OSD/PS of 3 ministers relieved; they are joining other ministries under central staffing scheme

AT LEAST two union secretaries are on leave this week forcing the DoPT to give additional charge to fellow secretaries. Meanwhile, private secretaries or OSDs of three ministers —Dr Satya Pal Singh, Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti and Radha Mohan Singh— are joining new ministries under the Central Staffing Scheme. Here below are the details:

DoPT may move a cabinet note to “protect” IAS, IPS officers working in state governments

A letter that forces DoPT to act

WILL the Centre amend AIS (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1969, to create safety valves for All India Services officers belonging to IAS, IPS and Indian Forest Service, currently working in state governments? If the reply of an RTI query is anything to go by, the government’s personnel department, DoPT, may move a Cabinet note amending the 45 year-old rules to…

Will UP IAS Nagpal remain a “Durga”? 5 unanswered questions

WOULD Akhilesh Yadav-led UP administration have revoked the suspension of young IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal at least a month ago, had UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi not sent off an open letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on August 2 asking for his intervention in the matter so that the officer is “not unfairly treated”? Here are five questions that BoI has raised post Nagpal’s reinstatement on Sunday.

Milkman’s son Ravikant Singh, his clean chit to fellow IAS Durga Nagpal, his transfer…

ON Wednesday, 2008 batch UP cadre IAS and district magistrate Kumar Ravikant Singh was transferred from Gautam Budh Nagar, the UP district that generates 25% of the state’s total revenue and houses plants of multinational companies such as Daewoo Motor, Honda, BPL, LG, HCL etc., a reason why state political bigwigs don’t want independent-minded bureaucrats to rule there for long. Singh is now wait-listed, meaning that…

Buda Na Mano, IAS Weak Hai: How UP IAS officers’ humour turns true post Durga Shakti episode

THIS photo was taken during Uttar Pradesh IAS Association’s Week in 2006. A few IAS officers of the state staged this humorous one-act play seven years before young IAS Durga Shakti Nagpal was framed on a communal case and suspended. Read the banner carefully. It says: Buda Na Mano, IAS Weak Hai, which if translated will…

UP govt serves chargesheet to IAS Durga Shakti Nagpal; ball in Centre’s court

Time Up? UP IAS officers with CM after a friendly cricket match in Jan

IN YET another Sunday afternoon exercise, Uttar Pradesh government served a chargesheet to 2010 batch IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal who turned a national icon for taking on illegal sand mafia in Hindon and Yamuna river beds of West UP. Exactly a week ago, also a Sunday, Akhilesh Yadav government suspended the 28-year-old officer on the pretext of…

Who all support Durga Shakti Nagpal, the firebrand IAS taking sand mafia head-on

REQUESTING anonymity, a senior IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre told a section of media on Tuesday that suspended IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal would be charge-sheeted, and an inquiry could be ordered to find out whether she had any role in disturbing communal harmony. But more and more groups have come out in support of the 28-year-old IAS, as it appears that she was framed for her drive against the powerful sand mafia lobby in Western UP. Here are Durga supporters:

More about the 2010 batch “Durga IAS”, her education, marriage, cadre change

Durga Shakti Nagpal (left) along with some of her batch-mates

BUREAUCRATS in corridors of power in Delhi and elsewhere on Tuesday talked about a young woman IAS officer who a prominent newspaper described as “Durga IAS” after she had dared to take on notorious sand mafia of UP's Gautam Budh Nagar, adjoining the capital city of Delhi. As reported, 28-year-old Durga Shakti Nagpal is in the forefront of a fight against unauthorized dredging along Yamuna and Hindon rivers,  located in Western UP. BoI here gives a glimpse of Ms Nagpal, her educational background, her marriage and cadre change...