Govt accords 4 cases of inter-cadre deputation, extension of IAS; details below

THE government has approved an extension of inter cadre deputation tenure of Jayant Narlikar, 2003 batch Assam cadre IAS, from Assam-Meghalaya cadre to Uttar Pradesh cadre, for a further period of two years, till June 4, 2021. In another development, the government also extended inter cadre deputation tenure of Ms. Sonal Goel, 2008 batch Tripura cadre IAS from Tripura cadre to Haryana cadre for a further period of one year with effect from July 25, 2019, beyond the...

Inter-cadre deputation of IAS Joram Beda extended; Dr. Ajit Kumar Mohanty is new director of BARC

THE Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) on Tuesday approved the proposal of DoPT (AIS Division) for extension of tenure of inter-cadre deputation of Joram Beda, a 2008 batch Punjab cadre IAS, from Punjab cadre to AGMUT cadre (Arunachal Pradesh segment) for a further period of three months beyond January 21, 2019. The order said, the extension of tenure is in “public interest”. Beda, 37, is a doctor-turned IAS originally hailing from Arunachal Pradesh. He belongs to Nishi…

Govt appoints 3 new directors in defence ministry, 4 in CVC; also hires Vietnam-based consultant for tax research

THE government on Monday appointed three new directors in the defence ministry — one from IAS and two from Indian Ordnance Factory Service, while transferring four officers from various departments to Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) as directors. C Sudharsan Reddy, 2002 batch Telangana cadre IAS, presently on “compulsory wait” in the labour ministry, was appointed as director in the defence ministry. Also…

Know Your Officers: 2 new faces in PMO — Vijay Kumar Mantri, Ms Aishvarya Singh

THE Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) will soon have two new faces — Ms Aishvarya Singh and Vijay Kumar Mantri — both of whom have currently been working in two different Northeastern states, Sikkim and Meghalaya. Ms Aishvarya Singh, a 2008 batch Sikkim cadre IAS officer and Vijay Kumar Mantri, a 2007 batch Assam-Meghalaya cadre IAS, were on Friday appointed as under secretary and deputy secretary respectively in the PMO. The IAS officers are usually brought in to Delhi on deputation at least at the rank of deputy secretaries, and not as under secretaries. According to PMO website, there are currently…

Viral Video: Who is B Chandrakala? And how this IAS pulled up officials, contractors

LAKHS of Indians on Thursday watched a video where district magistrate of Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh B Chandrakala is seen shouting at officials and contractors for shoddy construction work. Chandrakala, a 2008 batch UP cadre IAS, instantly became a hero in social media as she…

Milkman’s son Ravikant Singh, his clean chit to fellow IAS Durga Nagpal, his transfer…

ON Wednesday, 2008 batch UP cadre IAS and district magistrate Kumar Ravikant Singh was transferred from Gautam Budh Nagar, the UP district that generates 25% of the state’s total revenue and houses plants of multinational companies such as Daewoo Motor, Honda, BPL, LG, HCL etc., a reason why state political bigwigs don’t want independent-minded bureaucrats to rule there for long. Singh is now wait-listed, meaning that…

Mussoorie Musings: An IAS officer kidnapped, but only in reel life!

IF THE earlier years’ trends continue, hotels in Mussoorie might have been booked for the next few days. Call it a groom-searching tourism when parents of prospective brides, mainly from Bihar and parts of UP, land up in the Indian hill station, Mussoorie, with their daughters’ kundlis to spot bright civil servant grooms.

The newly selected civil servants of India have gathered in Mussoorie’s prestigious training institute Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA), for the foundation course beginning today. For the record, IAS, IPS, IFS and other group A service officers will attend the course to be held between August 30 to December 10, 2010 before other officers except IAS leave the Academy for advanced training in their respective training institutes.

This is the period when match-making takes place alongside hard work in training sessions. Come Diwali, young probationers from all services including IAS, IFS, IPS would meet at Happy valley grounds in Mussoorie to participate in the annual fete. It is a festival when mehendi to astrology stalls are being set up besides organizing mock-jails and dance competitions. And eateries sell chole bhature and chaat to Bengali fish curry!

If 2008 batch Punjab cadre IAS, Dr Joram Beda’s video of LBSNAA is any proof, life is fun at the Academy, and no officer trainee would forget the sweet memories of those days in the rest of his or her life. Dr Beda, who hails from Arunachal Pradesh, has captured in his 5-minute video a number of golden moments -- Ganga hostel, Monday blues, tracking, birth day bashes and folk dances etc.

Bollywood’s latest movie, Sushil Rajpal’s Antardwand, may not be based on such a fun atmosphere, but is definitely telling a true story of bureaucrats being forcefully married. The film revolves around a story about a prospective IAS being abducted and forcefully married to a girl, a practice that is witnessed mostly in Bihar. Director Rajpal told media how mostly IAS officers and government engineers are targeted for forceful wedlock as private sector is yet to make any mark in Bihar. Don’t worry guys, it’s a story of kidnapping and forceful marriage only in reel life. BoI (babusofindia.com) extends best wishes to all new civil servants gathered at LBSNAA who would begin a new journey in public life for the next 35 years or more.

Government attempts to curb overstaying of All India Services officers on Inter-cadre deputations

MULLING over changing your cadre and overstaying in the state of your choice for an extended period? It could increasingly be difficult thanks to an office memorandum issued by the Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) under the department of personnel and training (DoPT) on December 11, 2009.

In fact, in a serious attempt to prevent overstay of All India Services officers on Inter-cadre deputations, the ACC in the memo made it very clear that the state government should submit the proposal for the extension in Inter-cadre deputation of officers at least three months in advance of the completion of period of Inter-cadre deputation to the cadre-controlling authorities. The cadre controlling authorities include DoPT, ministry of home affairs (MHA) and ministry of environment and forests (MOEF).
The move could make it difficult for the officers to overstay in a cadre on deputation as the cadre controlling authorities are asked to "closely monitor the Inter-cadre deputation of the AIS officers to ensure that the officers on Inter-cadre deputation are relieved on the completion of their deputation period and report back to their parent cadre," the office memo said. In case of Chandigarh administration where certain posts are manned by IAS or IPS officers taken on Inter-cadre deputation from Punjab and Haryana, the action should be initiated by the MHA (UT division) well in advance of the completion of the Inter-cadre deputation period of an officer so that his successor is in place on the date of relieving of the outgoing officer, the memo said.
Text of DoPT Office Memo (December 11, 2009)

Action & Appointments
a) The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the proposal for inter-cadre transfer of Ms Neelima, a 2008 batch IAS of West Bengal cadre from West Bengal to Punjab cadre.

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