Viral Video: MLA screams at UP officer Garima Singh; “Threatening young IAS officers is not acceptable”, retorts IAS Association

THE IAS Association in a social media post on Tuesday said, threatening young IAS officers working in the field is not acceptable, after a video purportedly showing BJP MLA Uday Bhan Singh threatening Agra's Kirawali sub-divisional magistrate, Garima Singh, went viral. In the video, MLA can be heard saying, “Aapko maloom nahi main vidhayak hun (Don’t you know I am an MLA)? Meri taakat ka ehsaas nahi hai (You don’t realise my power).” The IAS Association in a Tweet said:

“Move beyond files, go to the field”: PM tells district collectors; 10 more messages

PRIME MINISTER Narendra Modi on Thursday asked the district collectors across the country to move beyond files, and go to the field, to understand ground realities, as he addressed to them via video-conferencing. Based on the official statement released by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), here below are 10 key highlights of the PM’s message to the young IAS officers:

201 GoI officers engaged in GST implementation; told to use social media, video-conferences for feedback

AS MANY AS 201 officers currently working as joint secretaries or additional secretaries in various Central government ministries have been appointed as nodal officers to monitor the implementation of Goods and Services Tax (GST). Each officer is allotted one district where he or she needs to monitor the GST implementation touching upon areas such as registration of traders, display of tax rates in shops, awareness camps and publicity, GSTN functioning, proper billing in shops et al. They are also asked to activate and utilize channels including social media, call centers, web portals, video-conferences etc. to…

UP cop Shrestha Thakur versus ruling party netas; Chronology of events from viral video to her transfer

ON SATURDAY, Shrestha Thakur, the woman police officer in UP’s Bulandshahr district whose video of chiding some local BJP leaders went viral in social media, was transferred to Nepal border. The circle officer-ranked cop took to Facebook to say it was a “reward for good work.” “Got transfer to Bahraich, it’s Nepal border. Don’t worry my friends, I am happy. I accept it as a reward for my good work. U all are invited to Bahraich”. Here’s the chronology of the incidents around Ms Thakur:

Viral Video: Who is B Chandrakala? And how this IAS pulled up officials, contractors

LAKHS of Indians on Thursday watched a video where district magistrate of Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh B Chandrakala is seen shouting at officials and contractors for shoddy construction work. Chandrakala, a 2008 batch UP cadre IAS, instantly became a hero in social media as she…