Govt constitutes 10 new groups of secretaries to focus on agriculture, transport, energy etc.; 8 earlier groups disbanded

Union Secretaries While Listening to PM

THE government is constituting 10 new groups of union secretaries which will focus on sectors such as agriculture, energy, transport etc. and submit their reports by the end of November. These groups will replace eight earlier groups of secretaries constituted in January this year which in turn had worked on specific themes. In a meeting held on Thursday where Prime Minister Narendra Modi met all the secretaries, it was cabinet secretary PK Sinha who…

PM praises union secretaries for devoting 10,000 mandays on governance beyond office hours

10 of 677 districts selected for PM Awards 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today praised the union secretaries, saying that they had devoted 10,000 mandays on key governance areas over and above their usual office hours. PM who addressed as many as 1,200 civil servants in New Delhi on the occasion of Civil Services Day referred to the recently constituted committees of secretaries on key areas of governance, adding that officers worked on these tasks voluntarily, after office hours and on holidays. He also said how those teams successfully broke silos and presented fresh ideas. Here are the key points of the PM’s speech at Vigyan Bhawan:

36 IAS of 1982 batch empanelled as GoI secretary or secretary-equivalent; Air India’s Rohit Nandan & ITPO’s JS Deepak figure in list

THE Centre on Tuesday published the list of 36 IAS officers of 1982 batch who were empanelled as secretary or secretary-equivalent at the Centre. The names of Air India chief Rohit Nandan and commerce ministry’s JS Deepak who has additional charge as CMD of India Trade Promotion Organization (ITPO), have figured in the list of 28 officers empanelled as GoI secretaries. NHAI member (PPP) Sudhir Kumar who had once served as Lalu Prasad’s OSD in the ministry of railways is among eight officers empanelled as secretary-equivalent. The full list officers below:

Eliminate silos, interact more among you: PM to GoI secretaries

VENUE: Panchvati lawns at 7 Race Course Road -- the residence of prime minister of India. Day: Wednesday evening. Nature of the Meeting: Informal. Attendance: PM, FM and Government of India secretaries. PM’s Advice to Top Babus: Eliminate silos, if any, and speed up the process of decision-making. PM appealed the secretaries to talk more among themselves and said a…

Life of a bureaucrat under Narendra Modi; 10 things that have changed since May 26

Modi interacting with Union secretaries (File photo)

INDIAN bureaucrats now reach office dot on time. The 9 to 5 sarkari culture is at danger! Everyone knows, there is someone in the PMO who works 24X7. Here are 10 things that have changed the way a senior bureaucrat works since Narendra Modi took over as prime minister of India on May 26, 2014.

Bridging Neta-Babu Gap: 10 things Narendra Modi tells GoI secretaries

Modi with a section of secretaries

AFTER a gap of eight years, union secretaries on Wednesday had a chance to meet prime minister of India together in one platform. While addressing 77 secretaries, prime minister Narendra Modi said he was accessible to all officers and encouraged them to approach him with their inputs and ideas. Based on the statement issued by the PMO and feedback received from a few secretaries, BoI here lists 10 things Modi shared with India’s top bureaucrats.

Why a post of a secretary is not up for sale as yet: An Analysis

THE recovery of Rs 90 lakh from railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal’s nephew in Chandigarh last Friday has done little damage to the Congress. At least if one compares it with the kind of dent it has made to the clean image that secretary-level appointments have commanded so far. But BoI terms the episode a one-off, and here it’s why…

Zohra Chatterji, Katoch, Khosla among 32 IAS of 1979 batch empanelled as secretaries; Bharat Bhusan not in

HIGH profile IAS officers of 1979 batch including Zohra Chatterji of coal ministry, enforcement director Rajan S Katoch, and Jitesh Khosla who had narrowly missed UTI top post --- all have made into the final list of empanelled secretaries that was officially announced on Thursday. The conspicuous absence was EK Bharat Bhusan who as the Director General of Civil Aviation took on the government on the issue of Kingfisher Airlines. Here are 32 IAS officers of 1979 batch who were empanelled for secretary or secretary-equivalent positions: