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…

Quota for Economically Weaker Sections will be valid for any Central govt job notified on or after Feb 1, says DoPT

THE CENTRAL government on Saturday issued an office memorandum (OM) notifying 10 percent reservation for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) for civil posts in the Government of India, adding that the quota will be applicable for all direct recruitment vacancies to be notified on or after February 1, 2019. “Detailed instructions regarding operation of roster and procedure for implementation of EWS reservation will be…

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:

LATERAL ENTRY: 1 out of 607 applicants will make it into the post of union joint secretary

AS MANY as 6,077 individuals want to joint as union joint secretaries, according to reports. This is in response to 10 JS vacancies for which the Central government in the month of June had invited applications for lateral entry of “talented and motivated Indian nationals”. The overwhelming response of the applicants means, only one out of 607 applicants will finally make into the corridors of power with a position usually reserved for…

No interviews at junior level posts since Jan 1, but govt has no clue whether ministries have adhered to rules

THE government might have discontinued the practice of interviews at junior level posts in Government of India since January 1, but it does not have adequate data on the progress made by the ministries or departments in this regard. As the ministries failed to furnish the actions taken so far on this subject, the department of personnel or DoPT has issued a fresh office memorandum asking…

Want be a consultant in MEA? Suitable candidates wanted as international relations experts

DO YOU want to work in the ministry of external affairs (MEA) along with the career diplomats? The MEA has issued advertisements to hire consultants to be employed on contract basis. The salary will be negotiable, but the travel allowances will be on par with the Group-A officers. The selected consultants will be required to work as international relations expert in the…

DoPT releases a tentative list of 12 universities across the world for which Indian officers will get domestic funding

IF YOU are an Indian government official with nine years of service experience as on January 1, 2011, you can try your luck in as many as 12 universities around the world for which the government would take care of the entire funding. For long term courses, the upper limit of age is 45 years as on April 2011, a government circular said.

The training division of Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) which will be sponsoring the suitable officers for 2011-2012 under the domestic funding of foreign training (DFFT) scheme, has come out with a tentative list of 12 universities.

These are Asian Institute of Management, Manila, (MDM management), University of Birmingham, UK, (MPA, public administration), University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, (Green MBA), Maxwell School, Syracuse University, USA (Executive Master in public administration), ISS, Hague, Netherlands (MA in public policy and management), IDS, Sussex, UK (MA in governance and development governance), University of Duke, USA, (MA in international development policy), Hubert H Humphrey Institute, University of Minnesota, USA (MPA, Public Administration), Harvard Kennedy School, USA (Mason Program, public policy/administration), Australian National University (master in public policy), Carnegie Mellon University, Australia, (Master in public policy and management), Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and National University of Singapore, Singapore, (Master in public management).

The officers belonging to the IAS, Central Secretariat Service, State Civil Services, Central Secretariat Stenographers Service (Gazetted) (CSSS) and such officers of the other two All India Services viz. Indian Police Service (IPS) and Indian Forest Service (IFS) and organized Group ‘A’ Central Civil Services, who are holding posts on deputation under the Central Staffing Scheme, are eligible to apply, in response to this DoPT Circular, for training programmes abroad.

For details, read the DoPT CIRCULAR of domestic funding of foreign training.

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The government is looking for suitable candidates for four more posts of Assistant Director General (deputy secretary/director level) at Nandan Nilekani-headed Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) which was recently renamed as Aadhaar. All four posts will be located in New Delhi. The deputy secretary or director level officers who are eligible under Central Staffing Scheme can apply for these posts. For details, read the CIRCULAR.

Govt decides not to fill up CMD posts for a few PSUs

FOR those eyeing top jobs in Indian public sector undertaking (PSUs), here is the bad piece of news first. The PSUs such Triveni Structurals Ltd. (TSL) and Hindustan Photo Films Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (HPF) have decided not to appoint full-fledged chairman cum managing directors (CMDs), at least for now, citing poor financial health of the companies. But in PSUs like Tyre Corporation of India Limited (TCIL) and Cement Corporation of India Ltd. (CCI), the process of appointing CMDs have begun.

As was stated by Arun Yadav, minister of state for heavy industries and public enterprises in the Lok Sabha on Thursday, AK Jain, CMD, Bharat Pumps and Compressors Ltd, will continue to hold additional charge of CMD, TSL as well as Tungabhadra Steel Products Ltd. (TSPL). In HPF, a decision has been taken not to fill up the CMD post on a regular basis and manage the post of CMD, HPF through additional charge. Currently, Director (F), HPF is holding the additional charge of CMD.

Yet, in some other PSUs, the process of appointment has begun. In case of Tyre Corporation of India Limited (TCIL), a proposal for appointment of CMD has been submitted to DoPT. There too, Director (F), is holding the additional charge of CMD. For CMD’s post in Hindustan Salts Ltd. (HSL) too, the process of appointment has just begun. For CMD’s post in Cement Corporation of India Ltd. (CCI), PESB recommended the names of two persons, and CVC clearances have been obtained, the minister informed the House.

Vacancies in Railway Hospitals

There are currently 70 vacancies of doctors in 125 Railway hospitals across the country, a government release said. And out of 586 health units in railways, only 17 health units have vacancies of doctors. Significantly, short term vacancies in hospitals and health units are being managed by taking doctors on contract basis.

Global cues for Indian Babus: Retired Korean bureaucrats clinch high paying bank jobs

RETIRED bureaucrats with a fair amount of financial exposure are the most sought after candidates to fill up top jobs in Korean banks, a South Korean media report has said. Among 13 commercial banks in the country, eight employ FSS (Financial Supervisory Service) retirees as their standing auditors. The FSS is a quasi-governmental organization that monitors the country's financial organizations. Also, bureaucrats with experiences in a pure government arm, Board of Audit and Inspection (BAI), are also considered for high paying banking jobs in the country, a report published in Korean Times has said. Critics have, however, claimed that the banks’ strategy to woo former bureaucrats for top auditors’ posts is mainly to lobby the iron-fisted government financial bodies there.

Babu Blogger’s Take: In India, retired bureaucrats are in demand in infrastructure sector though the most high profile instance of a retired IAS clinching a plum private sector post is of former industry and finance secretary Ashok Jha’s joining as President of Hyundai India last year with an annual pay package of about Rs 1.8 cr. Maths, Stats & Maya From the time Uttar Pradesh chief minister Ms Mayawati’s political maths went grossly wrong during the last Parliamentary polls, she has been just punishing the bureaucrats by randomly transferring them, and at times demoting them too. Here are Maya’s vital stats, as was published in a national daily. When she became chief minister for the first time for 14 days in 1995, around 578 bureaucrats were transferred. In 1997, when she became the CM again for six months, she transferred 777 babus. The third — one year three months 26 days stint in 2002 — claimed 970 civil servants. From May 2007 till date, UP chief minister has reshuffled more than 1,000 officials, including IAS, IPS and PCS officers. In UP, it’s all about illusion --- Maya.