dr Shailesh Ayyangar as Managing Director of the company.

Mehra resigns as Director of UP Hotels Ltd.

Girish Narain Mehra has resigned as Director of UP Hotels Ltd.

Haria appointed Independent Director of GM Breweries Ltd.

GM Breweries Limited has appointed Shantilal Haria as an Independent Non Executive Director of the company.

Singh appointed Addl. Director of Zensar Technologies Ltd.

Zensar Technologies Limited has appointed Shashank Singh as Additional, Non-Executive and Non Independent Director of the Company.

Levack resigns as Non Exec. Director of Zensar Technologies Ltd.

John Levack has resigned as Non-Executive Director of Zensar Technologies Limited.

Ms Tripathi appointed Director of PTC India Financial Services Ltd.

PTC India Financial Services Limited has appointed Ms Pravin Tripathi as the Woman Director of the company.

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Equitable representation

DOPT and Govt of Maharashtra should look into this for equitable representation in GoI.

Shamlal Goyal

Media in Kerala

The press and media in Kerala are never tired of catering to the decadent tastes of the politically jaundiced Malyalees. The press and media are full of news of the beef festivals being conducted by leftist organisations, basically to cock a snook at BJP and indirectly at devout Hindus. They are full of frontline news of some leftist literary figures returning their Sahitya Academy awards on their sudden awakening of conscience after the odd Dadri incident. Their conscience never burdened them when a lecturer's hand was hacked by Islamic bigots nor when the School authorities kept him on suspension till his retirement nor when his wife committed suicide. They never protested when fatwas were put against writer Taslima Nasrin. But the press and media went gaga a over it. Then came juicy stories of a Swamiji's death that happened more than a decade ago insinuating the involvement of an OBC leader who opened his links with Modi. But what the press and media omitted to give prominence was the outstanding investigative work done by CCF, Amit Malik and his team in unearthing the large scale elephant poaching in Kerala. This is the biggest wildlife crime ever unearthed since the days of Sansar Chand. About 800 kg of tusks have been seized in Delhi and many including kingpins arrested. In the last two years alone, almost 100 tuskers have been reportedly killed in Kerala forests. In any other country this would have been prime news. But not in Kerala. Even the forest minister and the department thought it not worth giving publicity.
The agitation carried out by reportedly forest encroachers against Madhav Gadgil and Kasturirangan reports ostensibily supported by a partner in the present UDF government has practically demoralised the entire forest staff, many of whose offices have been attacked and burnt. This has given a fillip to the poachers who are having a field day today.

Navnith Krishnan

Bravo, Karnail Singh!!

Singh is an IPS officer heading ED for the first time and not run of the mill IAS officer.

A Saxena

CCI invites applications for chairperson

The Competition Commission of India has invited applications for Chairperson with the following qualification:
"As per the Competition Act, 2002 a person of ability, integrity and standing and who has special knowledge of, and such professional experience of not less than fifteen years in, international trade, economics, business, commerce, law finance, accountancy, management, industry, public affairs or competition matters, including competition law and policy, which in the opinion of the Central Government, may be useful to the Commission is eligible for appointment as Chairperson of the Competition Commission of India." It is obvious that the choice will invariably be an IAS officer irrespective of his/her qualifications. Then why this facade of a fair selection process?

KD Swami

Opinion on Balmer Lawrie in Forum

This is with reference to the below mentioned opinion published in the 17th October issue of whispersinthecorridors online under the column "Forum".

"Bill payments
Only those bills get delayed in Government which are not correct. Some of the vendors are in the habit of submitting exaggerated bills. In an office the Balmer & Lawrie & Co. used to provide tickets for officials tour. It had been noted that the concerned PRO was also using the facility of BL&Co. to arrange for tickets for the private visits of the senior officials. The company used to claim payments of these personal tickets from the office and was to get cleared. There were a number of tickets of the air travel of the PRO but there was no record to substantiate whether the visit was official or personal. In such a situation is it correct to criticize officials who raise queries over the bill?
A Srivastava"

We understand that the views expressed in this column are of the contributors and you do not owe any responsibility, whatsoever, of the views of your surfers as they are their personal opinion. However, Balmer Lawrie (BL) wishes to state that delay in payment occurs mainly on account of paucity of funds with the Ministry, and on account of the traveller not having submitted his/her tour claim form, besides the procedure being longish. BL issues tickets based on authorised requisitions to its clients. The authority (authorised nominee of the client) who seeks the booking informs Balmer Lawrie whether the trip is personal, in which case, the billing is done on the individual and the payment / settlement is tracked separately. If it is not explicitly told to BL that the booking is “private”, BL assumes that the trip is official and proceeds to bill the client (BL has no way of checking whether the trip is personal or official). BL claims payments only for those bills which are payable by the client. In fact, some of the clients have questioned us as to why BL is insisting on immediate payment for personal trips.

The insinuation that exaggerated bills are submitted is absolutely wrong and without basis and totally denied.

Request you to take note of this.

Regards,
Mohar Mukhopadhyay
Head [Corporate Communications]

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