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same time I also pray God to give peace to the deceased soul of
Sri Mehrotra's son. May his soul live in peace in its heavenly
abode.
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Sameer Mehrotra, son of Dr. Suresh Mehrotra, Chief Editor, whispersinthecorridors.com,
passed away early morning on August 15,2008 at the Bombay Hospital,
Bombay, after a brief illness. He was 35. He is survived by his
father Dr. Mehrotra, mother Mrs Asha Mehrotra, wife Sapna Mehrotra
and daughters Arushi and Khushi.
LIC gearing up to meet challenges from
pvt.sector
Life Insurance Corporation (LIC)
of India is gearing up to meet challenges from increasingly aggressive
private insurance companies and in this context the Chairman of
LIC of India T. S. Vijayan
is going to different parts of India to meet senior officers &
companies agents of different Zones.In an exclusive interview
with <whispersinthecorridors.com> he threw light on the
company and its future.
Q.Has LIC's business shrunk by 12 per cent in the current fiscal?
A.No, the projections are varied and there is a shortfall. However,
I am confident that by the time we close the year we will register
a healthy growth.
Q.How is LIC planning to meet challenges from the private insurance
companies?
A.LIC is India's biggest financial institution and it will continue
to be so in the future. With the opening up of Insurance sector
a lot of private players have come in. bringing in increased competition.
Considering the fact LIC too have restructured its policies and
have come up with some innovative policies. I can say with confidence
that despite stiff competition from about 20 private companies
LIC's market share has grown continuously. Our emphasis is to
keep our customer base intact and attract new customers by improving
upon policy servicing and settlement of claims. Infact, LIC has
been a leader in settlement of claims settling over 10 times the
claims settled by any other private insurance company in India.
We aspire to win over our customer's confidence and maintain it
lifelong.
Q.There is a speculation that LIC is losing business in the
High Net Segment, your comments?
A.No, it may be the case in some parts of the country but when
you take the scenario in-toto gives a clear picture about LIC's
standing. We still are leaders catering to the High Net Segment.
We have large number of customers in Rs 40 crore and above segment.
Q.What happened to the proposed credit cards LIC was to come
out along with GE Money?
A.Credit cards business is obviously a tricky business. LIC had
entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with GE Money for its
credit card venture. However, GE Money has gone cold on the proposed
venture.
Q.Will LIC go ahead alone to issue credit cards?
A.Well, we are getting proposals from several established players
for a tie-up for the credit card venture. However, no decision
has been taken on it as of now. Neither has LIC decided to go
ahead with credit cards venture on its own.
Gill is new DGP of Himachal Pradesh
Gurpreet Singh Gill has been appointed new DGP of Himachal Pradesh.
He is 1974 batch IPS officer.
( We said this on June 11 )
Pay Commission in Sikkim constituted
Sikkim Government has constituted Pay Commission to be headed
by Former Chief Justice R K Patra.
"BJP to retain power in Rajasthan
only under Ms.Vasundhara Raje"
There is a general perception in political & circles of the
ruling Bhartiya Janata Party(BJP) of Rajasthan that the party
could retain power only if Chief Minister Ms.Vasundhara Raje was
once again projected as the Chief Ministerial candidate during
state assembly polls that are to be held later this year.It is
an open secret that Ms.Vasundhara Raje as Chief Minister,Rajasthan
has emerged as the unchallenging leader.
Health Director in Bihar removed
Health Director of Bihar, Geeta Prasad, has been removed.
Soren's induction as Jharkhand CM may
be difficult
Induction of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha(JMM) supremo Shibu Soren as
Chief Minister Jharkhand may be difficult as Indian Railway Minister
Lalu Prasad Yadav is totally disinclined to see Soren on the seat
of Chief Minister,Jharkhand.
A berth in Central cabinet likely for
Soren
As the grapevine has it Jharkhand Mukti Morcha(JMM) spremo Shibu
Soren may be installed as a Minister in the Union cabinet being
headed by Prime Minister Dr.Man Mohan Singh.
Union cabinet's reshuffle delayed
The much awaited reshuffle of the Indian cabinet being headed
by Prime Minister Dr.Man Mohan Singh has been delayed because
the imbroglio about adjusting Jharkhand Mukti Morcha(JMM) supremo
Shibu Soren has so far remained unresolved.
