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This is History (225)
After several years of terrible strain and conflict,the revolution exhausts its energy and turns on itself and begins to eat up its own children.

Will Rahul go the Sonia way ?
Will the Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi go the Sonia way ? Party sources close to him say that there is a thinking that Rahul may not opt to be a PM, if and when his party gets enough numbers, but put someone else on the front and rule from behind the curtains like her mother.

Who will benefit from new Civil Aviation policy in the making ?
Grapevine has it that Tatas and AirAsia will be benefited from the new National Civil Aviation policy in the making. On the other hand, Jet Airways and Air India are all set to be the sufferers. The new National Civil Aviation policy in the making reportedly envisages that one who has five Air Crafts can run an international flight. The new policy will be related to the 5/20 international flying norm.

Aisa kyon....

My neighbor drops in for a Coffee.

Neighbor: Not only has Jaitley cut the interest rates of schemes like EPF ..PPF... he says he will tag the rates to market interest rates..

Me: Seems he's not bothered about the objectives of these Schemes. .. he feels the tax exemption is a windfall for investors ... how will he do this...maybe he will draw a balance between interest and tax exemption so that net effect is Market rate...

N: What saddens me .....we time and again get Lawyers to head a Ministry that should be the domain of an Economist...

M: Over the years other FMs may have been tempted too... but seems the objective of the schemes stopped them... or unpopularity ...who will explain him that EPF and PPF are more like Social Security ...in a Nation where there is no Social Security...

N: No use I feel the Lawyer in him has taken over .... and Jaitley is damn good at arguing ...and by reducing interest in these Schemes he is forcing Middle Class to turn to unproductive investments like gold ...

Me: And then when he's in a tagging mood ...fuel.. interest... how about tagging Income Tax rates too (tag with Nations that don't have Social Security) ..

M: Modi has hit the nail on the head by asking his Partymen think before they speak..
N: Yes when people get power the first disconnect that takes place is between brain and tongue ... then from reality ....

M: And what with a baised Media waiting to pounce on every word someone from BJP says ... and then precious time and energy is spent on correcting the wrong ...

N: Prevention is better than cure ...

M: Yes all of them don't have to be self appointed roaming Spokesmen ...there is a reason why Spokesmen are appointed ..

N: I also feel BJP should avoid sending Spokesmen to Channels which are out to hang BJP... because there too every word is twisted and turned ....

M: I hear Tharoor has equated Kanhiya with Bhagat Singh ..

N: One inference ...his history is pathetic ...

M: Uttrakhand going the Arunachal way...

N: Congress MLAs are rebelling ..rather than looking inwards Congress pointing fingers at BJP....and seems they forget their own past .... again the Tharoor inference ...their sense of history is also pathetic...

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

Member Traffic post in Railway Board to be scrapped?
Under restructuring process Member Traffic post in the Railway Board is likely to be scrapped. Two new posts of members - Passengers and Freight are expected to be created.

Railway Board to have Member Infrastructure ?
Railway Board is likely to have a new post, Member Infrastructure. Rly is giving priority to develop infrastructure.

Names of eight new Judges cleared for MP High Court
The President is believed to have cleared the appointment of eight new Judges for Madhya Pradesh High Court and one name is expected to be cleared in a day or two. Those cleared are reportedly include Vivek Agrawal, Anand Pathak, S Dharmadhikari, Nandita Dube, Vivek Rusia, Atul Sridharan, H P Singh, A K Joshi and J P Gupta.

Saptarshi Roy selected as Director (HR), NTPC
Saptarshi Roy, Regional Executive Director, NTPC, has been selected for the post of Director (Human Resources), National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Limited at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on March 21, 2016. As many as 11 persons were interviewed for the same.

S M Vijayanand gets premature repatriation
S M Vijayanand, Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj has been given premature repatriation to his parent cadre with effect from April 25, 2016. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

Post of Chhabilendra Roul re-designated as Additional Secretary, DARE
The post of Chhabilendra Roul has been re-designated as Additional Secretary, Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE), Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare & Secretary, Indian Council of Agricultural Research. He is a 1985 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.

Ms Raju is back to Karnataka -gets DG rank
Mrs. Neelamani Raju, who was on deputation to the IB, is back to the parant Karnataka cadre. On return 1983 batch IPS officer Ms Raju has been given DG rank.

IAS & IPS couple given one week time to choose common cadre
Two officers: P Parthiban and Ms Nisha Parthiban have been given a week time to choose a common cadre against their request after marriage. If they fail to select cadre, their application will be treated as withdrawn. 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.

Pradeep Kumar Jha goes on inter cadre deputation to Bihar
An inter cadre deputation of Pradeep Kumar Jha from Manipur to Bihar has been approved for a period of three years. He is a 2006 batch IAS officer of Manipur cadre.

16 IPS officers retiring in March
As many as 16 officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) of various cadres and batches are retiring in March 2016.

Mishra likely to go on central deputation
Deepak Mishra, a 1984 batch AGMUT cadre IPS officer is all set to go on central deputation. He is presently Spl CP in Delhi Police.

Anil Kumar likely to join central deputation at DG level
Anil Kumar is expected to join central deputation at Director General level post. He is a 1982 batch IPS officer of West Bengal cadre.

One IAS officer out of six from MP empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Only one IAS officer out of six belonging to 1998 batch from Madhya Pradesh cadre has been empanelled for Joint Secretary level posts in Government of India.

Chahal to get important assignment in Maharashtra ?
I S Chahal is back to Maharashtra from central deputation. 1989 batch IAS officer Chahal is expected to head MIDC or Principal Secretary Irrigation.

Gagarani to be MD CIDCO ?
Bhushan Gagarani is one of the finest IAS officers is likely to be appointed MD of the CIDCO in Maharashtra. He is 1990 batch IAS officer.

Amulya Kumar Patnaik empanelled as ADG in GoI
Amulya Kumar Patnaik has been empanelled for holding Additional Director General posts in Government of India. He is a 1985 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Sushil Purohit deputed as Director, NCRPB
Sushil Purohit has been deputed as Director, National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB) under the Ministry of Urban Development. He is a 1984 batch IDSE officer.

V M Firakkar deputed to RITES
V M Firakkar presently DEE, Central Railway, has been deputed to RITES as DGM (Elect) at Western Region, Mumbai for a period of three years. He is an IRSEE officer.

Vacancy of Joint Secretary arising in Commerce in April
A vacancy of Joint Secretary is arising in the Department of Commerce in April 2016.

Vacancy of ADGFT, Mumbai arising in Commerce in April
A vacancy of ADGFT, Mumbai, DGFT is arising in the Department of Commerce in April 2016.

Vacancy of Joint Secretary arising in Defence in April
A vacancy of Joint Secretary is arising in the Department of Defence in April 2016.

Subhash Sharma promoted to DDG grade
Subhash C Sharma has been promoted to the post of Deputy Director General. He is a Defence Aeronautical Quality Assurance Service (DAQAS).

250 IRS-IT Officers promoted to Joint Commissioner of Income Tax grade
As many as 250 officers of Indian Revenue Service of Income Tax cadre have been promoted to the grade of Joint Commissioner of Income Tax. The officers are: Md Mustafa, R Sampath Kumar, M Lakshmi Bai, B R Ramesh, P Suresh Rao, A Ramesh Kumar, Satya Prakash R Singh, Ms Beena Dinesh, V Murli Dharan, Ms Rajeswari N Motwani, Ms Sudha Ramchandran, Ms Agnesh Thams, Rajeev S Kesarwani, Dharam Vir D Yadav, Arkendra Singh, O P Pathak, Usha V Ramarao, S S Kulkarni Suhas, R M Majumdar, Ashok Khanna, Ravinder Kuamr Mittal, Ghanshyam Sharma, Anil Kumar dhir, Mukesh Kumar Sharma, Kamal Mangal, C S Sharma, Sanjib Pal, Mrinal Kanti Chanda, Dhrubajyoti Ray, Sandip Sen Gupta, Supriyo Pal, Harish Chandra, P K Sharma, A S Nehra, Divakar Chakraborty, Ajit Kuamr Laskhar, Chanchal Nag, Md Javed, A k Singh, I B Khandel, R K Baral, A K Koli, A K Das, A R Rewar, Shiv Raj Singh, Dulal Ch Mandal, Sanjib Kumar Roya, Chandan Das, Vikash chander Vishwas, Swapan Kumar Bepari, Sailen Samaddar, Dr Anup Bishwas, Jayant Mridha, A N Sontakke, Rajeev Kumar, Gitesh Kumar, R R Chandekar, E Sulochana, F R Meena, T V P Latha, D K Pradhan, S P G Mudaliar, V J Boricha N D gupta, Namita Khurana, Mini Chandran U Dipi Aggarwal, Shweta Mishr, Subhranshu Mitra, Sumit Roy, Praveen Verma, Supriya Biswas, Aporrva Bhardwaj, V Vidhyadhar, Christoper Jerome Singh, Saurabh Singh, Arju Garodia, Swapna Das, Sita Srhivastava, N Hemalatha, Amit Katoch, Raja Sen Tupa, Manish Kumar Jha, Sumit Kumar Verma, Sudip Bandopadhyya, Divya K J Sanjay Paul, Alok swingh, Kaushik Kumar Das, Raman Garg, Proash Roy, Geetinder Man, Anidhay Bandopandhyay, S Sunder Rajan, Shaurya Shashwat Shukla, Anup Bhattacharjee, Veni Raj, Mahendra Bishnoi; Gauam Pattra, Pashant Kumar Mishra, Arun Kanti Dutta, Rajat Mittal Ashim Kumar Chakraborty, Anup Singh, Subhra Das, Rajat Dutta, Sudhanshu shekhar, Sanat Kumar Raha, Deepti Chandola, Pranab Kumar Koley, Viabha Jain, Anup Chatterjee, Mahesh Gopinath Jiwade, Manas Mondal, Anchal Khandelwal, Bishwanath chakraborty, Runi Pal, Pankaj Srivastava, S T Sheshadri, Koushalendra Tewari, M G Jasnani, Vikrant Pal, Singh, Arvind Sudarshan, Amaninder Singh Dhindsa, Bipin C N, Amit Kumar Jain, V Srinvas Raj, Mundhe Vishwas Sopan Rao, A Padma Meenakshi, M Anitha, Prashant Ranjan, Saurabh Kumar Rai, Dr Mukesh Jain, Kishore V Vispute, Amresh Kumar Tiwari, Ms Nethera Pal, Manav Bansal, Milind V Rajgru, Anupama Singla, Virender Kumar Sheoran, Shahnawaz Ul Rahman, Beena Santosh, Ram Tiwari, Amit Dua, Desphande Sauarbh Girish, Arvind G Desai, R S Arvindhakshan, Ram Prakash Mourya, Monika Rana, Ajay Kumar, Laganpreet Sandhu, Farhat Khan, Sandeep Kumar Mishra, Aditya Shukla, Vivekanand Mishra, Ashish Tripathi, Virendra Singh, Sanjay Kumar, Rajesh Mahajan, A C Rout, J K Lenak, Suman Kumar A K Mohanty, Rengua Devi P, H Kabila, S Nataraja, Kriti Sankratyayan, Ram prakash Rastogi, Yashvender Singh, C Yamuna, K Ravi, Raghu Nath, N Gopi Krishna, Shabana Praveen, G Johnson, Meenakshi Dohari, Jenardhan V, Bhawani Shankar, V Justin, Rajni Rani Roy, Anil Kumar Sharma, Samrat Rahi, giriraj Pareek, Tarun Deep, O P Chaudhary, Pavuna Sundari E, Anoop Singh, Jagdish Prasad Talani, Maimun Nisha Ansari, Rajesh Kumar, B Ramanjaneyul U, Brij Mohan singh, Purushottam Kumar, vijayendra Kumar, Shailesh Kumar, Bobde Amit Ashokrao, subhash Verma, Sher Singh, shivanand H Kalakeri, Sudha Singh, Das Rignesh Kalpesh, Murali Mohan M, Kamal Kumar Khanna, B Naveen Kumar, Sanjee Mahajan, Amit Raj, Pankaj Kumar Saxena, Yoesh Kumar Sharma, Rajesh Kumr Yadav, Kiran D, Narendra Kumar Naik, Abhishek Meshram, V Srinivasan, Huidrum Robindru Singh, sheila Parthasarathy, Mrinal Kumar Das, Inder Solanki, Pallavi, G chandrababu, Dhoke Ajay Gopalrao, B Sagadevan, Parmar Alpeshkumar, Shiva Srinivas, T M suganthamala, Uma shankar Prasad, Mohit Mrinal, Waghmare Vipur Digambar, Shashi Kajke, Chanchal Meena, G N Raghavendra Rao, Kranti, T Satyanandam, Rintel Renthel, Prem Prakash Mena, A Seetharama Rao, Bimal Kumar Meena, M C Omi Ningshen, Satya Pal Singh Meena, K R Narayan, Roshanta Kumari Mena, Siddharth Bhim singh Meena, Kumar Avikal Manu, Sumit Kaur T G Shivakumar, Pooja Swaroop, C Eranna, Satish Kumar Gupta, Naresh Kumar Bansal, vikash Singh and P Muthushankar.

ITDC bags PATWA International Award 2016 for ‘Best Marketing Professional’
General Manager, Corporate Marketing and Public Relations Ms Sujata R Thakur has been awarded with PATWA International Award 2016 for the Best Marketing Professional. The award was presented at the recently concluded ITB Berlin, world’s leading travel trade show at Germany. Hailed as one of the highest honors in the industry- PATWA International Awards is one of the most reputed awards honoring excellence in tourism, aviation and hospitality sector under more than 50 categories including awards for best professionals in tourism, aviation and hospitality sector, best individuals, hotels, destinations, hotels and airlines among others. PATWA is an affiliate member of UNWTO that aims to develop and encourage travel writing, reporting and communication (print and electronic), which are essential to promoting tourism apart from finding solutions to issues and problems facing the travel industry, through seminars, round tables and discussions involving travel trade professionals from around the region and world. Reacting to the honor, Ms Thakur said, “The PATWA International Award for best marketing professional is a strong validation of my professional capabilities.” As General Manager, heading Corporate Marketing & Sales of Ashok Group of Hotels, including business development and revenue management, Ms Sujata R Thakur has demonstrated excellence in crisis handling and strategic ideation that has further entitled her with additional responsibility of corporate brand building, advertising and public relations for ITDC, maintaining, managing and supporting marketing, advertising and direct marketing campaigns across The Ashok Group of Hotels. She was also Regional Director India Tourism New York from 2011 to 2014 promoting India as a destination in USA, Canada and South America. During her tenure India registered maximum tourists from this region. She has also handled Incredible India international Campaigns from 2003 to 2007 on behalf of Ministry of Tourism, Govt of India.

10 IPS officers shifted in West Bengal
As many as 10 IPS officers have been transferred and posted to different places in West Bengal. Accordingly, Kunal Agrawal has been posted to SSCID while Prasun Bandhopadhayay was appointed to CID, WB Headquarters, Siligudi and Arnav Ghosh moved to CID, Special Crime, Malda. Similaryly, Bhaskar Mukherjee has been appointed as SP, CIF, WB; Ongmu Gyamtsho Pal shifted to CO, IR Bt; Sumanjit Roy to DC west division Kolkata; Nilanjan Vishwas to STF, Kolkata, Miraj Khalid to DC West Bengal, Kolkata; Vishwajit Ghosh to DC K AP, 1st Bt and Devvrat Das was posted to DC North Hawara Police Commissionerate.

Kothari to be PS to Steel Minister Tomar (UPDATED)
Dr Navneet Mohan Kothari is being tipped to be new PS to Union Steel and Mines Minister Narendra Singh Tomar. He is 2001 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Bombay High Court gets five Additional Judges (UPDATED)
Mrs Swapna Sanjiv Joshi, Kishor Kalesh Sonawane, Sangitrao Shamrao Patil, and Kumari Nutan D Sardessai have been appointed as Additional Judges of the Bombay High Court for a period of two years.

GoI declares April 14 as closed holiday (UPDATED)
The Government of India has declared April 14, 2016 as closed holiday on account of birth day of Dr B R Ambedkar for all Central Government offices including industrial establishment throughout India.

CBI arrests DGM, HIL on bribery charges (UPDATED)
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a Deputy General Manager (Finance & Accounts) and an Engineer/Manager of Hindustan Insecticides Ltd (HIL)., Rasayani, Panvel, District Raigad(Maharashtra) for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs.25,000 from the complainant.

CBI arrests DGM, HIL on bribery charges (UPDATED)
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a Deputy General Manager (Finance & Accounts) and an Engineer/Manager of Hindustan Insecticides Ltd (HIL)., Rasayani, Panvel, District Raigad(Maharashtra) for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs.25,000 from the complainant.

CORPORATE

GoI approves 15 proposals of FDI
The Government of India has approved as many as 15 proposals of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) amounting to Rs 7261.6 crore. The companies are: Vsoft Technologies Pvt Ltd; M/s Venus Aesthetic LLP; Beloorbayir Biotech Ltd; M/s Sun Life Financial India; M/s Nippon Life Insurance Company; M/s Tata AIA Life Insurance Co Ltd; M/s PTL Enterprises Ltd; M/s Sun Pharma Advance Research Co Ltd; M/s Almondz Insurance Brokers Pvt Ltd; M/s Tauras Ventures Ltd; M/s Quantum Simulators Pvt Ltd; M/s Tata Sikorsky Aerospace Ltd; M/s Aviva Life Insurance Co India Ltd; M/s International Asset Reconstruction Co Pvt Ltd and M/s Raheja QBE General Insurance Co Ltd.

Total income stands at Rs 19, 65,254 cr in all CPSEs
Total income of all CPSEs during 2014-15 stood at Rs. 19, 65,254 crore compared to Rs. 20, 56,336 crore in 2013-14, showing a reduction in income of 4.43%.

Murthy ceases to be Independent Director of ONGC
K N Murthy has ceased to be Independent Director of Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited

Ms Sen ceases to be Part-time Non-official Director of Hindustan Copper Ltd
Ms Bulbul Sen has ceased to be Part-time Non-official Director of Hindustan Copper Limited

Bose appointed Non-Exec. Independent Director of Coromandel International Ltd
Coromandel International Limited has appointed Sumit Bose as a Non-Executive Independent Director of the company.

Khanna resigns as Independent Director of Coromandel International Ltd
Uday Chander Khanna has resigned as an Independent Director of Coromandel International Limited

Chhabra designated as ED of Goa Carbon Limited
Goa Carbon Limited has designated Jagmohan J Chhabra as Executive Director of the company w.e.f. April 1, 2016

Burman resigns as Independent Director of Binani Industries Limited
Jayantika Dave Burman has resigned as Independent Director of Binani Industries Limited

Roth resigns as Vice Chairman of the Timex Group India Ltd
Ryan Todd Roth has resigned as Vice Chairman of the Timex Group India Ltd due to personal reasons.

Ms Kapoor resigns as CS of AGI Infra Ltd
Ms Neelu Kapoor has resigned as Company Secretary of AGI Infra Ltd

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Modi's trust in Indian Muslims is well-placed

When PM Modi said that the Indian Muslims could not fall prey to the jehadis, he was spot on.Reasons are not far to seek? A majority of Indian Muslims follow Sufi - strain of Islam. They worship Nizamuddin Aulia and Moinuddin Chishti, who are revered in equal measure by the Hindus. All are grounded in India's history of harmony, tolerance, mysticism and diversity. India is a land of paradoxes. Modi is well-intentioned . His honesty, integrity , sense of nationalism and patriotism cannot be questioned. The key to his success, however, is not to prioritize what he has on schedule but in scheduling his priorities.

A K Saxena (A retd civil servant)

Good Luck

An officer replete with self esteem, confidence in his work, believes in team work. Good luck to him in the new assignment.

R S Poonia

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