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Three men brought the nation united again-Mazzini,Garibaldi and Cavour.

Number one enemy in Indian Bureaucracy ?
People do not know him personally, he maintains splendid isolation, not visible any where even difficult to get his photograph. He is none other than low profile Additional Principal Secretary to PM Narendra Modi P K Mishra. A survey in Corridors of power by the whispersinthecorridors.com shows he is number one enemy of Indian Bureaucracy. One who is not empanelled, one who is denied powerful post, one who doesn't get favour will blame only P K Mishra. He has now created enemies even in Odisha and his parent cadre Gujarat. Only his boss Narendra Modi knows the reality.

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

Only one Secretary level vacancy this month
There is going to be only one Secretary level vacancy in the Government of India. Secretary chemicals weapons canvention in cabinet secretariat Aradhana Jauhari is superannuating by this month end.

Two DGs superannuating this month
Two DGs- Surendra Singh, DG, CISF and R.C.Tayal , DG, NSG are retiring by this month end. Both IPS officers belong to 1980 batch. Singh is a West Bengal cadre officer while Tayal is Assam- Meghalaya cadre officer.

3 Members post are vacant in PSB
Postal Services Board (PSB) is having shortage of members. At present three posts of Members- Planning, Personnel and Technology- are vacant. PSB strength is 6 members.

Harinder Kumar continues as Director, Official Language
Harinder Kumar will continue as Director, Department of Official Language, Ministry of Home Affairs till September 30, 2016. He is a 1991 batch ITS officer.

Transfers in Delhi Police after August 15
According to sources transfers of DCP and Addl DCP level officers are likely to take place after August 15. About a dozen officers are likely to be reshuffled.

Post of Vice Chief of Army to fall vacant
The post of Vice Chief of Army is falling vacant next month following superannuation of Lt Gen MMS Rai.

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

IRS-IT officer dismissed
S V Jadhav, CIT, Hyderabad has been dismissed from the Indian Revenue Service of Income Tax cadre for not reporting duty for five years.

Agrawal is new GM, Central Railway
Akhil Agrawal has been appointed new General Manager of the Central Railway (CR) with headquarters in Mumbai.
(We said this on July 22,2016 )

Gayen to be GM, ECR
D K Gayen will be new General Manager of the East Central Railway (ECR). Formal orders have been issued .
(We said this on July 22 ,2016)

Gupta is new GM of SWR
A K Gupta has been appointed new General Manager of the South Western Railway (SWR).
(We said this on July 22,2016 )

Agrawal is new GM, RWF
O P Agrawal is all set to become General Manager of the Rail Wheel Factory, Bangalore.
(We said this on July 22,2016 )

Mani is new GM, ICF
Sudhanshu Mani has been appointed General Manager of the Integral Coach Factory(ICF) Chennai.
(We said this on July 22,2016 )

Senior level posts vacant in Telecom commission
Until last month, two top positions were lying vacant in Telecom C commission - that of member (Production) and member (Technology). On 30th July, member (Finance) Annie Moraes also retired. So NK Yadav, member (Services) remains to be the only member in the Telecom Commission besides secretary Telecom and chairman J S Deepak.Yadav is also slated to retire in August. If one goes by the pace at which the process of filling these positions is going on, one can safely assume that Deepak will be the only member left in the TC in September.

Inter cadre deputation tenure of Manjunatha to Tamil Nadu extended
Inter cadre deputation tenure of T V Manjunatha from Tamil Nadu to Karnataka has been extended for a period of two years beyond November 25, 2016. He is a 1993 batch IFS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Jharkhand gets eight new IAS officers
As many as eight candidates, who were provided Indian Administrative Service (IAS) after clearing Civil Service Examination-2015, have been allotted Jharkhand cadre. They are: Karn Satyarthi, Megha Bhardwaj, Garima Singh, Jitendra Dudi, Chandan Kumar, Himanshu Mohan, Vishal Sagar and Basharat Qayoom.

Paul Antony empanelled as Secretary in GoI
Paul Antony has been empanelled for holding Secretary or Secretary equivalent posts in Government of India. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

Dr Christopher continues as Chairman, RAC
Dr S Christopher, Secretary, Department of Defence Research & Development, will continue holding an additional charge of Chairman, Recruitment and Assessment Centre (RAC) till a regular incumbent is appointed.

Arunish Chawla appointed as Minister (Eco), Indian Embassy, Washington
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 cadre.
(We said this in February)

Ram Kripal appointed as Commissioner Railway Safety
Ram Kripal has been appointed as Commissioner of Railway Safety. He is an IRSSE officer.

Justice Ranganathan to perform as Chief Justice, Telangana & AP High Court
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.

Ajay Kumar posted as Under Secretary, Marketing & Inspection
Ajay Kumar has been appointed as Under Secretary, Directorate of Marketing & Inspection, Faridabad under the Department of Agriculture while the posting of Anil Kumar Tehlan to Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare has been cancelled in Governemnt of India.

Ashutosh Tripathi promoted to DG, Postal Services grade
Ashutosh Tripathi has been promoted to the grade of Director General Postal Services. He is an Indian Postal Service officer.

Padma Awards-2017 Nominations online only
It has been decided that from this year the noinations/recommendations for the Padma Awards will be received online only on an electronic management system designed by MHA. This is available on the website: www.padmaawards.gov.in. No other mode of omination/recommendation will be accepted. Nominations received after September 15, 2016 will also not be considered.

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

Reshuffle of IAS officers in Karnataka
Half a dozen IAS officers have been transferred and posted to different places in Karnataka. Accordingly, Ms Renuka Chidambaram has been appointed as Principal Secretary, Public Enterprises while Dr Rajneesh Goel was made ACS, Planning, Programme Monitoring & Statistics with additional charge of Youth Empowerment & Sports and Mrs Uma mahadevan is Principal Secretary, Women & Child Development. Similarly, V Yashwanth has been appointed as MD, Karnataka State Biofuel Development Board, Bengaluru; A B Ibrahim as Commissioner, Karnataka Housing Board and Dr M Lokesh was posted as ACS, Administration, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike.

Reshuffle of IAS officers in Kerala
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.

Pathak is Chairman of Group for Nagaland
Former Director General of BSF DK Pathak has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Ceasefire Monitoring Group to formalise a permanent peace accord with Naga groups. He is former 1979 batch IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Two IAS officers shifted in HP (UPDATED)
J M Pathania has been appointed as Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Dharmashala-cum-ex officio MD, Dharamshala Smart City Limited while Dr Raj Krishan Pruthi was posted as Director, Urban Development in Himachal Pradesh.

Four IPS officers transferred in HP (UPDATED)
Gyaneshwar Singh has been appointed as IG, Intelligence while with additional charge of IG, Security, Himachal Bhawan, New Delhi while V K Dhawan was posted as DIG, Cyber Crime and Ashok Kumar is SP, CID Crime Branch. Besides, Shalini Agnihotri has been assigned an additional charge of SP, ANCB, CID in Himachal Pradesh.

Raj Kumar relieved to join as Director, UPSC (UPDATED)
Raj Kumar, Director, Postal Directorate, has been relieved to join as Director, Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). He is a 2001 officer of Indian Postal Service.

Rakesh Gupta posted as Pr Resident Commissioner of J&K, New Delhi (UPDATED)
Rakesh Kumar Gupta has been appointed as Principal Resident Commissioner of J&K Government at New Delhi. He is a 1986 batch IAS officer of J&K cadre.

Two IAS officers shifted in J&K (UPDATED)
Lokesh Dutta Jha has been appointed as Chairman, J&K Bureau of Public Enterprises while Mohd Afzal Bhat was made Commissioner, Forest, Environment and Ecology department in Jammu and Kashmir.

CBI arrests Asst Superintendent of Posts (UPDATED)
The Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI) has arrested an Assistant Superintendent(Post) Sub-Division, Panipat(Haryana) for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs.50,000 from the complainant.

Dr Subba Raghavaiah appointed as Special Commissioner, CADA in AP (UPDATED)
Dr P Subba Raghavaiah has been appointed as Special Commissioner, CADA, Water Resources Department in Andhra Pradesh. He is an IFS officer.

25 ISS officers transferred (UPDATED)
As many as 25 officers of Indian Statistical Service (ISS) have been transferred and posted to different places in Government of India. Manoj Kumar Verma has been posted to NSSO, DPC, MoSPI, Nagpur while Rakesh Kumar Aggarwal was appointed to Directorate of Economics & Statistics and Anand Krishnan is shifted to CACP, Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare. Similarly, Santosh Kumar Gupta has been posted to Shipping; A K Pandey to Intelligence Bureau; Mahabir Singh to MSME; Jawaid Alam Khan to Minority Affairs; Ms Meera to Health & Family Welfare; Batti Lal Meena to PLFS, NSSO, FOD, Hqrs; N N Reji to Indian Bureau of Mines; B B S Negi to Labour and Employment; Gyanendra Pratap Singh to IPP; Moinak Mukherjee to Financial Service; Ms Meena Nandwani to PLFS, NSSO, FOD Hqrs; Ms Anita Sirohiwal to Commerce; V Ethiraj to NSSO (FOD), RO; Mool Chand Bhaskar to PLFS, NSSO, FOD; J S Tomar to HUPA; Mrs Sudipta Bhattacharya to DGCI &S; Mrs Poonam Gupta to PLFS, NSSO, FOD; Monojit Das to PLFS, NSSO, FOD, Hqrs; Naorem Mohondas Singh to NSSO (FOD), ZO, Guwahati; Vinit Kuamr to PLFS, NSSO, FOD Hqrs; Fakhre Alam to PLFS, NSSO, FOD, Hqrs and Rajkumar was posted to PLFS, NSSO, FOD, R K Puram.

Dr Yuvaraj appointed as PS to Venkaiah Naidu (UPDATED)
Dr N Yuvaraj has been appointed as Private Secretary, M Venkaiah Naidu, Minister for Information & Broadcasting. He is a 2005 batch IAS officer of AP cadre.

Jaipal Singh appointed as PS to Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary (UPDATED)
Jaipal Singh has been appointed as Private Secretary, Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary, Minister of State for MSME. He is a 1991 batch officer of Indian Forest Service.

Sanjay Kumar Pandey appointed as PS to Arun Jaitely (UPDATED)
Sanjay Kumar Pandey has been appointed as Private Secretary, Arun Jaitely, Minister for Corporate Affairs.

Sajal Kumar Roy Choudhury appointed as non-official Director, BCPLUPDATED)
Sajal Kumar Roy Choudhury has been appointed as Non-official Director on the Board of Bengal Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Limited (BCPL) for a period of three years.

D V Swamy gets premature repatriation (UPDATED)
D V Swamy, who is on inter-cadre deputation to Karnataka, has been given premature repatriation to his parent cadre. He is a 2001 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

No suitable candidate found for MD, BLL (UPDATED)
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has failed to find a suitable candidate for the post of Managing Director, Biecco Lawrie Limited (BLL) at its selection meeting held on August 4, 2016. However, eight candidates were interviewed for the same.

CORPORATE

SAIL Director A K Chaudhary gets extension
A K Chaudhar has been given an extension of tenure for the post of Director (Finance), Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) till December 31, 2020.

Lands of HMT, TSPL transferred to Centre, State Govts
The lands of closing companies like HMT Chinar Watches Ltd., HMT Watches Ltd., HMT Bearings Ltd. and Tungabhadra Steel Products Ltd (TSPL) will either be sold or transferred to the Central Government and State Governments.

India has 966 MSOs
According to latest information in India 966 Multi System Operators ( MSOs). Among these 229 MSOs has permanent registration for ten years to operate in Digital Addressable System (DAS) while 737 MSOs are having provisional registration for DAS in their respective areas.

100% FDI allowed in Aviation sector
With a view to aid in modernization of the existing airports to establish a high standard and help ease the pressure on the existing airports, 100% Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) under automatic route has now been allowed in Brownfield Airport projects. FDI limit for Scheduled Air Transport Service, Domestic Scheduled Passenger Airline and regional Air Transport Service has been raised from 49% to 100%, with FDI up to 49% permitted under automatic route and FDI beyond 49% through Government approval. For Non-Resident Indians (NRI's), 100% FDI will continue to be allowed under automatic route.

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Aadhia damaging for IRS ?
Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia has asked the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) to come up with a firm revenue collection target under the one-time black money window scheme that closes on September 30.
The pertinent and challenging questions that Adhia should himself ask:

i) Has he or the Government quantified the expected collections from IDS ?
ii) If so, what is that magic figure ?
iii) On what basis has that quantification been done ? As far as we know, there cannot be any basis to come up with any such figures
iv) If the expected disclosures have been quantified, whether the list of potential declarants has also been drawn ? If so, on what basis? In that case was Mr Adhia contemplating communication with such 'potential declarants' asking them to disclose the amount forthwith? In such a case, there is no need for suggestive letters but a letter - straight to the point -would have been effective.

To our understanding Adhia is as clueless as anyone else about the extent of disclosures, the potential declarants etc. If that be so, expecting the demoralized tax department, with more than 50% vacancies at different levels, to 'chase' the potential declarants is being unrealistic and an attempt to pass on the buck. It was Adhia who was eager to maintain the confusion regarding 31% effective tax rate on IDS. Enough is enough. Tax Department has till now been a punching bag of the taxpayers and the bureaucracy despite best taxpayer friendly initiatives in recent times that has been taken by any government department. It is time that the department stands up and says that illogical approach, as above, only brings bad name to the department. We are committed to serve the people. We are committed to collect right tax - not a penny more not a penny less. But the tax department cannot be forced to compel taxpayer to cough up amount or make declarations with some promises including refund the amount at a later date. This only creates negativity. It should be understood that Adhia would be associated with tax department for a few months only. He has no stake in the tax department, no sense of ownership or belongingness in the department. He is an outsider who is there to further his career prospects on the strength of the tax department. However, the damage that may be caused would be left for all IRS officers for long time to come. Let us put an end to this.
Rehman

Govt schemes not benefiting downtrodden
Many of the government schemes meant for the downtrodden are not reaching them just because the machinery for implementing it is not proper. Issuing an order without having the means to verify whether it is implemented makes a mockery of the system. it is clear that those who issue these kind of orders orders have not given an iota of thought about its implementation. It such a transparency comes, the situation on ground would not improve. Thanks to the WHISPERS for bringing out such brilliant RTI orders for the readers.
Subhash Chander

Publish postings, promotions of IFS officers
I will appreciate if you could publish the name of IFS officers retiring every month as you do for IAS & IPS.
Many officers were promoted to PCCF in TN on 30-7-16 but no mention . Pl do publish posting and promotions of IFS officers at GoI and in states as well.
E Balsguruswamy IFS

Hats off to Shivraj's' team !
Hats off to the competent team and CM of MP, under the very able leadership of PM Modi. Let's hope other states also follow suit.
Anurag Shrivastava

Congratulations
OFs will definitely progress under his leadership.
Marwaha

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