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"Modi has no parallel"

-Prime Minister Narendra Modi who till a little less than two years ago was beloved of the majority might be losing charm in the opinion of some people but the question is that does any one else including his opponents - Rahul, Mulayam or Lalu - have any charm ?
This question came up in the wake of response of the surfers of whispersinthecorridors.com who were asked - "Is PM Narendra Modi losing his charm ? Is he a changed man ?" While some replied in the affirmative, majority did not agree and some of them even asked who else among Indian politicians can stand parallel to him and suggested 'to see the things in the right perspective'.

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http://www.whispersinthecorridors.com/flash/modi.pdf

Vinod Rai is first Chairman of Banks Board Bureau

Former CAG Vinod Rai is the first Chairman of the Bank Board Bureau (BBB). This bureau will advise the government on top-level appointments at public sector lenders and ways to address the bad loans problem among other issues. He is currently in Singapore and will return on March 11.

Who is taking Cue from Whom?

In the political circle three top politicians are taking cue / following each other. Grapevine is that these three have very cordial relations and following each other's programmes, schemes and steps to run the government in their respective domains. Who are these three top political leaders, its a matter of guessing.

Budget aayo re...aayo re

Today after a gap of a month I travel by 5.32 Fast train from Churchgate to Virar ....my stop is Andheri....with my train Buddies... Amar.. Akbar ... Antony. To make up for my absence I treat them to Coffee and Mongini Cakes..

Budget aayo re...Budget aayo re..

Akbar: Budget aayo..

Amar: Why you sounding fearful....

Me: Hope you've not indulged in Betting on the Budget...

Akbar: Nahee Bhai... I only bet on cricket..

Antony: Liar liar ... he can even bet on what colour shirt one of us will wear..

Amar: He bets on derivatives..like what colour will be Jaitley's attire. .. how many sips of water he will take. .. how many disturbances... will he sit down while reading budget.... will Kharge sermonize....will Rahul go to sleep....will Sonia signal to her lot to create a shindy. . etc etc..

Akbar: What worries me Jaitley seems to be in a mood to shift Bank savings into the risky category.... he wants bulk of savings to shift from Banks to Primary and Secondary Markets..

Amar: Chal Jhoota .... Markets would be up by 1000 points even if he was harbouring such thoughts ... he wants interest rates to come down..but he knows cannot be drastic..

Antony: But he wants to remove the indirect subsidy to the rich in PPF...

Akbar: Arre your money gets stuck for 15 years... and you earn interest and save on I Tax...he seems to overlook this..he is taking the tax saved as money earned. .

Akbar: Before he became a Minister in 2004 its rumored Jaitley wound up his practice and invested his money in RBI Bonds ... there is interest subsidy on RBI Bonds too... why did he not invest in Primary and Secondary Markets...

M: Because we are Indians and our motto is Safety First ... that is why Sub Prime and other Global Balloons have not affected us ...money saved cannot always be construed as money earned ....like if I save money and walk to Office rather than taking a Cab..the saving does not add up in my taxable income..

Amar: I hope he's given due attention to Farm Sector and Infra..

Akbar: In his Cabin he needs to put up a poster on ....India Shining and why still BJP lost...its a sad reality...

M: You can say what you want but it's my firm belief Modi will be our PM for 13 years continuously ...

Antony: Oh Lord...

Akbar: Ya Khuda ..

Amar: Jai Shree Ram...

M: Bolle Soh Nihaal... Sat Sri Akal

VJS

BUREAUCRACY

Empanelment of 1986 batch IAS officers in GoI in May ?
Empanelment of 1986 batch IAS officers to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India is expected to take place in May.

IAS & IPS couple given options to choose a common cadre
Two officers: P Parthiban and Ms Nisha Parthiban have been asked to choose a common cadre against their requests after marriage. P Parthiban is a 2011 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre while Ms Nisha Parthiban belongs to a 2011 batch IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Dinesh Sharma elected as Chairperson, IFAD, Rome
Dinesh Sharma, Additional Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance and India's Governor to the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD), Rome, has unanimously been elected as the Chairperson of the Governing Council of IFAD for a period of two years. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

Resignation of Sanghi Sri Hari Rao from IRS-IT rejected
The resignation of Sanghi Sri Hari Rao from Indian Revenue Service of Income Tax has been rejected by the Government of India.

CVO BHEL Kadyan unlikely to get extension
The Ministry of Heavy Industries is believed to have turned down twice the proposal of Extension to CVO BHEL Arvind Kadyan. He is 1987 batch IDAS officer. The CVC has,however given clearance for his extension.

ED to get 15 new DDs
According top sources ED will soon get 15 new Deputy Directors. Their names have been cleared.

B C Tripathi is also MD, BCPL
B C Tripathi, CMD, GAIL (India) Limited, has been given an additional charge of Managing Director, Brahmaputra Crackers & Polymers Limited (BCPL), due to delay in orders of Ashok Kumar Singh designated as MD. A vacancy of this post is arising onMarch 1, 2016 after the end of tenure of present incumbent P N Prasad on February 29, 2016.

Four Board Members of BPCL retiring in 2016
Four Members including CMD on the Board of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) are completing their tenure in 2016. The tenure of CMD, S Varadarajan is ending in September while S P Gathoo, Director, HR will complete his tenure in November and K K Gupta, Director Marketing in February and B K Datta, Director Refineries is retiring in July 2016.

Retirement of BEML CMD, Dwarkanath approaching
The retirement of P Dwarkanath as Chairman-cum-Managing Director BEML Limited is approaching. Dwarkanath, who is due to retire in June, 2016, is expected to be succeeded by D K Hota, Director (Human Resources), BEML in July, 2016.

Vacancy of CMD, TCIL arises
A vacancy of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Telecommunications Consultant India Limited (TCIL) has arisen on February 1, 2016. Meanwhile, A K Gupta, Director Finance, has been assigned an additional charge of CMD.

Vacancy circular for CMD, OIL forwarded to all Chief Secretaries
The vacancy circular issued by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas for the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Oil India Limited (OIL) has been forwarded to all the Chief Secretaries seeking names of All India service officers of their cadres on deputation basis.

C V Prasad appointed Member (Fin), LPAI
C V Prasad, Controller of Accounts in the Ministry of Mines, Kolkata, has been appointed as Member (Finance) in the Land Ports Authority of India (LPAI) on deputation basis for a period of five years. He is a 1985 batch ICAS officer.

Iqbal Singh Chahal gets premature repatriation
Iqbal Singh Chahal, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj, has been given premature repatriation to his parent cadre. He is a 1989 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Mohanty is new Chief Secretary of Kerala
P K Mohanty has been appointed new Chief Secretary of Kerala. He is 1980 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.
(We said this on February 16, 2016)

CS of Kerala will now be Advisor of Chief Minister
Kerala Chief Secretary Jiji Thomson, who retires today, has been appointed Advisor to the Chief Minister. He is 1980 batch IAS officer.

Praveen Sinha is new Additional Secretary in CVC
Praveen Sinha has been appointed new Additional Secretary in the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC). He is 1988 batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre.

K Doreswamy promoted to DG grade
K Doreswamy has been promoted to the Director General in the Higher Administrative Grade (HAG) in the Department of Defence Production.

ISS officer, Mrs Savita Sharma gets SAG
Indian Statistical Service (ISS) officer, Mrs Savita Sharma has been promoted to the Higher Administrative Grade (HAG).

Camp office of Indian Embassy shifted to Hqrs from Yemen
The camp office of Embassy of India in Sana'a, Yemen in Djibouti, has been relocated to the Headquarters of the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi after completion of Operation Rahat.

Kunwar Rajesh Singh empanelled as ADG in GoI
Kunwar Brajesh Singh has been empanelled for holding Additional Director General posts in Government of India. He is a 1985 batch IPS officer of Orissa cadre.

Who will be Advisor to ED, World Bank, Washington?
Suresh Yadav is likely to be Advisor to Executive Director, World Bank, Washington DC. He is a 1994 batch IRS-IT officer.


DCP New Delhi likely to be removed ?
DCP New Delhi is likely to be transferred in the after math of Patiala Court alleged beating incident.

Reshuffle of IAS officers in Arunachal
A number of IAS officers have been transferred and posted at different places in Arunchal Pradesh. Accordingly, Hage Kojeen has been given an additional charge of Health and Family Welfare and Disaster Management while Khapa Kholie was made Secretary Labour and Employment and Bolung Siram is Secretary, Transport, Planning, IPR, Printing. Similarly, Sonam Chombay has been assigned to Information Technology, Cultural Affairs along with Economics and Statistics; Planning, IPR and Printing departments have been assigned to Secretary to Governor Dr Joram Beda along with Tourism; Onit Payang gets additional charge of Political; Ashok Kumar is given the charge of Industry and Skill Development in addition to Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission, vigilance and IG (Prision); Dr B M Mishra gets additional charge of Lottery; Dani Salu gets additional charge of Library; Anjaw DC Nyabin Ete as Joint Secretary, Arts and Culture; Kemo Lollen would replace K Darang as DC Ziro while Darang has been posted as DC Kurung Kumey and Sadhana Deori has been given an additional charge of Director DoTCL.

Anil Khandelwal appointed as Member, BBB
Former CMD of Bank of Baroda, Anil K Khandewal has been appointed as part time Member of newly constituted Banks Board Bureau (BBB) for a period of two years.

H N Sinor appointed as Member, BBB
Former Joint CMD of ICICI Bank, H N Sinor has been appointed as part time Member of newly constituted Banks Board Bureau (BBB) for a period of two years.

Ms Rupa Kudwa appointed as Member, BBB
Former MD & CEO, CRISIL, Ms Rupa Kudwa has been appointed as part time Member of newly constituted Banks Board Bureau (BBB) for a period of two years.

Agrawal is new Secretary to Haryana Governor
Amit Kumar Agarwal, Mission Director, National Rural Health Mission has been appointed as Secretary to Haryana Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki. He is 2003 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

CRPF DIG B P Singh passes away
DIG CRPF B P Singh has passed away in Maharashtra at the age of 52. He was a CRPF cadre officer.

Minor reshuffle of IPS officers in Tamil Nadu
Some IPS officers have been shifted in Tamil Nadu. Accordingly, K Bhavaneeswari has been promoted as DIG and posted as joint commissioner traffic in South Chennai, while A Kayalvizhi was made chief security officer of Chennai metro rail and Santosh Kumar is promoted as DIG and posted as joint commissioner of police west Chennai. Similarly, S Paneer Selvam has been posted as DIG Tamil Nadu Uniformed Services Recruitment Board and K Joshi Nirmal Kumar is promoted as DIG and posted as joint commissioner North zone Chennai. Besides, Rupesh Kumar Meena has been posted as DCP Anna Nagar.

Asheesh Singh to move Ujjain for Simhasth (UPDATED)
CEO of Zila Panchayat Indore Asheesh Singh is being posted as Additional Municipal Commissioner ,Ujjain in view of forthcoming Simhastha . He is 2010 batch IAS officer of MP cadre.

Alok Verma takes over as Delhi Police Commissioner (UPDATED)
Alok Verma has taken over the charge of new Police Commissioner in the Government of Delhi. He is a 1979 batch IPS officer of UT cadre. He succeeded present incumbent B S Bassi, 1978 batch IPS officer, who retired on February 29, 2016.

7 IDAS officers of 1994 batch empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
As many as seven officers belonging to 1994 batch of IDAS have been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. They are: Rozy Agarwal, Aswini Kumar Tiwari, Pankaj Kumar Singh, Katikala Venkata Rao, Ramendra Nath Biswas, Ravinesh Kumar and Anshu Manish Khalkho.

4 IDAS officers of 1995 batch empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
Four officers belonging to 1995 batch of IDAS have been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. They are: Dipti Mohil Chawla, Sandeep Sarkar, Ajai Kumar Pradyot and Harsh Vaidya.

2 IAS officers of 2000 batch get Super Time Scale in Haryana (UPDATED)
Two IAS officers of 2000 batch: Nitin Kumar Yadav and Pankaj Agarwal have been promoted to the Super Time Scale in Haryana.

5 IAS officers of 2003 batch get Selection Grade in Haryana (UPDATED)
As many as five IAS officers of 2003 batch have been accorded Selection Grade in Haryana. The officers are: Amit Kumar, Rohtash Singh Kharb, Wazeer Singh Goyat, Vikas Yadav and Ashok Sangwan.

5 IAS officers of 2012 batch get Senior Time Scale in Haryana (UPDATED)
As many as five IAS officers of 2012 batch have been accorded Senior Time Scale in Haryana. The officers are: Ms Amna Tasneem, Dhirendra Khadgata, Ms Priyanka Soni, Shaleen and Ajay Singh Tomar

Dr Richa Verma appointed as SDO (Civil), Nahan in HP (UPDATED)
Dr Richa Verma has been appointed as Sub Divisional Officer (Civil), Nahan district Sirmour in Himachal Pradesh. She is a 2012 batch IAS officer of HP cadre.

Two IAS officers shifted in Tamil Nadu (UPDATED)
P Madhusudhan Reddy has been appointed as Joint Commissioner, Land Administration while Chandra Sekhar Sakhamuri was made Deputy Secretary, Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department in Tamil Nadu.

Justice Dattu takes over as Chairman of NHRC (UPDATED)
Former CJI H L Dattu has taken over as the Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). He is the seventh Chairperson of the Commission.
(We said this on Feb 24,2016 )

New DG, CRPF assumes charge (UPDATED)
K. Durga Prasad taken over charge as DG, CRPF on Monday . He is an IPS officer of 1981 batch of Telegana adre .
(We said this on Jan 19 and Feb 2,2016 )

Sharma is new BSF DG (UPDATED)
K K Sharma, a 1982 Rajasthan cadre IPS officer has taken over charge as DG BSF on Monday
(We said this on Feb 2,2016 )

Praven Karanth appointed as Deputy Secretary, Space, Bangalore (UPDATED)
Praveen Karanth has been appointed as Deputy Secretary in the Department of Space, Bangalore in Government of India. He is a 2003 batch IRS-IT officer.

Chandradeep Kuamr Jha appointed as Director, DIPP (UPDATD)
Chandradeep Kumar Jha has been appointed as Director in the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion. He is a 2000 batch ISS officer.

Anil Ranga appointed as Director, Economic Affairs (UPDATED)
Anil Ranga has been appointed as Director in the Department of Economic Affairs under the Ministry of Finance. He is a 1998 batch IOFS officer.

Rajan Agrawal appointed as Director, Agriculture Research & Education (UPDATED)
Rajan Agrawal has been appointed as Director in the Department of Agricultural Research & Education under the Ministry of Agriculture. He is a 1984 batch IDSE officer.

Atul Kumar Jain joins as Chief of Staff, Eastern Naval Command (UPDATED)
Vice Admiral Atul Kumar Jain, AVSM, VSM, has taken over the charge as the Chief of Staff, Eastern Naval Command from Vice Admiral Bimal Verma.

Bisht takes over as Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command (UPDATED)
Vice Admiral HCS Bisht, AVSM, has taken over the charge as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command.

Bisht takes over as Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command (UPDATED)
Vice Admiral HCS Bisht, AVSM, has taken over the charge as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command.

Two IAS officers shifted in Karnataka (UPDATED)
Sanjiv Kumar has been appointed as ACS Labour while Rakesh Singh was posted as Principal Secretary, Water Resources Department in Karnataka.

S M Vijayanand is also Secretary, Rural Development (UPDATED)
S M Vijayanand has been assigned an additional charge of Rural Development for a period of three months. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

Anoop Kuamr Srivastava gets charge of Official Language (UPDATED)
Anoop Kumar Srivastava has been assigned an additional charge of Official Language for a period of three months. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

BEML bags Rs. 900 cr Kolkata Metro order (UPDATED)
BEML LIMITED, a Public Sector undertaking under the Ministry of Defence, has bagged the prestigious order valued at Rs. 900 crores for the supply of Metro Coaches to Kolkata East-West Metro Line. In this regard, Narender Kumar Garg - Managing Director, Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation ( KMRCL) and Aniruddh Kumar, Director( Rail & Metro), BEML have signed the Contract Agreement for the supply of Metro Coaches today at KMRCL office, Kolkata. BEML has forayed into manufacture and supply of Metro Cars during 2002 and is the reliable "Make in India" partner in Metro Rolling Stock, having supplied so far over 700 metro Cars to Delhi Metro Rail Corporation. Besides, BEML has also supplied metro cars to Bangalore Metro Phase-I as also to the Jaipur Metro project, which are in successful revenue operation. With this, BEML continues to strengthen its position in metro Rolling Stock market in India and contribute immensely in growth of the Nation.

S K Chaudhary selected as CMD, IRCON Ltd (UPDATED)
S K Chaudhary, Director (Project), NBCC, has been selected for the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, IRCON International Limited at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on February 29, 2016. As many as 12 persons were interviewed for the same.

DEBATE
Is PM Narendra Modi losing his charm ?. Is he a changed man ? Any suggestions ?
Mail your views to:- mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com or Suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com

CORPORATE

Tripathy appointed CFO of Sahara One Media & Entertainment Ltd
Sahara One Media & Entertainment Ltd has appointed Prakash Chandra Tripathy as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company

Gaulakos appointed CFO of 3M India Ltd
3M India Ltd has appointed Panos Gaulakos as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company w.e.f. March 15, 2016

Ms Dugar appointed as CS of Uniworth Ltd
Uniworth Ltd has appointed Ms Neha Dugar as Company Secretary of the company.

Ms Moitra resigns as CS of Uniworth Ltd
Ms Sarbani Moitra has resigned as Company Secretary of Uniworth Ltd

Ms Arora appointed CS of Frontline Securities Ltd
Frontline Securities Ltd has appointed Ms Richa Arora as Company Secretary of the company.

(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)

Selections by PESB

This is in ref to Sudhanshu Bhattacharya's opinion, where he criticises whispers in this regard. I requested him to search about a candidate recommended on December 10, 2015 on google. Whispers is doing yeomen service and helping the system corrupt free and transparent. Our PM also wants transparency in the organization

Unni

Make reservation rules tough

We have to make reservation rules tough and strict. Only then the deserving people will be benefitted otherwise things will be difficult to manage in future. I am afraid to say that anarchy will prevail if this problem is not handled seriously and tactfully.

Ashok Chadha

Reducing retirement age and providing reservation is no panacea

The Government jobs provide a very meagre percentage of jobs in the country i.e. in between 1 to 2 percent. Reducing retirement age and providing reservation is no panacea to all the ills of jobs in the country. More and more industries and service sector will have to come in the country to provide jobs. People will also have to be self-employed. The youngsters running away to the cities for jobs leaving behind their farms should be told to go back in their nuclear families wherein they will be looked after properly. In order to make their agriculture business viable Government will have to step in by providing water, proper seeds & fertilizers, mechanized farming facilities, better roads and air-conditioned, transport arrangement and storing facilities.

Anurag Srivastava

What is a Horse and What is Donkey

The recommendations of 6th CPC were so excellent that all the government servants irrespective of designation were inspired to work as a horse.
But, now the recommendations of 7th CPC is such that, surely when implemented, certainly they may be transpired into a donkey, losing all the inspiration which they got from the 6th CPC. Who will look into this ?

R S Gulati

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