4 postal service and 1 cost account service officer empanelled as JS; Full List

CENTRAL government last week empanelled five officers — four from Indian Postal Service (IPoS) and one from Indian Cost Account Service (ICoAS) —  as Union joint secretary or JS equivalent. In another development, the government on Thursday appointed private secretaries of five ministers including defence minister Rajnath Singh and agriculture minister, Narendra Singh Tomar. First, here below are the JS-empanelled officers:

56 officers empanelled as GoI joint secretaries; Full List

THE government last week empanelled as many as 56 officers as union joint secretary or joint secretary-equivalent. The officers belong to batches between 1989 and 2000. Significantly, 25 of the newly-empanelled officers are from Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Central Excise). Five officers are from Indian Administrative Service (IAS). The following are the names of the officers, their services and batches:

22 officers including 10 IIS empanelled as union joint secretary; full list

THE Central government on Monday empanelled as many as 22 officers as union joint secretary or joint secretary-equivalent. Ten of those officers belong to Indian Information Service (IIS) whereas the rest 12 are from Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers (IRSME). Here below is the list of the newly empanelled JS: 

33 officers including IAS, IPS, IFoS, IDES, IRAS et al empanelled as GoI joint secretary; Full List

IN TWO days — Monday and Tuesday —the Centre empanelled as many as 33 officers as GoI joint secretary or joint secretary-equivalent. The officers belong to IAS, IPS, IFoS, Indian Civil Accounts Service, Indian Defence Estates Service (IDES), Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers (IRSEE) and Indian Railway Accounts Service (IRAS). Here below are the names of the newly-empanelled JS:

10 Indian Audit and Account Service officers empanelled as JS; Full List

THE government has empanelled 10 Indian Audit and Account Service officers — six from 1997 and four from 1998 batch — as GOI joint secretary or joint secretary-equivalent. Here below is the list of the officers with their batches:

5 IAS, 12 IPS empanelled as GoI joint secretary; Full List

AS MANY as 12 Indian Police Service (IPS) officers, all of 1997 batch, and five IAS officers —three from 2001 batch and one each from 1999 and 1997, have been empanelled as joint secretary or joint secretary-equivalent. Her below is the list of 17 newly-empanelled IAS, IPS officers:

15 officers empanelled as union joint secretaries; Full List

AS MANY as 15 officers from various services on Tuesday were empanelled as union joint secretaries or joint secretary equivalent. Whereas six of the officers belong to Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Central Excise) and three from Indian Statistical Service, there is one officer each from the following services: Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineering (IRSME), Indian Forest Service (IFoS), Indian Ordnance Factories Service, Indian Post and Telecom Account and Finance Service, Indian Audit and Accounts Service and Indian Ordnance Factories Service. Here’s full list of 15 newly-empanelled GoI JS:

Govt empanels 33 officers as GoI joint secretary; Full List

THE government on Monday empanelled as many as 33 officers as union joint secretary or joint secretary-equivalent. The officers belongings to Indian Trade Service, Indian Police Service, Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers (IRSME) and Indian Forest Service, are in batches between 1985 and 1997. Here is the full list of 33 JS-empanelled officers:

30 union joint secretaries appointed; 9 non-IAS manage berths; Full List

IN A mega bureaucratic reshuffle on Monday, the Central government appointed or laterally transferred as many as 30 joint secretary or joint secretary-equivalent officers. As many as 21 belong to IAS whereas nine non-IAS belonging to services such as IPS, Indian Forest Service (IFoS), IRS-IT, Indian Audit and Accounts Service, Indian Railway Accounts Service, IDAS and IRTS, also manage to get berths as new JS. Here below is the full list of the new JS:

Three 2004 batch officers, one each from IDAS, IPoS and ISS, elevated as directors

THREE 2004 batch officers, belonging to Indian Defence Accounts Service, Indian Postal Service and Indian Statistical Service, have been elevated to the rank of directors. All those three officers were working with the central ministries as deputy secretary. A director is a notch higher than a deputy secretary in the government hierarchy. Here below are three officers and their elevation:

JS Level Reshuffle: 3 IRS-IT officers appointed as joint secretaries; 1 IAS, 1 IPS prematurely repatriated

THE government on Monday and Tuesday carried out a bureaucratic reshuffle at the joint secretary level appointing one IAS and three new IRS-IT joint secretaries, among others, and also prematurely repatriating two officers -- one IAS of Tripura cadre and another Indian Police Service (IPS) officer. Here below are the details of 10 orders:

13 GoI joint secretaries, JS-equivalent appointed; Full List

THE Central government on Friday appointed 13 new GoI joint secretaries and joint secretary equivalent including in the ministries such as the ministry of home affairs (MHA), department of higher education, the ministry of water resources, river development and Ganga rejuvenation, the ministry of drinking water and sanitation, the Election Commission of India etc. Here below are 13 new appointments:

IOFS, IRAS, IRPS, IES, IDES et al corner 10 out of 20 new joint secretary posts; IAS’ monopoly as JS diminished?

ON MONDAY’S joint secretary level appointments, IAS and the rest got an equal share — 10 IAS officers got new appointment orders as JS whereas the rest of the 10 JS posts went to officers belonging to the Group “A” services — IOFS, IRAS, IRPS, IES, IDES etc. Here are the 20 new JS appointments:  

10 out of 16 new JS selected from IFoS, CSS, IPoS, IRAS etc.; non-IAS to replace IAS in 7 departments

LAST week, the Central government gave its nod to appoint 16 new joint secretary-ranked officers, the highlight being 10 out of 16 officers getting handpicked from non-IAS services, thereby making it a point that the government no longer chooses talent only among IAS officers for senior posts in key ministries. Also, in seven cases out of 16, non-IAS officers were picked up to replace existing IAS officers including in key ministries such as the ministry of home affairs (MHA) and the department of financial services under the ministry of finance. The break-up of those 10 non-IAS officers are as follows: two each from Indian Forest Service (IFoS), Indian Audit and Accounts Service (IA and AS) and Central Secretariat Service (CSS) officers and one each from IRS-IT, Indian Information Service (IIS), Indian Postal Service (IPoS) and Indian Railway Accounts Service (IRAS). Here are the detailed postings of 16 joint secretaries:

JS-Additional Secretary Level Reshuffle: Govt prematurely repatriates ITDC chairman Pradip Kumar Tripathi, undertakes 11 other changes

IN THE last few days, the Central government has undertaken a major administrative reshuffle at the level of joint secretary and additional secretary, the highlights being the premature repatriation of CMD of India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) to his parent cadre Jammu and Kashmir, and the government’s change of mind in appointing Pradip Kumar Tripathi as DoPT joint secretary by canceling his earlier order of appointing him in new and renewable energy ministry. Here below are the details of 12 officers’ new assignments:

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…

JS Appointment: IRS officer brought into defence ministry; a railway officer finds berth in road transport and highways

THE government on Monday undertook another major administrative reshuffle at the joint secretary level, the key highlight being the appointment of an IRS-IT officer in the ministry of department and an IRAS (Indian Railway Accounts Service) officer in the ministry of road transport and highways. Another IRS-IT officer Pankaj Kumar Mishra has been appointed as Director, Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU-Ind), a post often occupied by IAS officers. The appointments also include in other key ministries/departments like petroleum and expenditure. Here are the details of the latest round of JS reshuffle at the Centre involving 15 officers:

IAS Gyanesh Kumar appointed JS in MHA, Manish Thakur in defence; 2 telecom services officers in dept of higher education

THE Centre on Monday issued appointment orders of several officers, mainly at the rank of joint secretary to Government of India. The appointments included Kerala cadre IAS Gyanesh Kumar as joint secretary in MHA and lateral shifting of UP cadre IAS Alok Tandon from the department of financial services to the cabinet secretariat. But the highlight of the orders issued on Monday was the appointment of two Indian Telecom Service officers as directors in higher education department under the ministry of human resources development (HRD). The following are the new appointments:

JS-ranked officer wanted as deputy chief of mission in Embassy of India, Brussels

FOR non-IFS officers, here is a chance to grab a key foreign post—deputy chief of mission in Embassy of India in Brussels. Brussels houses the headquarters of the European Union and hence the post is considered quite significant. The Centre wants empaneled joint secretary-ranked officers to apply for the post that comes under the ministry of commerce, and not ministry of external affairs (MEA). The government has written to chief secretaries of the states and secretaries of union ministries and departments to nominate the suitable officers for the post. Here are the mandatory qualifications:

Why empanelment of these 11 IDAS officers as GoI joint secretaries bears significance

ON Monday, the Central government released two lists of empanelment for joint secretaries, belonging to 1994 and 1995 batches of Indian Defence Accounts Service (IDAS). The batches are quite close to 1997 batch of IAS, which got empaneled and their members were elevated to the posts of JS. The empanelment of 1994 and 1995 batches of IDAS draws attention because there are times when Group “A” service officers get emplaned a decade later than their IAS counterparts. For example, only in the month of January last, as many as 31 officers of Indian Ordnance Factory Service (IOFS) were empaneled. And all of them belong to 1988 batch! Here is the list of IDAS officers getting empanelment as JS: