FIU-IND asks for applications from retired officials for 6 vacancies of consultants

THE Financial Intelligence Unit —India (FIU-IND), an intelligence unit under the ministry of finance that gets engaged in safeguarding the nation’s financial system from the abuses of money laundering, terror-financing and other economic offences, has issued an advertisement for recruiting consultants on contract basis. The monthly payment for the recruits, as mentioned in the circular dated April 16, 2019, will be…

DoPT invites retired PAs and PS for temporary posts

RETIRED personal assistants (PAs) and private secretaries (PS) who worked in central services, have an opportunity now to work as stenographers in the department of personnel and training (DoPT). In a circular dated February 21, GoI said, the appointments would initially be for a period of six months. “The monthly remuneration will be paid on the basis of…

4 persons of eminence required as Information Commissioners; lawyer, scientist, journalist et al may apply

THE government has sought the applications for four Information Commissioners in the Central Information Commission — the officers who have the final say on issues pertaining to Right to Information Act, 2005, commonly called the RTI. The officers will be located in New Delhi. According to the RTI Act, an Information Commissioner needs to be a person of eminence in public life with wide knowledge and experience in law, science and technology, social service, management, journalism, mass-media or…

6 Vacancies: Corporate affairs ministry asks for applications from retired government officers

THE ministry of corporate affairs has invited applications from retired and willing government servants as consultants in the ministry. The monthly remuneration, according to the circular issued on December 20, will be the last drawn salary minus the pension plus dearness allowance. The consultants won’t, however, be given any perks, allowance or even leave. The consultants are needed at the following level:

No taker for 4 JS-level posts? Govt extends last date of application

THE government has extended the last date of application for at least four union joint-secretary level posts upto August 24. The posts come under the ministries of petroleum and natural gas, textiles, commerce and industry and health. Though no reason is cited, it’s presumed that less number of suitable applicants might have prompted the government to postpone the last date. Here below are the details of the posts:

Vacancy in Competition Commission of India: A salary of Rs 4 lakh a month, but no house or car

ONLY in some rare occasions, the government allows an officer to opt for not choosing a car or an accommodation and instead giving a take-home salary of Rs 4 lakh per month. Here, there’s one. There are presently…

IRTS officer Ravinder Goyal prematurely repatriated from NITI Aayog; IPS Arvind Kumar gets 2-yr extension in ITBP

Ravinder Goyal, 1987 batch Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) officer and Adviser in NITI Aayog, has been prematurely repatriated to his parent cadre with imposition of extended cooling off condition. In another development, the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the proposal of the ministry of home affairs for extension of deputation tenure Arvind Kumar, 1988 batch IPS officer and IG of ITBP for a period of…

139 top PSU jobs including 46 CMD posts are lying vacant; Govt's keen to rope in private sector honchos

IT’S official now. As many as 139 top posts of Central public sector enterprises — 46 posts of chief executives and 93 posts of directors — have been lying vacant, and the government is keen to rope in suitable candidates from the private sector as well. In a recent reply to a question in Rajya Sabha, minister of state in the ministry of heavy industries and public enterprises Babul Supriyo listed out the criteria for private sector executives to apply for the posts of CMDs and directors. According to that, an executive from a…

5 secretaries in 6 departments, ministries are on leave; Govt entrusts additional charge to fellow secretaries

IT’S not unusual. But secretaries in as many as six ministries or departments are currently on leave, forcing the Central government to give additional charge of the posts to fellow secretaries, mostly belonging to allied ministries. The ministries or departments where the secretaries are now on leave include the ministry of environment, forest and climate change, ministry of new and renewable energy, department of administrative reforms and public grievances, department of pensions and pensioners' welfare, department of official language and the department of heavy industries. These are in additional to two other ministries — ministry of road transport and highways and department of telecom — where there is no…

26 joint secretary level vacancies till June; Full List

BY THE end of the next month, as many as 26 joint secretary level posts will get vacant. Those include vacancies in high-profile ministries including the ministries of defence and  home. Further, two joint director level posts (JS equivalent) in Mussoorie’s Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) are also getting vacant. Here are the details of the JS-level vacancies up to June, 2017.

CAT to recruit 14 Administrative Members; but the maths of maximum tenure and upper age don’t add up

CENTRAL Administrative Tribunal (CAT), which adjudicates disputes of government employees with regard to recruitment, promotion and other service conditions, will recruit 14 new administrative members during 2017. But the mathematics related to maximum tenure and the age of eligible candidates, as mentioned in the vacancy circular issued by the DoPT on February 3, actually don’t add up. Sample this:

450 vacancies, but no IRS is eligible! A delegation of IRS officers seeks minister Jitendra Singh’s intervention

SOUNDS odd, but there’s no taker for 450 posts of joint commissioner or JAG level in revenue department which have been lying vacant. The reason is there is no officer of Indian Revenue Service eligible to be promoted, as recruitment rules prescribe minimum residency of five years at deputy secretary level as eligibility criteria. On Tuesday, a delegation of IRS officers approached minister of state for personnel and PMO Jitendra Singh seeking an intervention by…

2 posts of Information Commissioners to be vacant soon; are you eligible?

THE government has advertised for the posts of two new information commissioners in Central Information Commission, as two incumbents are due to complete their tenure on December 31, 2016 and February 17, 2017 respectively. Who can apply for the posts? Will two bureaucrats be finally chosen? In fact, any person of…

Want an 8-year-tenure in Delhi? Grab one of these 5 NITI Aayog posts

THE Central government has decided to fill up five vacancies of deputy secretary or director level posts in the National Institution for Transforming India Aayog— or NITI Aayog under Central Staffing Scheme on lateral shift basis. This will give an opportunity for the selected officers to have a longer tenure in Delhi, upto a period of eight years, as this later shift “would entail additional...

Centre downgrades the post of project director of Raebareli-based aviation university from JS to director

THE Centre is looking for a director-ranked officer for the post of project director in Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University (RGNAU), located in Raebareli’s Fursatganj area. It was originally a joint secretary-ranked post, downgraded possibly after there were few takers of the post. The earlier government in March 2014 decided to keep the place of posting in New Delhi so as to possibly…

Govt wants more officers to apply for CVO posts as unfilled vacancies rise

IT SOUNDS unbelievable, but the crucial post of Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in Tehri Hydro Development Corporation of India Ltd (THDCIL) has been lying vacant since July 2013. And it is not an aberration. The number of CVO vacancies has risen in the last one year (some of those have been lying vacant for over two years), prompting the government to re-advertise the posts once and again. “Since there has been an increase in vacancies due to the carry forwarded vacancies, it has been decided that the web portal for online submission of applications by the individual officer will be again opened till 30.04.2016 in order to give opportunity to the willing/eligible officers who have not applied earlier, to submit fresh applications”, said an office memorandum dated April 13, 2016. 

Here are the unfilled CVO vacancies across the country:

No taker for CVO post in PSUs; Govt repeatedly extends last of application

IF ONE goes by the text of the office memorandum (OM) issued by the government’s personnel department DoPT, two things emerge clearly. First, officers are reluctant to be chief vigilance officers (CVOs) in Central public sector enterprises, commonly termed as PSUs. Secondly, the government is virtually begging officials to apply for the CVOs’ posts, as the last date of application has been extended twice, now being February 29, 2016. First, here is the full text of the OM:

22 JS vacancies at Centre; 4 in Election Commission of India

THE government has made public the list of vacancy of the joint secretary level officers that will arise till March, 2016. Significantly, four of those 22 vacancies will be in the Election Commission of India, a body gearing up for elections in four states --West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu and Kerala, the process of which may kickstart in the next couple of years. The other departments which will have JS level vacancies include defence, home. commerce etc. Here is the list of 22 JS vacancies till March, 2016:

List of 25 CVO Vacancies for 2016-17; Online application process begins today

THE Central government has begun the process of filing up 25 vacancies of Central Vigilance Officers (CVOs) that will be arisen in Central Public Sector Enterprises for FY 2016-17. In fact, the process for submitting applications online begins today (http://supremo.nic.in). The willing officers need to register their names on this portal as per the instruction available on the portal and submit their application online by January 18, 2016. Here is the list of tentative CVO vacancies for the financial year 2016-17:

24 joint secretary level vacancies at Centre; Defence, MHA are short of officers; Full List

DURING the last one week, the Centre has appointed a number of IPS and Group “A” service officers in various Central government ministries and departments. For example, 2001 batch IPS Sindhu Pillai was appointed as deputy secretary in department of financial service, 2000 batch IRTS Manoj Kumar Gangeya as director in the ministry of environment, forests and climate change, and IRS-IT officer Abhay Damle as joint secretary in the ministry of road, transport and highways. Also, for time being, 1984 batch IPS officer Karnal Singh will continue as Enforcement Director (ED), considered as an IAS post. Yet, as on today, there are as many as 24 vacancies at the level of joint secretaries in GoI. Here is the list of the vacant posts: