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Dawood issue: Is it a reminder to PM?
The political and official circles are abuzz that why Dawood Ibrahim issue is being raised when Modi govt is going to celebrate its one year celebrations?. They say that during lok Sabha campaign last year Modi ji announced several times that Dawood and other wanted terrorists would be brought back to India within 100 days if NDA comes to power. But nothing came out during one year. Those who are raising the issue is an attempt to remind the PM about his promise?.



Only Nehru and Indira gave importance to media!
The buzz among the media circles is that it was only Late Jawaharlal Lal Nehru and Late Indira Gandhi who gave due importance to media. After that no leader of that stature has tried to understand its importance.


When even PM and CM used to take feedback from editors?
Gone are the days when even leaders of the stature of Prime Minister and Chief Minister used to take feedback from editors. Who is responsible for it? The leaders or the journalists themselves.

AAP’s future bright

Debate - Future of AAP after internal bickering ?

Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP's) recent mammoth victory in Delhi was a super-landslide (the winning party securing 90 percent or more seats). Even the Congress which had the natural advantage of leading the freedom struggle successfully and had stalwarts like Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi could never achieve it in any general election despite dominating the political scene in the country post independence.

The rise of the Aam Aadmi Party indicated that people once again saw politics as an act of faith and hope but given the bickering among its leaders in too a short span, the question that now arises is that What is the future of AAP ?

Replying to the above question put forth by the Whispers In The Corridors before its readers, the majority surfers felt that such bickering would hardly impact the future of AAP as long as it fulfills its promises made to the electorate in the run up to the Delhi state polls.

"The bigger challenge before AAP and Arvind Kejriwal is how they are going to implement its poll promises finalized through the Delhi dialogue initiative and the entire Nation is eagerly watching on how AAP is going to perform from the governance angle', says a surfer E Krishna Das according to whom, "If they fail then even if the leaders are united the volunteers will disperse".

The above opinion of Das echoes the views of several other surfers who responded to the WIC querry.


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BUREAUCRACY

Who will be new Secretary, Defence?
Names of Odisha, MP, Kerala and Maharashtra cadre IAS officers are doing the rounds for the prestigious post of ' Raksha Sachiv' (Defence Secretary).


Which is the most secretive Ministry in GoI?
No, it is not Defence. It is External Affairs! Civil list of almost all central services can be accessed on the web; not that of IFS. All allowances and perquisites given to government officers (including those of armed forces) are known and come under public scrutiny. Foreign allowances plus all kinds of antiquated, often ridiculous allowances to which IFS officers are entitled are secret. Who are entitled to diplomatic passports remains a secret. Is this a violation of RTI? Only in some cases. In others, DoPT has given MEA exemption from disclosure under RTI. Potential whistleblowers are hounded out. Is lack of transparency proportional to corruption? Only C&AGI and CVC can tell.

Mathur gets additional charge of DRDO
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the extension of additional charge of the post of Secretary, Department of Defence Research and Development assigned to Radha Krishna Mathur, IAS (MT:77), Defence Secretary for a period up to 24.5.2015 or till the appointment of a regular incumbent or till further orders, whichever is the earliest.

Arun Jha takes over as Secretary, Tribal Affairs
Arun Jha assumes charge as Secretary, Tribal Affairs in the Government of India. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

GoI rejects six PESB recommendations
Government of India has not accepted six recommendations of Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) during the period from April 1, 2014 to March 31, 2015 due to varying reasons including denial/non-receipt of vigilance clearance, court case, procedural/functional issues, etc.

Interviews for selection of CMD, MECL to be held again
Interviews for post of Chairman and Managing Director, Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited (MECL), would be held again as Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) did not find any candidate suitable in today's interviews for the post and decided to see more candidates. Those who were interviewed today include R N Jha, Director (Tech), MECL, P K Kothari, CMD, R&C , HPCL, Dipankar Shome, ED, MOIL, A K Chakraborty, GM, CMPDIL/CIL, Gopal Prasad, REG. DIR., CMPDIL/CIL, Manoj Kumar, GM, CMPDIL/CIL, R K Raju, GM, SECL/CIL and Debasish Mal, DGM, SAIL.

Ms Swati Srivastava seeks Uttarakhand cadre
Ms Swati Srivastava is seeking an inter-cadre transfer to Uttarakhand cadre on the grounds of marriage to Nitin Singh Bhadauria, a 2011 batch IAS officer of Uttarakhand cadre. She is a 2012 batch IAS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre.

Prabhat Singh to return to Delhi Police?
Prabhat Singh is expected to return to the parent UT cadre from his posting abroad. He is 1985 batch IPS officer of UT cadre. Meanwhile DCM of Indian Embassy in Nepal Piyush Srivastav has also reportedly been transferred to Delhi?

Three UP cadre IAS officers empanelled as JS in GoI
Three 1997 batch IAS officers of UP cadre, Mahendra Prasad Agarwal, Hari Om an M K Shanmuga Sundaram have been empanelled as Joint Secretary in Government of India.

Panel made for Purwar's appointment as CMD, MTNL scrapped
The panel made for appointment of P K Purwar as Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD), Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) has reportedly been scrapped by the Government of India.

Ponzi scheme and CBI
Over 80,000 crores of public money pertaining to roughly six crore citizens is locked up in Ponzi schemes being investigated by CBI.

Applications for MD&CEO, IDBI Bank invited
The Department of Financial Services has invited applications for the post of Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (MD& CEO), IDBI Bank Ltd.

United Bank of India to be merged with other PSU Bank?
Government of India is reportedly mulling merger of United Bank of India with other larger PSU bank in order to improve its performance.

Ashok Kumar appointed DPS, North East Circle
Ashok Kumar has been appointed as Director, Postal Service, Tripura, North East Circle, Agartala. He is a 2004 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.

Tenure of Amara Ram Gujar in Muscat extended
The tenure of Amara Ram Gujar in the posting to Muscat (B) has been extended till March 2016 on educational grounds.

A K Jyotishi empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
A K Jyotishi has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1986 batch IRS-C&CE officer.

DS & SO were arrested while taking bribes
CBI has arrested one Deputy Secretary and a Section Officer in Rural Development Ministry on May 5 while accepting bribe of Rs 68,000/- in Delhi.

19 DANICS officers transferred in Delhi Govt
As many as 19 DANICS officers have been transferred and posted at different places in the Government of Delhi. Accordingly, Rajesh Goyal has been posted as ADM, West, Revenue while M T Kom will now be joint CEO and Som Naidu is ADM, Central, Revenue with additional charge of Director, Panchayat. Similarly, Navlendra Kumar Singh has been appointed as ADM, North, Revenue with additional charge of OSD to deputy CM at Camp office; Rajnish Kumar Singh as ADM, East, Revenue; K C Surender as ADM, North-East, Revenue; Satnam Singh as Secretary, APMC; Ranjeet Singh as Joint Commissioner, Trade & Taxes with additional charge of OSD to CM at camp office; A R Talwade as Chief GM, DTC; P K Panda as Controller, W&M; Pankaj Kumar as GM, DCCWS Ltd; Subhash Chandra as Additional Secretary, Home; G L Meena-II as Registrar, NSIT; Rajesh Chopra as Additional Director, DIP; Binay Bhushan as GM, DCHFC with additional charge of Additional Director, Education; Vivek Kumar as SDM, Patel Nagar; Raj Kumar as Additional Director, TTE; Virender Singh as SDM, Rajouri Garden and Jitender Kumar was made Administrative Officer, GB Pant hospital. Besides, Sunil Kumar Singh has been assigned an additional charge of Additional Development Commissioner.

Reshuffle of IPS officers in Bihar
As many as 18 senior officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Bihar. Accordingly, Kumar Rajesh Chandra has been appointed as ADG, Modernization and SCRB while Sunil Kumar will now be ADG, PHQ and Gupteshwar Pandey is ADG, Technical Services. Similarly, Arvind Pandey has been appointed as ADG, Bihar State Sports Authority; Alok Raj asADG, Crime Investigation Department; Mrs Prita Verma as IG, Weaker Section, CID with additional charge IG, SCRB; Amarendra Kumar Ambedkar as IG, Training; Jitendra Kumar as Special Secretary, Home, Special; Kundan Krishnan as IG, Patna range; Amit Kumar as IG, Railway Bihar; Dr Paresh Saxena as IG, Homegaurd and Fire Services; Mrs A S Nilekar Chandra as IG, Special Vigilance Unit; Sunil Kumar as IG, PHQ; A K Satyarthi as Senior SP, Darbhanga; Vinay Kumar as Commandant, Bihar Force-1; Nishant Kumar Tiwari as SP, Purnia; Manu Maharaj as SSP, Gaya and P Kannan was made Assistant to IG (Inspection).

Jitendra Dadoo promoted as Additional Secretary, Commerce (UPDATED)
Jitendra Kumar Dadoo has been promoted as Additional Secretary, Department of Commerce in Government of India. He is a 1983 batch UT cadre.

Madan Lal Meena appointed as DG, CAPART (UPDATED)
Madan Lal Meena has been appointed as DG, CAPART at Additional Secretary level in Government of India. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Rajan Katoch to continue as ED, Enforcement further three months (UPDATED)
Rajan S Katoch has been given another extension of three months as additional charge of Enforcement Director, Directorate of Enforcement under the Department of Revenue with effect from April 30, 2015. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Interview for Chairman TRAI tomorrow (UPDATED)
Interview for the post of Chairman TRAI are going to take place on May 7.

Narendra Kumar Sinha relieved to join as Secretary, Culture (UPDATED)
The Government of Bihar has relieved Narendra Kumar Sinha of cadre responsibility enabling him to join as Secretary in the Ministry of Culture, New Delhi. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Mangesh Tyagi posted as APCCF, Project in MP (UPDATED)
Mangesh Tyagi has been appointed as Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (APCCF), Project in PCCF office, Bhopal. He is a 1983 batch IFS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

23 IFS officers shifted at CCF level in MP (UPDATED)
As many as 23 IFS officers have been transferred at CCF level in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, B P S Parihar has been posted as CCF, Conservation, PCCF office while Dr Atul Kumar Shrivastava will now be CCF and Director, Van Vihar Bhopal and Pankaj Agrawal is OSD, Forest department. Similarly, Ms A Gotane has been posted as CCF, Research and Expansion; S K Mandal as CCF, CEO, Bio Technology Council; Lal Singh Rawat as CCF, Chhattarpur circle; B K Mishra as CCF and chief advisor, State planning commission; Ajit Kumar Shrivastava as CCF, Jabalpur circle; Bhagwat Singh as CCF, Hoshangabad circle; R Shrinivas Murti as Director, CCF, Palanpur sanctury, Sheopur; Vishram Sagar Sharma as Principal, Rangers' Collee, Balaghat; Dhirendra Bhargava as CCF, Balaghat circle; Pushkar Singh as CCF, Administration, PCCF office, Bhopal; Satyanand as CCF and Director Sericulture Director; S D Pateria CCF, Finance & Budget, CCF office, Bhopal; A B Gupta as CCF, Community Forest Management, Bhopal; Alok Das as CCF, Research and Expansion, Seoni; Dharmendra Verma as CCF, State Minor Produce Federation, Bhopal; H U Khan as CCF, Betul circle; Kamlesh Chaturvedi as CCF in PCCF office; B K Singh as CCF forest land record, PCCF office; Shamsher Singh was made CCF, Rewa circle.

12 IFS officers shifted at CF level in MP (UPDATED)
As many as 12 IFS officers have been transferred at CF level in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, Shubranjan Sen has been shifted to Panna while Mohan Lal Meena is being appointed to Bhopal; L Krishnamurty to Ujjain. Similarly, B S Annigeri to Khandwa; Ajay Kumar to Chhindwara; Hari Shankar Mohanti to Seoni; Ashok Kumar Singh to Bhopal; R K Shrivastava to Chhattarpur; V K Nema to Chhattarpur;K R Alot to Dindori; Ashish Sigh to Bhopal and Nijam Qureshi to Bhopal.

20 IFS officers transferred at DCF in MP (UPDATED)
As many as 20 IFS officers have been transferred at DCF level in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, Ajay Pal Singh has been posted to Guna while R N Verma was shifted to Shahdol and Manoj Argal is being apointed to Mandsaur. Similarly, K K Bhardwaj has been posted to Katni; Sharma to Sehor; D K Paliwal to Obedullahaganj; Sanjay to Bhopal; K S Bahdoria to Mandla; Chok Singh Ninama to Sheopur; S K Dube to Harda; V Madhuraj to Bhainsdehi; J Devprasad to director, Forest School, Betul;A K Bansal to Director, Forest School, Shivpuri; Davesh Kohli to Bhopal; Ravindra Tripathi to Chindwara; A K Singh to Chindwara; Mrs Padma Priya Balakrishnan to NVDA, Bhopal; Anand Kumar Singh to Hoshangabad; D S Kanesh to Burhanpur and B S Baghel has been shifted to Satna.

Ms T Y Das gets premature repatriation to her parent cadre (UPDATED)
Ms T Y Das, Secretary, Central Information Commission, has been given a premature repatriation to her parent cadre. She is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

G C Agarwal transferred as Adviser/ME, Railway Board (UPDATED)
G C Agarwal has been transferred and posted as Adviser/Mechanical Engineer, Railway Board. He is an IRSME officer.

Vashishta Johri posted as Adviser/PU, Railway Board (UPDATED)
Vashishta Johri has been transferred and posted as Adviser/PU, Railway Board. He is an IRSME officer.

Rajeev Gangal posted as Dean, IRITM (UPDATED)
Rajeev Gangal has been transferred and posted as Dean, Indian Railways Institute of Transport Management (IRITM). He is an IRTS officer.

P K Jena posted as CTM, Metro Railway, Kolkata (UPDATED)
P K Jena has been transferred to Metro Railway, Kolkata and posted as CTM. He is an IRTS officer.

Deepak Kumar Jha posted as CFTM, Eastern Railway (UPDATED)
Deepak Kumar Jha has been transferred to Eastern Railway and posted as CFTM. He is an IRTS officer.

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CORPORATE

Ms Kundra appointed Addl. Director of Indraprastha Gas Ltd
Indraprastha Gas Ltd has appointed Ms Gitanjali Gupta Kundra as an Additional Director of the company

Newman is Addl. Director of Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd
Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd has appointed Mark Edwin Newman as an Additional Director of the Bank

JLL India appoints Ashwinder Raj Singh as CEO (Residential Services)
Leading international property consultancy JLL India has appointed Ashwinder Raj Singh as the new head of its Residential Services business. As CEO - Residential Services, Ashwinder Singh will take charge of JLL India's residential sales and leasing business across the country and simultaneously take up a position within the Firm's India Leadership Council.

Dey appointed CS of Sun Pharma Advanced Research Company Ltd
Sun Pharma Advanced Research Company Ltd has appointed Debashis Dey as the Company Secretary of the company

Chandra resigns as Chairman of Petronet LNG Ltd
Saurabh Chandra has resigned as Chairman of Petronet LNG Ltd on retiring from services as Secretary, Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas

Sukhani appointed as Independent Director of Mangalam Drugs and Organics Limited
Ms Meenal Sukhani has been appointed as an Independent Director of Mangalam Drugs and Organics Limited

Doshi re-appointed Director of LKP Finance Ltd
LKP Finance Ltd has re-appointed Pratik M Doshi as Director of the company

Lee appointed Director of Kennametal India Ltd
Kennametal India Ltd has appointed David Lee as Director of the company.

Ms Aggarwal appointed CFO of Sonal Mercantile Ltd
Sonal Mercantile Ltd has appointed Ms Anjali Aggarwal as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company w.e.f. May 04, 2015

Ms Sheth appointed CFO of Kunststoffe Industries Ltd
Kunststoffe Industries Ltd has appointed Ms Dhwani Pravin Sheth as Chief Financial Officer of the company

Agarwal appointed CFO of Donear Industries Ltd
Donear Industries Ltd has appointed Ashok Agarwal as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company

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DEBATE (1)


Officials who enhance profile of their political bosses often left in lurch


Bureaucrats who add value to the profile of their political bosses, burn midnight oil to improve their image in public are these days often left in the lurch. Present day politicians after making hay forget the officials behind their success.

Raj Mohan



Field Marshal Diplomats

Government officers (non-IFS) who retire at the level of Secretary to Government of India are not entitled to diplomatic passports even if they hold important positions in internationals organizations. Retired IFS officers are entitled to diplomatic passports for life! What a strange system of governance we have.

MP Bauer


Extension to CEOs, PSU Directors

Will government stop the practice of giving extension to CEO's & Directors of Maharatna, Navratna and Miniratna PSUs.
Govt should put a stop of this practice as there are several honest, sincere and qualified candidates are available and they are not related to any political, bureaucrats or any influential or to a corporate lobby. Many of the heads of PSU's are belonging to certain region and certain community. It should be noted by PMO that total purging of PSU's TOP is the need of hour and bring the honest, qualified, even they are in the cadre of DGM/GM with minimum 3 years of balance service. Then only make in India programme is possible.

Prasad


Whisper appears to be a motivated one

This has reference to your whispers that "After AAP, it is now BSP's turn?" As far as AAP is concerned, there is no split. Only a few individuals have been removed from the party for their anti-party activity. Also Yogendra Yadav has stated time and again even after his removal that nation requires Arvind Kejriwal and similarly Kejriwal has categorically stated that his fight is against rotten system and corruption and not against Yogendra Yadav or Prashant Bhushan. Therefore the whisper appears to be a motivated one but without any basis. As far as BSP is concerned that, caste-based party which thrive on their exploitation will not last.

E Krishna Das


"Is merit irrelevant for Civil Services ?"

Civil Services are becoming increasingly ineffectual. When we talk of time-scale promotions, reservation in promotions in organised services, we want to say : Merit equals Stupidity.

A K Saxena (A retd civil servant)


State civil services- Feeder cadre

The feeder cadre of All India Services is the state civil services. That is the reason why the promotees inducted into IAS/IPS/IFS are also equally competent. Whereas in the case of central civil services, the feeder cadre are recruited as Group C clerks who are later elevated to Class 1 central services. This mode of selection compromises the quality and competence of the promoted personnel. Therefore the Centre should seriously think of framing group B Civil Services Examination to be recruited through UPSC. The posts should include Section Officers of AFHQ Gr.B and Railway Board Group B, CSS Gr.B Section Officers, ITOs, Superintendents of Excise/Customs Appraisers, IFS-Group B, DSPs of CBI, DANICS/DANIPS, Pondicherry Civil/Police Services. These Group B recruited officers may be trained in national academies for a year and posted to field. Recruitment Rules may be framed for their induction into respective organised Group A Service by laying down min 15 years of qualifying Service. During these 15 years, the Group B recruits may be given one non functional/non cadre promotion after completion of 8 years. It is very important to introduce/reintroduce direct recruitment to Group B posts of large/significant Organised Group A Services so as to achieve desired levels of quality/competence even among the promotee Group A officers. It is for all the Organised Group A Services to think seriously about this.

R K


Cars choking roads

Agarwal saheb is quite right that choking of roads must stop. His endeavour is also appreciable. At least this would put a brake on owning too many cars as a status symbol. Businessmen are playing havoc. But then there is another problem also. A family owns five cars, one for the old man and four for two sons and two daughters-in-law. This practice should also be discouraged. Office-goers should be encouraged to go to office in pool system. Housewives are not the wage earners and as such not a tax payer and hence they should also be discouraged from buying a car. It should be made mandatory for car selling shops to take pan card nos of buyers and the Income tax office must be informed when a car is purchased so that source of income of the buyer is checked. Some effective steps need to be taken to control flow of vehicles on road otherwise the day is not far off when it would be more than difficult to travel by road. Many serious patients would die on roads before reaching hospitals.

N K Das


Stopping registration of vehicles in Delhi won't work

Stopping of registration of new vehicles only in the city of Delhi will not work. As per the Staff Car rules, ministers are entitled to use of 750 litre petrol for every quarter of a year. That means he is entitled for only one Staff Car facility. The minister and his/her office consume petrol much more than that. They, their personal staff and family members hire extra car facility by the department or the PSUs/Attached/Subordinate Offices. Many a personal staff take vehicle facility and at the same time claim transport allowance. Same is the case with higher-rank bureaucrats. They and their family members consume petrol and on government account lavishly in the city of Delhi. The Prevention of Corruption Act should be amended to provide for drastic punishment in case of misuse of vehicles on Government Account. Further, there are a number of Government colonies in the city of Delhi wherein illegal taxi stands have come. These stands illegally use the already scarce electricity and water, with the connivance of Police and Administration. Their removal from the city could also bear fruits.

Nivedita Srivastava


Uncontrolled registration of new four and two-wheelers

I would suggest Government to follow Singapore model in buying new vehicles.

Pradeep Kumar

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