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This is History (317)
Europe was the driving-force of the nineteenth century. And now ?.

Will BSP get candidates to field?
Now the BSP is said to be on a shaky wicket in Uttar Pradesh. According to experts, this time party's Supremo's image has been dented heavily and some more prominent leaders are in the queue to say goodbye. Now the big question is that will the party be able to field candidates for all 403 assembly seats in UP ?

Senior to report to junior
With the appointment of Aashish M More as PS to Minister of Railway, a peculiar situation has cropped up in the ministry. Aashish More, a 2005 batch AGMUT batch IAS is now PS to the Railway Minister while Nitishwar Kumar, a 1996 batch UP cadre IAS officer is PS to Minister of State Railways. Now a senior IAS officer has to tow the line of his ten batch junior colleague.


Majority favoured Rajan's continuation as RBI Governor : Survey
Announcement of RBI Governor Rahuram Rajan that he will not opt for second term after his present tenure ends on Sept. 4, 2016, notwithstanding, an overwhelmingly majority of our surfers had favoured his continuation on the post when thewhispersinthecorridors.com conducted a survey in this regards in May-June this year.

We had asked - "Who should be the next RBI Governor ? Whether he should be an Economist, a Professor, a Banker or a Politician".

And the reply of the majority was that Rajan who has enforced the discipline in country's finance orbit, should be given another term. While U K Mohanty said, "Raghuram Rajan should be given one more term since he is genuinely concerned about the economic stability of India and is not afraid to call a spade a spade despite huge political pressure and compulsion", another surfer Suresh Joshi also felt, "Considering his past outstanding performance Rajan should be given one more term. Govt. of India should not delay this wise decision. For Rajan, there is no dearth of jobs. Many takers are waiting for the prized catch".

Similarly, another surfer and former DGP of MP, Raman Kackar opined, "An Economist should be the next RBI Governor because he understands pros-cons and causes of good and bad economic policies. He can give proper direction to boost up the sagging economy" whereas yet another surfer Rajendra Kothari emphasized "An Economist with Rajan's commitment should be picked, preferably Rajan should repeat term".

Raghuram Rajan has to be the new RBI Governor. A brilliant economist of international repute; an intrepid, independent central banker; Governor Rajan has proved himself many times over in his illustrious career. His brilliance is self evident, his good intentions and desire to serve the country are palpably clear. As RBI Governor, he has acquitted himself exceptionally well, he is clearly in the league of Chintaman Deshmukh, ICS, ex-RBI Governor and ex-Finance Minister of India. He is destined for even bigger roles. For now, a second term as Governor RBI would suffice", opined Vijay Kumar.

A host of other surfers also favoured granting one more term to Rajan and strongly opposed appointment of a politician or a bureaucrat on the coveted post.

(For details - see July issue of Whispers In The Corridors)

DEBATE

In world's biggest democracy- Who can be termed as dictator and why ?

In India - world's biggest democracy - Who can be said to be dictators from among the following. Narendra Modi (Prime Minister), Ms. Sonia Gandhi (AICC Chief), Arvind Kejriwal (Delhi Chief Minister), Vasundhara Raje (Rajasthan Chief Minister), J Jayalalithaa (Tamil Nadu Chief Minister), Mamta Banerjee (West Bengal Chief Minister), Naveen Patnayak (Orissa Chief Minister ), K Chandrasekhar Rao (Telangana Chief Minister), Mehbooba Mufti Sayeed (Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister) and Nitish Kumar (Bihar Chief Minister).
Mail your views to suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com or mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com

BUREAUCRACY

25 candidates allocated IA&AS
As many as 25 candidates have been allotted Indian Audit and Accounts Service (IA&AS) after the Civil Service examination (CSE) - 2015.

Four 1982 batch IAS officers in GoI still waiting
Four 1982 batch IAS officers are still waiting in the wings to get posting as Secretary in the Government of India. They are Dinesh Singh (UP), Dr Amarjeet Singh (Guj), Ms G Latha Krishna RaU (Karnataka ) and A K Singh (West Bengal).One 1981 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre Rakesh Srivastava is also waiting.

Only one vacancy of Secretary in GoI
There will be only one vacancy of V K Thakral as Secretary in the Government of India this month. He is 1982 batch IAS officer of Manipur cadre. A vacancy of Sanjay Kothari, Secretary DoPT, fell vacant in June end.

Singh to be Additional Secretary Agriculture ?
Utpal Kumar Singh is likely to be promoted to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India. He is 1986 batch IAS officer of Uttarakhand cadre.

3 IAS officers out of seven from Maharashtra empanelled as Addl Secretary in GoI
Only three IAS officers, out of seven, belonging to 1986 batch from Maharashtra cadre have been empanelled for Additional Secretary level posts in Government of India.

Bipin Bihari Mallick empanelled as Additional Secretary in GoI
Bipin Bihari Mallick has been empanelled for holding Additional Secretary or Additional Secretary equivalent posts in Government of India. He is a 1986 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

MHA speeds up pending cases against IPS officers
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has reportedly sped up the pending cases of disproportionate assets and corruption registered against Indian Police Service (IPS) officers.

Inter cadre deputation tenure of Maneesh Chauhan extended
Maneesh Chauhan has been accorded an extension of inter cadre deputation from Uttar Pradesh to Rajasthan for a further period of two years with effect from June 9, 2016. He is a 2000 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Sen is new ED of RBI
Sudarshan Sen has been appointed as the new Executive Director of the Reserve Bank of India. He will look after banking and non-banking regulation.

Director's services terminated
Services of Director Police in the MHA have reportedly been terminated. According to MHA sources the Director was on contractual service and after contract period is over his services were terminated.

Justice Satish K Agnihotri to perform duties of Chief Justice, Sikkim HC
Justice Satish Kumar Agnihotri has been assigned to perform the duties of the Chief Justice of the Sikkim High Court.

Mrs Ramalingam likely to succeed Jain as Director (Mktg), BEL
Mrs Anandi Ramalingam, GM, BEL, is expected to succeed present incumbent P K Jain as Director (Marketing), Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) in August as the tenure of Jain is coming to an end in July.

Sanjeev Kumar likely to join as Director (Tech), MTNL in a week or two !
Sanjeev Kumar, GM, MTNL, is expected to take over the charge as Director (Technical), Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) in a week or two. The post has been lying vacant for a long time.

Applications for MD, Small Farmers Agri-business Consortium invited
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, New Delhi has invited applications for the filling up of the post of Managing Director in Small Farmers Agri-business Consortium, New Delhi a Society under Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare.

K Sankaran appointed DAG (Pension) in AG office, Chennai
K Sankaran, Deputy Accountant General (A/CS, VLC), in the office of Principal Accountant General (A&E), Kerala, Thiruvanathapuram, has been posted as Deputy Accountant General (Pension) in the office of Accountant General (A&E), Tamil Nadu, Chennai. He is a 2009 batch IA&AS officer.

Arun Mehta appointed CGM, Financial Control, Corp Centre Mumbai
Arun Mehta has been appointed as Chief General Manager, Financial Control, Corporate Centre State Bank of India, Mumbai.

IES officer, Ms Sangeeta Verma gets HAG
Ms Sangeeta Verma has been promoted to the Higher Administrative Grade (HAG) in the Indian Economic Service (IES).

Munawar Khursheed appointed CVO, MCL
Munawar Khursheed, has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO), Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL), Sambalpur at the Director level. He is a 1992 batch RPF officer.

Brig Anil Puri to be promoted to Acting Rank of Maj Gen
Brig Anil Puri, VSM, Enggrs has been approved for the promotion to the Acting Rank of Maj Gen in the Command & Staff stream and Staff only stream.

Dr. Pradyot joins Delhi
Dr. A K Pradyot, a 1995 batch IDAS officer will join as Jt.CGDA, Delhi. Presently he is posted as CFA(Fys), Dehradun.

Vacancy of Joint Secretary, Food & Public Distribution arising in July
A vacancy of Joint Secretary in the Department of Food & Public Distribution is arising in July

Major reshuffle of IPS officers in Haryana (UPDATED)
As many as 16 IPS officers have been transferred and posted to different places in Haryana. Accordingly, Rakesh Arya has been posted as Rohtak SP, while Shashank Anand will now be Jind SP and Maneesh Chaudhary is Yamunanagar SP. Similarly, Sumer Partap Singh has been appointed as SP, Kaithal; Sumit Kumar; Panipat SP Rahul Sharma and Palwal SP Rajesh Duggal will swap their respective places of posting; Deepak Gahlawat as SP Administration Police Headquarters; Kuldeep Singh as Mewat SP and Balwan Singh was posted as SP, State Crime Branch; K Selvaraj as Commandant General, Home Guards, and Director, Civil Defence; Rajvant Pal Singh as DGP, OSD Rules, Police Headquarters; B K Sinha as Special DG, State Vigilance Bureau, and Director General, Bhondsi Complex; K K Sindhu as Director General (DG), Madhuban Complex; K K Sharma as Director, V&S, Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam Limited (HVPNL), Panchkula; AS Chawla, Inspector General of Police (Administration), Police Headquarters, and CS Rao, IGP, Law and Order, will swap their respective places of posting and Saurabh Singh has been appointed as Deputy Inspector General (DIG), Security, CID.

UP Govt and AAI advised to implement regional connectivity scheme (UPDATED)
The National Civil Aviation Policy was announced on June 19, 2016 and the Draft Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) has been announced on July 1, 2016. Mahesh Sharma, Minister of State, Ministry of Civil Aviation along with the Secretary of Civil Aviation had a meeting with the officials of the State Government of Uttar Pradesh and Airports Authority of India to discuss on the progress on development of airports in the State of Uttar Pradesh and on implementation of the RCS at Uttar Pradesh airports. Earlier, AAI had signed an MOU with the State Government of Uttar Pradesh on 24.02.2014 to develop airports /Civil Enclaves at 7 airports namely, Agra, Allahabad, Bareilly, Kanpur, Faizabad, Meerut and Moradabad. For this, the Master Plan has already been prepared by AAI and the land requirement projected is of State Government. State Government has started the land acquisition proceedings and the land will be available for Agra, Allahabad, Bareilly and Kanpur by October, 2016. It was decided to construct 'No Frill Airports'/ Civil Enclaves at these airports. Considering this, the State Government has requested that the land requirement for Meerut, Faizabad and Moradabad to be re?worked out. It was decided to revise the complete Master Plan within one month's time so that the State Govt. can start land acquisition proceedings.

Minor reshuffle of IAS Officers in Haryana (UPDATED)
As many as five IAS Officers have been given new postings in Haryana. Accordingly, S K Gulati has been appointed as Additional Chief Secretary, Printing & Stationery while Roop Ram Jowel was posted as Additional Chief Secretary, Industrial Training and is also Additional Chief Secretary, Forests & Wild Life. Similarly, Amit Jha has been posted as Principal Secretary, Social Justice & Empowerment while Sameer Pal Srow was appointed as Director, Information, Public Relations & Cultural Affairs & Languages & Grievances and Director, Hospitality and is also Managing Director, Tourism Development Corporation Ltd and Shekhar Vidyarthi is Director, Urban Local Bodies and Mission Director, State Urban Livelihood Mission and State Urban Development Authority.

S C Verma's tenure as CVO, NEEPCO curtailed (UPDATED)
The deputation tenure of S C Verma, CVO, NEEPCO, Shillong, has been curtailed. He is a 1986 batch IPS Officer of Gujarat cadre.

V S Chauhan appointed Ambassador to Libya (UPDATED)
Vijay Singh Chauhan has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Libya.

K S Meena transferred to Lakshadweep (UPDATED)
Kalyan Sahai Meena, presently an Entry Grade officer of DANICS, has been transferred from Delhi to Lakshadweep.

