Ias Officer

Govt seeks to fill up posts with hires from non-IAS pool, sparks debate

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

Departmental inquiry against IAS Rohini, IPS Roopa over public spat

The Karnataka government has ordered a departmental inquiry against IAS officer Rohini Sindhuri and IPS officer D. Roopa Moudgil over their public spat, sources said on Saturday

Retired IAS officer Arun Goel takes charge as election commissioner

Former bureaucrat Arun Goel on Monday assumed charge of his new responsibility as an Election Commissioner. The poll panel said Goel assumed charge this morning. A 1985-batch IAS officer of the Punjab cadre, Goel took voluntary retirement on November 18. He was on Saturday appointed as an Election Commissioner. He was to retire on December 31, 2022 after completing 60 years of age. He has joined Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and Election Commissioner Anup Chandra Pandey on the poll panel. There was a vacancy in the EC following the retirement of Sushil Chandra as CEC in May this year. Goel was, till recently, the heavy industries secretary. He has also served in the Union Culture ministry. His appointment comes days before Gujarat goes to two-phase polls on December one and five. The poll panel will have its full strength when it decides the election schedule for Nagaland, Meghalaya, Tripura and Karnataka in the coming months.

Centre suspends senior IAS officer Jitendra Narain after rape allegation

The government on Monday suspended with immediate effect senior IAS officer and former chief secretary of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Jitendra Narain, accused of raping a woman in Port Blair. The suspension came after Union Home Minister Amit Shah directed immediate strict action against Narain, who is presently posted as the chairman and managing director of the Delhi Financial Corporation, according to a Union home ministry statement. The ministry said the government is committed to ensuring zero-tolerance towards the acts of indiscipline by its officials irrespective of their rank and status, especially regarding incidents involving women's dignity. The ministry received a report on Sunday from the Andaman and Nicobar Police regarding the alleged sexual assault of the 21-year-old woman by Narain, when he was serving as chief secretary of the archipelago, and others. As the report indicated the possibility of grave misconduct and misuse of the official position on the part of ...

Senior IAS officer Rajendra Kumar appointed ESIC Director General

Senior bureaucrat Rajendra Kumar has been appointed the director general of the Employees' State Insurance Corporation, as part of a senior-level bureaucratic reshuffle effected by the Centre on Sunday. Kumar, a 1992-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Tamil Nadu cadre, is currently an additional secretary in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. He has been appointed the DG of ESIC, an order issued by the Personnel Ministry said. As per the order, T Natarajan, a 1996-batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre, will be an additional secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance. V Hekali Zhimomi has been appointed as additional secretary in the Department of Health and Family Welfare. She is at present working as a joint secretary in the same department. Ashish Srivastava, Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, has been named as adviser in the Inter State Council Secretariat, Minist

Special court rejects CBI closure report on Karnataka IAS officer's death

A special court has rejected the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) closure report on the mysterious death of Karnataka cadre IAS officer Anurag Tiwari

Examining states' inputs on IAS cadre rules change, no decision yet: Centre

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 ...

IAS officer Paban Kumar Borthakur to serve as new Assam chief secretary

Senior IAS officer Paban Kumar Borthakur took charge as the new Chief Secretary of Assam, succeeding Jishnu Barua, who retired from service

Administrative reshuffle in UP, 16 senior IAS officers transferred

The Uttar Pradesh government has transferred 16 senior IAS officers, including Additional Chief Secretary, Medical and Health, who was embroiled in controversy over the issue of transfers in the Health department, officials said on Thursday Prominent among others who were transferred include Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Information, Navneet Sehgal, who has been sent to the sports department. While ACS, Medical and Health, Amit Mohan Prasad has been given charge of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), Export promotion, Khadi, Parth Sarthi Sen Sharma, who was on wait list has been given charge of Medical, Health and Family welfare departments as Principal Secretary, the transfer list released on Thursday morning said. Prasad's name cropped up in a controversy related to transfers in the Medical and Health department. Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak had expressed his displeasure over the issue and questioned the procedure followed. ACS, Governor, Mahesh Gupta, has be

Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh transfers 12 IAS officers

The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh transferred 12 IAS officers

CBI arrests IAS officer K Rajesh in bribery case related to arms licence

The CBI on Wednesday arrested Gujarat cadre IAS officer K Rajesh for alleged bribery in sanctioning weapon licenses to ineligible people, officials said. Rajesh, a 2011 batch IAS officer, was called to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) office in Ahmedabad for questioning, but he did not co-operate and was taken into custody, they said. It is alleged that when Rajesh was the collector of Surendranagar district, he took bribe in land deals and in sanctioning weapon licenses to ineligible people, they added.

Parameswaran Iyer, new Niti Aayog CEO, is an accidental bureaucrat

The man who helmed the Swachh Bharat mission once worked as a journalist and cut vegetables in a hotel

Civil servants write to Assam CM, accuse BJP MLA of 'misbehaving'

The officials say the BJP MLA of Lakhipur constituency questioned the integrity of the entire Assam Civil Services cadre

MHA transfers IAS officer to Ladakh over alleged misuse of Delhi stadium

Sanjeev Khirwar and his wife Rinku Dugga have been transferred to Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh from Delhi respectively, states MHA order

Govt reinstates IAS officer Shah Faesal 3 years after he resigned

Faesal, who submitted his resignation in January 2019 and floated the Jammu and Kashmir People's Movement (JKPM) party, was also detained under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA)

Senior TN cadre IAS officer takes VRS, likely to contest Punjab polls

The senior IAS officer and Resident Commissioner at the Tamil Nadu Bhavan, Jagmohan Singh Raju Jagmohan Singh Raju had one and half years of service left when he took VRS on January 27th

From backroom boy to JD(U) president: RCP Singh's political journey

RCP Singh is unlikely to be more than just a go-between. Maybe the JD(U) will take on a new orientation with RCP in charge

President's secy Sanjay Kothari appointed as Central Vigilance Commissioner

The tenure of CVC chief is of four years or till the incumbent attains the age of 65 years

House panel concerned over key govt vacancies, Rs 9 trn under tax disputes

The committee recommended grouping of ministries into clusters like 'rural cluster, 'social cluster' and 'financial cluster'

IAS officers appointed on central deputation lowest in last 5 years: Govt

A total of 340 IAS officers were appointed under the CSS during 2014-15 as against 320 in 2015-16 and 247 during 2016-17