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Nitesh Shah

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This is History (418)
A young Irishman, Arthur Griffith, began to preach a new policy, which came to be known as Sinn Fein, meaning 'we ourselves'.

Will BJP declare CM candidate in Uttarakhand?
To declare a CM candidate before assembly elections is not the BJP style but after the Assam success party is likely to adopt this practice in Uttarakhand assembly elections.

Tata veteran S Ramadorai resigns from NSDA and NSDC
Tata veteran S Ramadorai has resigned from government's skill development agencies - NSDA and NSDC. Previously, he has been Chief of Tata Consultancy Services.

Will Ramadorai replace Cyrus Mistry as Tata Sons Chairman ?
Tata veteran S Ramadorai's resignation from NSDA and NSDC has sparked of speculations that he might be headed back to Tata as a replacement of Cyrus Mistry as Tata Sons Chairman.

Rohit Nandan to look after NSDA as interim Chairman !
Following Tata veteran S Ramadorai's resignation from NSDA, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Secretary, Rohit Nandan has reportedly been asked to discharge the duties of interim Chairman of NSDA for the moment.

Meeting with Uncle Soda …
I'm meeting my good friend …though our age difference is considerable….Darius Sodabottleopenerwallah…. who I address as Uncle Soda. We are meeting at a small Restaurant a stone's throw distance from Cusrow Bagh, Colaba. Uncle Soda is a fan of the Chicken Crunchy and Chicken role served here and I being a vegetarian have to make do with Cold Coffees.

Uncle Soda: Kem cho Deekra…

Me: Saroo… tamhe kem cho Uncle…
U: Nothing to complain about and everything to be thankful about…. thank you for asking…tamhaara naseeb tammne saath aape!!!
M: Thank you Uncle…. Uncle what is the general feeling in Cusrow Bagh about what's going on in TATA!!
U: As always…. gratitude. Don't ask me more on this issue …. I think the issue will be resolved sooner than later….. Parsis have been blessed with Tatas!!! I don't understand why is the Media trying to damn the MP Cops on an encounter….arre…. the dirty 8 escaped from Jail killing a guard…. and later were able to land their hands on arms….. it would have been a staged encounter… if the Dirty 8 had been taken by the Cops to this secluded spot and shot!! I don't trust one bit the Video recordings our Media dishes out .... baised and besotted with TRP!!
M: And I'm sure the family of the guard …who were preparing for a marriage…. must be happy that these 8 have been killed!!!
U: And then there is precedence of criminals escaping in the past too from this very jail …. and some in this group had escaped from another jail too!!!
M: Buss the Pseudo lot and Award Wapsi gang are up in arms….. arre they are such fools … if they face a problem the first thing they do…Police ne bolavo…… the same Police that they decry!!!
U: How was your Diwali Deekra???
M: Good Uncle ….. this time the celebrations seemed low key…. both the gifts and cracker markets are complaining…..
U: See during Christmas lacs of trees are cut down…. during Eid scores of animals are killed…. everyday Cars and Trucks infuse huge amounts of pollutants into the air….. but our Pseudo lot has to make a hue and cry on 10 hours of cracker bursting spread over two days!!!! But having said this I am all for those Indians who rather than spending money on crackers and gifts sent it to the Families of the Uri Martyrs. And also I am happy that India showed Made in China Products the door!!
M: Uncle I remember you used to be a ardent supporter of Congress…. but over the years I note you have developed a hatred for Congress ….. if I'm not being intrusive … can I ask why !! I've always wanted to ask you this question !!
U: Arre …. secret nathi che…..initially my Parsi Genes made me a fan of Gandhis…. but post 1984 Genocide it all changed!!! I recall your state during that period…. my heart used to cry for you. I used to think can Humans be so cruel!!!! Gandhis and Congress fell in my eyes…. and now I rejoice at Congress's pathetic condition!!! Fate has forced them to self create this fall...both for Gandhis and Congress!!
M: I always remember you gave me a shoulder to cry on in those days…. I can never forget how you placed your hand on my back!!! It was such a emotional and poignant moment for me.... now what pains me is the injustice ... Gujarat Riot cases there is Justice ...1984 Genocide ...0 Justice ...the perpetrators seem to be beyond reach of law!!
U: (pointing upwards) HE is Just ...don't worry Justice will be given...my God its getting late....how's your Doggy Napoleon the Boxer????
M: Fine the Mutt is incorrigible … but lovable!! How is your Doggy… Hulk!!!
U: Fit-o-fit….. he's developed a new trait …. say Congress and he gets into attack mode!!!!
M: Uncle nowadays that is the case with majority of Indians too!!!

