What people say about us!

Informative platform

Pramod Narayan

POLITICS

This is History (286)
The people who were responsible for the great changes in Japan were a band of far-seeing men of the nobility_ the 'Elder Statesman' they were called.


Prediction of whispersinthecorridors.com
If there is no disturbance of nature Prime Minister, Narendra Modi will continue as PM of India till 2024 and afterwards he will move to the Rashtrapati Bhawan.


V Narayanansamy to be new CM of Pondicherry
V Narayansamy is being sworn in as new Chief Minister of Pondicherry. He is not a member of the Assembly.
(We said this on May 20)


Praise of Chidambaram to RBI Chief to cost him dearly
Political observers believe that praise of RBI Chief Raghuram Rajan by former Finance Minister P Chidambaram is going to cost Rajan dearly.

DEBATE

In world's biggest democracy- Who can be termed as dictator and why ?

In India - world's biggest democracy - Who can be said to be dictators from among the following. Narendra Modi (Prime Minister), Ms. Sonia Gandhi (AICC Chief), Arvind Kejriwal (Delhi Chief Minister), Vasundhara Raje (Rajasthan Chief Minister), J Jayalalithaa (Tamil Nadu Chief Minister), Mamta Banerjee (West Bengal Chief Minister), Naveen Patnayak (Orissa Chief Minister ), K Chandrasekhar Rao (Telangana Chief Minister), Mehbooba Mufti Sayeed (Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister) and Nitish Kumar (Bihar Chief Minister).
Mail your views to suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com or mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com

BUREAUCRACY


Next IB & RAW Chiefs decided, not CBI!
Grapevine has it that while it is almost certain that who would head the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and the Research And Analysis Wing (RAW) next, nothing can be said about the CBI at this juncture.

Review of 1985 batch IAS in June
Review of 1985 batch IAS officers to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India is expected to take place along with empanelment of 1986 batch IAS.

Sahoo to be MD of Bank?
ED of the Allahabad Bank N K Sahoo is believed to have been selected for the post of MD of a nationalised bank. Interview was held early this month.

Bajaj to be MD of Bank?
P K Bajaj ED of the Indian Overseas Bank is believed to have been selected for the post of a nationalised bank. Interview was held early this month.

IAS officer approaches DoPT to cancel inter cadre transfer of her husband
An IAS officer has reportedly approached the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) requesting the cancellation of proposal of her husband seeking inter cadre transfer from one to another. The DoPT has reserved the decision until a policy is formulated to avoid such situation.

Vice Admiral Chawla to head Personnel in Navy
Vice Admiral Anil Chawla is being tipped to head of Personnel in Navy. He is presently DG Naval operations.

Vice Admiral Karve is head of Southern Naval Command
Vice Admiral A R Karve has taken over as new Chief of the Southern Command of the Indian Navy.

Mamta Banerjee unlikely to send officers on deputation
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee is believed to have decided not to send IAS and IPS officers on central deputation.

DM and SP level changes soon in Tamil Nadu
A list of Collectors and SPs is being prepared in Tamil Nadu where the CM Jayalalita has either lost or got less votes. One can wait and watch.

Vivekanand to join as Director (Fin), ONGC Videsh Ltd on Sept 1
Vivekanand, GM, OVL, ONGC, whose appointment as Director (Finance), ONGC Videsh Limited, has been approved by the Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC), will take over the charge on September 1, 2016.

Joining of S S Rawat as Director (PM), BRC soon
The joining of S S Rawat, DGM, SAIL, as Director (Project Management), Bridge & Roof Company Limited (BRC) is expected in couple of days as the post has been lying vacant since June 6, 2015.

Post of CMD, NMDC advertised
No sooner was the panel of Gopal Singh scrapped than the Public Enterprise Selection Board (PESB) advertised the vacancy for the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, National Mineral Development Corporation Limited (NMDC) lying vacant since February 22, 2016. Those willing to apply for this post can send their applications before July 7, 2016.

ACC yet to declare name for CMD, SCI
The Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) is yet to declare the name for the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) after reportedly interviewing around 10 short-listed candidates on May 16, 2016.

Minister of Water Resources seeking name for Executive Member NCA
Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, New Delhi, has invited the name of willing and suitable officers for a filling up the post of Executive Member in Narmada Control Authority, Indore from the State Governments.

