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The sudden burst are surprised; but underneath the surface of the earth many forces play against each other for long ages ,and the fires gether together ,till the crust on the surface can hold them down no longer.

Why former Home Secretary is now against his boss?

Power circles in Delhi are abuzz as to why G K Pillai, former Home Secretary is against his Home Minister P Chidambaram? It is said that some political compulsions have forced Pillai to spill the bean against his ex boss. If sources are to be believed Pillai is likely to be rehabilitated soon.

More will be trapped?

In the alleged second affidavit of Ishrat Jehan encounter case some more high profile heads are likely to be trapped, including political leaders and an investigating agency officials.

System's Scum....
My neighbor and a friend of his ...sorry to say ..a very shady looking guy drop in for coffee.

Me: Welcome. ..

Neighbor: Meet my childhood friend ..I think I will let him introduce himself...

Friend: I'm <censored> ... I'm a ex Spy ...but in the last few years of my career Government tied my to a desk job... I worked on Internal ... External. ... threats ..

M: Wow... internal meaning domestic ...

F: Naaa ... internal in my case meaning within Government ..

N: Meaning..

F: I spied on those in the system... Bureaucrats.. Ministers etc..

M: Boy .....do they do this. .

F: Of course ...they trust nobody .... my job was to suspect everyone ... and I had no friends. .. your neighbor ...my childhood friend had written me off.. can I have a smoke ..... you see smoking became a job necessity ..

M: Let's go into the lawn. .. why was the tension so much that you took to smoking ...

F: Yup tension was there ...but cigarettes became a tool... while in interrogating used cigarettes to make people talk..

M: Whaaaa... did you use it on Bureaucrats and Ministers...

F: Ha ha ... I burnt holes in so many trousers and payjamas that I lost count ..

N: Oye politicians would never take such things lying down...

F: Not when they know on whose orders I worked...

M: But why use 3rd degree ...

F: Say if the 'interviewee' clamps up... or if he is required to sign a certain document ... and is not doing it or is hesitant ....

N: Now when you come across your 'interviewees' how do you face them...

F: You've not noticed ... its 7 pm ..dark... and I'm still wearing goggles ... my eyes don't meet anyone's eyes...

M: You've retired ... don't you feel an interviewee ...now in power... could strike back..

F: I took some 'Insurance Policies' ..so I can call in some favours as and when required..

N: Baloney ...never heard of such Insurance Policies. .

M: Boss he's saying he has retained some crucial info with proof ..which he can use to blackmail his way out of tight situations..

N: Oye ..you better return the IOUs I gave you in college.. you are a dangerous friend..why the hell did you do this job....

F: At first I too did not like this job.. but then I started enjoying the fear my name and presence generated ... and there were material perks too... I've travelled overseas extensively ...post retirement I still have a palatial Government house ...security considerations ..chauffeur driven car ...

M: Any one case ... after you became a hardcore interviewer that made you feel .... chalo if not bad .....odd..

F: Hmmm... one case ... there was this Babu I was ordered to hound ... my Minister wanted him to submit an affidavit in a Terror case ... elections were around the corner and this Affidavit was crucial to a Name and Shame and Hound strategy...now this guy was a real decent guy ...simple ....honest and efficient .. I burnt holes in his trousers ...threatened him..got the system to hound him...I hear his Parents suffered his condition for some time and passed away .... yaar I'm sure he's kept the cigarette burnt trousers ..wish I could take away the trousers ..

M: You think with this you will erase your misdeeds....

F: No ... but I will get some closure ...

M: Buddy your soul is dead...I shudder to think what you have done if you feel getting the trouser will give you closure ... sorry Sir it's time for you to leave my home ... and sorry Neighbor for my being rude..

N: Oye ex Friend ... I'm having a coffee here... I'm calling my home and your bag will be at the gate... take it and vamoose ... sorry I had a friend like you...good riddance ....

Shocked this guy in a reflex action removes his goggles ...and what do we see.... fearful eyes...

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'.

For details CLICK HERE
http://www.whispersinthecorridors.com/flash/modi.pdf

BUREAUCRACY

Will L C Goyal leave ITPO to join NCLAT ?
Will L C Goyal leave ITPO to join as Member (Technical ) of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT).1979 batch former IAS officer of Kerala cadre Goyal is presently CMD of the ITPO.

Will Rajesh Ranjan be ADG in NIA ?
Rajesh Ranjan is likely to be appointed ADG in the NIA. He is 1984 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre.

