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Whether Socrates or Ashoka or Julius Caesar would approve of these new methods or disapprove of them, there is no doubt that they would find them radically different from the methods prevailing in their own times.

"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

Mohanty to join Odisha politics ?

Will Girdhari Mohanty, retired IIS officer and ex- DG, AIR, News, join active politics in Odisha ? Assembly elections are due in Odisha next year.

Pass ho gaye .... flying colour mein..

I meet my train Buddies again today....and we start discussing the hottest topic of the day... Budget..

Amar: For the first time a Budget has addressed improvement of quality of life ...health ... education ... infra.....Clean India ...LPG for BPL..Housing ... Infra..

Antony: Every year 12 lac new job seekers ...Jaitley's not addressed this..

Me: Jaitley's funda abs clear. .. no giving fish in dole. ..give fishing rod..net...bait and teach how to fish. ..Skill Indian. . Entrapruenership..Make in India ...Transport ...even BPL LPG will generate jobs ..and the big one Infra..

Akbar: Nothing for the poor..what about Dalits... Minorities ...

Amar: Kya huaa as he announced the Budget did you go to sleep... arre it's a pro poor Budget.... max focus is on rural sector... jaago Akbar Bhai...now its Sabh ka Vikaas ...appeasement ke dinn gaye re Bhaiya...

Antony: 3.9% Deficit is not achievable ...they have to cater for OROP and for 7th Pay Commission...

Me: So now you realize where the huge savings in the Oil Sector have been going....of course Global factors cannot be ignored ... it goes with the territory. .. though I would say would be better if a band was given for both Growth and Deficit.... but this Government is not like the UPA Government that in its mindless appeasement saddled India with a Deficit touching 6%..

Antony: This is a Cess Government. ..

Amar: Arre you want him to spend on rural sector ....from where will he get the recourses ..

Akbar: Industry is unhappy...

Me: Tell me who is responsible for Production levels.... did they take Government's okay for increasing Production infra .. they saw a rise in the market and hiked production.. prudent way would have been to take a long term view...so now there is a capacity overhang ...

Antony: They are not able to get Black Money from overseas and here Government keeps on coming up with Disclosure schemes..

Amar: Yes the Black Money lot were a step ahead ... they've taken protective measures ... shifted money ... vaults etc. It'll take time to get to them. But the 4 Disclosure schemes are a way of netting revenue without lengthy Court Cases .... and then before adopting stringent measures it's judicious to give a ... come clean opportunity. ..then the Benami transaction Bill... and Government in its calculations has not factored in ammount coming from Disclosure...

Antony: How would you describe this Budget in short. .

Me: Took from Rich... took nothing from Middle class ..and gave to poor ....like took from US ... kept Malaysia cacooned and gave to Bangladesh...Global Village example...

Akbar: Jaitley said ... his Budget stands on 9 pillars ..

Me: 9 pillars and didn't you notice post Budget he flaunted a Lathi....

Antony: I didn't see a Lathi..

Me: Notional Lathi...which Rahul used to keep hitting this Government with Suit Boot barb...Rahul was so disappointed on losing the Lathi that he walked away post the Budget without saying a word....

Ps: PPF


VJS

BUREAUCRACY

Anil Kumar to be new DG RPF ?
Latest grapevine has it that Anil Kumar is being appointed new DG of the Railway Protection Force (RPF). He is 1982 batch IPS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Recommendation of HC CJs not forwarded to Government ?
According to insiders recommendation of transfers of the Chief Justices of Delhi, Madras and Allahabad High Courts by the Collegium have not been forwarded to the Government of India.

K Chaudhary selected as CMD, IRCON Ltd
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.

S M Vijayanand is also Secretary, Rural Development
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
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.

Govt could not appoint new DG, RPF
R R Verma has retired as DG, RPF on Feb 29. He was a Bihar cadre 1978 batch IPS officer. Govt could not appoint new DG, RPF.