As is usual Uncle does not let me pay the Bill and as we are about to part ways … I get that heartwarming pat on my back.

Disclaimer: Satire. Not meant to influence or inform. Do not draw any conclusions . Information garnered from MSM... SM and Blog


VJS

BUREAUCRACY

GoI willing to hire more candidates from private sector?
The Government of India is whispered to be hammering out a proposal paving the ways for the private sector candidates to ascend the board level posts in various Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs). The move can deprive Govt PSUs officers of board level postings?.

Sushil Chandra joins as Chairman, CBDT
Sushil Chandra has taken over as the Chairman, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). Chandra, who belongs to a 1980 batch IRS-IT officer, succeeded Ms Rani A Nair superannuated on October 31, 2016.
(We said this on September 14 )

DGCA gets one month extension
Acting DGCA B S Bhullar has been given one months extension. He is 1986 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

P K Pujari is also Secretary, New and Renewable Energy
Pradeep K Pujari has been given an additional charge of the post of Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

G L K Rao is also Secretary, Persons with Disabilities
Mrs G Latha Krishna Rao has been given an additional charge of the post of Secretary, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities. She is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Sanjiv Arora appointed Ambassador to Lebanon
Sanjiv Arora has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Lebanon. He is a 1984 batch IFS officer.

Rajesh Malik appointed as Director, Agriculture
Rajesh Malik has been deputed as Director in the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare in Government of India. He is a 1993 batch IRSME officer.

G S P Das goes on inter cadre deputation to Andhra Pradesh
G S Panda Das has gone on inter cadre deputation from Telangana to Andhra Pradesh cadre. He is a 2006 batch IAS officer of Telangana cadre.

10 High Court Judges this week?
As many as 10 High Court Judges are likely to be appointed in a week or two.

Over seven dozen applicants for Dy Governor
Over seven dozen candidates have applied for the post of Deputy Governor Reserve Bank of India (RBI). One post is presently vacant.

Foreign Service Institute headless
The post of Dean, Foreign Service Institute has been lying vacant since incumbent Amarendra Khatua joined as DG, ICCR in September. The FSI which is an autonomous training institute under MEA has become headless now with the vacancy of this Secretary level post.

GoI yet to advertise CMD's post in RECL
The Government of India is yet to advertise the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Rural Electrification Corporation Limited (RECL) vacated by incumbent Rajeev Sharma.

Saptarshi Roy takes over as Director (HR ) NTPC
Saptarshi Roy, Regional Executive Director, NTPC, has taken over as Director (Human Resources), National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Limited.
(We said this on March 21, 2016)

Shenoy joins as Director (Ref), HPCL
Vinod Sadanand Shenoy, GM, HPCL, has taken over the charge as Director (Refineries), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL).
(We said this on April 5, 2016)

Jeyakrishnan joins as Director (Mktg), HPCL
S Jeyakrishnan, ED, HPCL, has assumed the charge as Director (Marketing), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL).
(We said on March 28, 2016)

Rathore likely to succeed Malik as Director (Tech), RITES Ltd
Mukesh Rathore, ED (QA), RITES, is expected to take over the charge as Director (Technical), RITES Limited on December 1, 2016. The tenure of present incumbent S B Malik is coming to an end on November 30 this year.

Lt Gen Sandhu takes over as Commander of Chinar Corps
Lt Gen JS Sandhu has taken over the charge of Commander of the Army`s Srinagar-headquartered Chinar Corps.