One dozen 1982 batch IAS officers yet to get posting in GoI
One dozen 1982 batch empanelled 1982 batch IAS officers are still waiting in the wings to get posting as Secretary in the Government of India.

O P Singh selected as Director (Tech), MCL
O P Singh, GM, MCL/CIL, has been selected for the post of Director (Technical), Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on March 2, 2016. As many as 13 persons were interviewed for the same.


Niraj Nabh Kumar quits IRS-IT
Niraj Nabh Kumar has resigned from Indian Revenue Service of Income Tax cadre. Kumar, who is presently Principal CCIT-5, Pune, will stand retired from Government service with effect from March 21, 2016.

V Amarender Reddy resigns from IRS-IT
V Amarender Reddy has resigned from Indian Revenue Service of Income Tax cadre. Reddy, who is presently JCIT, International Taxation-I (3), Mumbai, will stand retired from Government Service with effect from April 7, 2016.

P K Srivastava promoted to Lt Gen rank
Maj Gen P K Srivastava has been promoted to the rank of Lt General in the non-general cadre 'Staff Stream'.

Who will be new DGCA ?
Search is on for the post of DG CivilAviation . Present DGCA Ms M Sathiyavathy a UT cadre 1982 batch IAS officer is to get posting as Secretary in the Government of India.

Inter cadre transfer proposal of Ms Radhika Aiyer deferred
The proposal of Ms K Radhika Aiyer for the inter cadre transfer from West Bengal to Haryana has been deferred for the time being. She is a 2011 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Inter cadre transfer proposal of Shiraj Daneshyar deferred
The proposal of Shiraj Daneshyar for the inter cadre transfer from West Bengal to other State has been deferred for the time being. He is a 2014 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

17 vacancies of DRM ?
This is called efficiency of the Indian Railways. According to insiders 17 DRMs have surpassed their tenure and there is no fresh list.

Post of Chairperson CBSC vacant for one year
The post of Chairperson CBSE is vacant for more than a year for reasons best known to MHRD .It is understood that a committee under the chairmanship of Secretary ,Dept. of Education with four other members to scrutinise the application and recommend name for CM,CBSE has been constituted .

M K Surana to succeed Ms Vasudeva as CMD, HPCL on Apr 1
M K Surana, CEO, HPCL, will be joining as Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) on April 1, 2016. He will succeed present incumbent Ms Nishi Vasudeva retiring on March 31, 2016.

S M Choudhary joins as Director (Fin), WCL
S M Choudhary, Chief Manager, CIL, has taken over the charge as Director (Finance), Western Coalfields Limited (WCL).
(We said this on Oct 28, 2015)

Orders of S S Rawat for Director (PM), BRC yet to come
The orders of S S Rawat, DGM, SAIL, for the appointment as Director (Project Management), Bridge & Roof Company Limited (BRC) are yet to be issued by the Government of India.

N K Verma deputed as Recovery Officer, DRT, Jabalpur
N K Verma presently Senior Enquiry Officer Vigilance in West Central Railway has been deputed as Recovery Officer in Debt Recovery Tribunal at Jabalpur for a period of three years. He is from Personnel Service.

A V Dharma Reddy promoted to SAG
A V Dharma Reddy has been promoted to the Senior Administrative Grade (SAG). He is an officer of Indian Defence Estates Services (IDES).

Chaungo to head GSPC ?
L Chaungo is likely to succeed Atanu Chakraborty as Chairman of the GSPC in Gujarat. He is 1987 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Prahlad Kumar Sinha promoted as Sr DDG (LFP), Hqrs
Prahlad Kumar Sinha has been appointed as Senior DDG (LFP), Headquarters after he was promoted to the Higher Administrative Grade (HAG). He is an officer of Indian P & T Accounts and Finance Service.

Gopal H Joshi promoted as Principal CCA, Maharashtra
Gopal H Joshi, presently CCA, AP, has been posted as Principal Controller of Communication Accounts, Maharashtra after promotion to the Senior Administrative Grade (SAG). He is an officer of Indian P&T Accounts and Finance Service.

3 IAS officers deputed to assist Nodal Officer compensation in Haryana
Three IAS officers: Saket Kumar, Anish Yadav and Munish Sharma have been deputed to assist Additional Chief Secretary-cum-State level Nodal Officer for compensation in Chief Minister's office in Haryana.

Mahajan to head Forest Services in Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand Principal Chief Conservator of Forests Rajinder Kumar Mahajan has succeeded Veena Sekhri in Uttarakhand as as the Head of Forest Services .

23 IAS officers of 1998 batch empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
As many as 23 IAS Officers belonging to 1998 batch have been empanelled for Joint Secretary level posts in Governmet of India. They are: Manish Thakur of Assam-Meghalaya cadre; Srikant Naqulapalli of AP cadre; Dhananjay Dwivedi and Sanjay Kumar of Gujarat cadre; Munish Moudgil of Karnataka; Rajeev Kumar Mital and Pravin Chindu Darade of Maharashtra; Nikunj Kumar Shrivastava of MP; Puneet Agarwal of MT; Vishal Gagan of Orissa; Sirra Kauna Raju of Punjab; Tatipudi Ravikanth of Rajasthan; Vishal chauhan of Sikkim; Anandrao Vishnu Patil of Tamil Nadu; Pandhari Yadav, Alok Kumar-III, Anil Kumar-III and Ajay Chauhan of UP; Santosh Dattatray Vaidya, Gyanesh Bharti and Kaling Tayeng of UT and Narayan Swaroop Nigam and Vandana Yadav of West Bengal cadre.

Sanjiv Kohli accredited as High Commissioner to Samoa (UPDATED)
Sanjiv Kohli, High Commissioner of India to New Zealand, has been concurrently accredited as the next High Commissioner of India to the Independent State of Samoa with residence in Wellington.

Dr C V Dharma Rao empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
Dr C V Dharma Rao has been empanelled for Joint Secretary level posts in Government of India. He is a Central Secretariat Service officer.

Inder Dhamija posted as DIGF, NAEB (UPDATED)
Inder Dhamija has been appointed as DIGF, NAEB from the post of DIGF (Hq), CZA. He is a 1985 batch IFS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Anjan Kumar Mohanty is also DIGF, FPD (UPDATED)
Anjan Kumar Mohanty, DIGF, MoEF & CC, New Delhi, has been assigned an additional charge of DIGF (FPD). He is a 1992 batch IFS officer of Sikkim cadre.

Kailash Bairva is also MD, Rajasthan SC/ST Dev Coop Nigam Ltd (UPDATED)
Kailash Bairva has been assigned an additional charge of Managing Director, Rajasthan SC/ST Finance Development Cooperative Nigam Limited, Jaipur. He is an IAS officer.

Mukund P Chaudhary selected as CMD, MOIL Ltd (UPDATED)
Mukund P Chaudhary, Director (Finance) MOIL, has been selected for the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, MOIL Limited at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on March 3, 2016. As many as six persons were interviewed for the same.

Ramma Bhasin, Secretary General, GBIC, opts for voluntary retirement (UPDATED)
Ramma Bhasin, the secretary general of the office of the Governing Body of Insurance Council (GBIC) is learnt to have opted for voluntary retirement. She may be relieved in a week’s time.

CORPORATE

Sharma appointed Director (Operations) of Hindustan Copper Ltd
Union Ministry of Mines has appointed Santosh Sharma, Executive Director, Hindustan Copper Ltd as

Fadnavis is new ED (South ) NTPC
Sipat Executive Director V.B. Fadnavis has taken over as Regional Executive Director (South) of the NTPC.

Tachibana has been appointed as MD of Toyota Kirloskar Motor
Akito Tachibana has been appointed as Managing Director of Toyota Kirloskar Motor w.e.f. April 2016.

Singh resigns as CEO of Advance PowerInfra Tech Ltd
Kamal Kumar Singh has resigned as Chief Executive Officer of Advance PowerInfra Tech Ltd

Ms Rai appointed GM of Intel India Site
Ms Nivruti Rai has been appointed as General Manager of Intel India Site

Two Independent Directors cease to be on Board of Uniply Industries Ltd
Ramakanta Panda and M S Shaine have resigned as Independent Directors of Uniply Industries Limited.

Fogla appointed CFO of Patel Integrated Logistics Limited
Mahesh Fogla has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer of Patel Integrated Logistics Limited

Datta appointed CFO of TRF Ltd
TRF Limited has appointed Subhashish Datta as Chief Financial Officer ( CFO) of the company

Goyal appointed MD of Scintilla Commercial & Credit Ltd
Scintilla Commercial & Credit Ltd has appointed Jitendra Kumar Goyal as Managing Director 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)

Yes, Modi has no parallel

You have rightly said "Modi has no parallel" and I add 'For' and 'against'.

