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I'm a regular follower of whispers in the corridor. Its updates are very useful. If whispers in the corridors also includes various vacancies in central and various state governments on deputations on regular basis, the same will add on to it .

Dinesh Meena

Why Lalit Modi named Vasundhra ?
In the power gallery the million dollar question is that why Lalit Modi openly disclosed about Vasundhra Raje's help in his UK's stay. Was it a pre- planned game? Only few know about realty. No prizes for guessing the names.

Which party has more arrogant young turks ?

Which party has more number of young leaders who are arrogant? When some said it is the BJP and the others said that it was the Congress, one old gentleman said - while earlier it used to be the Congress, now-a-days it is the BJP.

One rank one pension issue hanging fire for 35 years
One rank one pension (OROP) issue has been hanging fire for almost 35 years. Every successive government promises to implement it but sees to it without fail that nothing materializes in this regard.

BUREAUCRACY

Ten 1985 batch IFS to be Additional Secretary ?
Ten Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officers are believed to have been empanelled to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India. They are: Monika Mohta, Rahul Kulsrestha, Kheya Bhattacharya, Vijay Thakur Singh,Tirumurthy, Narendra Chauhan, Sandeep Kumar, Syed Akbaruddin, Ajay Gondane and Satbir Singh.

19 IAS officers retiring in June
As many as 19 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers are retiring in June, 2015. They are: Rajesh Gupta and Ramashish Paswan of Bihar cadre; Devarapalli Kishore Rao and P N Sharma of Gujarat cadre; Joginder Singh Rana of Himachal Pradesh cadre; Madhav Lal of Jammu and Kashmir cadre; K R Srinivasan and B S Ramaprasad of Karnataka cadre; Indraneel S Dani and Vinod Kumar Katela of MP cadre; Dr Sudhir Kumar Goel, S D Shinde, M H Sawant and Dr A T Kumbhar of Maharashtra cadre; Dr T S Sridhar and N Mathivanan of Tamil Nadu cadre; Rajeev Kher, Rajendra M Srivastava and Dr Har Saran Das of Uttar Pradesh cadre.


Appointment of new TRAI Chief next month
Appointment of new TRAI Chief is expected to be made after July 7. Four persons have already been shortlisted.

IES officers to move from NITI Ayog
Indian Economic Service officers are moving from the NITI Ayog to different ministries. Number of IES officers in NITI Ayog is said to be about two dozen.

Lt General Parveen Bakshi to head Eastern Command !
Lt General Parveen Bakshi, Chief of Staff, Northern Command, is expected to be elevated as head of Eastern Command.

Selection Committee set up for Chairman, National Automobile Board
The government has rejected the panel of Chairman National Automobile Board under the Ministry of Heavy Industries. Now new Selection Committee has been set up under the Chairmanship of Cabinet Secretary. Old panel consisted of M F Frooqui, 1978 batch former IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre and Sutanu Behuria former 1976 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Alok Kumar joins as Advisor, NITI Aayog
Alok Kumar has joined as Advisor (JS level), NITI Aayog. He is a 1993 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.
(We said this on June 1)

Two IAS officers of West Bengal cadre missing
Two IAS officers of West Bengal cadre, Prashant of 1988 batch and Amitabha Mukherjee of 1983 batch have been missing for more than 20 years.

C Gopinathan appointed DG NER, CAG, New Delhi
C Gopinathan, Director General of Audit, Central Receipt, New Delhi, has been posted as Director General (NER) in the office of CAG. He is a 1986 batch IA&AS officer.

Rajpal Sharma empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Rajpal Sharma has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1987 batch IRS-C&CE officer.

Ranjan Ghosh to be promoted
Ranjan Ghose IA&AS 82, DEA NewYork, is being promoted to the higher grade of ADAI, at New York. It is understood Ghose presently, Director of External Audit in the grade of DG(Addl Secy to GoI) is being promoted to the post of Addl. Deputy C&AG, in the grade of Special Secretary, at NewYork. After being elected on the UN Board of Auditors this appointment would be another milestone achievement of the C&AG withour requiring approval of ACC/FSB.

Eight officers of West Bengal State Service get IAS cadre
As many as eight officers of West Bengal State Civil Service have been awarded Indian Administrative Service (IAS) cadre. The officers are: Mrs Madhumita Choudhury, Bimal Kanti Das, Pijush Kanti Dutta, Trinanjan Chakraborty, Kaushik Halder, Narayan Chandra Sarkar, Tashi Dhendup Sherpa and Kajal Kumar Bandyopadhyay.