IPS officer is new Registrar, Jamia
Himachal Pradesh cadre 1991 batch IPS officer A P Siddiqui has taken over as Registrar of Jamia Millia Islamia for a period of five years on deputation.
( We said this on October 5 )

Vice Admiral Sarma is new DGNP
Vice Admiral S R Sarma has taken over as Director General Naval Project (DGNP) from Vice Admiral D.M. Deshpande .

20 IRAS officers promoted to Senior Administrative Grade
As many as 20 officers belonging to Indian Railway Account Service (IRAS) have been promoted to Senior Administrative Grade. The officers include: Tarika Roy, K B Subrahmanyam, Bandana Sharma, Muktesh Mittal, Amitesh Kumar Sinha, Muddit Mittal, Sudeshna Sen, Sanjeev Kumar, G V Rama Devi, Rupanagudi Ananth, Sudhir Kumar, Pranav Kumar Mallick, B Mugunthan, Prashant Nikam Nanasaheb, Rakesh Kumar, Sundeep Pal, Giriraj Kumar Meena, Amitabh Ramesh Gupta, Pramod Kumar Maheshwari and R Manjunatha Rao.

Six IRTS promoted to Higher Administrative Grade
As many as six IRTS officers have been promoted Higher Administrative Grade (HAG). The officers: B P Swain, T R Boaz, P Ganeshwara Rao, Basu Deo Roy, Manoj Seth and A K Biswas.

Three IRSE officers promoted to Senior Administrative Grade
Three IRSE officers have been promoted to the Senior Administrative Grade (SAG). They are: Rajesh Kumar Mishra, Himanshu Goswami and Shailendra Prasad.

Three IRSME officers transferred
Three IRSME officers have been transferred. Accordingly, K Karuppiah has been transferred to RWF, Bengaluru while S Pazhanichamy was posted to RWP, Bela and A K tripathi is shifted to MCF, Rae Bareli.

Two IRTS officers shifted
Two IRTS officers have been transferred. Accordingly, Shyam Sunder Gupta has been transferred to Western Railway and Manjit Singh was shifted to Central Railway.

Vinod Kushwah promoted to Chief Commissioner of Customs grade
Vinod Kumar Singh Kushwah has been promoted to the grade of Chief Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise.

Anjum Parvez deputed as OSD, NHSRCL
Anjum Parvez has been deputed as Officer on Special Duty (OSD), National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) for a period of five years. He is an IRSE officer.

MD Trifed ,Balaprasad suspended ! (UPDATED)
Balaprasad, MD , Trifed , has been suspended on charges of alleged negligence. A 1983 batch Indian Forest Service (IFS) of MN cadre had joined the tribal affairs ministry In February this year.

Reshuffle of IAS officers in Himachal Pradesh (UPDATED)
As many as nine IAS officers have been transferred and posted to different places in Himachal Pradesh. Accordingly, Rakesh Kumar Prajapati has been appointed as Additional Deputy Commissioner-cum-Project Director, DRDA, Shimla while Dr Ms Richa Verma was made Additional Deputy Commissioner, DRDA, Kangra and Harikesh Meena is posted as Additoinal Deputy Commissioner, DRDA, Mandi. Similarly, Hem Raj Bairwa has been appointed as SDO, Civil Manali, Kullu; Ms Kritika Kulhari as SDO, Civil, Nahal, Sirmaur; Abid Hussain Sadiq as SDO, Civil Nurupur, Kangra; Dr Nipun Jindal as SDO, Civil, Rampur district Shimla; Arindam Chaudhary as SDO, Civil, Hamirpur and Ashutosh Garg was posted as SDO, Civil Nalagarh, District Solan.

10 IFS officers promoted to Joint Secretary level (UPDATED)
As many as 10 officers belonging to Indian Foreign Service (IFS) of 1999 batch have been promoted to Grade-III (Joint Secretary Rank). They are: R Gaurav Shresth, Rahul Shrivastava, Gourangal Das, Anurag Shrivastava, Mahaveer C Singhvi, Madhumita Hazarika Bhagat, R Ravindra, Ravindra Prasad Jaiswal, Jitendra Kumar Sharma and Ashutosh K Agrawal.

14 IDAS officers promoted to Senior Administrative Grade (UPDATED)
The following Indian Defence Accounts Service (IDAS) officers have been promoted to the Senior Administrative Grade (SAG). They are: Ms Gurpreet Kaur, Dr Shivali Malhotra Chouhan, Swaranshree Rao Rajashekhar, Neeraj Kumar Gayagi, S Raj Betham, T K Jajoria, Dilip Kumar, Pushkal Upadhyay and Manish Tripathi, Harihar Mishra, Anjali Ellis Shanker, Sanjay Varma, Sudhir RN and USP Kushwaha.

Vigilance Awareness Week observed in Central Warehousing Corporation (UPDATED)
Vigilance Awareness Week is being celebrated in Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC), Corporate Office from October 31 onwards with the theme "Public participation in promoting Integrity and eradicating Corruption". The observance of the week started with a pledge by all the officers/employees of the Corporation. A booklet titled Vigilance-An Overview (16th issue) has also been released by Sh. Harpreet Singh , MD,CWC in the presence of Sh. V. R. Gupta ,Director(Fin.), Sh. J.S. Kaushal, Director (Pers.) and Sh. S. S. Badhawan,IFS, CVO.

Two IAS officers shifted in MP (UPDATED)
Ajay Kumar Sharma has been appointed as Collector, Anuppur while Alok Kumar Singh was made Regional Manager, Civil Supplies Corporation, Indore in Madhya Pradesh.

Orders of R G Rao for MD, HNL issued (UPDATED)
The orders of Rokkam Gopala Rao, Director (Finance), IL lien with RINL, for the post of Managing Director, Hindustan Newsprint Limited (HNL) have been issued by the Government of India.

CORPORATE

Prashant Kumar takes over new charge in SBI
Prashant Kumar, Deputy MD and Chief Operating Officer, National Banking Group in State Bank of India, Mumbai has concurrently taken over the charge of Deputy MD and Corporate Development Officer in Corporate Centre on Tuesday.

Arnab Goswami quits as Editor-in-Chief of Times Now?
There are news reports that Arnab Goswami has quit as Editor-in-Chief of Times Now.

Jaitely quits as Head of Twitter India
Rishi Jaitely has resigned as Head of Twitter India.

Sharan offered addl. charge as CIL's Director (Technical)
Shekhar Sharan, Chairman and Managing Director of CMPDIL has been given additional charge as Director (Technical) of Coal India Limited.

Chaudhary ceases to be ED of NBCC (India) Ltd
S K Chaudhary has ceased to be Executive Director of NBCC (India) Ltd following him joining as Chairman and Managing Director, of IRCON International Limited

Kumar resigns as Non Exec. Director of Tata Chemicals Ltd
Dr Nirmalya Kumar has resigned as Non Executive Director of Tata Chemicals Limited.

Banerjee ceases to be Independent Director of Rallis India Ltd
B D Banerjee has ceased to be Independent, Non-Executive Director of Rallis India Limited.

Sapra resigns as MD of Jagatjit Industries Ltd
Narender Sapra has resigned as Managing Director of Jagatjit Industries Ltd.

Raman resigns as Independent Director of Sundaram Finance Ltd
Aroon Raman has resigned as Independent Director of Sundaram Finance Limited due to personal reasons.

Alagappan appointed as Addl. Director of Lakshmi Machine Works Ltd.
Lakshmi Machine Works Limited has appointed Arun Alagappan as Additional Director of the company.

Rajan resigns as Non Exec. Director of Indian Hotels Company Ltd
Dr N S Rajan has resigned as a Non-Executive Director of Indian Hotels Company Ltd.

Ms Shinde appointed as Addl. Director of Kingfa Science & Technology (India) Ltd
Kingfa Science & Technology (India) Ltd has appointed Ms Nilima Ramrao Shinde as an Additional Director of the company.

Subramanyam resigns as Whole-time Director of Bambino Agro Industries Ltd
M Subramanyam has resigned as Whole-time Director of Bambino Agro Industries Ltd.