JPG


Department for rehabilitation of farmers required

My request to our Prime Minister that regarding farmers who are in big debts and committing suicide, is that Ministry of Finance should form one department for rehabilitation of such farmers that they should approach the department and narrate their problems of their debts towards banks or financial institutions and the department should take note and evaluate of their financial problems whether those are due to farming in which their agricultural produce is lost due to natural calamities or due to inferior inputs such as seeds, pesticides etc. If department finds the loss due to natural calamities or other reasons, the farmers should be helped with grants in shape of cash or delayed loan payments. Though this will be a difficult proposal but with this will boost morale of the farmers that the government if with them and they will definitely approach the department with their problems and many honest farmers will gain and in this way suicide by farmers will be stopped to a large extent.

Ram Kumar Garg


Transparency in all PSU recruitments is a must

In response to Unni (Seems like a pseudo-name) I haven't doubted credibility of Whispers but the timing of questions being raised on a particular selection. If you say only a particular selection was wrong then all selections should be wrong as well as panel hasn't changed. Transparency in all PSU recruitment is must it will take time to bring in a foolproof system. Be patient.

Sudhanshu Bhattacharya

" Shaking the foundation of Yamuna bank "

Art of Living Foundation would host a world culture festival in Delhi on March 11 to13, 2016, in which around 3.5 million people from 155 countries are expected to participate. Thousands of musicians and dancers are expected to perform on a stage that will be spread in around seven acres, set amid 300 acres of Delhi's Mayur Vihar, The stage is being erected by damaging the Yamuna bed. A committee headed by Union Secy, Water Resources, has opposed the move as it will cause ecological damage. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has slapped a fine of Rs 140 crore on the Foundation. Despite this, the work is going on full steam. Should not the Supreme Court take suo moto cognizance and stay further construction at the site.

It is understood that many Judges ( retd or serving ), Central Ministers, Opposition leaders might be participating in the fest. PM Modi is also likely to join the festivities. A monumental waste of money on an event that does not help the poor and down-trodden in the country. An exercise in self-advertisement.

The moot point is : Will the Art of Living Foundation pay the fine? Or, in the alternative, will the authorities waive the fine, ultimately ?

A K Saxena ( A retd civil servant)

Well deserved

It is well deserved but has come quite late. Congratulations to Mr. P K Mohanty.

Ravendra Garg

All the best

Choudhry is very honest and hard working officer. Infact, he should have been CMD five years back but for Bureacracy anyways all the best.

D S Negi

Most specious argument on EPF tax

The industry has been clamouring for cheaper funds to play around with. To attain this objective, it has suggested that options for smaller savings be made less attractive, in order that the middle class look to the market (including the stock market) to beat inflation. This is being sought to be done by taxing withdrawals on provident fund etc. The argument is that these are actually a subsidy given to the middle class (now "reclassified as the "rich"). This is a most specious argument, which will also just by the way, ensure that the next elections will again be fought on the "Ïndia shining" "myth, with no one knows what results.

The truth is, that in this country, Banks and Corporations regularly went bankrupt prior to independence, with all the savings of the middle and lower middle classes wiped out at one go. Of course, this was due to the bad management and profligacy of these institutions which were led by the captains of industry. This also discouraged small savings, due to which the habit of frugality and savings were not inculcated in the small saver (middle and lower middle classes). They felt that spending money was better than risking losing their savings regularly. Then, government nationalized banks, in order that their financial health was assured and capitalists and captains of industry playing around with the poor public's funds and swindling them was reduced. Other steps taken in this direction were encouraging savings in provident fund schemes and small savings. By definition, provident funds were for old age and hard times. Naturally, they were made a bit attractive and of course, limits and caps were put so that nobody got too much out of them. Now, the Economic Survey and the Budget are calling these things subsidies to the "rich"!

On the other hand, Corporate tax is sought to be reduced, saying that the rate is quite high and the world over, personal income tax rates are higher. Now, all the world over, social security is ensured. Since it comes out of the personal income tax, personal income tax rates are higher. Further, even in the US, there are various deductions given to families, for children etc. For example, there is a deduction for those parents who have children called child tax credit. There is a deduction for tuition, required enrolment fees and course material for the first four years of post-secondary education for up to $2,500 per eligible student per year etc. The slew of deductions for individuals is simply not there in India.
Just by the way, there is a subsidy on LPG in India. This is often decried. But apparently, the price of LPG is first artificially elevated and then a subsidy component is introduced. Why not stop the artificial increase in prices in the first place and provide LPG at the international price. No subsidy will be required.

The sum and substance of the argument is that the poor also, when their incomes increase, graduate into the middle class. Policy prescriptions that unduly hurt the middle class, in order that the rich may play can only be counter-productive.

A Ram Mohan

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