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Corporate world in dilemma
The entire corporate world is in a dilemma over who is more close to Prime Minister Narendra Modi - Tatas or Adanis.

Who is now supporting Congress ?
In political circles, it is believed that a corporate house annoyed with Narendra Modi is extending full support to the Congress. Guess who.

Why did a minister talk to journalists ?
At a recently held function in Delhi , a senior minister of NDA govt was heard telling , especially to some media persons that his ministry is likely to be changed. He also hinted the name of the probable one who could be given his charge. Guess the name of the minister.

"Air India opens up completely different world for passengers"
Air India (AI) is proud to be a member of prestigious airline alliance - Star Alliance - which came in after a close scrutiny of its financial, safety and operational performance by the 26 most influential airlines of the world as also after a prolonged effort of seven years. The integration with Star Alliance was achieved within a record five months once the in principle decision was taken by the Star Top Management to induct Air India. Besides, the year 2014-15 has also been a year of remarkable success for Air India financially, operationally and functionally. In the year 2014-15 while Air India's losses have declined substantially, three of its associate companies AISATS, AIATSL and Air India Express have posted a net profit. The above information was shared by the man who steered the airline into the alliance, AI CMD, Rohit Nandan, during an informal chat with the Editor of the Whispers In The Corridors, Sanjay Sharma.
http://www.whispersinthecorridors.com/magazine.pdf

BUREAUCRACY

Orders of Vijay Sharma in a day or two
Order of the appointment of Vijay Sharma as CIC is being issued in a day or two. He is former 1974 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Orders of Sudhir Bhargava either today or tomorrow
Formal order of the appointment of Sudhir Bhargava as Information Commissioner in the CIC are likely to be issued either today or tomorrow. He is a former 1979 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Name of Pandian yet to reach ?
Name of outgoing Chief Secretary of Gujarat, D J Pandian has not reached Rashtrapati Bhawan for the post of Information Commissioner in CIC. He is a former 1981 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Orders of CVC this week !
Orders of the appointment of new CVC and Vigilance Commissioner are likely to be issued this week. It is said that before signing the files the president would like to have detailed parley with all concerned.

Empanelment of 1985 batch IPS this month
Empanelmant of 1985 IPS officers to the rank of ADG in the Government of India is expected to take place by this month end.

Justice Kumar is new Chairman of Company Law Board
Former Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court, Justice M M Kumar has been appointed Chairman of Company Law Board.

Inter-cadre deputation proposal of Rajesh Singh Rana from CG to AGMUT rejected
The inter-cadre deputation proposal of Rajesh Singh Rana from Chhattisgarh to AGMUT (Delhi segment) has been rejected by Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) as the officer has not completed the required nine years of service in his cadre. He is a 2008 batch IAS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre.

Voluntary retirement of IIS officer JRM Pawar accepted
The GoI has accepted JRM Pawar's voluntary retirement notice w.e.f.August 1, 2015. He is a 1988 batch IIS officer and posted as ADG, PIB, Mumbai.

Ms. Rina Mitra is back to MP as DG
Ms. Rina Mitra has joined parent cadre MP as DG on completion of seven years of deputation tenure in GoI. She is an IPS officer of 1983 batch.

(We said this on may 28, 2015)

Tenure of Virendra Sinha as CMD, BLC ends in July
The tenure of Virendra Sinha as Chairman & Managing Director, Balmer Lawrie & Company Limited (BLC) is coming to an end on July 31, 2015. BLC Finance Director, Prabal Basu is expected to succeed him in August.

UP Govt told to relieve Raghubir Lal to join as DIG, NIA
The Government of Uttar Pradesh has been asked to relieve Raghubir Lal of cadre responsibility after he was deputed as DIG, NIA on central deputation. He is a 1997 batch IPS officer of UP cadre.

Officers told to stay ?
The buzz is that due to power tension in Delhi govt, those officers who were relieved by Delhi CM but could not join their new place of postings, have verbally been asked to stay till further orders. Guess who gave verbal orders?

Central Secretariat employees waiting for DS level promotion for 22 yrs
Central Secretariat employees have demanded removal of stagnation in services and facilitation of timely promotions. A deputation of 'Central Secretariat Services Forum' called on Dr Jitendra Singh, Minister of State for Personnel and aired its grievances before him. The delegation informed the Minister that as per the Central Secretariat Service Rules, promotion from Under Secretary to Deputy Secretary, for example, requires only five years of approved service in a total of about 30 years of service period, but the irony is that several of the employees who have already put in 20-22 years of service are still awaiting promotion and many of them attain superannuation as Under Secretaries or even Section Officers.

Sobti gets additional charge of BHEL's Director (Finance)
A vacancy of Director (Finance), Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has arisen on June 1, 2015 after the retirement of P K Bajpai on May 31, 2015. However, an additional charge of this post has been entrusted to Atul Sobti, Director (Power), BHEL until P K Sahni assumes charge.

Manoj Mishra joins as CMD, NFL
Manoj Mishra, Director (Finance), STC, has taken over as Chairman and Managing Director, National Fertilizers Limited (NFL). He is a member of the Institute of Cost Accountants of India.
(We said this on Sept 23, 2014)

Vacancy of Director (P&BP), SAIL arises
A vacancy of Director (Projects & Business Planning), Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has arisen on June 1, 2015 after the retirement of T S Suresh on May 31, 2015. Umesh Kumar, ED, Rourkela, who was selected for this post, is awaiting the orders.

Tenure of Ashok Verma as Director (O), ONGC Ltd ending in July
The tenure of Ashok Verma as Director (Onshore), ONGC Limited is coming to an end on July 31, 2015. V P Mahawar, ED, ONGC, is expected to succeed him in August.

Pallakonda Ramesh gets ex-post facto approval for premature repatriation
The proposal for ex-post facto approval of premature repatriation of Pallakonda Ramesh from Telangana cadre to parent cadre has been approved. He is a 2005 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

15 IRS-Customs officers promoted to Principal Commissioner grade
As many as 14 officers belonging to Indian Revenue Service of Customs and Central Excise cadre have been promoted to the grade of Principal Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise. The officers are: Janaki Arun Kumar Prashant Kumar, Maninder Jeet Singh Arora, Johh Joseph, Sheo Narayan Singh, C P Rao, Pawan Kumar Jain, Ashok Kumar Pandey, Kanwal Kishore Kabirpanthi, M Ajith Kumar, Chhitar Mal Chandolia, Charanjit Singh, Vivek Johri and Rakesh Kumar Sharma.

PESB holds interviews for CMD, JCI today
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is holding interviews for the post of Chairman and Managing Director (CMD), Jute Corporation of India Limited (JCI) on June 8, 2015. A vacancy of this post is arising on January 1, 2016.

M N Buch passes away
Former bureaucrat MN Buch passed away in Bhopal. 1957 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre, Buch was 81.

Naresh Kumar is new Chairman of NDMC
Naresh Kumar has been appointed new Chairman of NDMC. He is a 1987 batch IAS officer of UT cadre. Earlier he was JS Mines in the GoI.

Vijay Chhibber is also Chairman, NHAI
Vijay Chhibber has been assigned an additional charge of Chairman, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). He is a 1978 batch IAS officer of M-T cadre.

Surjit Kumar Chaudhary gets additional charge of Pharmaceuticals
Surjit Kumar Chaudhary has been assigned an additional charge of Secretary, Pharmaceuticals in Government of India. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

SIx IPS officers of 1988 batch empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Six IPS officers of 1988 batch have been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. They are: Sivagami Sundari Nanda and Pranab Nanda of UT cadre; Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta of Assam-Meghalaya cadre; Anil Kant of Kerala cadre; Arvind Kumar of MP cadre and Utka Ranjan Sahoo of Rajasthan cadre.

Four IPS officers of 1986 batch empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Four IPS officers of 1986 batch have been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. They are: Jawahar Lal Tripathi of UP cadre; Prabhat Ranjan Deo of Haryana cadre; K N Tiwari of MP cadre and V H Rao Deshmukh of Jharkhand cadre.

Ved Prakash empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Ved Prakash has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1986 batch IRAS officer.

Ms Smriti Sharan empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Ms Smriti Sharan has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. She is a 1993 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.

Four IRSS officers of 1983 batch empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Four officers of 1983 batch and belonging to Indian Railway Store Service (IRSS) have been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. Ram Lal, Raj Kumar Shanmugha, A K Pandey and V R Mishra.

Seven IRSS officers of 1984 batch empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Seven officers of 1984 batch and belonging to Indian Railway Store Service (IRSS) have been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. V V Reddy, P V V Satyanarayana, Madhu Ranjan Kumar, V K Garg, S K Mathur, G V Narayana Murthy and R K Yadav.

Four IRSS officers of 1985 batch empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Four officers of 1985 batch and belonging to Indian Railway Store Service (IRSS) have been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. Jyoti Prakash Pandey, N Dileshwar Rao, Atul Gupta and Kamlesh Shukla.

Dharmendra Prakash empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Dharmendra Prakash has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1989 batch IFS officer of Nagaland cadre.

Naveen Mahajan empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Naveen Mahajan has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1997 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

S P Thakur empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
S P Thakur has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1986 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

Harish Pokhriyal appointed as Under Secretary, Shipping (UPDATED)
After repatriation from deputation, Harish Pokhriyal has been appointed as Under Secretary, Ministry of Shipping.

Tayal is new DG NSG (UPDATED)
R C Tayal has been appointed as Director General, National Security Guard (NSG) .Tayal who is serving as Special DG, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is 1980 batch IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre..

(We said this on may 19, 2015)

10 IRSSE officers empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
As many as 10 officers belonging to Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers (IRSSE) of 1985 batch have been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. The officers are: Mohan Dudeja, Shaminder Singh, Rahul Kumar Goel, P Venkata Ramana, S Mokhopadhyay, Puneet Chawla, Mrs S Manga Visweswariah, A K Srivastava, M K Yadav and Mrs Navita Singh Gangwar.

Akash Deep goes on inter-cadre deputation to UP (UPDATED)
An inter cadre deputation of Akash Deep from Assam-Meghalaya to Uttar Pradesh has been approved for a period of five years on the personal grounds. He is a 2005 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Adusumilli Rajamouli goes on inter-cadre deputation to AP cadre (UPDATED)
An inter-cadre deputation of Adusumilli V Rajamouli from Uttar Pradesh to Andhra Pradesh has been approved for a period of three years on personal grounds. He is a 2003 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Sarat Kumar Dash promoted to Commissioner of Income Tax grade (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, Sarat Kumar Dash has been promoted to the grade of Commissioner of Income Tax.

K V Chowdary is new CVC (UPDATED)
Former CBDT Chairman K V Chowdary has been appointed new Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC). He is 1978 batch IRS (IT) officer.
(We said this on June 2,2015 )

Vijai Sharma is new CIC (UPDATED)
Senior most Information Commissioner Vijai Sharma has been appointed new Chief Information Commissioner (CIC). He is former 1974 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.
(We said this on June 2,2015)

Bhasin in new Vigilance Commissioner (UPDATED)
T.M. Bhasin, Chairman & Managing Director, Indian Bank, has been appointed as the Vigilance Commissioner in the CVC, New Delhi.
(We said this on June 3 )

Sahadev Khatua selected as CMD, JCIL (UPDATED)
Sahadev Khatua, Chief Engineer, NHPC, has been selected for the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Jute Corporation of India Limited (JCIL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on June 8, 2015. As many as eight persons were interviewed for the same.

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

Kapoor re-appointed MD & CEO of YES Bank
Rana Kapoor has been re-appointed as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of YES Bank.

Khosla appointed CS of Seasons Textiles Ltd
Seasons Textiles Ltd has appointed Vivek Khosla as Company Secretary of the company.

Ms Devi resigns as Director of Interworld Digital Ltd
Ms Anita Devi has resigned as Director of Interworld Digital Ltd

Bhanushali appointed Whole-time Director of Caprolactam Chemicals Ltd
Caprolactam Chemicals Ltd has appointed Siddharth Bhanushali as Whole-time Director of the company

Seshasayee appointed Non Exec. Chairman of Infosys Ltd
R Seshasayee has been appointed as Non-Executive Chairman of Infosys Ltd

Chengappa appointed GM of The Leela Palace, Chennai
KM Chengappa has been appointed as General Manager of The Leela Palace Chennai

(The views expressed in this column are of the contributors. We do not owe any responsibility, whatsoever, of the views of our surfers as they are their personal opinion. However, we would also request our contributors not to be personal, directly or indirectly, in presenting their views. Instead of countering the views which ‘X’ has already expressed, our contributors are advised to present their own views. Also be brief, say about 200 words at the most since any views longer than that if eliminated at our end would carry the risk of the contrbutor’s item losing its original essence)

DEBATE (1)
During UPA time, bureaucrats felt confident in taking decision and mostly those were perfect, with some exceptions at highest level, but in present NDA time, nobody wants to take any decision as no one feels confident- No decision or avoiding decission will be bad for country and finally entire democratic process (because Ministers, with some exception, are also not able to take any fruitful decision. I rate previous UPA regime as better since it inspired confidence at least. Present regime should also take up steps to inspire. Wrong decision is always caught and therefore can be corrected or reversed.
R Prasad


Tribute to MN Buch
It is harder to believe that MN Buch is no more than it would be to accept that the Bhopal lake has dried up! He has been so much a part of the vocabulary of administration, the canvas of Bhopal, the fabric of MP cadre in particular and the civil service in general, that one fails to understand how he could have gone away without a thunderous uproar. In fact, one can almost sense a tidal wave of emotion triggered (as usually happened when one heard his stentorian voice and reprimanding tone booming from a mile away) at the very mention of his name even so far away (…Harvard). There was rarely a time when the mention of MP Cadre would not cause another senior colleague elsewhere in the country to respond…"Ah, the cadre of MN Buch….good cadre!" or "And how is Mahesh Neelkanth Buch…still writing about urban affairs and running his Center for Human Settlements?" I first heard of Buch when I had just joined the Civil Service in 1982 from a colleague of his from the UT cadre who had worked closely with him during the Emergency in the DDA and narrated what I still hesitate to believe. Buch's instructions to his staff: "Comply firmly with my orders. If you are asked to jump out of the window, if at all you must ask why, do that only when halfway down." I too looked up to him like most other civil servants of MP cadre with awe. For ten years we interacted quite a lot. Once, I had a rough brush with him when as Commissioner of the MP Housing Board we planned to build Platinum Park in New Market as a high-rise. We were called in by Digvijay Singh because a very angry Buch sahib had a different opinion about high-rises. We both presented our arguments before the CM. I saw for myself how passionately and closely Mr Buch was following every nuance of urban development concerning Bhopal even so many decades after he had sought voluntary retirement. Naturally, he was very saddened by the fact that his dream of a low-density, quaint, old-fashioned capital-city was slowly being shattered by the changing demographic needs. Yet, he was a pragmatic administrator. While he strongly advocated saying a harsh no to an illegal demand, he never preached indifference towards the political leadership. This is why almost all Chief Ministers of MP respected him and sought his counsel. Buch sahib brought credit to Bhopal and MP Cadre. This sentinel of Bhopal's conscience will always remain alive (guarding Bhopal!) and remain a lasting inspiration for several generations of civil servants.
Raghav Chandra, IAS, MP-1982

Epitome of integrity no more
MN Buch, IAS (Rtd) is no more. The illustrious son of an illustrious father (his father N M Buch, (ICS) was instrumental in the accession of the princely state of Junagadh into India). Buch was the epitome of integrity, intellect and compassion. A towering intellect, a proliic author and the finest human being, he was steeped in the tradition of selfless service to the country which his family (wife, brother etc all of whom were IAS officers) continued after his father. His services to the country and society are legion. May God grant peace to the departed soul and strength to his wife Nirmala Buch (noted Civil Servant and social servant herself) and his son Vineet (IIT Kanpur-topper of the JEE, Cornell, Venture Capitalist, Google) to bear the irreparable loss. It is a great loss, Sir.
A K Singh

Lack of vision on Income Tax
This refers to comments by N Prakash.
1. In principle, IT return is a return showing income related details. Therefore any information such as expenditure on foreign travel etc. cannot be asked.
2. For checking black money, asking foreign travel details has no relevance. More travel does not mean black money and vice versa.
3. Details of bank accounts are not required because the dept. already gets regular exhaustive returns from banks where all relevant details can be located and coordinated by proper software programs which they already have.
4. No point in fixing arbitrary limit of Rs 50 lakhs etc. when data is not required in the first place.
Main problem is that the present CBDT head is not having required vision and competence.
Ashwini K Singh


All the best Sinha
BK Sinha - The Govt servant is in employment upto 2400 hrs (upto midnight)on the last day of his retirement, refer FR 24. His retirement starts only from the next calendar day. It is for convenience only the retirement activities are completed by administration on the last working day and lump sum retirement benefits handed over the same so that he is not made to run around for his dues. If supposing last two calender days are holidays, the person is handed over the dues on the last working day, but the cheques can not be deposited for realisation before first day of the next month. So, Sinha you approach CAT to get justice since I do not think you will get any favourable action from your administration. You look into the notification issued by your office, which will be saying that you retired on attaining the age of superannuation on the 1st day of next month.
R Ravi


7th pay commission
I agree that 7th Pay Commission must remove anomalies once for all. Following are the glaring examples of anomalies (1) An Assistant gets GP 4600, SO gets only Rs 4800 - Assistant grade pay was upgraded from Rs 4200 to Rs 4600 later, SO was left. SO should have got grade pay of Rs 5400 and US both functional and non-functional should have got Rs 6600. Another big anomaly was revising pay at Director level, everyone in GoI got benefit of Basic pay+DP x 1.86 but director got benefit pay+DP x 2.87. I would humbly suggest (as already written to the 7th PC also). India's accounting procedures be simplified. Pay consists of following elements (i) Pay (ii) DA (iii)HRA (iv) CCA (v) Transport. All these elements should be clubbed and salary be paid. All those staying in Government accommodation may pay HRA element as normal licence fee and 2.5 times enhanced licence fee if they have to pay market rent. The preparation of salaries in GOI and States be outsourced too. The pay scales be devised in such a way that these are uniform throughout India including States. The pay gap should be reduced to an extent that the difference is1:11. ! for the lowest rung 11 for the highest rung. Recruitment process should also be at 2 levels i.e. one at Executive Assistant level and the other at Class I level.
Harish Kumar

Maggie and its aftermath
The detection of harmful substances in Maggie which has been a popular fast food amongst yongsters for more than a decade is too shocking and exposes the weaknesses in our Food Safety Control Administration and indifference towards basic health issues of the population. When hundreds of packaged food products are selling in every shop in the country should not have the Govt. of India and the State Govts, set up adequate number of Laboratories and posted competent and sufficient staff to take samples from time to time and speedily get them tested. Every day there are reports of adulterated milk , paneer, mava but what happens. Samples are taken and then due to insufficiency of labs, nothing happens or barely 5% are fined. There is adulteration in everything. Pesticides in fruits and vegetables. Sewage water and nullah water is being used for cultivating and irrigating these crops. What a country? On every pavement and in every street, hawkers and thelas have mushroomed making idli, sambar, Chowmein, tea and what not. Just look at their utensils, the dirty plastic jerricanes in which water is being stored for cooking and washing purposes. I have seen at a number of such joints, tea mugs and glasses being washed in a pan full of dirty water. The cooks preparing the hot delicacies are unshaven, sport long hair and keep sweating and often have a bidi or a cigarette in their lips. Many joints are over nullahs or by the side of dirty drains. The staff concerned has no time to check or stop such unhealthy business.
SC Agrawal
DG Police Retd. MP Bhopal

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