Govt accords 4 cases of inter-cadre deputation, extension of IAS; details below

THE government has approved an extension of inter cadre deputation tenure of Jayant Narlikar, 2003 batch Assam cadre IAS, from Assam-Meghalaya cadre to Uttar Pradesh cadre, for a further period of two years, till June 4, 2021. In another development, the government also extended inter cadre deputation tenure of Ms. Sonal Goel, 2008 batch Tripura cadre IAS from Tripura cadre to Haryana cadre for a further period of one year with effect from July 25, 2019, beyond the...

Tenure of home ministry joint secretary Vivek Bhardwaj extended

THE central deputation tenure of Vivek Bhardwaj, 1990 batch IAS officer and joint secretary in the ministry of home affairs (MHA), has been extended for a period of three months beyond October 23, 2018. Meanwhile, the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has also approved the proposal for extension in central deputation tenure of NC Jhinta, DIG, Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) as secretary to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee for a period of...

NHAI Member, WAPCOS Chairman get two-year extension

RK Pandey, Member, NHAI

THE government has reappointed RK Pandey, Member (projects) of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), for two more years with effect from November 11, 2018. Belonging to Central Engineering Service cadre, he had earlier served as chief engineer in the…

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…

Textiles secretary Anant Kumar Singh shifted to dept of land resources; Arun Goel elevated as culture secretary

IN A minor secretary level reshuffle on Thursday, the government changed the ministries of two union secretaries — textiles secretary getting shifted to the department of land resources and secretary, culture, being posed as new textiles secretary. Meanwhile, a special secretary is elevated as union secretary in the ministry of culture. Here below are the details:

3 IPS, 1 CRPF officer appointed in CBI; 4 DIG-ranked officers get extension; Bihar govt declines cadre clearance to one CBI officer

THE government has appointed three IPS officers and one belonging to Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) as superintendent of police (SP) in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Further, the tenure of four CBI officers of DIG rank, was extended whereas the premier investigative agency has relieved the duty of another IPS officer as the Bihar government had declined cadre clearance for his extension. First here is the list of four newly-appointed CBI officers:

12 new additional secretaries including 1 each from IES, IRS-IT and IDAS appointed; 2 officers get extension; Full List

IN A major bureaucratic reshuffle, the Central government has appointed 12 officers at the level of additional secretaries, two as joint secretaries, apart from extending tenure of two others. Though IAS officers dominate the list of new additional secretaries, there are three non-IAS officers — 1986 batch Indian Economic Service officer Ms. Mala Dutt, 1985 batch IRS-IT officer Ms Shefali Shah and 1986 batch Indian Defence Accounts Service officer Sanjeev Kumar — who have managed to be among the GoI's new additional secretaries. Here’s the full list of 16 officers:

Last date of application for JS level posts in ICMR, Cochin Port Trust, UIDAI etc. extended; Is extension of last dates a new normal?

IN THE last couple of weeks, the Central government has been on an extension spree. First, the DoPT, the government's personnel department, extended the last date of applying for scholarship in foreign universities under the DFFT scheme on the ground of “net related issues” among others, and then, there has been a series of extension of last date of application “for another month” for a number of joint secretary-equivalent posts in agencies such as Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Cochin Port Trust (CoPT), Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) etc. Yes, the government has every right to extend the last of applications for any post under its helm, but that such extensions have increasingly become a trend in the recent days, raises questions. Here are six such extensions of the last date of application:

Are multiple extensions of the last date of applying in foreign universities under DFFT scheme fair? Internet to be blamed, really?

THE multiple extensions of the last date for applying and the finalisation of the application under DFFT scheme — at times on somewhat flimsy grounds of “net related issues” — has forced some officers and applicants to wonder whether it would be a fair process this time. Though no one has formally complained in the DoPT (the department of personnel and training), the agency that selects the applicants among IAS, IPS, IFoS among others for the  long term and short term programmes under DFFT scheme — the officers have been gossiping whether such unprecedented multiple extensions were actually carried out to prolong the selection process so that some officers manage to procure…

2 IPS officers' extension proposals rejected; IPS Anurag Kumar posted in Indian embassy, Washington DC

TWO DAYS Two Instances of Rejection. Yes, during the last two days, there have been two instances of the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) declining proposals of the ministry of home affairs (MHA) for extension of deputation tenure of two IPS officers serving in CRPF. On Tuesday, the ACC declined the MHA’s proposal of extending the deputation tenure of 1991 batch Uttar Pradesh cadre IPS officer Piyush Anand, serving as Inspector General (IG) in CRPF. His deputation tenure ended on January 2, 2018. Only on Monday, the ACC had declined to…

2 IPS officers' tenure in SPG extended; IAS R Rajagopal prematurely repatriated to his parent cadre

THE government on Wednesday issued orders of extension of tenure of two IPS officers — Munna Prasad Gupta and Tsewang Namgyal Kalon, in Special Protection Group (SPG), an elite armed force that provides security to Prime Minister of India, former prime ministers and their families. Here are the detailed appointments:

2 premature repatriations including one of home minister’s PS; also 1 extension, 1 additional charge

A DAY before the Diwali, the Central government issued a number of orders including two premature repatriations, one extension of Central deputation tenure and bestowing of additional charge of the post of a Union secretary. The one of the repatriations was that of the private secretary of union home minister Rajnath Singh. Here below are the details of the 4 orders:

PK Sinha gets one year extension as cabinet secretary; why he’s likely to get one more extension?

IN AN one liner order, the government on Monday said the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved the extension of cabinet secretary and 1977 batch Uttar Pradesh cadre IAS PK Sinha’s tenure for one year beyond June 12, 2017. That means, Sinha will get a tenure of three years as India’s top bureaucrat. Though cabinet secretary like home and foreign secretaries gets a fixed tenure of two years, the top bureaucrat usually gets extension mainly because PM does not want to take risks in experimenting with a new hand at the level. Two of Sinha’s predecessors —

Jaishankar’s extension ends hopes for Wadhwa, Sujata Mehta; But Vijay Gokhale is still a contender to be the next foreign secretary

Vijay Gokhale

THE Centre’s recent decision to give one year-extension to foreign secretary and 1977 batch IFS S Jaishankar last week beyond his two-year-long fixed term did not raise any controversy as such. He is considered a highly efficient officer and has done a good job in the last two years after he was appointed in a not-so-smooth change of guard two years ago by curtailing the tenure of the then foreign secretary Sujatha Singh. But the one year bonus to Jaishankar, that too after making changes in a British era rule (a provision of Fundamental Rules, 1922) has, however, ended hopes of at least three senior-most IFS officers who were hoping for the top job. There were speculations that…

Centre extends incentive package for its employees working in Kashmir Valley for 2 more years

THE government on Thursday decided to extend the existing special concessions and incentives for Central government and PSU employees working in Kashmir Valley for two more years, i.e. till January 1, 2019. The concessions also include options for employees to move their families to a selected place of their choice in the country at the expense of the government. And incentives include…

Secretary Reshuffle: Ramesh Abhishek is new DIPP secretary; finance secretary Watal gets 2-month extension

Ramesh Abhishek

IN A secretary-level reshuffle undertaken on Thursday night, the government appointed 1982 batch Bihar cadre IAS Ramesh Abhishek as the successor of Amitabh Kant in DIPP, the department that has been handling government initiatives such as Make in India and Ease of Doing Business. In another development, the government decided to extend the tenure of…

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:

Action Inside CBI: Deputation tenure of 6 officers extended; 8 get new rank, 2 prematurely repatriated

Some of former CBI directors

ON WEDNESDAY, as many as six officers belonging to India’s premier investigative agency, the Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI, were given extension whereas two officers -- 2004 batch AGMU cadre IPS Braja Kishore Singh and 2006 batch Assam cadre IPS Dr N Rajamarthandan, both currently working as Superintendents of Police (SP) in CBI, have been prematurely repatriated to their respective cadres. Meanwhile, eight CBI officers including two women, all of whom are now ranked as Superintendents of Police in CBI, were given…

Chemistry or Maths: What works in favour of cabinet secretary Ajit K Seth to remain at top?

A rare instance of media interaction

WHEN cabinet secretary Ajit K Seth got yet another 6-month-long extension a week ago, his second extension after Narendra Modi became the country’s prime minister, many in the corridors kept guessing Seth’s secret of success. After all, Modi-led Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has rejected a number of extension proposals of senior bureaucrats in the last six months, and many babus were prematurely repatriated to their parent cadre. Then, what this low-profile bureaucrat did that forced the new PM feel "this man is indispensable”. Those who have...

Ajit K Seth’s Extension as Cabinet Secretary: 5 meanings to this surprise move

CORRIDOR'S speculation on who could be Narendra Modi’s pick for cabinet secretary ended on Monday, at least for now, after the government in a surprise move extended incumbent Ajit K Seth’s term for six more months till December 13, 2014, his second extension after getting appointed as cabinet secretary in June 2011. Many believe Seth was originally handpicked by Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s confidant and his own batch-mate Pulok Chatterji who eventually became principal secretary to PM, and Pulokaseth, as BoI called the duo, had worked as a team with no visible evidence of…