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Don't bear grudge against each other over services

It is a welcome move to include views of people on Whispers , but one should not deviate from the prime purpose of your website, that is to present facts , be informative regarding current happenings in bureaucratic circles etc. Recently came across a hate mail regarding IP&TAFS in your website by some Harish , it is a pure hate mail , written out of personal vendetta , jealousies and frustration , which even a novice can make out. I sincerely hope in future such personal vendetta against any service is avoided and such persons are discouraged , hope your editorial team will take cognizance in future , and your website does not fall into the trap of a selfish few. Also a brief overview of service given below , the officers are performing exceptionally well in the assignments given to them by government of India and also collect largest non tax revenue for the government , hope the haters also indulge into some responsible and productive / constructive work , all the very best to them, also your website is a very responsible website , kindly scan your articles /views/information for its authenticity. Before they become public and can cause undue harm to people/organizations. Indian Posts & Telecommunications Accounts and Finance Service Group 'A" was constituted in 1972 and caters to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and the Department of Posts (DoP). In Department of Telecommunications, the IP&TAFS performs the functions of assessment and collection of license fee/ spectrum usage charges, spectrum auction, USO scheme monitoring and subsidy management, exchequer control, budgeting, accounting, pension disbursement, internal audit and finance advice. In the Department of Posts, the IP&TAFS is entrusted with the functions of finance advice, budgeting, tariff and costing, accounting and internal audit. There has been a paradigm shift in the role of Department of Telecommunications as well as the Department of Posts in recent years. In the Telecom sector, the role of the Department of Telecommunications has transformed from primarily being a Service provider, Regulator and Policy maker into the present structure whereby the Department is primarily responsible for Policy making, Licensing and Universal Service Obligation. Receipts from Department of Telecommunications, primarily License Fee, Spectrum Usage Charges and Spectrum Auction Value constitute one of the largest source of non-tax revenue for the Government of India.

Aprajita

Uniform treatment to all Services is hallmark of Good governance

DOP&T's decision (TOI, Oct 20 ) revoking suspension of a Joint Secy ( IAS, AP- 93 ) in MHA , placing him under 'compulsory wait', is discriminatory, unjust, unfair and legally untenable. Two Deputy Secretaries and one Section officer are still under suspension. Their fault : Juniors belonging to 'inferior services'. The favouritism shown to top officer of elite Service, weakens the Prosecution's case in the court. All officers should be treated at par for offences impinging on national security under doctrine of 'collective responsibility'. Interceding in favour of the accused under pressure from 15 Joint Secretaries of MHA, is bad in law. The group used hyperboles like "suspension was demoralizing" and "harsh on the honest IAS officer" besides standing surety for officer's "integrity and hard work". Was this justified when investigations were and are reportedly still underway. Who authorized the group of 15 joint secretaries to issue a clean chit to the accused? Gross interference in administration of justice? A clear misconduct. No wonder, if, Joint Secretary's name is deleted from list of the accused. Is the group of 15 not liable for prosecution under IPC and the Conduct Rules for influencing the inquiry? Can one expect just and fair investigation? Due diligence was not carried out by the FCRA division headed by the re-instated Joint Secy before renewing licence of the NGO ( IRF-Islamic Research Foundation ) headed by someone masquerading as a preacher. No transparency, no accountability. The Government will have lot to explain to Parliament in the coming winter session.

A K Saxena ( a retired civil service)

IIMs running without Directors

20 IIMs are without any Directors. IITs and NITs are no better. Their lot is now comparable to colleges run by 'Netas' of all hues. Somehow nothing seems to change in this country. Cosmetic changes are ruining the country. There were a lot of expectations from the NDA govt but very disappointingly it has succumbed to the bureaucracy which has successfully manipulated the 7th pay commission recommendation to suit its purpose.

ARC Kumar

Commendable action of PM

Utilizing the services of clerical staff and vehicles of CPO's by MHA Officers has been going on for long. Unfortunately no HM or PM has been able to stop it! It is time PM Modi acts and stops this practice.

S Gopal

Services of staff attached to MHA officers

How many of these are attached to the IPS officers working in the Ministry and what is corresponding figure for constabulary working for IPS officers in the CPOs which fortunately they want to leave?

Amitabh Agarwal

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