Centre weighs in options to combine UPSC score with LBSNAA foundation score to allot IAS, IFS, IPS etc.; 10 Takeaways

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IF THE government has its way, securing good marks in UPSC-conducted civil services examinations may not ensure a service of your choice: IAS, IFS, IPS or IRS! The government last week wrote to the cadre controlling authorities to weigh in the possibility of selecting services for officer-trainees only after looking at the candidate’s combined score in the UPSC examination and the performance in the 3-month-long foundation course in the academy. Here are the 10 key takeaways of what this new rule is and what the rule, if implemented, would mean:

Centre asks for states’ views on creating All India Medical Service; 36 disciplinary proceedings against IAS officers

WILL there be another All India Service — the fourth one in the country? The Central government has not taken the final call as yet, but has sought views of all states and union territories on the proposal of creating a service to be named, All India Medical Service, according to the reply to a question in Rajya Sabha on Thursday. At present, there are…

CORRIDORS TREND 2017, PART 2: How government changed rules for ease of marriage among All India Services officers

THERE’S nothing new in marriages among All India Services officers -- IAS, IPS and Indian Forest Service. But 2017 saw the resolution of a unique case where the existing service rules had to be altered thanks to the marriage of an IPS-IAS couple and seeking of a common cadre. In fact, this unique case cropped up in the month of February 2016 when government found it difficult to accord inter-cadre transfer of P Parthiban, a 2011 batch AGMUT cadre IAS and his spouse Nisha Parthiban, 2011 batch IPS, to a common cadre on grounds of marriage; the matter finally got resolved in August this year. The Parthiban couple belonged to...

Short-term training courses planned for IAS, IPS at Art of Living Foundation, Isha Yoga Centre et al

BENGALURU's Art of Living Foundation and Coimbatore-based Isha (Foundation) Yoga Centre are among the institutes where All India Services officers — IAS, IPS and Indian Forest Service — are being imparted short-term training this year, according to 2016-17 DoPT calendar. Those one-week-long training programmes are meant for officers with at least four years of experience in the service, and up to the rank of union secretary. Whereas the training on “Building Competencies for Personal Excellence in Public Governance” will be held in Art of Living Foundation between November 7 and 11 this year, Isha (Foundation) Yoga Centre will house the programme on…

If an IAS or IPS is suspended, state govt must inform Centre within 48 hours; extension of suspension now needs Centre’s nod, say amended rules

IF AN All India Service officer (meaning IAS, IPS and Indian Forest Service) gets suspended or deemed to have been placed under suspension, the information in this regard needs to be communicated to Government of India “expeditiously” and “within the period of forty-eight hours”, according to the amended procedure under AIS (D and A) Rules, 1969, which was placed as an annexure with a DoPT office memorandum dated May 25, 2016. The government also reiterates the need to follow the amended rules by all GoI ministries, departments and even the state governments. Earlier, the state governments used to suspend IAS, IPS officers but…

Short-term IAS trainings extended to IPS, Forest officers too; courses range from ethical leadership to capital market

FROM this year, one-week-long training programme meant for IAS officers on deputation at the Centre, has been extended to officers belonging to other all India services viz. Indian Police Service and Indian Forest Service. The officers at the levels of deputy secretary, director or joint secretary (between 1984 to 2009 batches), who are currently…

Resigned from government? Don’t worry, you can now join back

THE Central government has changed rules to allow officers to rejoin the government even after he or she resigns, but with a few riders. According to a notification, dated July 28, 2011, an officer can withdraw his resignation if the resignation was tendered “for compelling reasons which did not involve any reflection on his integrity, efficiency or conduct…” The new rules are called All India Services (Death-Cum-Retirement Benefits) Amendment Rules, 2011.

But the request for withdrawal of a resignation will not be accepted by the Central government where an officer resigns to join a private commercial company or a corporation or company owned or controlled by the government. Also, the officer cannot rejoin the government if he has resigned with a view to be associated with any political parties or political movement.

No Padma award for serving bureaucrats

The government has reiterated that there is no decision to give Padma awards to serving bureaucrats. In a written reply in the Lok Sabha, minister of state for home Mullappally Ramachandran said that serving bureaucrats can however get Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration, instituted in 2007.

The question was posed by Congress MP PL Punia who joined politics after retiring as an IAS officer. Punia was of 1971 batch.

Headless UP IAS Association

The IAS association of Uttar Pradesh has been without a president for one year. What’s more, its secretary Sanjay Bhoosreddy has left for central deputation recently. The senior-most IAS officer in UP is currently Ms Promila Shankar who should ideally be made the president of the association.