Amresh going to Belgaum
B N Amresh, a 2013 batch IDAS officer, is going to Belgaum as PAO, MLI. He is posted in Delhi.

Sutapa Majumdar appointed as Adviser, New and Renewable Energy
Ms Sutapa Majumdar has been appointed as Economic Adviser, New and Renewable Energy. She is a 1987 batch IES Officer.

V Chandrasekaran appointed as Deputy Accountant General in PAG office, Chennai
V Chandrasekaran (IA&AS-2008), Deputy Accountant General (Funds) in the office of Principal Accountant General (A&E), Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, has been transferred and posted as Deputy Accountant General (SS-III), in the office of Principal Accountant General (G&SSA), Tamil Nadu & Puducherry, Chennai.

Vacancy of Joint Secretary, MHA arising in June
A vacancy of Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs is arising in June.

Vacancy of DDG, Hq Delhi, UIDAI arising in June
A vacancy of DDG, HQ Delhi, UIDAI, D/o Electronics & Information Technology is arising in June.

Gagan to return Odisha
Vishal Gagan is reportedly returning to the parent cadre Odisha after completion of central deputation tenure. He is 1998 batch IAS officer.

New Navy Chief to take over tomorrow (UPDATED)
S K Lanba will take over as Chief of Naval Staff tomorrow, May 31. Presently he is posted at Western Command at Mumbai.

Two Under Secretary level officers shifted in GoI (UPDATED)
Two Under Secretary level officers have been transferred and posted to different Departments in Government of India. G Saravanan has been posted to Expenditure while S K Mishra was appointed to Defence.

Tenure of Anurag Jain as Joint Secretary, PMO extended (UPDATED)
The tenure of Anurag Jain as Joint Secretary in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has been extended for a period of two years beyond June 28, 2016. He is a 1989 batch IAS officer of MP cadre.

Burman to be Principal PS to Sonowal (UPDATED)
Rajnish Dev Burman is all set to be appointed to be appointed as principle private secretary to the new Assam CM. He is 1999 batch IRS (IT) officer.

Srinivasulu gets posting in AP on inter cadre deputation (UPDATED)
Gurrala Srinivasulu, who joined the Government of Andhra Pradesh on inter cadre deputation from Uttar Pradesh, has been appointed as State Project Director, Sarva Siksha Abhiyan. He is a 2005 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Purkayastha appointed new DGP, WB; to join on May 31 (UPDATED)
Surajit Kar Purkayastha has been appointed as new Director General of Police (DGP) in West Bengal. Purkayastha, who belongs to a 1983 batch IPS officer of West Bengal cadre, will take over the charge on May 31, 2016.
(We said this on May 20 and again on May 30 )

Reshuffle of IAS officers in AP (UPDATED)
As many as 17 IAS officers have been transferred and posted to different places in Andhra Pradesh. Accordingly, Ashiwini Kuamr Parida has been appointed as Special chief Secretary, Public Enterprises while Ajeya Kallam was made Special Chief Secretary, Finance and Dinesh Kumar is Special Chief Secretary, Panchayat Raj and Rural Development and Housing Development. Similarly, P V Ramesh has been appointed as Principal Secretary, Environment, Forests, Science and Technology Department; Jagdish Chander Sharma gets full additional charge of Principal Secretary, GAD Political; Aditya Nath Das as Principal Secretary, School Education Department; Dr Vijay Kumar as Principal Secretary, Minorities Welfare; Ram Prakash Sisodia as Principal Secretary, Tribal Welfare ; Shamsher Singh Rawat as Secretary, Social Welfare; Solomon Arokia Raj as Secretary, Industries & Commerce; I Srinivas Srinaresh as Secretary, Handlooms & Textiles and Managing Director, APCO; Lav Agarwal as Commissioner, Disaster Management and ex-officio Secretary, Revenue; Shashi Bhsuhan Kumar as Secretary, Water Resources; G S K R Vijay a Kumar as VC & MD, APSC Coop Finance Corporation Ltd; I Samuel Anand Kumar as Director, Health & FW and Executive Director, NHRM; M Rama Rao as Director, Social Welfare and Sridhar has been appointed as Deputy Secretary, Public Enterprises.

