10 new GoI additional secretaries appointed; 5 IAS, 5 from other services; Full List

THE government last week appointed 10 new union additional secretaries. Of the 10 officers, five belong to IAS, three from Indian Audit and Account Service, and one each from IFoS and IRS-IT. Here below is the full list:

2 union secretaries— Amarjeet Sinha and D Narayana Raju— are on leave; Govt makes adhoc arrangements

TWO union secretaries —rural development secretary, Amarjeet Sinha, and secretary of the legislative department, D Narayana Raju, — have proceeded on leave, prompting the Government of India to give additional charge of their posts to two other union secretaries during their absence. According to two DoPT circulars issued last week, Rahul Prasad Bhatnagar, 1983 batch Uttar Pradesh cadre lAS and secretary of the ministry of Panchayati Raj, has been given additional charge of the...

Govt asks for applications for the post of CVC and Vigilance Commissioner

THE government is looking for suitable candidates to replace Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC), KV Chowdhry and Vigilance Commissioner, TM Bhasin, both of whom will demit office soon. Both the CVC and the Vigilance Commissioner will hold office for a 4-year-term or till the candidate attains the age of 65 years. According to government rules, the CVC is not allowed to seek any...

Eight out of 14 officers appointed as GoI joint secretary on Sunday are women officers; Full List

THE Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) on Sunday approved the appointment of 14 officers at the rank of GoI joint secretary or joint secretary-equivalent. Out of those officers, only five are IAS officers. Another highlight of the Sunday's appointments is, eight out of 14 newly-appointed JS happen to be women officers. Full list is here below:

Subhash Chandra Garg designated as finance secretary; IFoS officer Preet Pal Singh prematurely repatriated to Jammu and Kashmir

Subhash Chandra Garg

Subhash Chandra Garg, 1983 batch Rajasthan cadre lAS, presently union secretary in the department of economic affairs (DEA), was on Friday appointed as union finance secretary. Finance secretary is a designation bestowed upon the senior-most secretary among secretaries of all five departments that come under the ministry of finance. Garg will continue to look after the DEA. Prior to joining as the DEA secretary, Garg was living in Washington DC, serving as…

List of 11 Senior Appointments: Braj Raj Sharma appointed as secretary of border management; Rajni Sekhri Sibal to head the new department of fisheries

IAS and author of a book on cows appointed GoI secretary

THE Central government on Sunday afternoon announced the appointment of nine senior officers, most of whom being at the level of union secretaries. Jammu and Kashmir cadre IAS, Braj Raj Sharma, has been appointed as the new secretary of the department of border management, Haryana cadre IAS and incidentally the author of a book on cows, Rajni Sekhri Sibal, has been appointed as the secretary of the newly-created department of fisheries. Here below are the details of 11 new appointments:

9 new CVOs appointed; No IAS, 6 railway officers get berths; Full List

EARLY this week (January 22 and 23), the Central Government appointed as many as nine Central Vigilance Commissioners (CVOs) in various central public sector enterprises (CPSEs) and central authorities including NHAI, Coal India Ltd, Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of lndia Ltd. etc. The new CVO appointments carry two broad trends. First, surprisingly, there’s no IAS officer in the list. Second, as many as six out of nine new CVOs are from the Indian Railways. Here below is the full list:

30 GoI joint secretaries including 13 IAS, 5 IFoS, 3 IRS-IT, 1 IPS appointed; Full List

IN A major bureaucratic reshuffle, the Central Government on Tuesday appointed 30 officers as GoI joint secretary or JS-equivalent. Among the newly-appointed JS, 13 are from IAS and 17 non-IAS. Among the non-IAS officer, five belong to Indian Forest Service, three from IRS-IT and one IPS officer. Here below is the list of 30 newly-appointed JS:

Know more about new UPSC member Dr TCA Anant

Dr TCA Anant, former chief statistician of India and ex-secretary in the ministry of statistics and programme implementation, took the oath as Member, Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) in New Delhi on Monday. A PhD from Cornell University and masters in economics from Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, Anant served as professor at Delhi School of Economics for more than a decade before…

Know Your Babu: New Chairman Railway Board, VK Yadav

VINOD Kumar Yadav, the General Manager of South Central Railway, is the new Chairman of Railway Board. The appointments cabinet of the committee (ACC) on Monday night accorded its approval for Yadav's appointment in place of Ashwani Lohani who retired yesterday. Here are 10 things you may like to know about the new CRB, VK Yadav:

New Postings for Senior Bureaucrats: 7 IAS, 2 IDAS, 1 Indian Audit and Accounts Service officer get new berths

IN A major reshuffle of senior bureaucrats mostly at the level of GoI secretary and additional secretary, the Central government on Thursday issued new appointment orders for seven IAS, two Indian Defence Accounts Service (IDAS) officers and one Indian Audit and Accounts Service officer, apart from giving in-situ promotion of two officers —Bala Prasad of Indian Forest Service and Satpal Chouhan of Indian Economic Service to the rank of union special secretary. Here below are 12 appointment orders:

IRS-IT officer Anup Kumar Dubey appointed as OSD in Enforcement Directorate; List of 3 more appointments

A 1989 batch IRS-IT officer, Anup Kumar Dubey, has been appointed as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on a deputation. Also, 2008 batch IRS-IT officer, Anand Swaroop, has been appointed as director in Rajasthan State Insurance and Provident Fund Department, also on deputation. In another development, Susheel Khajuria, 2007 batch…

Names of 8 new GoI secretaries announced; LBSNAA director Upma Chawdhry and FCI CMD figure in the list

THE government on Saturday appointed eight senior officers at the rank of secretary or secretary-equivalent positions. Whereas director of Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA), Ms Upma Chawdhry, will be the new secretary in the department of youth affairs on December 31, another officer -- 1984 batch IAS, ABP Pandey, will take over as new revenue secretary at the end of this month when incumbent Hasmukh Adhia retires. Here below is the eight new appointments:

14 new GoI joint secretaries appointed; 11 belong to non-IAS services; Full List

THE Central government on Tuesday appointed 14 officers as joint secretaries, out of whom as many as 11 belonged to non-IAS, something not seen till some years ago. The new joint secretaries are from the services such as IFoS, IPoS, IAAS, CSS and various railway services, apart from three officers being IAS. Here’s the full list of the new JS:

80 additional secretaries, joint secretaries appointed as MSME Prabhari officers; Full List

AS MANY as 80 senior officers, all at the rank of union joint secretary or additional secretary, have been appointed as Prabhari officers for MSME hubs. The officers are expected to lead a team of personnel from banks, EPFO, ECIS, SIDBI, DICs etc. and work in close collaboration with the state government and the district administration at the ground level for promoting micro and medium industries. The focus will be on the issues such as ease and access to credit, ease of cash flow, access to market, coverage of employees under social security benefits, quality certification, sectoral ministry interventions et al. Here below is the full list of MSME Prabhari officers and the places for which they are made in-charge of:

IB’s special director and IPS Arvind Kumar granted apex pay scale

Arvind Kumar, 1984 batch Assam cadre IPS officer presently serving as special director in Intelligence Bureau (IB), has been granted apex pay scale (level-17 of pay matrix). In an order issued on Thursday, it was said that the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) approved the proposal of the ministry of home affairs for granting the apex pay scale to the officer. The apex scale means a pay equivalent to that of a…

Know Your Babu: Andhra Pradesh’s new chief secretary Anil Chandra Punetha

THE Andhra Pradesh government on Friday announced that the state’s new chief secretary -- Anil Chandra Punetha, a 1984 batch IAS. He was serving as the chief commissioner of land administration (CCLA) in the state. Here below are more about the new Andhra chief secretary:

2 officers — one from Income-Tax and other a defence engineer — appointed in National Gallery of Modern Art

TWO women officers — one belonging to Income-Tax and the other a defence service engineer — have been appointed in the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), an organisation under the union ministry of culture, with responsibilities of acquiring and preserving works of modern art from 1850s onward. It also organises, maintains and develops galleries for permanent display among others. Here are the two newly-appointed officers:

Rajni Kant Misra is BSF’s new DG; SS Deswal to take charge as Sashastra Seema Bal chief

Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB)

Rajni Kant Misra, a 1984 batch Uttar Pradesh cadre IPS officer and the officer who had a long innings with the Border Security Force (BSF) during the past, will be the new Director General of BSF. He is presently serving as DG, Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB). A personnel department order issued on Thursday said, Misra would replace 1982 batch Rajasthan cadre IPS KK Sharma as the BSF DG and will hold the post till…

10 new GoI directors appointed; 3 officers from Indian Ordnance Factory Service find berths; Full List

THE government on Wednesday either appointed or laterally transferred 10 officers as GoI directors or deputy secretaries, three of whom belonging to Indian Ordnance Factory Service only. Here is the full list of 10 officers and their new ministries/departments: