IAS Officers

The decision to extend the application date for head of the competition watchdog underlines the old debate over reserving regulatory heads exclusively for administrative service officers

Due to divergence of opinion amongst the various stakeholders, there is no proposal "at this juncture" to bring an All-India Judicial Service to select judges of lower courts, the government said in Lok Sabha on Friday. The government has been pushing for an all-India judicial service on the lines of IAS and IPS to select judges or judicial officers for subordinate courts. "In view of the existing divergence of opinion amongst stakeholders, there is no such proposal of All India Judicial Service at this juncture," Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said in a written reply. According to the government, "a properly framed" All India Judicial Service is important to strengthen the overall justice delivery system. "This will give an opportunity for induction of suitably qualified fresh legal talent selected through a proper all-India merit selection system as well as address the issue of social inclusion by enabling suitable representation to marginalised and deprived sections of society," the

A special court here on Thursday sent an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer and two others, including a businessman, to 14-day judicial custody in a money laundering case linked to alleged extortion of money from coal and mining transporters in Chhattisgarh. IAS officer Sameer Vishnoi, businessman Sunil Agrawal and advocate Laxmikant Tiwari were arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on October 13 following their questioning after the agency launched multi-city raids in the state on October 11. The accused were produced before the court of additional district and sessions judge Ajay Singh Rajput on Thursday on expiry of their ED custody, Tiwari's lawyer Faizal Rizvi said. He said the court sent them to 14-day judicial custody and they will be kept in jail. On October 13, the court had allowed custodial interrogation of the trio by the ED for eight days and on October 21 extended their remand for six more days. The trio was arrested under the Prevention of Money ...

The Maharashtra government on Wednesday night transferred 20 IAS officers, including Medical Education Commissioner Virendra Singh, who has been posted as Managing Director of Maha IT Corporation in Mumbai. Shushil Chavan, Collector of Aurangabad district, has been posted as Development Commissioner (Un-organised Labour) and transferred to Mumbai, according to an official statement. Ajay Gulhane, an IAS officer of the 2010-batch who was serving as Collector of Chandrapur district, has been appointed Additional Muncipal Commissioner of Nagpur. Deepak Kumar Meena, Additional Municipal Commissioner of Nagpur, has been named Additional Tribal Commissioner of Thane. Vinay Gowda, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Zilla Parishad (ZP) of Satara, will be the new Collector of Chandrapur. R K Gawade, CEO of Nandurbar ZP, has been posted as Additional Chief Electoral Officer and moved to Mumbai. Manik Gursal has been posted as Additional Commissioner (Industries). Shivraj Srikant Patil, ..

The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has transferred 14 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers, including District Magistrates (DMs) of 10 districts

Senior IAS officers Sunil Barthwal and Vivek Bharadwaj have been named as the Commerce and Mines Secretary, respectively, as part of a top-level bureaucratic reshuffle effected on Thursday. Barthwal, a 1989-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Bihar cadre, is currently Secretary, Ministry of Labour & Employment. He has been appointed as Officer on Special Duty in the Department of Commerce with immediate effect, an order issued by the Personnel Ministry said. Barthwal will take over as the Commerce Secretary succeeding B V R Subrahmanyam, who superannuates on September 30, it said. Subrahmanyam, a 1987-batch IAS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre, has been appointed as Chairman & Managing Director, India Trade Promotion Organization on contract basis for a period of two years in the rank and pay of Secretary to the Government of India upon his superannuation. Arti Ahuja, Secretary, Department of Chemicals and Petro-Chemicals, will be Labour and Employment Secretary .

In a bureaucratic reshuffle, a dozen IAS officers were shifted between departments on Friday, hours after a CBI raid at Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia's residence in connection with the Delhi Excise Policy. According to a transfer posting order issued by the services department of the Delhi government, those transferred include special secretary of health and family welfare Udit Prakash Rai, a 2007 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre. Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena had recently recommended the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to take action against Rai for allegedly accepting Rs 50 lakh bribe to grant "undue favours" to an executive engineer in two corruption cases. Rai has been transferred to the administrative reforms department as its special secretary, the order said. Currently, Sisodia handles the health portfolio in the Delhi government. Vijendra Singh Rawat, a 2007-batch IAS officer, has replaced Rai. He will also hold the additional charge of director ...

Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla was on Friday given one-year extension in service till August 22, 2023, a Personnel Ministry order said. This is his third extension in the post. Bhalla, a 1984-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the Assam-Meghalaya cadre, was appointed as the Home Secretary in August 2019. He was to retire in November 2020 after attaining 60 years of age. His tenure was first extended on October 17, 2020 till August 22, 2021. Bhalla's tenure was extended by one more year on August 12 last year and was to end on Monday. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved extension in service to Bhalla as Home Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, for a period of one year beyond August 22, 2022 i.e. up to August 22, 2023, in relaxation of FR 56(d) and Rule 16(1A) of the All India Services (Death-cum-Retirement Benefits) Rules, 1958, it said. The rules have provisions related to extension in service of such officers beyond the age of 60 yea

As many as 14 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers from 12 state cadres are currently on deputation in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), the Rajya Sabha was informed

After three senior IAS officers of Uttar Pradesh cadre sought voluntary retirement from service (VRS) within one week, the bureaucracy is abuzz with speculation

Thirty-three IAS officers, including seven district collectors, and 16 IPS officers, comprising three IGP and district SP each, were transferred in Rajasthan on Monday.

The district magistrates of 11 revenue districts in the national capital have been asked to carry out 'ground truthing' of desilting of drains carried out by the Department of Flood and Irrigation

Punjab Vigilance Bureau earlier this week arrested IAS officer Sanjay Popli in a graft case for allegedly demanding bribe in exchange of clearing tenders for laying a sewerage pipeline in Nawanshahr.

AAP MLA Naresh Balyan on Saturday accused the minister of shamelessly telling white lies in front of everyone.

Union home minister (Amit Shah) and the department took action against them and they were transferred to give a strong message that stadiums are meant for sportspersons, Union Sports minister said.

According to the order issued late on Wednesday night, the divisional commissioner of Jammu and six deputy commissioners (DCs) are among those transferred with immediate effect

Narendra Bhushan, who was the CEO of Greater Noida has been made the new principal secretary of the Public Works Department

Odisha, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Rajasthan have raised their voice against the amendments

Of 11,569 IAS officers who entered the civil services between 1951 and 2020, only 1,527 were women

Durga Shankar Mishra, a 1984 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, took over as the new Chief Secretary of the state on Thursday.