Centre relaxes norm to continue IAS Ishita Roy’s deputation tenure for one more year

THE Central government has relaxed its policy to extend the central deputation tenure of Ishita Roy, a 1991 batch Kerala cadre IAS officer and joint secretary in the department of higher education, for a period till June 30, 2019, “beyond the approved combined tenure of seven years up to 01.09.2018, in relaxation of the policy”. The DoPT on Monday issued the order saying that the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) had approved the relaxation. Originally belonging to Bihar, Roy first came into the central deputation in September 2011 when she joined as…

MHA’s proposal of extending deputation tenure of an IPS rejected; ACC upgrades CBI posts for supervision of VYAPAM and Ponzi Chit Fund Scam

THE Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) on Monday issued a series of orders and approvals, the key highlights being the rejection of a ministry of home affairs’ (MHA) proposal to extend the deputation of an IPS officer, and then the upgradation of two DIG level posts in the CBI for the officers who will be supervising the VYAPAM and Ponzi Chit Fund Scam cases. Here below are the details of the ACC orders.

Chhattisgarh, West Bengal have spared the least number of IAS for Central deputation; more than the prescribed number of Kerala IAS in Delhi now

Chhattisgarh and West Bengal are the two states that have spared the least number of IAS officers for Central deputation, if the proportion of the IAS on Central deputation to the central deputation reserve (CDR) is factored in, according to a DoPT letter where the Centre requested the states to spare more officers for the Centre. According to the data as on October 31, 2017, as cited in the letter dated December 11, 2017, there are only…

Ministers made empowered to take a call on deputation of officers beyond 5 years; no need to refer cases to DoPT

IF A ministry or a department or any other borrowing government organization wishes to retain an officer on deputation beyond five years, it can now do it with the approval of the minister concerned, without the case being referred to the department of personnel and training (DoPT). The only conditions, however, are that the extension has to be “absolutely necessary in the public interest”, and it can be only “up to a period not exceeding 7 years at a stretch”, according to a DoPT letter dated June 27 and addressed to all…

2013, 2014 batches IAS to serve as assistant secretaries at Centre for 3 months beginning August

A section of officer trainees with President of India (File photo)

FOR three months, between August and October this year, about 200 IAS officers of 2013 and 2014 batches will be posted in Central government ministries and departments, mainly to give them a first-hand experience of the functioning in the Central government before they begin their administrative career in the states. This is the second year in a row when young IAS officers will work at the Centre on central deputation and not directly move to their states from LBSNAA —the Mussoorie-based IAS academy where the officers are being trained. “The officers of the 2014 batch on expiry of the phase-II training in LBSNAA on 29.07.2016 will be placed at...

Govt proposes 7 years long posting in Delhi, abroad for officers on deputation

THE Centre has proposed to allow a seven-year-long posting on central deputation and foreign assignments, a move that will cut down the number of requests from serving bureaucrats to extend their tenure beyond the usual five years. For most of the foreign postings, the current tenure is just three years and officers get extension if there is a delay in selection of the successor. According to a draft proposal released by the DoPT, the extension of deputation tenure to seven years could now be decided by…

Inter-Cadre Deputation: Father’s ill-health and grandmother’s disability don’t guarantee a homecoming

THE grandmother of this lady officer is disabled and aged 89. Her father has ill health. And in her joint family, she claims, she needs to take care of four widow members. But that’s not enough for this 2008 batch Bihar cadre IAS, Ashima Jain to manage an inter-cadre deputation from Bihar to the Delhi segment of AGMUT cadre, demonstrating the reality that inter-cadre deputation, forget transfer, is not an easy proposition. The government has rejected Ms Jain’s proposal of moving to Delhi on deputation citing the reason that the...

Round 2 of extension in CBI: List of 6 officers getting extension, 2 new appointments

A section of CBI officers (File photo)

IN LESS than a fortnight, the Centre has undertaken the second round of extension of officers in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), India’s premier investigating agency. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) headed by prime minister on Wednesday extended the Central deputation tenure of six CBI officers and made two new appointments -- Amrit Mohan Prasad of Odisha cadre and AK Sharma of Gujarat cadre -- both of whom will now be new joint directors in the CBI. On April 8, as many as six CBI officers were given extension whereas two officers were prematurely repatriated to their respective cadres. Here is the list of six CBI joint directors getting extension:

No request to withdraw name from Central deputation offer list to be entertained: Centre

THE Centre has requested cadre controlling authorities to ensure that the offer list of officers for Central deputation under Central Staffing Scheme must not be changed, and no officer's name should be withdrawn midway, save under exceptional circumstances. Drawing references possibly to the previous UPA regime, a DoPT letter issued on November 10 said: “In the recent past, it has been observed that some individual officers…

Govt cautions officers staying on Central deputation without ACC approval

ACC: Upset?

THE government has cautioned All India Services officers who have managed to stay in Central deputation beyond the stipulated tenure without the approval of the competent authority, “sometimes even beyond the maximum stipulated limit of seven years outside the cadre”. In an Office Memorandum issued on October 17, 2013, DoPT made it clear that…

Why Bengal CM was kind towards rail minister’s PS Vandana Yadav?

LAST year, West Bengal chief minister Miss Mamata Banerjee turned down the requests of many IAS and IPS officers who wanted to come to New Delhi on Central deputation. The most prominent rejection was then Birbhum district magistrate and 2002 batch IAS Soumitra Mohan who finance minister Pranab Mukherjee wanted to be his private secretary in place of Manoj Pant who was to fly to Washington DC to become senior adviser to ED in World Bank. Miss Banerjee was however very kind towards one officer: 1998 batch IAS Vandana Yadav who was allowed to come on Central deputation. She became Mukul Roy’s private secretary in the ministry of shipping.
Now, Ms Yadav has been laterally shifted from the ministry of shipping to the ministry of railways. Ms Yadav will now be Roy’s private secretary in the Rail Bhawan. But why Ms Yadav in the first place got Mamata Banerjee’s nod to come to Delhi when CM even refused to consider Pranab Mukherjee’s pleas? Here is the answer...