A K Gupta transferred to A&NI (UPDATED)
Ajay Kumar Gupta, presently a JAG-I officer of DANICS, has been transferred from Delhi to A&NI.

M K Dwivedi transferred to A&NI (UPDATED)
Manoj Kumar Dwivedi, presently an Entry Grade officer of DANICS, has been transferred from Delhi to A&NI.

Richa transferred to A&NI (UPDATED)
Ms Richa, presently a Selection Grade officer of DANICS, has been transferred from Delhi to A&NI.

Sushil Singh transferred to A&NI (UPDATED)
Sushil Singh, presently a Selection Grade officer of DANICS, has been transferred from Delhi to A&NI.

Sanjeev Ahuja transferred to A&NI (UPDATED)
Sanjeev Ahuja, presently a JAG-I officer of DANICS, has been transferred from Delhi to A&NI.

Shashi Kaushal transferred to A&NI (UPDATED)
Ms Shashi Kaushal, presently a JAG-I officer of DANICS, has been transferred from Delhi to A&NI.

Geetika Sharma transferred to A&NI (UPDATED)
Ms Geetika Sharma, presently a JAG-I officer of DANICS, has been transferred from Delhi to A&NI.

S N Sahai treated as stands relieved of (UPDATED)
Sanjeev Nandan Sahai, who was transferred from Delhi to Goa, will be treated as a 'stands relieved of'. He is a 1986 batch IAS Officer of AGMUT cadre.

Minor reshuffle of IAS Officers in West Bengal (UPDATED)
As many as seven IAS Officers have been appointed Additional District Magistrates in different places in West Bengal. Accordingly, Pawan Kadyan has been appointed ADM, Bankura while Rajarshi Mitra was posted as ADM, Howrah. Similarly, Ponnambalam has been posted as ADM, Alipurduar while Vibhu Goel was appointed as ADM, Murshidabad; Mrs Priyanka Singla as ADM, Nadia; Mrs Joyoshi Das Gupta as ADM, South 24-Parganas and Rajanvir Singh Kapur has been posted as ADM, Uttar Dinajpur.

Bijin Krishna appointed OSD, Home in WB (UPDATED)
Bijin Krishna has been appointed as Officer-on-Special Duty & Under Secretary, Home Department. He is a 2012 batch IAS Officer of West Bengal cadre.

Sanjay Sood posted as Member Secretary, HPSPCB in HP (UPDATED)
Sanjay Sood has been posted as Member Secretary, H P State Pollution Control Board, Shimla. He is a 1993 batch IFS Officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Vineet Kumar repatriated to parent cadre (UPDATED)
Vineet Kumar, Member Secretary, HP State Pollution Control Board, Shimla, has been repatriated to his parent department for further posting. He is a 1985 batch IFS Officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Two IFS Officers given new postings in AP (UPDATED)
Shekar Babu Geddam has been posted as Divisional Forest Officer, Narsipatnam while R Jagannath Singh was appointed as Divisional Forest Officer, Chittoor (East).

Minor reshuffle of IAS Officers in Tamil Nadu (UPDATED)
As many as four IAS Officers have been given new postings in Tamil Nadu. Accordingly, T N Hariharan has been transferred and posted as Collector, Coimbatore while B Chandramohan was appointed as Secretary, Revenue. Similarly, V Santha has been appointed as Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Corporation for Development of Women Limited while D Karthikeyan was posted as Commissioner, Greater Chennai Corporation.

3 IFS Officers promoted to rank of APCCF in AP (UPDATED)
Three IFS Officers have been promoted to the grade of Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests. They are: Y Madhusudhan Reddy, Anoop Singh and Binod Kumar Singh.

K Lohitasyudu promoted to rank of Conservator in AP (UPDATED)
K Lohitasyudu has been promoted to the grade of Conservator of Forests. He is a 2001 batch IFS Officer.

P Subba Raghavaiah promoted to rank of DCF in AP (UPDATED)
P Subba Raghavaiah has been promoted to the grade of Deputy Conservator of Forests. He is a 2003 batch IFS Officer.

NTPC bags best company to work for 2016 amongst PSUs (UPDATED)
In a study carried out by Great Place to Work and The Economic Times, NTPC has been adjudged as the Best Company to work in the Public Sector category for the year 2016. It has also been rated as the best company to work in Energy, Oil and Gas Industry. NTPC is 30th in the overall ranking with IOCL at 34. The award was received by U P Pani, Director(HR) and S Ghosh, RED,WR at a function held in Mumbai.

GoI declares Id-ul-Fitr holiday on July 7 instead of July 6 (UPDATED)
The Government of India has declared holiday on July 7 instead of July 6 for its employees and officers on account of Id-ul-Fitr.

M H Thakur promoted to Lt Gen grade (UPDATED)
Maj Gen M H Thakur of Army Service Corps has been promoted to the rank of Lt Gen within the Corps with effect fromFebruary 1, 2017.

CORPORATE

Vishwanathan takes over as Dy Governor RBI
N S Vishwanathan has taken over as deputy governor in charge of overseeing banking and financial sector regulations at the banking regulator in the Reserve Bank of India.

Sankaran inducted as Member on The Federal Bank Ltd Board
Ganesh Sankaran who is Executive Director of The Federal Bank Limited had been inducted as a member of the Board of Directors of the Bank.

Koteeswaran ceases to be MD & CEO of Indian Overseas Bank
R Koteeswaran has ceased to be Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Indian Overseas Bank.

Chuaungo resigns as Chairman of GIPCL
L Chuaungo, IAS, has resigned as Chairman of Gujarat Industries Power Company Limited following his transfer as Principal Secretary, Labour and Employment Department, Government of Gujarat.

Modi ceases to be CS of Aarvee Denims & Exports Ltd
Hardik Modi has resigned as Company Secretary of Aarvee Denims & Exports Limited.

Bhattacharya resigns as Whole-time Director of Usha Martin Education & Solutions Ltd
Debjit Bhattacharya has resigned as Whole-time Director of Usha Martin Education & Solutions Limited .He has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director of the company.

Gupta appointed as the Whole- time Director of Usha Martin Education & Solutions Ltd
Vinay Kumar Gupta has been appointed as the Whole- time Director of Usha Martin Education & Solutions Limited.

Krishna resigns as Independent Director of Goldstone Infratech Limited
S Murali Krishna has resigned as Independent Director of Goldstone Infratech Limited.

Jain appointed CS of India Glycols Ltd
India Glycols Limited has appointed Ankur Jain 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)

National / States Commissions for women are irrelevant

The "selfie" controversy surrounding the Rajasthan women's commission demonstrates its total insensitivity to women's plight. Time for a reality check. National and States Commissions for Women with statutory backings have become parking lots for sycophants of the ruling political dispensations. Their Chairperson and Members enjoy government perks at tax payers' expenses. Endowed with insatiable appetite for publicity, they behave like publicity seeking moral police. Thanks to Media for exposing their lackadaisical, functioning. The commissions' findings , one suspects, are influenced by political outrage rather than facts of the matter. Their performances are not subjected to public scrutiny. Zero accountability. These bodies are a drain on public exchequer, misused as political instruments for settling scores with adversaries.
Should not these be scrapped ?

A K Saxena (A retd civil servant)

APAR System and Governance

It is difficult to find officials who are really concerned with the long term targets and vision. Moreover, there is lot of subjectivity in the appraisal system and there is no professionalism in the system. Furthermore, the political leadership, in general, is demotivating. Corruption has become a rule in governance. In such a situation, what we have, we deserve. It is only the honest hardworking officials who have to suffer.

Bhartee Jee

Human touch should go

The system's well designed software should be able to assign a score and add up. Any room for discretion by senior officers can at best be misused.

SG

Hearty Congratulation

Hearty Congratulation - Chairman Forest Scientists Association (FoSA), ICFRE, Dehradun.

Sudhir Kumar

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