Vice Admiral Luthra takes over Western Naval Command (UPDATED)
Vice Admiral Girish Luthra has taken over the reins of Western Naval Command (WNC) as Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief (FOC-in-C) from Vice Admiral Sunil Lanba.

NTPC declares audited financial results for financial year (UPDATED)
The Country's largest power generator - NTPC Ltd. having installed capacity of 47178 MW has declared the Unaudited Financial Results for 4th quarter of Financial Year 2015-16 along with Audited Financial Results for Financial Year 2015-16. According to Gurdeep Singh, CMD, NTPC, during the Financial Year 2015-16, NTPC Limited recorded highest ever generation of 241.975 Billion Units against 241.261 Billion Units generated during the previous year. The Audited Total Income for the Financial Year 2015-16 was Rs. 71,696.07 crore and the Profit After Tax was Rs. 10,242.91 crore. For the financial year 2015-16, thermal PLF of NTPC Ltd. was 78.61% against the National PLF of 62.28%.
For the 4th quarter of Financial Year 2015-16, NTPC Ltd. generated 62.332 Billion Units against 61.313 Billion Units generated in the corresponding period of the previous year, up by 1.66%. The Unaudited Total Income was Rs. 18,560.70 crore and the Profit Before Tax was Rs. 3,571.24 crore against the Profit Before Tax of Rs. 3,122.20 crore for the 4th quarter of Financial Year 2014-15, up by over 14%. The Profit After Tax for the 4th quarter of Financial Year 2015-16 was Rs. 2,716.41 crore.
The Board of Directors has recommended Final Dividend for the Financial Year 2015-16 @ Rs. 1.75 per share @ 17.50% of paid-up capital, subject to the approval of shareholders in the Annual General Meeting scheduled to be held in September, 2016. The Company had paid Interim Dividend for the Financial Year 2015-16 @ Rs. 1.60 per share @16.00% of paid-up capital in February, 2016. Thus, total dividend for the Financial Year is @ 33.50% of paid-up capital.

S K Gorai selected as Director (Fin), KIOCL (UPDATED)
S K Gorai, GGM, TCIL, has been selected for the post of Director (Finance), Kudremukh Iron Ore Co Limited (KIOCL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on May 30, 2016. Only three persons were interviewed for the same.

Health Ministry ADG, C R K Nair retiring on May 31(UPDATED)
C R K Nair, Additional Director General in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is retiring on May 31, 2016. He is 1980 batch officer of Indian Statistical Service.

Ram Subhag Singh appointed as DDG, UIDAI, Chandigarh (UPDATED)
Ram Subhag Singh has been appointed as Deputy Director General (DDG), Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), Chandigarh at Joint Secretary level. He is a 1987 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Sanjay Ambadas Chahande appointed as DDG, UIDAI, Mumbai (UPDATED)
Sanjay Ambadas Chahande has been appointed as Deputy Director General (DDG), Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), Mumbai at Joint Secretary level. He is a 1988 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Ms Vandana Gupta appointed as Joint Secretary, NCW (UPDATED)
Ms Vandana Gupta has been appointed as Joint Secretary, National Commission for Women (NCW) under the Ministry of Women & Child Development. She is a 1990 batch IP&TA&FS officer.

Ms Sonia Sethi appointed as Addl DGFT, Mumbai (UPDATED)
Ms Sonia Sethi has been appointed as Additional Director General of Foreign Trade (Adll DGFT), Mumbai at Joint Secretary level officer.

Ms Vasundhara Sinha appointed as Addl DGFT, New Delhi (UPDATED)
Ms Vasundhara Sinha has been appointed as Additional Director General of Foreign Trade (Addl DGFT), New Delhi at Joint Secretary level. She is a 1988 batch IRS-IT officer.

Ms Dakshita Das appointed as Joint Secretary, Road Transport (UPDATED)
Ms Dakshita Das has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways. She is a 1986 batch IRAS officer.

Ms Maushumi Rudra appointed as Financial Adviser, NATGRID (UPDATED)
Ms Maushumi Rudra has been appointed as Financial Adviser, National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID) at Joint Secretary level. She is a 1992 batch IDAS officer.

Pankaj Kumar Mishra appointed as Director, FIU-IND (UPDATED)
Pankaj Kumar Mishra has been appointed as Director, Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU-IND) under the Department of Revenue at Joint Secretary level. He is a 1989 batch IRS-IT officer.

Rajeev Ranjan appointed as Joint Secretary, Expenditure (UPDATED)
Rajeev Ranjan has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Expenditure. He is a 1989 batch IAS officer of MP cadre.

Amar Nath appointed as Joint Secretary, Petroleum (UPDATED)
Amar Nath has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas. He is a 1994 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

A V Patil appointed as Joint Secretary, Financial Services (UPDATED)
A V Patil has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Financial Services. He is a 1998 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

P N Ranjit Kumar appointed as Joint Secretary, AYUSH (UPDATED)
P N Ranjit Kumar has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of AYUSH. He is a 1993 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.

Sanjeev Kumar Chadha appointed as MD, NAFED (UPDATED)
Sanjeev Kumar Chadha has been appointed as Managing Director, National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Limited (NAFED) at Joint Secretary level. He is a 1989 batch IFS officer of Orissa cadre.

Subir Mallick appointed as Joint Secretary, Defence (UPDATED)
Subir Mallick has been appointed as Additional Financial Advisor and Joint Secretary, Ministry of Defence (Finance). He is a 1989 batch IA&AS officer.

Anandarajan appointed as Joint Secretary, Defence (UPDATED)
Anandarajan V has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Defence. He is a 1988 batch IRS-IT officer.

Tenure of Prof Rajat Moona as DG, CDAC (UPDATED)
The tenure of Prof. Rajat Moona as Director General, Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (DG, CDAC) has been extended for a period of one year with effect from June 1, 2016.

CORPORATE

Bhattacharya to step down as MD of Hindalco Industries Ltd?
Debu Bhattacharya is to step down as Managing Director of Hindalco Industries Ltd with effect from July 31, 2016. He is, however, to continue as Non Executive Vice Chairman of the company.

Pai to be MD of Hindalco Industries Ltd
Satish Pai has been appointed as Managing Director of Hindalco Industries Ltd with effect from August 1, 2016

Radhakrishnan to head Business unit of Infosys Ltd
Anantha Radhakrishnan will be the Head of Business Process Outsourcing Services unit of Infosys Ltd.

Bothra appointed CFO of Nandan Denim Ltd
Nandan Denim Limited has appointed Ashok Bothra as the Chief Financial Officer of the company .

Gupta resigns as President & CFO of Jubilant Foodworks Ltd
Ravi Shanker Gupta has resigned as President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Jubilant Foodworks Limited with effect fromJuly 11, 2016.

Shah re-appointed CMD of Chembond Chemicals Ltd
Chembond Chemicals Ltd has re-appointed Sameer V Shah as Chairman and Managing Director of the company with effect fromAugust 1, 2016.

Gulecha appointed ED of Proaim Enterprises Ltd
Proaim Enterprises Ltd has appointed Shaan Amit Gulecha as an Executive 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)

Knowledge is above caste and religion
Earlier young civil servants used to say that civil servants have no caste! This time some section of society seems to be hurt of UPSC results, due to obvious reasons i.e. their casteists mentality. They forget worth is not by birth. Proven ability of the young civil servants matters no caste. Knowledge is above caste and religion, the UPSC result proves.

Singh R K


Discrimination in promotions in loss making Maharatna PSU
Why there is discrimination in promotions & transfer in loss making Maharatna PSU. Qualified, honest, sincere and dynamic executives from good Engineering colleges and NIITS & IITs who joined as MT(T)s are retiring as DGMs. Will PM look into it? Even there is ACC approval of one falsified age affidavit holder for director post is a classic example. What is the use of having vigilance etc.

Sashank

Rajasthan CM turns deaf ears
PM Modiji is coming to Rajasthan. The problems of people and the MLA and MP would be heard as the CM has turned deaf ears to them.
Tallin

Present Chief Secretary of Assam is very competent officer.
Vinay

The empanelment of IRAS 87 and 88 is long overdue and is required to be expedited as well !
Vox Popouli



TAIL=PIECE
Kejri has become CM
Kiran Bedi has become Governor
V K Singh has become a Minister
Baba Ram Dev became No 1 Businessman
Salute to Anna Hazare whose campus placement is 100 percent

DATE WITH RTI

Top	Click here for Your Feedback about this whisper	Next