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In 1911 it was proclaimed that Delhi was to be new capital-Delhi, the seat of many an empire, and the grave also of many an empire.

WE SAID THIS ON APRIL 5
Whispersinthecorridors.com spoke to certain IAS, IPS and IFS officers to assess poll results. In nutshell this is the outcome -
West Bengal -TMC
Assam - Coalition (BJP-AJP and BODO PEOPLES FRONT )
Tamil Nadu - Coalition (DMK and Congress)
and Kerala - Left Front

Narayan Swami to be Chief Minister of Pondicherry ?
The Congress High Command is likely to ask Narayan Swamy to take over as Chief Minister of Pondicherry.

Will Natraj be Deputy CM in Tamil Nadu ?
According to grapevine, Dr. R Natraj, IPS, Retired DGP, elected from Mylapore Assembly Constituency is likely to be sworn in as Deputy Chief Minister to lighten the burden of administrative responsibilities of the Chief Minister who is expected to focus her attention to national politics with an eye on elections to the Parliament in 2019

Another bachelor to be CM
After Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, new Assam Chief Minister Sarbanand Sonowal will be another bachelor CM of the BJP.

Ram Jethmalani likely to go to Rajya Sabha
Eminent Lawyer of Supreme Court, Ram Jethmalani is expected to enter into Rajya Sabha from the Rasthriya Janta Dal (RJD) quota.

IAS & IPS officers retired before 2006 to get hiked pension
The officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and Indian Police Service (IPS) retired before 2006 will be entitled to get a hike in pension in addition to the arrears as the Government of India has abolished a provision of 33 years of service for earning full pension.

BUREAUCRACY


Will a private-sector man head Oil India ?
There are strong reports that a private -sector man is going to head the Oil India Ltd. One can only wait and watch.

One name reportedly finalized for CMD, SCI
One of the candidates out of around 11 short-listed is reported to have been finalized for the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Shipping Corporation of India Limited (SCI). According to sources, around 32 applications were received including five IAS officers for the post lying vacant since January 1, 2016.

Ms Shalini Prasad appointed as Additional Secretary, Power
Ms Shalini Prasad presently in the cadre has been appointed as Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Power. She is a 1985 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Ms Madhulika Sukul appointed as Additional Secretary, Consumer Affairs
Ms Madhulika P Sukul presently in the cadre has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Department of Consumer Affairs. She is a 1982 batch IDAS officer.

Rajani Ranjan Rashmi posted as Additional Secretary, Environment, Forest
Rajani Ranjan Rashmi, Additional Secretary, Commerce, has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Manipur cadre.

Girish Chandra Murmu Additional Secretary appointed as Expenditure
Girish Chandra Murmu, Additional Secretary, Expenditure, has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Financial Services. He is a 1985 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Ms Amita Prasad appointed as Additional Secretary, Environment, Forest
Ms Amita Prasad, Joint Secretary, Water Resources, has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Environment, Forest and Climate Change. He is a 1985 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Nikhilesh Jha appointed as Additional Secretary, Food & Public Distribution
Nikhilesh Jha, Additional Secretary, Water Resources, has been appointed as Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser, Food and Public Distribution. He is a 1984 batch IAS officer of Manipur cadre.

U P Singh appointed as Additional Secretary, Water Resources
U P Singh, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources. He is a 1985 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

B K Prasad to return Tamil Nadu ?
B K Prasad is expected to return to the parent Tamil Nadu cadre from central deputation to get Chief Secretary scale. He is 1983 batch IAS officer.

Assam DGP to Continue
Present Assam DGP Mukesh Sahay is going to continue in the new regime. He is 1984 batch IPS officer of Assam Cadre.

Who will be new Chief Secretary of Assam ?
Who will succeed V K Pipersenia as Chief Secretary of Assam?. Guessing game has started and there is strong rumour that a Assam cadre IAS officer who is presently Secretary in the Government of India will succeed 1980 batch IAS officer Pipersenia.One section of the bureaucracy, however, say he may not be changed.

Purkayastha to be new DGP of West Bengal ?
Grapevine has it that Surajit Purkayastha is being appointed new DGP of West Bengal. 1985 batch IPS officer Purkayastha is likely to succeed present DGP G M Prabhu Rajasekhar Reddy on June 1.

Banerjee to continue as Chief Secretary of West Bengal
In all probability Basudeb Banerjee will continue as Chief Secretary of West Bengal. He is 1983 batch IAS officer.

Kerala Chief Secretary to continue
In the new Government Chief Secretary S M Vijyanand is going to continue. He is 1981 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

DGP of Kerala Senkumar to continue ?
Present DGP, Kerala T P Senkumar who is from strong Ezhwar community is likely to continue. CPM has support of this community therefore chances are that 1983 batch IPS officer Senkumar may continue as DGP.

Tamil Nadu DGP Ashok Kumar to continue
In all probability Tamil Nadu DGP Ashok Kumar will continue. He is 1982 batch IPS officer.

Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary to continue
In all probability Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary K Gnanadesikan will continue in the same capacity. He is 1982 batch IAS officer.

Will Shukla be replaced?
Ashutosh Shukla, Commissioner of Police, Chennai is likely to be transferred. A TN cadre IPS officer was appointed CP during assembly elections by the ECI.

A V S Ramesh Chandra appointed as Ambassador to Romania
Dr A V S Ramesh Chandra, presently High Commissioner of India to Uganda, has been appointed as the Ambassador of India to Romania. He is a 1989 batch IFS officer.

Vijay Kumar Bidhuri deputed as PS to Babul Supriyo
Vijay Kumar Bidhuri has been deputed as Private Secretary to Babul Supriyo, Minister of State for Urban Development. He is a 2005 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Ms Nandini Paliwal appointed as Deputy Secretary, PMO
Ms Nandini Paliwal has been appointed as Deputy Secretary in Prime Minister's office (PMO). She is a 2003 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Ms Meera Mohanty appointed as Deputy Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat
Ms Meera Mohanty has been appointed as Deputy Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat. She is a 2005 batch IAS officer of HP cadre.

Proposal of Barun Sahu for cadre change not approved
The proposal of Barun Kumar Sahu for the change of cadre from Tripura to Assam-Meghalaya cadre on personal grounds has not been recommended by the DoPT. He is a 1992 batch IAS officer of Tripura cadre.

9 Indian Postal Service officers transferred
As many as nine officers of Indian Postal Service have been transferred and posted to different places. Accordingly, Jitendra Gupta has been appointed as PMG (Mails & BD), Uttarakhand circle, Dehradun while Ashish Kumar was posted DDG Technology, Postal Directorate, New Delhi and Ms Manju P Pillai is DDG, Financial Services, Postal Directorate, New Delhi. Similarly, Lalitendu Pradhan has been appointed as PMG, North Region, Bihar circle, Muzaffarpur; Raj Kumar Mishra as AGM PLI Directorate, New Delhi; Kekhrievor Kevichusa as DPS, Manipur North East Circle Imphal; Chhangte Lando Lalfakzuala as DPS, North Bengal region, West Bengal circle, Siliguri; E V Rao as DPS, Visakhapatnam region, AP circle and V K Singh was posted as DPS, Southern region, Rajasthan circle, Ajmer.

20 IES officers promoted to SAG
As many as 20 officers belonging to Indian Economic Service have been promoted to the Senior Administrative Grade (SAG). They are: Pushpa Thottan, Indrani Kaushal, Manisha Sensarma, N Srinivas Rao, Preeti Nath, Anu P Mathia, Anupam Mishra, Amit Ray, Agrim Kaushal, Saikat Sarkar, Rajasree Ray, Hara Kumar Hajong, Kamkhethang Guite, Sudha Keshari, Samir Kumar, Yashir Singh, Lalit Kumar Chandel, Pillu Ram Meena, Sharad Pant and Chandni Raina.

Gudiseva Shyam Prasad is Judge, AP & Telangana HC
Gudiseva Shyam Prasad has been appointed as Judge of AP & Telangana High Court, Hyderabad.

Mrs Tejdeep Kaur Menon promoted to DGP grade in Telangana
Mrs Tejdeep Kaur Menon has been promoted to the rank of Director General of Police and posted as DG, Special Protection Force, Telangana. She is a 1983 batch IPS officer of Telangana cadre.

Sudeep Lakhtakia promoted to DGP grade in Telangana
Sudeep Lakhtakia has been promoted to Director General grade in Telangana. He is a 1984 batch IPS officer of Telangana cadre.

Minor reshuffle of IPS officers in Telangana
As many as six IPS officers have been shifted in Telangana. Accordingly, Sandeep Shandilya has been appointed as Additional Commissioner, Law & Order, Hyderabad City while V V Srinivas Rao was posted as IGP, Personnel and R B Naik posted as IG, after promotion to this rank and T Murali Krishna is Additional Commissioner, Administration, Hyderabad City. Besides, M Shiva Prasad has been appointed as Additional Commissioner, City Armed Police; Anjani Kumar as ADG, Law & Order and Rajiv Ratan was posted as DG, Fire Service & Disaster Management.

Sameer Pal Srow appointed as Director, Haryana Tourism
Sameer Pal Srow has been appointed as Director, Tourism in Haryana. He is a 2002 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

6 IAS officers transferred in Delhi Govt
As many as six IAS officers have been transferred in Delhi Government. S S Khonkrokta has been transferred to Delhi Subordinate Service Board as Secretary while R K Thakur will be DC, Central and Madhu Rani Teotia is DC, South West. Besides, Abhishek Singh has been appointed as DC New Delhi; Azimul Haque as DC West and Amit Satija was posted as DC North.

Kailashnathan gets extension in Gujarat (UPDATED)
K Kaiashnathan popularly known as KK who is Chief Principal Secretary to the Gujarat CM has been given one year extension . He is former Gujarat cadre 1979 batch IAS officer.
(We said this on May 6,2016 )

62 JAG officers of Indian Broadcasting Service get NFU (UPDATED)
As many as 62 JAG officers of Indian Broadcasting (Engineers) Service have been accorded Non-Functional Upgradation (NFU) to the Director level of IAS officer under the Central Staffing Scheme. The officers are: Shyam Lal, Shukhdev Dutta, Walliullah Khan, Hemanta Naoven, D Godwin gananaraj, Ms Sandhya Farkya, Brijesh Kumar, Ranjit Kumar Rao, V Mohana Ratna Prasad, N Rajeshwar, D R Lal Ropuria, Suresh Kumar Meena, Mrs Manju Mathur, Ms Meenakashi Khameshra, Ashok Kumar Pathak, Chandra Shekhar, Sandeep Singh, Suchismita Roy, Krishna Kumar Rao, Sudarshan Ansolia, Rajesh Meena, Ashok Kumar, Sandeep Srivastava, Ravindra Dungarwal, Prashant Srivastava, Rajesh Kumar Sharma, Rishi Kapoor, Ravinder Dev, Dhruva Kumar Srivastava, Nileh Kumar Khandelwal, Deva Prasad Tripathi, Himanshu Goel, Subramonian Iyer K, Manisha Shete, Rahul Singh, Anil Kumar Gupta, Preeti Khare, Ramabhadram Venkatesh R, Shantanu Batabyal, Amit Tandon, D Uma Maheshwara Rao, Paramjit Singh, Vijay Bahadur Patel, Raman Kumar, P Padmavathi, Satya Narayan Yadav, Vivek N Nanda Kumar Singh, Shailesh Kumar Kanauje, Nagendra Nath Maourya, Devesh Kumar, Kamlesh Kumar Gupta, Watchpillai Tata Rao, Allegeti Narsaiah, Sukumar Patel, J Krishna Rao, Jiten Kumar Ray, Beldar Rajesh Arjun, Bimalesh Singh, Baiju M, Santosh Kumar Pradhan and E Budi Siddaiah.

Ratan Watal appointed as Principal Adviser, NITI Aayog (UPDATED)
Ratan P Watal, former Finance Secretary, has been apointed as Principal Adviser (Social Sector), NITI Aayog for a period of three years. He is a 1978 batch retired IAS officer of AP cadre.

Justice Prakash Gupta appointed as Judge, Rajasthan HC (UPDATED)
Justice Prakash Gupta, Additional Judge, has been appointed as Judge of Rajasthan High Court.

Punjab & Haryana HC gets 12 Judges (UPDATED)
Justices Bawa Singh Walia, Raj Mohan Singh, Ms Jaishree Thakur, Amit Rawal, Deepak Sibal, Hari Pal Verma, Anupinder Singh Grewal, Mrs Raj Rahul Garg, Gurmit Ram, Mrs Sneh Prashar, Darshan Singh, and Dr. Shekher Kumar Dhawan, Additional Judges, have been appointed as Judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

NBCC CMD selected as President of DMA (UPDATED)
Anoop Kumar Mittal, CMD, NBCC, has been selected as the new President of Delhi Management Association (DMA), a Delhi based premier professional body contributing to the sphere of Business Management Excellence. The charge takes effect from May, 2016. The Search Committee selected Mittal for the position, on consideration of his top-end professional expertise and experience in the field of construction industry and rich exposure in the management of industry affairs. Mittal took charge from Dr A K Balyan, CEO, Oil &Gas - Reliance Group and the immediate past President of DMA. Mitttal in his capacity as President would work to further promote the cause of the Association in totality.

Dr Neeraj Pawan put on waiting for posting in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
The posting of Dr Neeraj Kumar Pawan has been kept on waiting for further orders in Rajasthan. He is a 2003 batch IAS officer.

A K Chawla appointed as COP, Navy (UPDATED)
Vice Admiral A K Chawala, DG Naval Operations, has been appointed as Chief of Personnel (COP) with effect from May 31, 2016.

G Ashok Kumar appointed as Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (UPDATED)
Vice Admiral G Ashok Kumar, Commandant, Naval Defence Academy, has been appointed as Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (DCNS) with effect from May 31, 2016.

IAS/IPS officers of AGMUT cadre warned of strict action (UPDATED)
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has warned the IAS/IPS officers belonging to joint AGMUT cadre of strict action and adverse entry in their service records if they put any undue pressure for the cancellation of their transfers/postings from one segment to other.

Sumit Bose is Independent Director in BSE (UPDATED)
Former Secretary Finance in the Government of India Sumit Bose has been appointed Public Interest Director in the Bombay Stock Exchange. He is former 1976 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Four IPS officers shifted in Bihar (UPDATED)
Mrs Preeta Verma has been appointed as ADG, Modernisation and Sate Crime Record Bureau while Amit Kumar Jain will now be Inspector General of State Crime Record Bureau and Anil Kishore Yadav is Inspector General of Weaker Section, Crime Investigation Department. Besides, Rajesh Tripathi has been appointed as Assistant to IG (Q) in addition to his present posting in Bihar.

DEBATE
Who should be RBI Governor ?

Who should be the next RBI Governor ? Whether he should be an Economist, a professor, a Banker or a Politician. The term of present RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan is coming to an end in September.

Mail you views to mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com or suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com

CORPORATE

Venu appointed Independent Director of WABCO India Ltd
WABCO India Limited has appointed Dr Lakshmi Venu as an Independent Director of the company.

Khosla ceases to be Independent Director of Atlas Cycles (Haryana) Ltd
Vikram Khosla has ceased to be Independent Director of Atlas Cycles (Haryana) Limited

Balakrishnan resigns as Non-Exec Independent Director of IL&FS Investment Managers Ltd
Jitender Balakrishnan has resigned as Non-Executive Independent Director of IL&FS Investment Managers Limited

Kumari appointed Independent Director of Lycos Internet Ltd
Lycos Internet Ltd has appointed Dr Jayalakshmi Kumari as Independent Director of the company.

Ms Bano designated as ED of Reliable Ventures India Ltd
Reliable Ventures India Ltd has designated Ms Sanober Bano as Executive Director of the company.

Roy appointed Independent Director of IAG Company Ltd
IAG Company Ltd has appointed Pradip Roy as an Independent and Non-Executive Director of the company.

Gogia appointed as Director ( Events) of Hyatt Regency, New Delhi
Sumit Gogia has been appointed as Director ( Events) of Hyatt Regency, New Delhi

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DEBATE (1)

RBI governor should be only economist .Hard decision is the requirement of the day .

G S Mishra

Problem with entire IAS fraternity

The name of RS is Hanmukh but it does not go with his basic character. It is the problem with the entire IAS fraternity, they feel that they are of a very high breed and there are the no alls. In one area they have not been percolated i.e. Railways. The officials in that Department sometime bring them to the mat.

A Srivastava

Modi in the grip of Arun Jaitley

I agree that Modi's leadership is great. But unfortunately he is in the grip of Arun Jaitley who has connections across the party lines like Brijesh Misra. Jaitley who ran away from Delhi and got defeated from Amritsar, is responsible for losing Delhi, the first shock for BJP by hoisting a discredited Police Officer like Kiran Bedi as CM candidate. If Harsha Vardhan had been put BJP would have won hands down. He has side lined most of the people who were considered to be pillars of and vociferous prior to elections for BJP like Arun Shourie, Minakshi Lekhi, Ram Jethmalani, Sushil Modi and Subrahmanam Swamy (for two years). No wonder nothing has happened in getting the money back or even exposing those who has stacked black money abroad. Now a member of the super cabinet of Sonia is nominated as Rajya Sabha member. All these are the handiwork of Jaitley. He has turned the middle class who once were the pillars of BJP, against BJP by his economic policies. A large number of middle class like non-pension employees, small time savers, NRI returnees etc who depend on bank FD interests are in dire straits since FD rates kave come down from 10.75% to 7%.He could have given solace to persons whose income is less than 5 lakhs per annum. Middle class know that inflation index is a joke since prices of every thing is going up. He refuses to reduce petroleum prices especially of diesel, on which depends the price of many consumer products, though international prices is the lowest now. Instead he has increased the excise duties. Soon Modi gets himself out of his clutches and removes him from the finance ministry better it will be for the nation and BJP.

N Krishnan

Fine officer with impeccable integrity

An impeccable officer taking as Director-Technical, SAIL after retirement of SS Mohanty on June 30, 2016. First time in the history of ACC, that ACC has given Approval of Raman (alias Raman Srivastav) for appointment as Director-Technical in Steel Authority of India. No doubt he is a fine officer with impeccable integrity with excellent academic record.

Nagabhushan

Banks performance ?

Most of public sector banks are facing the problem of bad loans or NPAs. This problem has not been created by any outsider but it is their own problem. Banks performance is under question mark? banks are using tax payers money and it becomes more important for banks to show the excellent results to justify their salaries and perks. Bank employees are one of the highest paid and draw regular DAs and other benefits. There should be transparency in their working. Banks should put up the list on monthly basis about the loan sanctioned with party credentials to whom loan has been sanctioned. Also the list of defaulters whether willful or un-willful should be in public domain. This list should also be in bank web-sites. It is not understood why RBI is opposing such list to be made available even to the Finance Ministry. It means Govt. is also not aware of the list of defaulters using their own tax collected money. Something strange! Please make the system transparent and let public know who are all taken loans and not returning the money. Let the good sense prevails.

N Prakash

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