Pankaj Kumar yet to be appointed Director (Fin), BPRL
Pankaj Kumar, DGM, BPCL, is yet to be appointed Director (Finance), Bharat Petro Resources Limited (BPRL).

Neeraj Kumar to join as Director (Fin), IRFC on July 1
Neeraj Kumar, GM, PFC, will be taking over as Director (Finance), Indian Railway Finance Corporation Limited (IRFC) on July 1, 2015.

Minor reshuffle of IAS officers in Haryana
As many as five IAS officers have been posted at different places in Haryana. Accordingly, Ram Niwas has been appointed ACS, Irrigation Department while K K Khandelwal was given an additional charge of ACS, Medical Education & Research and R R Jowel is Principal Secretary, Health Department. Besides, Pradeep Kasni has been appointed Secretary, Archieves Department and Director General, Archives and Mrs Renu S Phulia was made Director, Medical Education & Research and Special Secretary, Education & Research as well as Project Director, State Aids Control Society.

Dr. APJ Kalam Presents book to HH Pramukh Swami Maharaj
Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam presents his book 'Transcendence' to HH Pramukh Swami Maharaj. Dr. Kalam said that he first met him (H.H. Pramukhswami Maharaj) in 2000. He narrated that this is 15 Years of journey. When there was inauguration of Delhi Akshardham, everybody spoke but you said that this is a creation of God (not mine.) On that very moment I thought that I should write book on you.

'NBCC organizes it's first National Construction Conclave'-2015 (UPDATED)
NBCC has organised its first National Construction Conclave'-2015 on June 23, 2015 in New Delhi. On this occasion Dr. A.P. J. Abdul Kalam; Former President of India; M. Venkaiah Naidu Union Minister for Urban Development, Govt. of India and Dr. Anoop Kumar Mittal, CMD, NBCC and Directors of NBCC were present. Its 1st Annual Edition of 'NBCC National Construction Conclave'-2015 that company has organized. The Conclave, first of its kind in the country, was themed on "Housing for all by 2022 - Redensification/ Redevelopment' and 'Waste to Wealth- Waste Management', and was participated by stakeholders, experts and professionals, to deliberate upon all the aspects of sustainable housing infrastructure in order to prepare a roadmap for the future.

HAL completes hot weather flight trials of LCH (UPDATED)
HAL's indigenously designed and developed Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) attained a milestone by successfully completing the hot weather flight trials for a nearly one week at Jodhpur recently. "Test flights were carried out in the temperature range of 39 to 42 degree Celsius. These were done with the involvement of customer pilots from Indian Air Force and Army in presence of representatives from RCMA and DGAQA", says T Suvarana Raju, CMD, HAL. LCH prototype, TD-3 was ferried from Bengaluru to Jodhpur to achieve the successful trials. The flight testing covered 'temperature survey of engine bay and hydraulic system', 'assessment of performance', 'handling qualities and loads' at different 'all up weights', 'low speed handling' and 'height-velocity diagram establishment'. LCH had completed cold weather flight testing at Leh in February 2015. Two LCH - one on static and another on flying display- enthralled people at Aero India 2015 held in Bengaluru earlier this year. The LCH is expected to receive Initial Operational Clearance and enter into series production by the end of this year.

Ms Manula Hosmani promoted to Joint Commissioner of Customs grade (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service officer of Customs & Central Excise, Ms Manula Dundappa Hosmani has been promoted to the grade of Joint Commissioner and posted to Hyderabad, CX zone.

2 IRS-Customs officers get postings (UPDATED)
Two officers belonging to Indian Revenue Service of Customs & Central Excise have been given postings upon return from deputation. S C Agarwal has been appointed to DG Systems, Delhi while Ramyash Kanaujia was posted to Nagpur-CX.

Dr Bhupendra Singh is also Pro-VC, Sardar Patel University in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
Dr Bhupendra Singh has been assigned an additional charge of Pro-Vice Chancellor, Sardar Patel University of Police Security and Criminal Justice, Jodhpur in Rajasthan. He is a 1986 batch IPS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

A new body of IRS-C&CE Association constituted (UPDATED)
A new body of IRS (C&CE) Association has been constituted with the selection of Dr John Joseph (1984) as President and Yogendra Garg (1990) as Vice President. Besides, Anwar Ali TP has been elected as General Secretary and Gandhi Donthi as Treasurer. Ms Neha Garg, Dinesh Bisen, Ravneet Singh Khurana and Saurabh Kumar will be Joint Secretaries.

A new body of IPS Association constituted in MP (UPDATED)
A new body of IPS Association has been constituted in Madhya Pradesh. A 1987 batch IPS officer and presently ADG, Planning, Pavan Jain has been elected as President of the Association. He will succeed incumbent Maithili Sharan Gupta. Besides, ADG, Makwana, IG Makarand Deoskar, Commandant 7th Bt Ms Ruchi Verdhan Mishra and AIG K B Sharma have been elected as Executive Members in the body.

Manoj Kumar Singh deputed to IRCON, Malaysia (UPDATED)
Manoj Kumar Singh has been deputed to IRCON International Limited as DGM, S&T at IRCON/Malaysia project. He is an IRSSE officer.

S K Panda deputed to DFCCIL as DGM (UPDATED)
S K Panda has been deputed to Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL) as DGM, RTI & PIO. He is an RBSS officer.

Dr Channappa Gowda appointed as Secretary, Animal Husbandry in Karnataka (UPDATED)
Dr N S Channappa Gowda has been appointed as Secretary, Animal Husbandry & Fisheries Department in Karnataka. He is a 1999 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

DEBATE

Bureaucracy in UPA regime and under NDA government

Is functioning of bureaucracy better under the present NDA rule or in the UPA regime.
Send your brief specific views to mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com or suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com

CORPORATE

Nath appointed Independent Director of JSW Energy Ltd
JSW Energy Limited has appointed Rakesh Nath as an Independent Director of the company

Oberoi re-appointed MD of EIH Associated Hotels Ltd
EIH Associated Hotels Limited has re-appointed Vikramjit Singh Oberoi as the Managing Director of the company

Two Independent Directors cease to be on Board of IOCL
Ms Shyamala Gopinath and Shyam Saran have ceased to be Independent Directors of Indian Oil Corporation Limited

Le-Mounier appointed Addl. Director of SKF India Ltd
SKF India Limited has appointed Stephane Le-Mounier as the Additional Director of company.

CS of Welspun Enterprises Ltd. Sawant resigns
Rajendra Sawant has resigned as Company Secretary of Welspun Enterprises Limited

Gupta to hold addl. charge of Director (Commercial) of EIL
Union Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas has entrusted the additional charge of the post of Director (Commercial) of Engineers India Limited to Sanjay Gupta who is Chairman & Managing Director of the company for a period of three months

Independent Director of India Infoline Finance Ltd. Vikamsey resigns
Nilesh Vikamsey has resigned as Independent Director of India Infoline Finance Ltd following his appointment as Part- time Chairman of The Federal Bank Ltd

Ms Deora appointed Non Exec. Director of Indian Bright Steel Company Ltd
Indian Bright Steel Company Ltd has appointed Ms Minoo Deora as Non-executive Woman Director of the company.

Kothari appointed CFO of Rutron International Ltd
Rutron International Ltd has appointed Pankaj Kothari as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company.

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DEBATE(1)

Bureaucracy in UPA regime and under NDA government

I remember a young boy, who had passed his Mains, had come to me for guidance, around four years ago, as to which cadre he should choose. I remember I asked him which cadre he wanted to choose. His answer was Uttar Pradesh as he belonged to Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh because he felt that many Cabinet Secretaries and Secretaries in the Government of India were from UP cadre. I asked him if he had any other State in his mind, to which he replied Gujarat because he had done his MBBS from there and was also working in that State. Four years ago, Gujarat State was on its prime with Narendra Modi in charge as its Chief Minister. I told him that he should choose Gujarat as his cadre because it is peaceful and you have lot of freedom to do good work. You have direct access to the Chief Minister. You can put forward your ideas and suggestions to the Government. The Government was prompt enough to accept good ideas. The plus points I gave to him are the real advantage of working under NDA Government. The only minus point under NDA regime is that officers are required to come to office on time and are not allowed to waste time in 'gup shups'.

Pradeep Ratnaparkhi


Non-compliance of DOPT's order regarding utilisation of facilities of CPSEs

On the findings of Committee of Secretaries [CoS], Government had decided that there is no need to access any infrastructure facilities of the Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) by the officials of the Central Government. An OM No. 44011/4(s)/2007-Estt.(B) dated 22nd February, 2010 to this regard was issued by the Department of Personnel and Training [DOPT] for compliance of all the Ministries/Departments and its respective CPSEs. They were requested to issue appropriate instructions to all concerned for not utilizing the infrastructure of any CPSEs by the officers/staff in the Government Departments and that any such use shall attract suitable action against them. Any manpower/other facilities from CPSEs already being availed by the Ministries/Departments will be returned by the concerned Ministries at the earliest possible. Despite this, there is no change at all in attitude of Ministries/Departments. They are freely utilizing the manpower and facilities of CPSEs. Will the Prime Minister listen to this plight of the CPSEs?

Ajith

Jaitely's comparison

The much trumpeted "Short service span" of defense forces is more than adequately compensated by the government with full pension (even without completing minimum pensionable service of 20 years which is mandatory for all
other govt employees including other armed forces like BSF ITBP CRPF etc.), an elaborate rehabilitation plan preparatory to the exit with full time vocational courses at premiere institutes of the country (for durations that may extend up to 2-3 years while drawing full salary and emoluments) and the Ex- servicemen quota in all government jobs!
These sops too cost the government exchequer dearly. Moreover, these terms of service are well spelt out from the beginning and recruits of all ranks join knowing it fully well and with adequate planning. So please stop projecting short service span of defense forces as if it occurs as some kind of sudden unannounced midway layoff from the government!
Compensation package has to be seen in totality. Government fulfills all its obligations commensurate with the period and type of service rendered to it. Tomorrow they will start asking for OROP for short service commissioned officers (who render mostly just 5 years service only) by taking their same unfounded arguments to ridiculous levels!
Where as, nne of the above sops are available to the armed forces like CRPF/BSF/ITBP who need minimum 20 years service for even VRS! Even they are having short service span of age up to 57 years and not 60. Only DIG and above get this extended tenure to 60 years of age which is not even 1% of total strength. This shortened service of forces is not compensated anywhere in anyway. And they are treated as any other government servants despite doing the work of defense forces in addition to their own charter.
CRPF/BSF/ITBP etc are also not getting regular pension (old Pension scheme) like the Indian Army since 2004. They have been put under more risky and contributory new pension scheme just like any other civilian government servant despite having service conditions as hazardous as Army. So please stop spreading lies about OROP.
It is really amazing how defence forces are using their training in propaganda for arm-twisting their own govErnment by to cuff up all the benefits for themselves for all the work being done equally by CRPF/ITBP/BSF too on ground. Government should not give in to this black mail without bjective analysis and disregarding their actual workhorses i.e.the CRPF/ITBP/BSF.
Everybody likes getting freebees, but defense forces should not make it look so blatant by grabbing onto what actually belongs to CRPF/ITBP/BSF by unleashing a misplaced disinformation campaign!

Veteran of the neglected force

Why Armymen are called jawans?

An Army veteran commented in the Forum yesterday that Army Combatant start retiring at 50. I really wonder what kind of veteran is he? More than 90 percent of Soldiers recruited between the age of 18 to 20 years, on completion of 18 - 20 years service retire between the age of 36 - 40 as barely 10 percent climb up the ladder where retiring ages are higher. That is why they are still called "Jawan".

Raja


From DGM to CMD

To eradicate corruption, malpractices, frauds, forgery in age affidavits, government should ask PESB to modify the eligibility criteria for selection of CMD's & Directors in CPSE, Maharatna units. The maximum age limit for outside candidates should be 58 years. This will be a clear cut message to corrupt, frauds, lobbyists, politicians and babus connects and their kith and kin.

Pras

Privatisation of Indian Railways

The Bibek Debroy Committee, appointed by the Narendra Modi government, has prepared a blue print for the privatisation of the Indian Railways. The Committee has recommended that private players should be allowed to run passenger trains, and that the Separate Railway Budget should be scrapped. It is also recommended that a Railway Regulatory Authority should be set up. It is apalling to note that the Committee has recommended that there is no necessity for running hospitals, schools, catering, Railway Protection Force etc, by the railways. Private players should be allowed in the manufacturing of coaches, wagons and locomotives, the Committee has recommended. It is very important to note that the Bibek Debroy Committee has made the recommendations in the back drop of the government's decision to allow 100% FDI. Undoubtedly, if the recommendations are implemented, it will result in the Indian Railways being taken over by Indian and multi national corporates. Bibek Debroy, a member of the NITI Ayog has said that this is not the privatization of Indian Railways, but only private entry. So, what happened in the telecom 15 years ago, is going to happen in the railways also. Railways unions are observing 'Black Day' on 30.06.2015, against the Debroy committee report.B.S.N.L,Sanchar Nigam Executives'Association fully supports the demands of Railway employees unions. We denounces the Bibek Debroy Committee report and demands that it should be scrapped.

Arvind Pal Dahiya

Assistant Gen Secy, Sanchar Nigam Executives' Association

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