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POLITICS

This is History (220)
Whenever there is trouble at home,a king or government clique is attracted towards military adventure abroad to distract people's mind.

Ten shortlisted for interview of CEO NIIF
From over eighty,10 candidates have been shortlisted for interviews for the post of CEO of the Rs.40,000 crore sovereign wealth fund, National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF).

CBI to issue warning?
According to sources in Vijay Mallya alleged escape case CBI is likely to issue warning to the concerning officer.

Galaa ya dimaag.....
My CA is very talkative and politically savvy ... drop in to meet him and after we finish our work we get talking over Tea and biscuits ... jam and chocolate ones....

CA: Arre this Mallya fellow ...they should send his case to the Ethics Committee and revoke his being a MP... MP cannot be a Defaulter ...and this guy is the King of Defaulters..

Me: Yes they can then revoke his Diplomatic Passport and issue him travel documents to return to India ... so that when Brit Courts ask him why are you not going back he cannot say I don't have a Passport. ..

M: Banks are behaving holier than thou now..

CA: Those were the days when instruction came from way way up for loans. .. for overlooking..for booking ...etc...I don't understand how did the Banks grant Pre Delivery Advance ... Airbus ought to refund the Advance Payment .... I hear Airbus did try to wiggle out but the sum lying with Airbus has been attached ....

M: And why are the Banks moving so slowly on recovery .... his personal assets... his planes ...cars....houses ...his real estate holdings overseas..

CA: I'm not sure about his Real Estate holdings overseas ...would in all probability be owned by Shell Companies and Mallya would be paying a pittance as rent..he's a smart businessman and he must have expected a move on his investments overseas ...and he's not going to roll over and accept ...

CA: See he's not coming back... he's entered UK with a Valid Passport and Visa so even if his Passport is cancelled he still is on solid ground as per Brit Law....

M: And now Congress is dishing out hogwash that Jaitley helped Mallya to slink away ..

CA: There was no arrest warrant and CBI going for the overkill had issued Detain Orders .. so later these orders are modified to look put and inform.... so how could they stop him...

M: Jaitley must have taken quite a few by surprise when he said... don't hide taxable income as Farm Income ...

CA: Plantations especially ... rich and famous own plantations ... some even leased for functions ...rentals are masked as Farm income ...many Farm Houses do this ...under the garb of exotic veggies..

M: And what's Owaisi's problem with Bharat Mata ji jai..

CA:He says it's idol worship..don't know how he conjured this one ..

M: Muslims often use Maadar e Wattan so let him say Maader e Wattan India Zindabad ..

CA: He'll them say got a bad throat . . ha ha ...and it'll be a circumstantial problem. .whenever he's asked to say this he'll say ... galaa kharaab...

M: Replace galaa with dimaag....

VJS

"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

BUREAUCRACY

Two are in race for next Secretary, Legal Affairs ?
If sources are to be believed, two senior women officers are said to in the race for the post of next secretary Legal Affairs. They are Dr. Reeta Vashitha and Dr. Mukulita Vijaywergia. Both officers are presently additional secretary in the Legislative Department.

1573 short of IAS officers in country
A many as 4,802 IAS officers are in working strength against authorized strength of 6,375 causing short of 1573 IAS officers.

Bihar cadre officer Sudhir quits IAS
Sudhir Kumar Rakesh has resigned from the Indian Administrative Service (IAS). Rakesh, who belongs to a 1983 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre, is presently DG, Bihar Public Administration and Rural Development Institute. He will stand retired with effect from August 31, 2016.
(We said this on Feb 26,2016)

Basant Kumar Thakur selected for Director (HR), NALCO Ltd
Basant Kumar Thakur, GM, SAIL, has been selected for the post of Director (Human Resources), NALCO Limited at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on March 15, 2016. As many as 11 persons were interviewed for the same.

Who will be new Chief Secretary of Rajasthan ?
Who will be new Chief Secretary of Rajasthan ?. Tie is said to be between 1980 batch IAS officer Anirban Mukhopadhyay and 1981 batch IAS officer Ashok Jain.

Ajit Shrivastava and Shabri Bhattasali to be CBDT Member ?
Ajit Shrivastava of 1980 batch and Shabri Bhattasali of 1981 batch would be CBDT Members on May 1 if there is a change in eligibility for being CBDT Member from being one year of service left to two years.

Mishra is IG Pers, CRPF
R K Mishra has joined as IG, Pers at CRPF hq. He is Bihar cadre 1986 batch IPS officer.

Deputation tenure of Ms Puja Jindal curtailed to join as Secretary, AERA
The deputation tenure of Ms Puja Jindal as Director, Ministry of Civil Aviation, has been curtailed after she was appointed as Secretary, Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA). She is a 1995 batch IRS-IT officer.

Dr Chandra appointed as Director, Zoological Survey
Dr Kailash Chandra has been appointed as Director, Zooloical Survey of India. He is a Scientist.

Janardhan promoted as Spl DG, Quality Assurance
J Janardhan has been promoted to the grade of Special Director General Quality Assurance in the Directorate General of Quality Assurance.

Rajesh Kumar gets premature repatriation
Rajesh Kumar, Director in the Ministry of Home Affairs, has been given a premature repatriation to his parent cadre. He is a 1994 batch ICAS officer.

U V Dasgupta gets promotion after retirement
U V Dasgupta, who retired from the service, has been promoted to the grade of Special Director General Quality Assurance in the Directorate General of Quality Assurance.

IIMC likeky to get DG
If sources are to be believed, premier institute IIMC is likely to get DG in near future.

B B Singh to succeed Tripathi as CMD, MSTC on June 1
B B Singh, Director (Commercial), MSTC, will be joining as Chairman-cum-Managing Director, MSTC on June 1, 2016. He will succeed present incumbent S K Tripathi retiring on May 31, 2016.

Five Board Members of BEL to retire in 2016
Five Members out of seven including CMD on the Board of Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) are due to retire in the year 2016. They are: S K Sharma, Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Amol Newaskar, Director (Others); M L Shanmukh, Director (Personnel); Manmohan Handa, Director and P C Jain, Director (Marketing).

6 IFS officers of 1996 batch promoted to CCF grade in MP
Six IFS officers of 1996 batch have been promoted to the grade of Chief Conservator of Forests (CCF) in Madhya Pradesh. They are: Prakash Unhale, N Kalidurai, A K Nagar, M K Pathak, M C Singhal and R P S Baghel.

Shubharanjan Sen promoted as Regional Director, Pench Tiger Reserve in MP
Shubharanjan Sen has been appointed as Regional Director, Pench Tiger Reserve, Seoni in Madhya Pradesh after promotion to the grade of Chief Conservator of Forests. He is a 1991 batch IFS officer of MP cadre.

5 IFS officers transferred in MP
Five IFS officers have been transferred and posted at different places in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, S S Rajput has been posted as APCCF and Director, Urban Development Company while S D Pateria and Ashish Kumar Verma were made CCF, NVDA. Besides, J Devaprasad has been posted to Betul and Dr Shailendra Kumar Gupta was made DCF in PCCF office, Bhopal.

Tenure of P C Pankaj as CMD, NEEPCO ending in June
The tenure of P C Pankaj as Chairman & Managing Director, North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (NEEPCO) is coming to an end on June 30, 2016. A G W Kharkongor, presently Director, Finance in the same PSU, is expected to succeed him in July, 2016.

Malhotra & Desai given seniority from 2010-11
Rajesh Malhotra and Manish V. Desai have been promoted to SAG against the vacancies of the year 2010-11. Both officers belong to 1989 IIS batch and have been promoted as ADG. Malhotra is ADG, PIB, Delhi while Desai is promoted as ADG, PIB. Mumbai.

Dr N S Dharmshaktu promoted as Special DG, Health Services
Dr N S Dharmshaktu has been promoted to the grade of Special Director General of Health Services in the Directorate of Health Services (DGHS).

Dr Ashok Kumar promoted as Special DG, Health Services
Retired medical officer, Dr Ashok Kumar has been promoted to the grade of Special Director General of Health Services in the Directorate of Health Services (DGHS).

Beeline of 1987 batch IAS officers for central deputation
There is beeline of 1987 batch IAS officers of Madhya Pradesh cadre for central deputation. Manoj Jhalani,Pravir Krishna, Rajesh Chaturvedi are already on deputation. Sanjay Singh has joined this week and his wife Ms Gauri Singh will follow suit.M Mohna Rao is already on the offer list and Ajay Tirkey may also go.Remaining two officers Manoj Srivastava and Shikha Dubey may stay back in the cadre.

NAP to improve quality of Ganga jal
The objective of the Namami Gange Programme is to improve the quality of water of river Ganga by the year 2020. The approach is to ensure that no untreated waste water enters the river. Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) monitors the quality of water at 57 monitoring stations along the river Ganga regularly. A proposal for installing 113 Real-time monitoring stations is under implementation. 36 real time monitors would be installed in the first phase.

Why post of CMD, PEC Ltd advertised amid merger process?
People are curious to know as to why the post of CMD, PEC Limited has been advertised while the Government of India is coming up with a proposal of merging PEC Ltd with other PSU.

Dharmendra Kumar relieved
Dharmendra Kumar has been relieved from Delhi Police to join his new place of posting as ADG, CISF hq Delhi. He is 1984 batch IPS officer of UT cadre.

Dangwal posted DIG, ITBP
P C Dangwal has joined as DiG, procurement at ITBP hq. He is a cadre officer of 1987 batch.

S Gopal Reddy returns to parent cadre
After repatriation from inter-cadre deputation, S Gopal Reddy has been appointed as Commandant General, Home-Guards/CD/SDRF in Jammu and Kashmir. He is a 1985 batch IPS officer of J&K cadre.

Ms Sameera Saurabh appointed Joint Director, Rural Development
Ms Sameera Saurabh has been appointed as Joint Director in the Department of Rural Development, Ministry of Rural Development. She is a 2003 batch IES officer.

Arun Kumar is now ADG, BSF
Arun Kumar has joined BSF as ADG on Tuesday. He was IG, works in CRPF and after promotion posted in BSF. He is a 1985 batch UP cadre IPS officer.

21 IIS officers reshuffled
21group -A JAG level IIS officers of various batches have been transferred to different media units . Ministry of I & B have issued orders in this regard on Tuesday.

Patil is JD, Defence Bengaluru
M.S. Patil , IIS has been promoted and posted as Joint Director, Defence, on Bengaluru.

Vijay Lakshmi goes to PIB
After promotion Vijay Lakshami has been posted as JD, PIB, Delhi

Ms Maru goes to Mumbai
Ms Anita Maru has been transferred to PIB, Mumbai as JD. Presently She is posted as Dy.Director, Publication Division, Ahmadabad.

Vaibhav posted in DD, News Delhi
Vivek Vaibhav, Dy Director D.D.News,Delhi has been promoted in the same organization as JD.

Ratnani is JD, PIB,
Kishan Ratnani is posted as JD, PIB, Delhi. He was Dy Director, PIB, Delhi.

Rajnikant promoted
M.S.Rajnikant, Dy.Director , PIB Bengaluru has been promoted and posted as JD in the same office.

Pant transferred to DAVP
K.K.Pant , Dy Director DD, News has been posted as JD, DAVP, Delhi.

Arora promoted
After promotion V.B.Arora has been posted in PIB,Delhi as JD.

Joshi transferred to NMW
Naveen Joshi has been transferred from DFP to New Media Wing (NMW), Delhi as JD.

Tyagi promoted in PIB
Ms Alkesh Tyagi has been promoted in PIB, Delhi and posted as JD.

Alam goes to Mumbai
M.Z.Alam has been transferred to RNU,AIR,Mumbai as Joint Director. Presently he is posted in PIB, Delhi.

Bhardwaj to join in Lucknow
After promotion R.K.Bhardwaj has been transferred from AIR, new Delhi to RNU,DDK, Lucknow.

Nagar promoted in Bhopal
Vinod Nagar presently posted as Dy. Director , RNU,DDK, Bhopal has been promoted as JD in the same office.

Thapaliyal posted JD, PIB, Dehradun
Prakash C. Thapaliyal will be JD, PIB, Dehradun. He was Dy. Director PIB, Dehradun.

Sharma promoted in Chandigarh
P.K.Sharma, PRO, Defence will now be JD, Defence, in Chandigarh.

M.M.Sharma is JD
MM Sharma has been posted as JD, PIB,Jullundhar

Singh is JD, AIR, Chandigarh
Jaswinder Singh , Dy DIrector , AIR, News ,, Chandigarh has been promoted as JD , AIR,News, Chandigarh.

Narain transferred to Mumbai
D.J.Narain, Director, DAVP, Delhi has been transferred to PIB, Mumbai in the same capacity.

Ms Chandra goes to Dehradun
Ms Anupama V.Chandra has been transferred to DFP, Dehradun as Director. She has been transferred from Delhi.

Saroj shunted to Jammu
R.P.Saroj , Director, News,DDK, Lucknow has been transferred to DFP, Jammu in the same capacity.

Partha Protim Bose selected as Director (Fin), Braithwaite & Co Ltd (UPDATED)
Partha Protim Bose, GM, BCL, has been selected for the post of Director (Finance), Braithwaite & Co. Limited at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on March 16, 2016. As many as seven persons were interviewed for the same.

Shiva Shankar Prasad appointed as Director, Panchayati Raj (UPDATED)
Shiva Shankar Prasad has been appointed as Director in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj. He is a 1991 batch IOFS officer.

Edwinson Swer appointed as Director, North Eastern Council (UPDATED)
Edwinson Swer has been appointed as Director in North Eastern Council Secretariat, Shillong for a period of five years. He is a 1994 batch ITS officer.

Minor reshuffle of IPS officers in UP (UPDATED)
As many as eight IPS officers have been transferred and posted at different places in Uttar Pradesh. Accordingly, R K S Rathore has been appointed as DIG, Lucknow range while Devendra Kumar Chaudhary was posted to PHQ, Lucknow and Anis Ahemad is Commandant, 34th BT,PAC, Varanasi. Besides, Umesh Kumar Singh has been appointed as SP, Hardoi; Alankrita Singh as SP, Hapud; Yogesh Singh as Commandant, 47bt, Gaziabad; Harish Kumar was shifted to PHQ, Lucknow and Pankaj Kumar was posted as SP, Unnao.

21 DIG level officers transferred in ITBP (UPDATED)
As many as 21 Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) cadre have been transferred and posted at different place. Accordingly, S S Mishra has been transferred to Bhopal while Sanjeev Raina was posted to Dehra Doon and Prem Singh is appointed to Force Headquarters. Similarly, O P Yadav has been posted to Lucknow; S K Sharma to Shillong; I S Duhan to Chandigarh; Satpal to Dehra Doon; K P Singh to Balukpong; Shyam Mehrotra to Lucknow; S B Sharma to Bhubneshwar; Nirbhay Singh to Dehra Doon; Davinder Singh to Barreilly; Ashok Kumar Negi to Bengalurul Ashok Kumar Chhari to Force Headquarters; Ajay Pal Singh to Force Headquarters; S C Mamgain to Force Headquarters; G C Upadhyay to Itanagar; Ram Mehar Singh to Chandigarh; B Sinha to Delhi; A K Gautam to Delhi and M K Singh was transferred to Srinagar.

15 Commandants transferred in ITBP (UPDATED)
As many as 15 Commandants of ITBP have transferred to different places. They are Kedar Singh Rawat, Ranbir Singh, MP Singh, Tashi Namgyal, Suresh Kumar Yadav, Anand Singh Yearsong, A K Tamta, Ravi Kumar,R S Chandel, RPS Raghuvanshi, Achal Sharma, AP Yadav, Vijay Deshwal, Sanjay Kothari and Kundan Prasad.

Ms Vani S Rao repatrited to her parent cadre (UPDATED)
Ms Vani S Rao has been repatriated to her parent cadre due to merger of Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA) with Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). She is a 1994 batch IFS officer.

CORPORATE

UDAY is a hit scheme
Within a span of one year Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana(UDAY). has become a hit scheme of NDA govt. According to official sources 9 states so far have signed MOU with the ministry of Power. UDAY programme has been launched for operational & Financial turnaround of Discoms . The other States are UP, Rajasthan , Jharkhand , Gujarat, Punjab, Haryana and Chhattisgarh.

Billa nominated as Govt. Nominee Director on TFCI Board
The Union Ministry of Tourism has nominated Suman Billa, IAS, Joint Secretary (Tourism) as Government Nominee Director of Tourism Finance Corporation of India Limited

Kori resigns as Director of Zenith Birla (India) Ltd
Harish Kori has resigned as Director of Zenith Birla (India) Limited

Kannan appointed ED ( Ops) of Vikram Solar
Narasimhachari Kannan has been appointed as Executive Director ( Operations) of Vikram Solar

Sharma resigns as CS of Tijaria Polypipes Ltd
Satish Chandra Sharma has resigned as Company Secretary of Tijaria Polypipes Limited

Shahaney resigns as Independent Director of Kirloskar Electric Company Ltd
Ram J Shahaney has resigned as Independent Director of Kirloskar Electric Company Limited

Ennis inducted in Wipro Ltd Board
Dr Patrick J Ennis has been inducted as Member of Wipro Ltd Board of Directors

Somaiya resigns as CS of Integra Garments and Textiles Ltd
Mehul Somaiya has resigned as Company Secretary of Integra Garments and Textiles Ltd

Agarwal resigns as CFO of Arcee Industries Ltd
Sanjay Kumar Agarwal has resigned as Chief Financial Officer of Arcee Industries Ltd

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It hasn't happened for the first time
The ages old maxim of governance is, "You show me the man, I shall show you the Rule". It is not for the first time that it has happened so. There have been numerous occasions when 3 officers of the same Batches have become Chairman while none could become promoted due to elasticity in the Rule depending upon the persons in power that be. 1968, 1970,1971,1973,1974 and 1978 Batches were privileged with 3 or more from these Batches to be promoted as Chairman, none from 1972 and 1977 Batches could get the prestigious opportunity sheerly due to the nepotism and opportunistic policies of the Govt in power.
Ashwani Kumar

Service matters included under the policy ?
The department of legal affairs had called in May 2015, the details of all the court cases pending in high courts and tribunals, from all the departments, ministries, Additional and Assistant Solicitor Generals and standing counsels. Many reminders were also issued. The copy of the Memorandum was especially marked to the Standing counsels of the various benches of the CAT as well as branch secretariats of Law Ministry. This amply shows that service matter are included under the policy. But the Member (P& V) of the CBEC, who looks after the service matter pertaining to the officials of the CBEC, has not even asked till date, the field formations to compile the data on behalf of the CBEC. That is in sharp contrast to the Member ( L&J) of the same CBEC, who is breathing through the neck of the officers to compile data regarding revenue cases. Perhaps the Government is dragging its feet on the issue of service matters, and it intends that the benefit of the New Litigation policy should reach only the big tax payers who help the government in election time, and not the officials who are considered adversaries of this government. But non inclusion of service matters will mark failure of the policy, since the service matters outnumber the revenue cases in the central Government.
Amit Mahajan

Utilising this website for praising their friends
Some people are utilising this website for praising their friends on their promotion or appointment to some higher post. Thus, this website is being considered by them as their personal portal. In my view, this is sheer misuse of this website. I would request Malhotra Sir either to make an appeal through this website to such people not to send such purely personal references to the website or not publish such personal references.
S C Sharma

Condolence
Extremely sad to learn about the demise of Babu Lal Yadav.
B K Mishra

World Cultural Festival not served any purpose
Much hype was created by media about World Cultural Festival held in Delhi from 11- 13 March 2016. But, in reality it had not served any purpose to the ordinary citizen of India. First, there was no proper sitting arrangement for common persons visiting the venue. Many people just came and went as there was no place for them to sit. Second, the stage was so far that the cultural program was hardly visible. There were very few TVs installed at the venue.
The whole Mega Show has left tonnes of garbage at the bank of Yamuna. It might have helped Art of Living Foundation with flowing donations but to the common persons it was just another harassment.
Raj Kumar

Govt should coordinate entire exercise
All school students and university students should be told that if you come forward and take part in the cleaning of the river Jamuna during this summer vacation, you will be given 5% extra marks. The Government should coordinate the entire exercise. You will find that the Yamuna is clean.
Nick

What a festival it was !
Many of us felt upset and angry to the damage done to Yamuna floodplain by the preparations going on massive scale for World Culture Festival of Art Of Living Foundation. But what a festival it was ! Fantastic, unparalleled of its own kind in the world. Thousands of artists from 155 countries performed and what a performance they put up. One had never seen such an event before. Only an organisation like AOL could organise such a mega event. Sri Sri Ravishankar has indeed proved himself to be so popular around the World. We must take pride in the fact that such a big show took place in our country. AOL has also promised to build a big biodiversity park on the place to restore the environment as also to help in cleaning the river. I salute Sri Sri Ravishankar after watching this great show(Of course on TV)
Arti Khosla

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