New Cadre Policy For Bureaucrats

The Centre has said it is examining inputs received from various stakeholders on the proposed changes to the IAS service rules that seek to empower it to overrule states on matters related to the central deputation of bureaucrats, and that a decision is yet to be taken. The existing rules allow mutual consultation over the central deputation of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers. In reply to an RTI query filed by this PTI journalist, the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) declined to share copies of communication received from states in this regard. It also refrained from sharing details on action taken on the states' responses, citing a clause of the transparency law that exempts disclosure of such information held by it in a "fiduciary relationship". The DoPT had in December last year proposed changes to the Indian Administrative Service (Cadre) Rules, 1954, that will take away the power of states to override the Centre's request for seeking the officers on ...

Under new policy, these officers will have to choose cadres from a set of zones instead of states