Cairae is CVC, Assam
Harsh Mahan Cairae has been appointed Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC), Assam . A 1978 batch Assam - Meghalaya cadre IAS officer Cairae will take oath of office on March 3.He will be the first CVC of Assam and his tenure would be four years.

Appointment of Hitesh Khanna as CMD, KRCL in doldrums ?
It's widely whispered that the panel of Hitesh Khanna, Director (Works), IRCON, made on June 17, 2015 for the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Konkan Railway Corporation Limited (KRCL) is being scrapped by the Railway Ministry. The Ministry is whispered to be considering the panel of second runner up at PESB meeting. The post has been lying vacant since January 1, 2016.

Why appointment of Bhattacharyya as CMD, HPCL held up ?
Why is appointment of S N Bhattacharyya, Director (Operations), HPC, as Chairman and Managing Director, Hindustan Paper Corporation Limited (HPCL) held up as the post has been lying vacant since August 1, 2015?

Yogendra Garg appointed Member (Fin), LPAI
Yogendra Garg, Additional Director General, Central Excise Intelligence, 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 1990 batch IRS-C&CE officer.

7 IDAS officers of 1994 batch empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
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.

Pilferage of salt brine causes heavy losses to Govt's PSU in Rajasthan
Sambhar Salts Limited (SSL), a subsidiary of Hindustan Salts Limited (HSL) is a Government of India enterprise under Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, New Delhi, which has about 90 sq. miles of salt production source including Sambhar Lake area spread over in three Districts i.e., Jaipur, Ajmer and Naguar in Rajasthan, is incurring losses of over 1000 crore salt brine with more than 5000 unauthorized bore wells have been dug using illegal laying of electrical cables and motors and pipelines for taking away the lake brine by the local entrepreneurs. It causes great loss not only to SSL but also to the government exchequer more than Rs. 300 crores annually and thousands of crores from past few years till date.

Sharma is new BSF' DG
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 )

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

Justice Dattu takes over as Chairman of NHRC
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 )

4 IDAS officers of 1995 batch empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
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.

Manekar is new DG, NCSM
A S Manekar has succeeded Rautela as DG NCSM. He will remain DG till he retires on September 30, 2017.

Why Suresh's file is held up ?
Premier institute IIMC is still headless. Interview for the post of DG, IIMC were held in November and it is said that K G Suresh was ahead in the race. If sources are to be believed DG,IIMC appointment case is still pending at the highest level. Presently Suresh is Consultant in Prasar Bharti.

5 names of IIS officers cleared for promotion ?
If sources are to be believed, ACC has given clearance to five IIS officers for the promotion of ADG of different cadres . They are Messrs - Rajesh Malhotra, Vasudha Gupta, and Manish Desai, E. Mariyappan and Bhupendra Kainthola.

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

Justice Shakdher to move Madras High Court
Delhi High Court Judge Rajiv Shakdher has been moved to the Madras High Court.

Name of Vijay Shukla recommended for Judge of MP HC ?
Name of Jabalpur Lawyer Vijay Shukla is believed to have been recommended for the post of High Court in Madhya Pradesh.

Praven Karanth appointed Deputy Secretary, Space, Bangalore
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 Director, DIPP
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 Director, Economic Affairs
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 Director, Agriculture Research & Education
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.

Yemen Cell to look after functions of Camp office in Djibouti
A Yemen Cell has been constituted within the Gulf Division in the Ministry which will look after the functions of Camp Office in Djibouti.

A K Mohanty appointed Deputy Inspector of Forests, Environment, Forest
Anjan Kumar Mohanty has been appointed as Deputy Inspector of Forest, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. He is a 1992 batch IFS officer of Sikkim cadre.

Radhakrishnan to be Chairman, Innovation Council in Kerala
L Radhakrishnan is being appointed Chairman of the state innovation council in Kerala. He is former 1984 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

Naik appointed Regional Director, Forest Survey of India, Kolkata
Ajaya Kumar Naik has been appointed as Regional Director, Forest Survey of India, Kolkata with effect from February 5, 2016. He is a 1989 batch IFS officer of AP cadre.

