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GST spanner for Sports Minister ?
The proposed introduction of GST bill in Rajya Sabha has put brakes in Vijay Goel, Union Sports Minister's proposed visit to Rio Olympics. It is because the BJP has issued a whip for its RS members to be present during debate and voting in the house on GST bill, which is schedule to be presented in the RS this week.

INTERPOL likely to re-examine RCN
According to information INTERPOL is likely to re-examine Red Corner Notice (RCN) against Lalit Modi, ex - commissioner of IPL. ED. Chennai Police have already issued RCN against Lalit Modi under money laundering act and alleged embezzlement.

Bureaucrats moving from Goa to Dubai !
Indian bureaucrats are these days moving from Goa to Dubai when it comes to buying property meaning thereby that they are now buying more property in Dubai as compared to Goa. Whatever be the reason, investigating agencies are on their toes to find out the fact.

Rising stars in India’s power sector

The Indian power sector has been a hotbed of activity since the NDA government took over the reins two years ago.

From providing a lifeline to the ailing state-owned power distribution utilities (discoms) in the form of UDAY (Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana) to ramping up the country’s traditionally neglected transmission network to boosting domestic coal supply, providing subsidised gas to stranded fuel-starved plants and introducing e-auctions for short-term power purchases by discoms, many initiatives have been introduced.

But these measures without doubt will not be enough to shore up the fortunes of the struggling power sector without employing the best brains. Whispers In The Corridors thus took stock of the situation and found out atleast 16 ‘best brains’ working in the power sector. They are –

Aman Singh - Principal Secretary in IT-Department and to the Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh

Gurdeep Singh - Chairman &Managing Director, National Thermal Power Corporation

ICP Keshari - 1988 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre

Ajay Jain - Chairman of Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corporation Limited

Lalnunmawia Ngama Chuaungo - 1987 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre

Tarun Kapoor - Joint Secretary, Ministry of New & Renewable Energy, Government of India

Devender Singh - Financial Commissioner & Principal Secretary, Industries & Commerce, Electronics & IT in the Haryana Civil Secretariat, Chandigarh

Jyoti Arora - Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Power in Government of India

Rajesh Verma - Principal Secretary, Energy, Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Odisha Hydro Power Corporation Limited

Sai Prasad Guttapalli - Principal Secretary to Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh

Badri Narain Sharma - Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Power in Government of India

Rajesh Agarwal - 1994 batch IAS officer of Manipur cadre

Ajoy G Mehta - 1984 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre

V P Joy - 1987 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre

Malay Kumar De – IAS officer of 1985 batch of West Bengal cadre

Sanjeev Kumar - Managing Director of the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd. (MSEDCL)

This Story is available in our August 2016 issue (Souvenir) 2016

For details Click Here

http://whispersinthecorridors.com/2016/power_story.pdf

BUREAUCRACY

Empanelment of 1983 batch IPS this month only
Empanelment of 1983 batch IPS officers to the rank of DG in the Government of India is expected to take place by this month end.

A K Dubey to be Secretary Youth Affairs
Dr A K Dubey Special Secretary Coal will succeed Rajiv Gupta as Secretary Youth Affairs on October 1. 1979 batch IAS officer of Uttarakhand cadre is superannuating on September 30. Dr Dubey is 1982 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

IRS has maximum Apex level posts ?
If sources are to be believed, in civil services IRS has the maximum numbers of Apex level posts. It has 56 Apex level posts. Now the million dollar question is why other allied services are lagging ?

Mrs Rina Mitra appointed as ADG, BSF
Mrs Rina Mitra has been appointed as Additional Director General in the Border Security Force (BSF). She is 1983 batch IPS officer of MP cadre.


Anshul Mishra appointed PS to Jayant Sinha
Anshul Mishra has been appointed as Private Secretary, Jayant Sinha, Minister of State for Civil Aviation. He is a 2004 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Ms Meenu Choudhary appointed PS to Sadanand Gowda
Ms Meenu Choudhary has been appointed as Private Secretary, D V Sadanand Gowda, Minister for Statistics & Programme Implementation. She is a 2000 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Sushil Pal appointed PS to Hansraj Gangaram Ahir
Sushil Pal has been appointed as Private Secretary to Hansraj Gangaram Ahir, Minister of State for Home. He is a 1999 batch ICAS officer.

Alok Tiwari appointed Deputy Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat
Alok Tiwari has been appointed as Deputy Secretary in the Cabinet Secretariat. He is a 2007 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Jitendra Kumar Joshi appointed as Director, Cabinet Secretariat
Jitendra Kumar Joshi has been appointed as Director in the Cabinet Secretariat. He is a 1999 batch ITS officer.

Mohan Lal Hirwal appointed as Regional Director, SSC, New Delhi
Mohan Lal Hirwal has been deputed as Regional Director at Director level North region in the Staff Selection Commission (SSC),New Delhi. He is a 1997 batch ITS officer.

Pradhan to get DG rank in Jharkhand
B B Pradhan is being promoted to the rank of DG in Jharkhand. He is 1985 batch IPS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

Lt Gen Ghuman is new head of Western Command
Lt General IS Ghuman who was posted in Eastern Command has taken over as Chief of Staff, Western Command in place of Major General Gurdeep Singh.

Maharashtra gets seven new IAS officers
As many as seven candidates, who were provided Indian Administrative Service (IAS) after clearing Civil Service Examination-2015, have been allotted Maharashtra cadre. They are:Maharashtra- Kumbhejkar Yogesh Vijay, Shrikrishnanath B Panchal, Pankaj Ashiya, Indu Rani Jakhar, Kumar Ashirwad, Abhinav Goel and Saurabh Katiyar.

Keshni Anand Arora empanelled as Secretary in GoI
Keshni Anand Arora has been empanelled for holding Secretary or Secretary equivalent posts in Government of India. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

Ramudu to be CIC Andhra Pradesh
Outgoing DGP of Andhra Pradesh J V Ramudu is being tipped to be Chief Information Commissioner Andhra Pradesh. He is former 1981 batch IPS officer.

File of Kharkongor for CMD, NEEPCO sticks to ACC
The proposal file of A G W Kharkongor for the appointment as Chairman & Managing Director, North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (NEEPCO) has reportedly been lying stuck to the Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) for its final approval. NTPC CMD Gurdeep Singh has been entrusted with an additional charge of CMD, NEEPCO.


Satish Kumar Pandey appointed as Commissioner Railway Safety
Satish Kumar Pandey has been appointed as Commissioner of Railway Safety. He is an IRSE officer.

Justice Mohan M.Shantanagoudar is acting CJ of Kerala HC
Justice Mohan M. Shantanagoudar has taken as the Acting Chief Justice (ACJ) of the Kerala High Court.

Pankaj Rag is also DG, National Archives of India
Pankaj Rag, Joint Secretary, Culture, has been assigned an additional charge of Director General, National Archives of India. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer of MP cadre.

Additional charge of Director, NCAOR to M Ravichandran extended
M Ravichandran has been given an extension of six months for the additional charge of the post of Director, National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research (NCAOR),Goa.

A K Varshney appointed Joint Secretary, Hindi Branch
Anup Kumar Varshney has been appointed as Joint Secretary and Legislative Counsel in Hindi Branch.

R Srinivasan is also Director, IIM
R Srinivasan has been given an additional charge of the post of Director, Indian Institute of Management (IIM),Bangalore.

Niranjan Chakraborty is also Director, NIPGR
Niranjan Chakraborty has been given an additional charge of the post of Director, National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR),New Delhi.

Additional charge of CEO, NSDI to PS Acharya extended
P S Acharya has been given an extension for the additional charge of the post of Chief Executive Officer (CEO), National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI).

Additional charge of Member (GO&D), CEA to T K Barai extended
Tapan Kumar Barai has been given an extension for the additional charge of the post of Member (Grid Operation & Distribution) in the Central Electricity Authority (CEA).

Additional charge of VC, NUEPA to J B G Tilak extended
J B G Tilak has been given an extension for the additional charge of the post of Vice-Chancellor (VC), National University of Education, Planning and Administration (NUEPA).

Additional charge of Chairperson, CEA to S D Dubey extended
Shyam Dhar Dubey has been given an extension for the additional charge of the post of Chairperson, Central Electricity Authority (CEA).

Vivek Saxena appointed as ED, Railway Board
Vivek Saxena, Northern Railway, has been appointed as Executive Director (Land & Amenities)-H, Railway Board after promotion to Senior Administrative Grade (SAG). He is an IRSE officer.

Gupta Mukul promoted as GM, SBI
Gupta Mukul has been promoted to the grade of General Manager in State Bank of India (SBI).

29 CES (Roads) officers granted non-functional upgradation
As many as 29 officers belonging to Central Engineering Service (Roads) Group 'A' have been granted non-functional upgradation equivalent to Joint Secretary level in Government of India. The officers are: R P Singh, Amarendra Kumar, Aditya Prakash, S Vijaya Kumar, P K Shakya, Khushal Chand, Umesh Chand Katara, Pawan Kumar, Madhukar Kondba Rao Wathore, Ellavarason R, U J Chamargore, Krishna Prasad Arepalli, Prashant J Fegade, Yerrabathini V Prasad, Tarun Kumar Baidya, Anil Kumar Kushwahah, Prashant G Khodaskar, D S Arvind, S Sadananda Babu, Vivek Jaiswal, Mahendra Singh Sisodia, Jagadish H Eligar, Devendra Tiwari, G C Mathur, Sharad Varshney, Akhil Khare, K C Sharma, Niranjan Nayak and U C Joshi.

Tiwari gets CS rank in Jharkhand
D K Tiwari has been promoted to the rank of ACS in Jharkhand. He is 1986 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

Mishra is acting DGP of J & K
S K Mishra has taken the charge of DGP J&K till DGP, K. Rajendra Kumar returns from leave. Kumar is on leave in connection with marriage of his daughter. Mishra is 1985 batch IPS officer.

Mehra is new Director of CTR
Surendra Mehra has been appointed Director of the Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR). He is 1999 batch IFS officer.

HUDCO honours IAS Topper Ms Tina Dabi (UPDATED)
The Union Minister of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation, Urban Development and Information & Broadcasting, M Venkaiah Naidu, visited the Headquarters of Housing & Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO) and felicitated Ms. Tina Dabi, IAS Topper at a function organized by HUDCO in New Delhi. Dr. M Ravi Kanth, Chairman & Managing Director, HUDCO congratulated Ms. Dabi for topping IAS in her very first attempt. The function was attended by senior officials of HUDCO.

Arunish Chawla appointed as Minister (Eco), Indian Embassy, Washington (UPDATED)
Arunish Chawla has been appointed as Minister (Economic) in the Economic Wing, Embassy of India, Washington, DC, USA. He is a 1992 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadr

Singh is new Ambassador to Ireland (UPDATED)
Vijay Thakur Singh (IFS: 1985), presently High Commissioner of India to Singapore, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Ireland.

Justice Ranganathan to perform as Chief Justice, Telangana & AP High Court (UPDATED)
Justice Ramesh Ranganathan, senior most Judge of High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad for the states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, has been assigned to perform as Chief Justice of that High Court.

Reshuffle of IAS officers in Kerala (UPDATED)
Some IAS officers have been transferred and posted to different places in Kerala. Accordingly, S Venkateshpathi has been appointed as Collector of Thiruvananthapuram while Biju Prabakar was appointed as Agriculture Department Director and K Mohammed Y Saffirulla is Collector, Ernakulam. Similarly, M G Rajamanikayam has been appointed as Managing Director of Kerala Financial Corporation with additional charge of Excise Additional Commissioner; S Harikishore as Director of Kudumbashree; V Ratheesan as Panchayat Director; Kesavendra Kumar as Health Mission Director with additional charge of Food Safety Commissioner and Social Justice Director; P Balakrian as T Mission Director and E Devadasan was made Survey and Land Records Director with additional charge of Registration IG.

Sajan Prakash from NLC to compete in Road to Rio Olympics-2016 (UPDATED)
Sajan Prakash son of Mrs V J Shantymol, APO, Mines-II is one of the two Swimmers from India selected to participate in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics commencing in Brazil from August 5, 2016.It is note worthy to mention that the swimmer was introduced to Swimming at the age tender age of six at NLC Swimming Pools under the guidance of Joy Joseph Thoppen and Saji Sebastian, NLC Swimming Coaches. NLC having a good sports tradition and talented Coaches easily identified his inner talent and encouraged him to participate in various age group State level Swimming championships and he got his first medal in the Nagarajan Memorial Swimming meet held at Neyveli in the year 1999. Consistent training and encouragement and motivation from his mother, who is a reputed NLC athlete herself, helped him to cross many hurdles. He was always ahead of his peers in swimming. He started winning medals for NLC as well as Tamilnadu in Sub -Junior, Junior, SGFI (School Games Federation of India), as well as Senior National Aquatic Championships during the years 2003 to 2011.He had his schooling at St.Paul's Matric HSS, Neyveli until his 10th std and later at Jawahar Matric HSS School, Bl-17, Neyveli that shaped his educational career while encouraging his swimming. During his school days under the guidance of NLC Coaches and support of NLC Management he represented Tamilnadu in Sub-Junior, Junior and Senior National Aquatic Championships and won thirty medals. Sarat Kumar Acharya,CMD,NLC will present a special award to him.

CORPORATE


M. Ravi is new CEO, Bhilai Steel Plant
M. Ravi, took charge as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Bhilai Steel Plant


CMDE Rakesh Anand selected for CMD, MDSL
CMDE Rakesh Anand, Director (CP&P), MDSL, has been selected for the post of Chairman and Managing Director, Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDSL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on August 2, 2016. Only four candidates appeared for the interviews.

Sandeep Tula appointed as Director (Pers), NMDC

Sandeep Tula, ED , NMDC, has been appointed as Director(Personnel ),National Mineral Development Corporation Limited (NMDC) after one and half year of his selection at PESB meeting held on January 20, 2015. The post has been lying vacant since September 1, 2015.

S R Bhoosreddy appointed CVO, MMTC
S R Bhoosreddy has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in the Minerals & Metals Trading Corporation Limited (MMTC). He is a 1989 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

C K Asnani likely to join as CMD, UCIL on Sept 1
C K Asnani, Director (Technical), IREL, is expected to take over the charge as Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL) on September 1, 2016.

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15 Secretaries only from one Service

It is very strange to note that all the 15 posts of Secretaries has been filled up by Govt from officers of one service only-ias- on 28.7.16. It is a clear case of monopoly of higher posts by just one service. Are officers from other 36 services, including professionals, incompetent to be posted as Secretary and Cabinet Secretary? The governance is completely HOMOGENEOUS at present, fully captured by officers of one service. There is a vast talent pool of 'domain experts' in Govt. To run Govt effectively, there has to be HETROGENEOUS mix of officers from all the 37 organised services. Hope ACC is listening... Let our PM take a tough stand.

Incidentally, the British counterpart of British origin ICS/IAS does not exist in UK as British Administrative Service. In fact, there is only ONE Her Majesty's Home Civil Service/Her Majesty's Civil Service/Home Civil Service comprising of domain experts from all fields. Is British era IAS still required after 70 years of
Independence to suppress other Indian services, when it is not present in its origin country,Britain ? Let Govt give a think over.

Bharat

IAS dominance is natural

There is no doubt that there are intelligent and capable officers in all the services but IAS has edge over others because of their varied exposures from the beginning of the service and as such, parity, if any, can be achieved only through a mechanism of better exposure and not merely be posting at top level. There is no doubt that an IRS is better while dealing with the implementation of taxation law, but to say that he is also better suited for dealing revenue from a national economic perspective is not supported by evidence. However, the expertise of the officers of other services can also be exploited at top level through a mechanism of creating a pooled cadre of officers having the experience of 12-15 years, which can be given better exposure for such an assignment.

A.K. Verma, ISS

Hasmukh Adhia fails to manage Revenue department !

With an unprecedented uproar in Income Tax Department against Hasmukh Adhia, the present Revenue Secretary he has been now proved to be a failure in managing Department of Revenue. How can such a (miserable) failure manage all the 100 odd Departments in perfect coordination as expected by the PM? He will mess up. So, instead of simply going by the seniority principle, the Government may choose the best IAS, even a little junior in 1982 or 1983 batches to head as Cabinet Secretary? The Cabinet Secretary is expected to manage the macro affairs of the GoI. But Hasmukh believes otherwise i.e., micromanagement and thereby messing up everywhere.

RK

Not approving new building plans

Why is MCD Delhi not approving new Building Plans when same have been notified by Central Government and also approved by DDA.

Anil Kumar

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