104 units of govt hostels, guest houses in Delhi allotted to 2013 batch IAS officers; “no marriage or other private functions” to be allowed in premises

A night view from a CWG Village flat in Delhi

FOR three months beginning August 31, very few government guest houses or hostels will be left vacant in Delhi, as the Central government has allotted 104 such units located in Commonwealth Games Village, HUDCO Palace, Kidwai Nagar, Curzon Road etc. to young IAS officers of 2013 batch who were recently appointed as assistant secretaries in the Central Secretariat for a period of three months, a first-of-its-kind initiative taken by the department of personnel and training (DoPT). But the government has issued a note of caution to the officers saying that…