IFS changes in Karnataka
There is an IFS reshuffle in Karnataka. New postings are :-Mssrs
Srikanth V Hosur - Deputy Conservator of Forest, Gadag; Upendra
Prathap Singh - Deputy Conservator of Forest, Tumkur; Anil Kumar
Rathan - Deputy Conservator of Forest (Wildlife), Kodagu.
IFS postings in Orissa
On promotion as Chief Conservator Forests, 1979 Batch Indian Forest
Service (IFS) officer, Pitambar Sethi has been appointed as Director,Commercial,
OFDC limited, Bhubaneswar . Amiya Kumar Mohapatra has been posted
as Chief Executive , Orissa Remote Sensing Application Centre,
Bhubaneswar.Mohapatra is 1980 batch IFS officer
who belongs to Orissa cadre.
IPS Transfers in Madhya Pradesh
Certain IPS officers have been transferred in Madhya
Pradesh.Those who have been transferred are:K.G.Khare DIG Sagar
to DIG Rewa,G.K.Shrivastava DIG Indore who was to go Rewa will
continue in Indore,S.K.Saxena SP Hoshangabad to AIG in PHQ,M.K.Mudgal
Commandant 24th Battalion SAF Jaora to SP Mandla(till pendency
of the court case relating to K.S.Rathore) & K.D.Parashar
will be SP Hoshangabad till pendency of the court case.
Dr. Rajesh Verma authors a book on RTI
Act
With the Right to Information (RTI) Act gaining acceptability
and becoming a powerful tool to bring about transparency in governance,
another book on the subject is hitting the stalls soon. The new
book titled "Right to Information Law and Practice"
has been written by Dr. Rajesh Verma Joint Commissioner, Customs
and Central Excise, Madhya Pradesh. Published by Taxmann, New
Delhi, the book provides a commentary on the RTI Act and subject
wise compilation of the orders of the CIC, Judgments of the High
Court and Supreme Court and State Rulings.
Additional Judge for Kerala High Court
Thomas Puthenpura Joseph has been appointed as an Additional Judge
of the Kerala High Court, for a period of two years with effect
from the date he assumes charge of his office.
IFS officers in Tripura promoted
Indian Forest Service (IFS) officers of the Tripura cadre have
been promoted from CF to CCF. Those promoted are AK Sinha (1986
batch), Jagdeesh Singh(1987 batch), DK Sharma (1988 batch), BS
Mishra (1989 batch), Chandramani Devaram (1990 batch) & Pravir
Bhattacharya (1992 batch) was promoted from DCF to CF.
IFS officers in Tripura transferred
Certain officers belonging to the Indian Forest Service (IFS)
have been transferred by the Tripura Government. Those transferred
are: DK Sharma (1988 batch) from JBIC on promotion as CCF goes
to Non Timbre Forest Centre as Director, Pravir Bhattacharya (1992
batch)on promotion from JBIC to CF Wild Life, GR Paul (1993 batch)
JBIC to CF Working Plan, Shailendra Singh (1997 batch) DFO Teliamura
to DCF Headquarters, Anshuman Dey (1996 batch) DFO Udaipur to
Additional Director JBIC, Amit Shukla (2000 batch) DFO Kailash
Shahar to Agratala, Ms.Deepa Nair (1999 batch) DFO Research to
DFO Udaipur, AR Sharma (2003 batch) DFO Agartala to General Manager
State Forest Corporation & CL Das (2001 batch) DFO Manu to
DFO Aambussa.
RBS Rawat is PCCF Uttarakhand
RBS Rawat has been promoted as PCCF in Uttarakhand. He is an Indian
Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1978 batch who belongs to
the Uttarakhand cadre.
S.K. Ghosh is acting VC, Vikram Varsity
S.K. Ghosh, head of Physics Department in the Vikram University,
Ujjain, has been appointed as the acting Vice Chancellor (VC).He
has succeeded Prof Ram Rajesh Mishra whose resignation from the
VC's post was accepted.
Members of CBDT to be finalised soon
(UPDATED)
Incumbents to be appointed as members in Central
Board of Direct Taxes(CBDT)against vacant posts are expected to
finalised within a few day's time.
CORPORATE
Promotions in Coal India
There has been promotion in Coal India. Several top officers have
been promoted.
Mahesh Chouhan now CEO, Rediffusion
Mahesh Chouhan has been elevated as Group CEO, Rediffusion. He
has succeeded Arun Nanda Chairman of the group.
NBCC scales new heights
The 48th Annual General Meeting of NBCC Ltd., a CPSU under the
Ministry of Urban Development, chaired by Arup Roy Choudhury,
Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD), declared the results for
the financial year 2007-08. The Company has declared a whopping
gross profit of Rs.418 Crore with a Total Income of Rs.2025 Crore.
The company has been consistently maintaining the status of the
largest Central Public Sector Undertaking (CPSU) in the Construction
& Infrastructure Sector. The Board of NBCC also declared a
dividend of Rs.55.97 crore to be paid to the Government of India
which is 62% of its paid-up Capital of Rs.90.00 crore. Further,
NBCC also announced its results of the year against key financial
parameters. Arup Roy Choudhury CMD, gave whole credit of the tremendous
turnaround of the Company to its employees who have worked relentlessly
towards this achievement.
Devraj Sanyal quits Percept D'Mark India
(UPDATED)
Devraj Sanyal has quit as CEO of Percept D'Mark
(PDM) India.
Aaj
Ki Aawaz PDP has made J&K boil,
And Congress has poured on the fire oil!!!
With an eye on elections Abdullah Father and Son duo are playing
games!!!
Privately shaking hands with Congress and in public calling Congress
names!!
Biggest problem with J&K is that it's got nincompoop Leaders!!!
Who are also J&K's biggest bleeders!!!
For J&K these Leaders have no vision or foresight!!
Limited to temporary political and personal gains is their vision
or sight!!!
First PDP itself gave the land and then created a hue and cry!!!!
And then to gain brownie points via Vohra kiya Congress ne try!!!
J&K is now on fire!!!!
To stop the fire first Guv Vohra ko Center karre fire!!!!
Then take a view keeping Waqf Board land all over India in mind!!!!
And stop trying to be for electoral gains kind!!!
Whenever Congress has been in power J&K has been brought to
boil!!!!
Allowed separatists to gain ground on Indian soil!!!
For mishandling J&K Congress will get the gold!!!
And it's not just for now but also for old!!!
Amar Singh is working hard behind the scenes!!!!
He knows what Saxena's confession means!!!
Saxena has confessed to the Parliamentary Panel of his links with
Amar Singh!!!
Seems in front of the Panel like a bird kiya Saxena ne sing!!!!
For all you know the Panel Members will get anonymous faxes any
day!!!
Kala Chitta of each Member the faxes will say!!!
In the past a Judge got a similar fax just before he was to give
his judgment!!!
And it's obvious for what objective this fax was meant!!!
Amar Singh is a Master in such a game!!!
And in such a game he already has a lot of fame!!!
In dirty tricks Amar is a Master!!!!!
Dirty Tricks mein he's the Master Blaster!!!!
Laloo is being applauded for the wrong achievement!!!
Not for Railways turnaround applause should be for the way truth
was bent!!!
Hopefully the next Railway Mantri will let the cat out of the
bag!!!!
Laloo just packed a pack of lies in his Rail Budget bag!!!!
In Bihar for the first time in years during monsoon matters are
under control!!!!
In controlling Nitesh played a pivotal role!!!
In making things go bad to worse Laloo had played a pivotal role!!!
Laloo announced relief measures after making a huge hole!!!!
By the looks of it 98% of relief went into this hole!!!!
And Public rather than receiving dole ended up paying the toll!!!
Mush resigned after he got the go ahead from Bush!!!
So you can say Bush gave the decisive push!!!
By the looks of it Mush will walk into oblivion!!!
Will not be allowed to retire in the Paki Pavilion!!
He will go on Haj and in Saudi Arabia he will stay back!!!
Boriya bistar karr liya hai Mush ne pack!!!
Confucius says..... Dictators like Mush do not return!!!
Whereas Politicians like Sharif are always in line waiting for
their turn!!!
Bharat Kumar
Forum
Pay Bonanza- now a carrot and stick policy is needed
As a civil servant I am pleasantly surprised with the raise. Let
me assure the PM that honest civil servants will find this a good
ground to continue working in government. Those who are in the
thick of things know fully well that civil services offer the
best canvas to work, notwithstanding the pressures and politics.I
will suggest to the PM and his colleagues to introduce the CRS
(Compulsory retirement scheme) to weed out inefficient and corrupt
civil servants; change the rules to dismiss/remove dishonest civil
servants under 56 . Let only the best remain after 20 yrs and
others can be given a graceful exit (I am sure the PM and his
team can find out the best way to do this). ARC and DOPT need
to be asked to give out the CRC scheme in the next 3 months .
