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…

PMO Reshuffle: Nandini Paliwal shifted out to LBSNAA, Assam cadre officer Kavitha Padmanabhan to move to South Block

IN A minor bureaucratic reshuffle in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), Nandini Paliwal, 2003 batch AGMUT cadre IAS, has been laterally shifted to Lal Bahadur Shashtri National Academy for Administration (LBSNAA) whereas Kavitha Padmanabhan, 2006 batch Assam cadre IAS presently working as deputy secretary in the DoPT, has been appointed as deputy secretary in the PMO. Ms Paliwal, 42, originally hails from…

2014 batch woman IAS harassed in Delhi; IAS Association demands action against perpetrators of the “cowardly and dangerous attack”

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THREE days after a 2014 batch woman IAS officer was allegedly harassed in a court premise in Delhi’s Saket area, the IAS Association on Sunday said “action must be taken against the perpetrators of this cowardly and dangerous attack”. The incident took place on Thursday (January 10) when the woman IAS officer, presently posted in Mizoram, was allegedly harassed by a…

Wow! IAS officer Ankur Garg gets 171/170 marks in a Harvard course

Photo Credit: Garg's FB profile

IT MAY sound odd, but 2003 batch AGMUT cadre IAS, Ankur Garg, got 171 marks out of 170 in the final examination of macroeconomics course in Harvard University, USA, where the officer has been studying after taking a sabbatical from the service. “When I was in school, my father used to say - 10 out of 10 isn't good enough in any exam. Always strive for 11 out of 10,” Garg wrote in a Facebook post last month. He also placed photo of his mark sheet along with the post. Garg was thrilled that the mark sheet was signed by none other than…

Know Your Babu: 10 things about Delhi’s new chief secretary Vijay Kumar Dev

Vijay Kumar Dev, 1987 batch IAS AGMUT cadre IAS officer, was appointed on Thursday as the new chief secretary of Delhi. He will succeed Anshu Prakash who was allegedly attacked by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislators at a meeting held in chief minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence in February this year, leading to a prolonged tussle between the AAP leaders and the IAS officers. Here below are 10 things you may like to know about Vijay Kumar Dev:

IAS-IPS TIES: IAS Akriti Sagar transferred to AGMUT cadre on the ground of marriage to IPS Sudhanshu

THE government has approved the inter-cadre transfer of Ms Akriti Sagar, 2016 batch Karnataka cadre IAS from Karnataka to AGMUT cadre on the ground of her marriage to 2016 batch AGMUT cadre IPS officer, Sudhanshu. Aakriti Sagar, 26, originally belongs to a small town of Uttar Pradesh

Babu Marriage: Anuj Malik gets transferred to Uttar Pradesh on ground of marriage

Ms Anuj Malik, a 2017 batch AGMUT cadre IAS, has been transferred from AGMUT cadre  to Uttar Pradesh cadre on the grounds of marriage to Gaurav Singh Sogarwal, also a 2017 batch IAS belonging to Uttar Pradesh. When Sogarwal cracked the UPSC examination of 2016, there were  a number of media reports about him on how he lost his…

List of comments from retired and serving officers on Delhi's IAS-Neta impasse

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AGMUT cadre IAS officers on Sunday held an unprecedented press meet in New Delhi's Press Club of India to reiterate how they were not on any strike, and are, in fact, discharging their duties in Delhi administration. The officers, however, added that they skipped some meetings called by the ministers as they were concerned about their safety and dignity after the assault of the Delhi chief secretary at 12 midnight on February 19, 2018. After the press meet of the IAS officers, CM Arvind Kejriwal softened his stand saying that the “officers are part of my family”. But will this lead to any resolution anytime soon? BoI here picks out comments from a few officers -- both serving and retired -- on this IAS versus Neta impasse:

Kejriwal slams Delhi IAS for continuing strike; IAS AGMUT Association says there’s no strike, work is on with “written communications”

DELHI chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, deputy CM Manish Sisodia and two other cabinet ministers spent the Monday night at the waiting room of the Lt Governor’s residence, protesting against what they claimed the LG’s inaction to end the bureaucrats’ strike in Delhi. “In the history of independent India, this is the first time that IAS officers on strike for four months. Why?” — Kejriwal tweeted on Monday. IAS AGMUT Association strongly refuted the charges, saying that no officer…

AGMUT cadre IAS Niharika Rai to be Gadkari’s PS in Ganga rejuvenation

THE Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) on Tuesday approved the appointment of Niharika Rai, a 2005 batch AGMUT cadre IAS, as private secretary to Nitin Gadkari, the minister for road transport and highways, shipping and water resources, river development and Ganga rejuvenation. She will be the minister’s PS in the ministry of water resources, river development and Ganga rejuvenation. She will be ranked as…

IAS Association, two others suspect assault on Delhi chief secretary Anshu Prakash as “pre-planned”; AAP denies allegation

THREE bureaucrats’ associations including the Delhi IAS Association have suspected that the physical assault on chief secretary of Delhi, Anshu Prakash, was pre-planned as the meeting was convened at midnight and the chief secretary was called alone whereas there was a large number of MLAs of the ruling Aam Aadmi Party for the meeting at the chief minister’s camp office. In a resolution of three associations — IAS Association, DANICS Association, DASS Association — said on Tuesday that the meeting was called to pressurise the chief secretary to release…

IAS Sharat Chauhan gets 2 years extension in WHO; MoS Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti’s PS elevated as OSD

THE government has approved the extension in tenure of foreign assignment of Dr Sharat Chauhan, 1994 batch AGMUT cadre IAS, as technical officer, planning and coordination, Grade 5 in World Health Organization (WHO), New Delhi, for a period between February 9, 2018 to February 29, 2020. The order towards it was released on Tuesday. In another appointment, the competent authority on Tuesday approved the…

2 IPS officers' extension proposals rejected; IPS Anurag Kumar posted in Indian embassy, Washington DC

TWO DAYS Two Instances of Rejection. Yes, during the last two days, there have been two instances of the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) declining proposals of the ministry of home affairs (MHA) for extension of deputation tenure of two IPS officers serving in CRPF. On Tuesday, the ACC declined the MHA’s proposal of extending the deputation tenure of 1991 batch Uttar Pradesh cadre IPS officer Piyush Anand, serving as Inspector General (IG) in CRPF. His deputation tenure ended on January 2, 2018. Only on Monday, the ACC had declined to…

Why union minister Rijiju says, IAS Sonal Swaroop has won local people’s hearts? 10 things about this doctor-turned IAS

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LAST week, minister of state for home affairs Kiren Rijiju praised a 2012 batch IAS officer Dr Sonal Swaroop for adorning local costumes of Arunachal Pradesh adding, “she has won their (local people’s) hearts”. Here’s more about Dr Swaroop, who is currently serving as the deputy commissioner in West Kameng district of the Northeastern state:

How a unique case of an IPS-IAS couple triggered the Centre to ease cadre change rules on grounds of marriage

THE Central government has changed the service rules to make it easy for married IAS and IPS officers to get the same cadre state, according to media reports published on Monday. According to the reports, prime minister Narendra Modi took special initiatives to get the existing rules amended. But what triggered the government to change the rules which received nods from the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC)? The issue originated in a unique case that cropped up in February 2016 in which…

Govt approves cadre change of Shashvat Saurabh on grounds of marriage; Tapan Ray given additional charge of DEA

THE government has accorded its nod in cadre change of Shashvat Saurabh, 2016 batch Sikkim cadre IAS from Sikkim cadre to AGMUT cadre on grounds of marriage to Ms Soumya, a 2014 batch AGMUT cadre IAS. Also, the Central government has approved the proposal for cadre change of Rohitashva Singh Tomar, 2016 batch Tripura cadre IAS from Tripura cadre to Rajasthan cadre on grounds of…

Action-Packed Thursday: IPS Alok Kumar Verma named CBI director; also 15 new JS empanelment, 2 extension in foreign postings

IT WAS an action-packed Thursday in the corridors. The government announced the name of the new CBI director — 1979 batch AGMUT cadre IPS and current Delhi police commissioner Alok Kumar Verma. But that’s not the only appointment announced on the day. The tenure of Anjali Prasad, a 1983 batch Uttarakhand cadre IAS and Ambassador and permanent representative of India to the WTO, Geneva, has been extended beyond April 30, 2017 for a month i.e. till her…

Delhi’s new LG Anil Baijal: 15 Things about Baijal as IAS

Anil Baijal: 2006 File Photo

FORMER Union home secretary and 1969 batch AGMUT cadre retired IAS Anil Baijal on Wednesday was appointed as Delhi’s lieutenant governor in place of Najeeb Jung who had resigned last week. As IAS officer Srivatsa Krishna describes in a social media site, Baijal is one of the finest IAS officers of the country who is “straightforward” and “tough” and the one who “knows every inch of Delhi”. Here are 15 facts about Delhi’s new LG as an IAS:

CBI Raid On Delhi Secretariat: More about Rajendra Kumar, IIT alumnus, IAS

IT WAS a cold Tuesday morning in Delhi. But political heat was unprecedented, as the CBI raided the office of Rajendra Kumar, principal secretary to Delhi CM in a case dated back to 2002-2005. Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal took to social media to announce that his office was raided. Then he countered the CBI's claims: “CBI lying. My own office raided. Files of CM office are being looked into. Let Modi say which file he wants?” BoI here is not going into the charges and counter-charges, but simply tells its readers who is Rajendra Kumar, an officer quite close to…