Mrs Nidhi Sharma appointed Addl CIT in PrCCIT office, Delhi
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, Mrs Nidhi Sharma has been appointed as Additional Commissioner of Income Tax in the office of Principal CCIT, Delhi.

Asheesh Singh to move to Ujjain for Simhasth
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.

Atul Kumar Jain joins as Chief of Staff, Eastern Naval Command
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
Vice Admiral HCS Bisht, AVSM, has taken over the charge as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command.

Baijendra Kumar is back to Chhattisgarh (UPDATED)
Baijendra Kumar ACS is back to Chhattisgarh after availing five months leave. He is a 1985 batch IAS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre.

B R Reddy takes over as CMD, SECL(UPDATED)
B R Reddy, Director (Technical), ECL, has taken over the charge as Chairman and Managing Director of South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL).
(We said this on July 16, 215)

Santosh Sharma joins as Director (Ope), HCL (UPDATED)
Santosh Sharma, GM, HCL, has assumed the charge as Director (Operations), Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL).
(We said this on Sept 29, 2015)

V K Singh takes charge as Director (Tech), NEEPCO (UPDATED)
V K Singh, GM, NHPC, has joined as Director (Tech), North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (NEEPCO).
(We said this on Aug 25, 2015)

Ramesh Srinivasan joins as Director (Mktg), BPCL (UPDATED)
Ramesh Srinivasan, ED, BPCL, has taken over the charge as Director (Marketing), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL).
(We said this on Aug 28, 2015)

Muralidhara joins as Director (DB), BEML Ltd (UPDATED)
R H Muralidhara, CGM, BEML Ltd, has taken over the charge as Director (Defence Business), BEML Limited.

BSE MD & CEO Ashishkumar Chauhan reacts to Union Budget (UPDATED)
MD & CEO, BSE Ashishkumar Chauhan has expressed his views on the Union budget -2016 presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the Lok Sabha.
5% to 15% BSE welcomes the proposal to increase the stake a foreign exchange can hold in an Indian exchange from 5% to 15% to bring it on par with Indian entities. This is expected to improve the functioning of Indian stock exchanges and bring them on par with the best exchanges in the world. This will also help attract more investments in India by creating stronger links with the best foreign exchanges. STT This is a move in the right direction. However, the minor increase of STT on option premium from 0.017% to 0.05% is not expected to move the balance away from derivatives in India to the underlying equity market. Therefore, the current structure of the market should remain intact going forward.

Cadre of Mrs Nidhi Gupta transferred to UP (UPDATED)
The cadre of Mrs Nidhi Gupta has been transferred from Haryana to Uttar Pradesh on the grounds of marriage to Anurag Vats, an IPS officer of 2013 batch of UP cadre. Mrs Gupta is a 2015 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

Ms Anita Praveen continues as CEO, PSFT till May 10 (UPDATED)
Ms Anita Praveen, Joint Secretary, Department of Commerce, will continue holding an additional charge of Chief Executive Officer, Price Stabilization Fund Trust (PSFT) till May 10, 2016. He is a 1989 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Ajay Singh is also CCIT, Ludhiana (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, Ajay Singh, CCIT, Amritsar, has been assigned an additional charge of CCIT, Ludhiana.

Rajit Punhani gets HAG in Bihar (UPDATED)
Rajit Punhani presently Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in Government of India has been accorded proforma promotion to Higher Administrative Grade (HAG) in Bihar. He is a 1991 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Avneesh Verma gets posting to RDSO, Lucknow (UPDATED)
Upon premature repatriation from Nagpur Metro Rail Corporation Limited, Avneesh Verma has been posted to RDSO, Lucknow. He is an IRSE officer.

Ankit Kumar Garg deputed as SP, NIA (UPDATED)
Ankit Kumar Garg has been deputed as Superintendent of Police in National Investigation Agency (NIA) for a period of four years. He is a 2004 batch IPS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre.

R K Sabharwal selected as Director (Comm), EIL (UPDATED)
R K Sabharwal, ED, EIL, has been selected for the post of Director (Commercial), Engineers India Limited (EIL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on March 1, 2016. As many as 15 persons were interviewed for the same.

IIS officer, Shahid Anwar dies (UPDATED)
Indian Information Service officer and Drama artist, Shahid Anwar has passed away in New Delhi. He was 54 and ailing for some time.

A K Jain to continue as MD Rajasthan Electronics & Instruments till 2020 (UPDATED)
A K Jain will serve as Managing Director, Rajasthan Electronics & Instruments Limited till March 31, 2020 after his term was approved for the second time from March 1, 2016. He had joined as MD of this PSU on March 1, 2011.

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

Chand is new President of AAI
CMD of Nalco T K Chand has been unanimously elected as the president of the Aluminium Association of India (AAI).

Prasad re-appointed as Member Secretary, AP Pollution Control Board
B S S Prasad has been re-appointed as Member Secretary, AP Pollution Control Board in Andhra Pradesh for a period of two years with effect from March 1, 2016 after his retirement on February 29, 2016. He is a 1983 batch IFS officer of AP cadre.

77 lakhs gave up LPG subsidy
In the less than two years more than 77 lakhs consumers have given up their subsidy on LPG.

Sethi ceases to be Director of Central Bank of India
Krishan Sethi has ceased to be the Director of Central Bank of India

Jain appointed Chairman of Jain Irrigation Systems Limited
Jain Irrigation Systems Limited has appointed Ashok B Jain who is Vice Chairman of the company as the Chairman of the company.

Jain appointed CS of Xchanging Solutions Ltd
Xchanging Solutions Limited has appointed Mayank Jain as Company Secretary of the company.

Kishore resigns as ED of Ess Dee Aluminium Ltd
Kanwal Kishore has resigned as Executive Director of Ess Dee Aluminium Ltd

Garg resigns as COO of Grauer & Weil India Ltd
Neeraj Garg has resigned as Chief Operating Officer of Grauer & Weil India Ltd

Gupta appointed Non Exec. Director of Prism Informatics Ltd
Prism Informatics Ltd has appointed Venkatesh Gupta as a Non-Executive Director of company

Gupta resigns as Independent Director of Prism Informatics Ltd
Ms Ranjana Gupta has resigned as Independent Director of Prism Informatics Ltd

Marfatia ceases to be Whole-Time Director of Abbott India Ltd
Kaiyomarz Marfatia has ceased to be a Whole-Time Director of Abbott India Ltd

Jassal resigns as CFO of P B Films Ltd
Tarsem Singh Jassal has resigned as Chief Financial Officer of P B Films Ltd

Valentin resigns as Director of Sunshield Chemicals Ltd
Pierre Franck Valentin has resigned as Director of Sunshield Chemicals Ltd

(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)

Are IPS officers getting a raw deal ?

Are IPS officers getting a raw deal in Government of India at the hands of the IAS? Most probably, the higher ups have deliberately been kept in the dark by the lower bureaucracy. For example, the toppers of the 1997 batch of the Civil Services Examination 1996, Binod Kumar(All India Rank 4) and Neelesh Kumar (All India Rank 7), who opted for the IPS ahead of the IAS since they wanted to serve their motherland in uniform, are still to be considered for empanelment as Joint Secretaries to the Government of India, though their batchmates with lower rank, who opted for the IAS have already been posted as Joint Secretaries to the Government of India (so have officers with far lower ranks who opted for the Indian Foreign Service). Why can all equally placed Services of a particular batch of the Civil Services Examination, recruited through the same Civil Services Examination in the same pay scale, not be empanelled together? Why do they have to be placed to be years junior to their juniors, who were selected later? Someone not selected in the 1996 examination, 1997 batch, and selected in the subsequent years, say, 1998 or even 1999, becomes senior to someone ranked in the top 10 in the 1996 examination! Merely because he wanted to serve the country in uniform. Till when will this injustice last? Till when will the hegemony of the IAS continue to wreak havoc on sister services? The only hope for the country is the great visionary Mr Modi, who will definitely do justice to the Services.

Raghav Chari

Other media players will have to be competitive

I have seen work of Supriya Sahu in MOIB for 5 years as asset for taking the visual media DD in the right direction and other media players will have to be competitive with government media for awareness among the people of India

Harish Chandet

Consider with all seriousness

Sudanshu's view should be considered with all seriousness. When no corruption surfaces in any govt. organisation does not mean that all is well. The government should invite inputs from the employees whose particulars would be kept confidential or if they do not want to disclose their identity, it should also be accepted. The worst part of the fact that the petition submitted against a senior officer by a subordinate official is sent to the accused for his comments. Now, fearing for lives, people do not come forward to highlight corruption going on everywhere. Irregularities in appointment was quite common during the past several decades with forged documents. Now it is upto the present govt. to constitute an inter-departmental committee to verify the certificates and punish the guilty.

Sivakumar

What type of enmity ?

Surveyor General of India has been send on leave for more then 10 months .10 months over now . Reason not known to anyone but getting full pay. One dummy Surveyor General is sitting in Survey of India . What type of enmity not known ?

S K Das

Transparency in PESB, UPSC, PSU's

I was reading the views of PESB transience and finally Sudhanshu Bhattacharya accepted the facts. I know there is no transpency. Some oragnisation like Maharatna PSU like steel misinterpreted transparency in performance appraisal system being a retired employee of this PSU, i suffered. I got A, A, O suddenly I have B and before retirement C. There is casteism, regionalism and those who have got punishment from vigilance got faster promotions. I know People have forged age certificates and qualifications reaching TOP. I agree with Bhattacharya, that system was corrupt for so many years, but one thing is there it is possible to purge. There are methods.

Venki

Congratulations !

Forest Scientist Association congratulate Shri Saibal Dasgupta, IFS for his appointment as DG, FSI.

Chairman

Selfless service of society

The Punjab government have, a few months back, celebrated 350th foundation day of holy Sri Anandpur Sahib city on a grand scale. Many saintly persons have devoted their entire lives to serve the humanity in general and the residents of Anandpur Sahib and nearby areas in particular .I have had the opportunity to very closely see the very scenic and difficult areas of Anandpur Sahib sub-division from 1988 to 1990.In the May of 1988,i had to visit the village Chandpur Bela after crossing two creeks of river Sutlej.On one big creek, where water flowed round the year Sant Labh singh ji had already constructed one bridge for the convenience of the residents of the village. I was tremendously impressed by the humility and grace of Sant ji ,when I met him later on. Those who have not lived in that area must know that about 40 big villages have been existing in the bed of river Sutluj for more than two centuries in spite of the fact that Bhakra and Nangal dams came into being in the ninety sixties and Sutluj was not tamed then. Upto Ropar, only near Kahlawan and Srai the river formed Pattan, otherwise it flowed in several creeks. One can well imagine the hard life the sturdy people living there led. Connecting people of other such areas by building 6 bridges with the help of people is not less than a Herculean task. Not only, Sant ji has built bridges but he has also done great work in spreading the education in the poor and backward Anandpur Sahib area. In 1988, the Punjab saw the worst floods, and Anandpur Sahib was amongst the first place to be affected. The bridge built by Sant ji was badly damaged. Not only, he spent day and night in rescue and rehabilitation process of the flood victims, but also constructed the damaged bridge in record time. In my college days ,my friend Iqbal of Village Marhana in Amritsar, whose elder brothers had a big transport business in Maharashtra, used to tell me how one Sikh saint had built bridge on river Godawari near Kopargaon in Maharashtra ,when the government had failed to build it for a long time. Then i could not imagine what a big job he had done in Maharashtra for the people. I realized it only after seeing the selfless service of Sant Labh Singh. Padma award beckons for conferment on this extra-ordinary man. Such persons are adored like demi-gods as i have personally experienced.

Surinderjit Singh Sandhu, Amritsar

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