There is no fun in allowing VRS without CRS. VRS scheme should
be brought in for 15-20 years as suggested by CPC. But this should
only be a good starting point . We may not give 80 months pay.
It will lead to anomalous situation viv a vis VRS in banking,
insurance etc. May be 60 months will suffice. Moreover there are
those in the 20-25 yr bracket, who get personable but will want
to get out. VRS should apply to them too ( minus the severance
pay package being considered for 15-20 year category). The pension
could be 60% of what is due with rest coming as 60 month severance
pay. There is no need for unwilling workers to continue beyond
20 years too. Let them take pension and go.
Dr Sanjay Singh
6th pay commission:an eye opener for a person like me
i) What is this "equal work equal pay " concept?
ii) What is the maximum limit of hours of work that we can be
asked to do... and for how long? and because of the long duration
of work if there is a health hazard and the medical category is
downgraded , who should be held accountable? Is there any provision
to claim compensation? If my boss asks me to work beyond stipulated
hours ,without any financial benefits, on routine basis... can
it be taken as offence ( forced labour) ?
Vijay
No IRS in UPSC ?
Why no IRS official has been ever selected for the position of
Members or Chairman of UPSC ? It is IAS dominance all along. Present
DoPT Secretary is anyways anti IRS as all policies framed by him
are anti IRS e.g. the criterion of 5 years Additional Secretary
rank for being eligible to apply for CAT membership though an
IRS officer remains on Additional Secretary rank for a maximum
of 3 years after which he retires or the chosen few become Special
Secretary by virtue of being CBDT member.
Sandeep
After all it is a question of hygiene
There is no disputing the fact that railways should be earning
profit but not by cutting corners. While travelling in one of
the south bound Rajdhani express I was shocked to see that the
bearers were utilising the space in between the toilets for preparing
the food trays and they were using the washbasin (in which people
are otherwise seen spitting and cleaning their teeth) for washing
the food trays and tea cups. After witnessing this, I stopped
having food on the Rajdhani even though the food charges are included
in the ticket fare. Railway Board should seriously consider having
a separate pantry car for serving food to Rajdhani travellers.
After all it is a question of hygiene.
Rajeev
Where food is stored in toilets
Some more important needs need attention. It is too time consuming
to buy platform tickets in large stations like Nizamuddin, particularly
for seeing off people in evenings, because only two windows are
manned. Then the placement of bogies in daily trains is also changed
as a routine. Linen in trains like Bilaspur- Rajdhani are very
unhygienic & dirty. Food is stored in toilets & served
in a very dirty fashion.
Mala Srivastava
Rail coaches still require maintenance
Rightly said by Shyamali. Rail coaches requires a lot of maintenance
for a comfortable journey.
Raj Kumar
OLYMPICS:how long should we accept humiliation ?
Sadly, I did not see any discussions on the latest snub by China-
in not inviting either our President or PM when most Heads of
Governments/State could be seen on TV. How long are we to accept
humiliation in this manner? Any views?
K D Joyal
System of referral be stopped
I agree with the pensioners grievance about CGHS facilities. The
system of referral should be stopped and taking permission from
ones department should also be stopped. If at all, the CGHS dispensary
should refer to specialist after asking the individual whom he/she
wants to consult so that people can consult doctors in their area
which has CGHS approved private hospitals rather than going to
RML where there is long queues and one who is not sick will also
catch lot of infection. The system of supplying medicines is okay
but as rightly pointed out should be supplied for a minimum period
of three months to avoid rush at the dispensaries.
Mrs. Mathangi Ramaseshan
Demotivation among bank and insurance employees
The 6th CPC has had a very major fall out on Public sector bank
and insurance employees as they feel left out. I am sure the Finance
Minister will deem it fit to set up a pay panel for Bank and Public
sector insurance companies immediately. Or otherwise I can see
them all as demotivated.
Radha
Even aviation companies need to pull up their socks
This is with refreence to observations made by Shyamali about
pathetic maintenance in rail coaches.I must express my deep concern
on behalf of thousands of air travellers. There is an urgent need
for Aviation companies including Air India to pull up their socks
in terms of maintenance of aircrafts & catering aboard flights.
Susan