Govt wonders why cadre review of some Group “A” services is pending for 40 years; DoPT releases month-wise calendar for review

THE Central government is clearly concerned about the delay in the cadre review of the Group "A" services, with a DoPT office memorandum issued on May 25 saying how “cadre review in some cases is pending for even more than 40 years”. The ideal periodicity of the cadre review is five years. Now, the DoPT has prepared a calendar for cadre review of the Central Group ‘A’ Services, which…

Govt approves conferment of cadre review of Group 'A' executive officers of SSB; 19 new posts created

THE union cabinet on Wednesday approved the conferment of Central Group 'A' Service and Cadre Review of Group 'A' executive officers of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), a paramilitary force set up way back in 1963, with the net creation of 19 posts of various ranks from assistant commandant to inspector general ranks to enhance the operational and administrative capabilities of the force. The SSB guards…

Cadre review for Central Engineering Service (Roads) cleared after 30 years; Cabinet also decides to increase posts

THE government on Monday decided to increase the number of senior level posts of Central Engineering Service (Roads), a lesser known Group 'A' service that comes under the ministry of road transport and highways. Accordingly, the number of posts of CES (Roads) will be as follows: 2 for HAG level, 5 for SAG level and 36 for JTS level. The decision, taken by the Cabinet on Monday afternoon, further said that…

Govt reminds cadre controlling authorities of Group “A” services to furnish their suggestions to Jacob Task Force

THE government has reminded the Cadre Controlling Authorities of Group “A” services to immediately furnish their comments and suggestions to T Jacob-headed Task Force formed on August 16 this year to comprehensively study the cadre structures of all organized Group “A” services of the government of India and suggest ways to mitigate career stagnation of officers of…

New cadre structure of Indian Information Service approved; total officers: 573; higher grade: 3; selection grade: 11…

AFTER the completion of a new cadre review process, Indian Information Service (IIS) officers will now have three higher grade and 11 senior grade posts, according to an order issued early this week by the Information and Broadcasting ministry, Government of India. Last month, the Union cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the cadre review process that discussed the addition of...