Dilli Ka Babu: Kaam Wapsi by senior officers?
5 years ago

Dilli Ka Babu: Kaam Wapsi by senior officers?

Deccan Chronicle  

A few months ago, highly publicised resignations by three IAS officers created consternation in government circles. Deadlocked career paths Indian Economic Service officers have long felt ignored, overshadowed by the mighty IAS officers. At the recent annual general body meeting of the Indian Economic Service Association, the officers asked their cadre-controlling authority, Atanu Chakravarty, secretary, department of economic affairs to end the deadlock in their career progression. According to sources, during the meeting attended by over 100 IES officers, the association emphasised the critical role of the service in providing economic inputs and professional insights in policymaking. According to sources, the ministry of home affairs has informed all states that it plans to reduce the Central Deputation Reserve quota of IPS officers from the current 1,075 officers to 500 officers.

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95 IAS officers promoted, bureaucratic reshuffle likely in UP
2 weeks, 1 day ago

95 IAS officers promoted, bureaucratic reshuffle likely in UP

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW With the promotion of 95 IAS officers on Thursday, Uttar Pradesh is likely to witness a reshuffle in the bureaucracy in the New Year. Among the 2009 batch IAS officers, Subhra Saxena and Aditi Singh have been given promotion on the condition that they will complete mandatory training. As many as 47 IAS officers of the 2012 batch have …

Dilip Cherian | Rethink urgently how to fill huge number of civil service vacancies
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Dilip Cherian | Rethink urgently how to fill huge number of civil service vacancies

Deccan Chronicle  

India faces a severe shortage of IAS, IPS, and IFoS officers, straining administrative efficiency and law enforcement capabilities. In a rare and bold move, IAS officer N. Prasanth has openly challenged his senior colleagues, alleging serious misconduct that could have far-reaching consequences for the integrity of India’s administrative framework. Mr Prasanth, currently under suspension, has issued a legal notice accusing …

Shortage of IAS, IPS officers slows decision-making process
4 weeks ago

Shortage of IAS, IPS officers slows decision-making process

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The country’s administrative and police services have been gripped by a significant shortage of civil servants, official data showed. As per the data shared in the Rajya Sabha by Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Jitendra Singh, there are 1,316 vacancies in the Indian Administrative Service and 586 in the Indian Police Service. According to …

Amid shortage of IAS officers, another Himachal bureaucrat gets central deputation
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Amid shortage of IAS officers, another Himachal bureaucrat gets central deputation

Hindustan Times  

With the state already facing acute shortage of Indian Administrative Service officers, the Union government has given consent to one more IAS officer from Himachal cadre to proceed on central deputation. Just last week, special secretary rank IAS Ashutosh Garg was appointed as secretary to the Union minister Jagat Prakash Nadda, heading for central deputation for five years. Three other …

MP govt transfers 100 IPS, IAS officers in huge bureaucratic reshuffle
9 months, 3 weeks ago

MP govt transfers 100 IPS, IAS officers in huge bureaucratic reshuffle

Hindustan Times  

Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh government has transferred close to 100 top civil servants in the state within 12 hours, officials aware of the matter said on Friday. In all, 53 Indian Administrative Service and, 47 Indian Police Services and State Administrative Services officers were transferred in the past 12 hours, said officials. 47 IPS officers, including superintendents of police of …

Dilip Cherian | Central posting of Gujarat IPS officers sets off huge Delhi buzz
1 year, 2 months ago

Dilip Cherian | Central posting of Gujarat IPS officers sets off huge Delhi buzz

Deccan Chronicle  

The recent request by the ministry of home affairs for the Central deputation of seven high-ranking IPS officers from the Gujarat cadre has stirred more than the usual buzz and anticipation, particularly among those officers who feature prominently in the list. The IPS officers on the list include V. Chandrashekar, IGP of Surat range, Achal Tyagi of Mehsana, Praveen Meena, …

Dilip Cherian | Babus are losers in selection of new governors
1 year, 10 months ago

Dilip Cherian | Babus are losers in selection of new governors

Deccan Chronicle  

The Centre has appointed over a dozen governors in various states but, oddly, there’s no bureaucrat on the list. Govt steps on the pedal for IPS empanelment There is a sense of urgency about the recent empanelment of over 29 IPS officers for the director general or equivalent posts at the Centre. The empanelment of these officers for DG-level and …

Dilip Cherian | IPS officers in Maha need to wait longer for their postings
1 year, 11 months ago

Dilip Cherian | IPS officers in Maha need to wait longer for their postings

Deccan Chronicle  

Senior bureaucrats in Maharashtra are unhappy with the state government delaying their postings. Sources informed DKB that a delegation of IAS officers met Chief Secretary Manu Kumar Srivastava, Fadnavis and Shinde serially before six IAS officers from the 1992 batch were promoted to additional chief secretary rank last week. Last year, the Reddy government introduced a facial recognition-based system in …

Dilip Cherian | Bihar IAS body’s silence on release of ‘murderer’ MP irks some babus
1 year, 11 months ago

Dilip Cherian | Bihar IAS body’s silence on release of ‘murderer’ MP irks some babus

Deccan Chronicle  

Many IAS officers are upset with the Bihar IAS Officers’ Association’s silence at the state government’s proposal to release former MP Anand Mohan from jail. But a former IPS officer Amitabh Kumar Das has strongly criticised the state IAS association for keeping mum on this sensitive matter and even called for it to be dissolved if it does not take …

Job Updates: 1,472 posts of IAS, 864 for IPS officers vacant, Centre informs Lok Sabha
2 years ago

Job Updates: 1,472 posts of IAS, 864 for IPS officers vacant, Centre informs Lok Sabha

India TV News  

Job Updates: Numerous posts are vacant in the ministries and government departments. Union Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh in Lok Sabha informed that there are many vacant posts for Indian Administrative Service officers, Indian Police Service officers and Indian Forest Service officers as on January 1, 2022. As per the data shared by Jitendra Singh, There is a …

Dilip Cherian | Non-IAS cadre officers making inroads in PMO
2 years, 1 month ago

Dilip Cherian | Non-IAS cadre officers making inroads in PMO

Deccan Chronicle  

The acronym IFS seems to be working rather well for those lucky enough to hold it. Three Indian Foreign Service officers — Deepak Mittal, Vipin Kumar and Nidhi Tewari — are joining the Prime Minister’s Office following their appointment at the joint secretary, deputy secretary and undersecretary levels, respectively. It is clearly going to be a busy year for India’s …

Dilip Cherian | As Modi govt eyes final lap, latest secretary rejig is critical
2 years, 2 months ago

Dilip Cherian | As Modi govt eyes final lap, latest secretary rejig is critical

Deccan Chronicle  

The fact that this is its last effective Union Budget may have weighed on the government’s mind when it appointed financial services secretary Sanjay Malhotra, a 1990-batch IAS officer of the Rajasthan cadre, as the new revenue secretary after incumbent Tarun Bajaj retires at the end of November. Notable among these is the appointment of Aramane Giridhar, a 1988-batch IAS …

Dilip Cherian | Deputation blues for Centre: IAS, IPS officers shy away from Delhi
2 years, 2 months ago

Dilip Cherian | Deputation blues for Centre: IAS, IPS officers shy away from Delhi

Deccan Chronicle  

The annual conference of principal secretaries of states and Union territories held recently had one theme that overrode other discussions on administration and administrative reforms-related work. Union minister of state for personnel Jitendra Singh asked the states to spare more IAS, IPS and IFoS officers for Central deputation, which has become a major issue in recent months. The Andhra Pradesh …

Dilip Cherian | To fight image problem, UP babus told to scan local news
2 years, 4 months ago

Dilip Cherian | To fight image problem, UP babus told to scan local news

Deccan Chronicle  

Additional chief secretary of Uttar Pradesh Navneet Sehgal has recently written to districts/block/tehsil information officers to monitor the news that is published at the micro-level. Recently, the man in charge of transforming the road transportation sector, said that babus should only say “yes, sir” to whatever the mantris say since the government runs on the diktat of the minister. IPS …

Dilip Cherian | Why babu rejig in UP govt is an ongoing process
2 years, 5 months ago

Dilip Cherian | Why babu rejig in UP govt is an ongoing process

Deccan Chronicle  

After the eruption of major charges against certain officers and certain ministers, the Uttar Pradesh government seems to have gone into overdrive to shuffle its administration team. The three IAS officers — UT adviser Vijay Dev, home secretary Anurag Agarwal and personnel secretary Vikram Dutt upgraded their stay from a five-star hotel in Paris to a luxury property and changed …

Dilip Cherian | Pro-IAS tilt in promotions leaves all other services irked
2 years, 7 months ago

Dilip Cherian | Pro-IAS tilt in promotions leaves all other services irked

Deccan Chronicle  

Inter-service tensions have always existed in babudom but remain low-key. However, seeing the reaction of non-IAS service officers to the recent promotion and empanelling of 25 IAS officers of the 1996 batch and two IPS officers of the 1994 batch to the rank of additional secretary, and the posting of a 1990-batch IPS officer to an equivalent designation, it seems …

Dilip Cherian | Amid shortage of officers, govt sets up panel to find out why
2 years, 9 months ago

Dilip Cherian | Amid shortage of officers, govt sets up panel to find out why

Deccan Chronicle  

Critics often say that India has too much bureaucracy. Minister of state for PMO and personnel Jitendra Singh recently informed Parliament that there is a shortage of 1,515 IAS officers. Recently, a parliamentary standing committee had also recommended to the department of personnel and training to “significantly increase” the annual intake of IAS officers given “the evolving needs of Indian …

Dilip Cherian | Whistleblower Khemka gets promoted; new rules for DIGs
2 years, 10 months ago

Dilip Cherian | Whistleblower Khemka gets promoted; new rules for DIGs

Deccan Chronicle  

Whistleblower Haryana IAS officer Ashok Khemka, who has the dubious distinction of being one of the most transferred babus in the country, has been promoted to the apex scale of chief secretary after 30 years of service. Mr Khemka is not alone to get promoted to the apex scale — six other IAS officers of the 1991 batch, too, were …

Dilip Cherian | Ex-babus want Peace Nobel for farmers’ front
3 years ago

Dilip Cherian | Ex-babus want Peace Nobel for farmers’ front

Deccan Chronicle  

The agitating farmers’ unions have called off their year-long protest against the Centre’s farm laws and ended their stir. The patrons of this hitherto little-known “forum”, former IAS officers S.S. Boparai and Rameshinder Singh, have said that the Morcha deserves the award “for its unique role in protecting the future of the country’s 50 per cent working peasant population”. * …

Modi Govt is Empaneling IAS Officers as Secretaries After Fewer Years of Service Than Before. Here’s Why
3 years, 2 months ago

Modi Govt is Empaneling IAS Officers as Secretaries After Fewer Years of Service Than Before. Here’s Why

News 18  

IAS officers are now getting empaneled as secretaries and additional secretaries to the central government within fewer years of service than before, a News18.com analysis of empanelment orders issued in the last five years has shown. In fact, empanelment orders issued in the last few years show that IAS officers of the 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 and 1989 batches have …

Dilip Cherian | Hit by glitches in tax portal, new CBDT chief hits the deck running
3 years, 4 months ago

Dilip Cherian | Hit by glitches in tax portal, new CBDT chief hits the deck running

Deccan Chronicle  

The 1985-batch IRS officer Jagannath Mohapatra has little time to settle into his seat after finally being confirmed as chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes, three months after the extended tenure of his predecessor P.C. In the latest round of jousting, Mr Khattar has overruled Mr Vij and ordered the appointment of IPS officer Kala Ramchandran as principal …

Central deputation of officers very low: DoPT
3 years, 7 months ago

Central deputation of officers very low: DoPT

The Hindu  

With the States not nominating enough officers for Central deputation, the Department of Personnel and Training has shot off a letter to the State governments, cautioning them that not sending enough officers may affect future cadre review proposals. For instance, Uttar Pradesh has over 500 Indian Administrative Service officers but data show that only 32 IAS officers are presently on …

Dilip Cherian | Grassroots gap: Doctors intensify call for all-India medical service
3 years, 7 months ago

Dilip Cherian | Grassroots gap: Doctors intensify call for all-India medical service

Deccan Chronicle  

The devastating Covid crisis has renewed demand for the creation of an Indian Medical Service along the lines of the all-India services such as IAS and IPS etc., at the earliest. He has gone on a hunger strike for the government’s inaction in a Rs 30 lakh corruption case related to various state government schemes. Retired babu is ‘indispensable’ for …

Dilip Cherian | High court pulls up Punjab govt for tainted cops in IPS positions
3 years, 9 months ago

Dilip Cherian | High court pulls up Punjab govt for tainted cops in IPS positions

Deccan Chronicle  

The Amarinder Singh-led Congress government in Punjab is getting flak from the Punjab and Haryana high court and the issue has had ramifications across the country. The court has directed the state government to explain how and why it has chosen to appoint Punjab Police Service officers to IPS-cadre posts of SSPs in the state. Further, the court has issued …

IAS and bureaucracy: All the Prime Minister’s men
3 years, 9 months ago

IAS and bureaucracy: All the Prime Minister’s men

New Indian Express  

However, one has not heard of IAS officers, except one, who is engaged in running warehouses or “flying planes”, but the PM’s angst is well taken. A fact that has really hurt all IAS and IPS officers is that everyone from Modi’s Gujarat, irrespective of whether he/she is an insider or an outsider, has been more than rewarded—often bypassing equally …

Dilip Cherian | MHA hard put to find officers ready to serve in Ladakh, J&K
4 years, 1 month ago

Dilip Cherian | MHA hard put to find officers ready to serve in Ladakh, J&K

Deccan Chronicle  

More than a year after the change in the status of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, there is an acute shortage of IAS, IPS and other all-India service officers in the Union Territories. According to sources, a missive from the MHA has been sent to the Railway Board chairman, Comptroller General of Accounts, Comptroller Auditor General of India, secretaries of …

Dilli Ka Babu | India strengthens team at UN ahead of Security Council stint
4 years, 4 months ago

Dilli Ka Babu | India strengthens team at UN ahead of Security Council stint

Deccan Chronicle  

India will take over as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council in January 2021. Citing petitions from the IAS Officers’ Association and senior bureaucrats, it has permitted an additional Rs 10,000 monthly servant allowance to all retired chief secretaries and additional chief secretaries. Senior IAS officer of the Manipur cadre, Rajesh Kumar who was additional chief secretary, has …

Dilli Ka Babu | Cops slug it out to the beat of Bihar poll drum
4 years, 4 months ago

Dilli Ka Babu | Cops slug it out to the beat of Bihar poll drum

Deccan Chronicle  

This looks like a nightmarish end to federalism as we know it. Many experts are of the view that sending a team of Bihar Police personnel to Mumbai after Rajput’s father filed a FIR demanding a probe into the “crime” was out of step. However, some observers believe that Kumar’s unexpected exit from Niti Aayog will cast a cloud over …

Dilli Ka Babu: Senior cop disgruntled by delayed promotion
4 years, 7 months ago

Dilli Ka Babu: Senior cop disgruntled by delayed promotion

Deccan Chronicle  

The Police Academy chief in Telangana and senior IPS officer V.K. Mr Singh has reportedly written to state chief secretary Somesh Kumar that though he was empanelled for the post of director general of police three months ago, the government had still not taken up the matter of his promotion. Sources say that Mr Singh is expecting to be promoted …

Dilli Ka Babu | Shramik Special disgrace: Can it be traced to crisis within Railways
4 years, 7 months ago

Dilli Ka Babu | Shramik Special disgrace: Can it be traced to crisis within Railways

Deccan Chronicle  

The Indian Railways is rightly under fire for messing up the return journey of fleeing migrants from the metros to their home states. Some CRPF officers say it reflects the contempt IPS officers have for officers of Central Armed Police Forces. In another episode, a seemingly ordinary order from the CRPF directing the withdrawal of orderlies attached to retired or …

Dilli Ka Babu | Karnataka officer who spoke for guest workers gets transferred
4 years, 7 months ago

Dilli Ka Babu | Karnataka officer who spoke for guest workers gets transferred

Deccan Chronicle  

The plight of the guest workers has moved many people during this lockdown, but perhaps not the Karnataka government. In a surprise move, it transferred senior IAS officer and principal secretary of the labour department, P. Manivannan, without giving him a new posting, and replaced him with another IAS officer, Maheshwar Rao. The order comes amid reports that Mr Manivannan …

Dilli Ka Babu: Kerala CM’s quandary
5 years ago

Dilli Ka Babu: Kerala CM’s quandary

Deccan Chronicle  

The Pinarayi Vijayan-led Kerala government, already wracked with financial woes, now also needs to find new heads for the state finance department. Additional chief secretary Manoj Joshi and principal secretary Sanjeev Kaushik are departing at a time when the state’s finances are in dire straits. According to sources, Mr Joshi, a 1989-batch IAS officer, has been appointed as additional secretary …

Dilli Ka Babu: J&K babus in a spot
5 years ago

Dilli Ka Babu: J&K babus in a spot

Deccan Chronicle  

In the Narendra Modi era, babus seem to be increasingly reluctant to serve in New Delhi. To reverse the trend, the department of personnel and training has said that it will stop empanelment and promotion of IAS officers who fail to file mandatory annual immovable property returns and do not opt for mandatory five-year Central deputation after completing the initial …

Dilli Ka Babu: Is deputation to the Centre losing its lustre?
5 years, 1 month ago

Dilli Ka Babu: Is deputation to the Centre losing its lustre?

Deccan Chronicle  

It wasn’t too long ago when babus used to vie for a stint at the Centre. In fact, the government has admitted that the number of IAS officers appointed on Central deputation is the lowest in five years. The Central Staffing Scheme, which is in operation for decades, provides a systematic arrangement for selection and appointment of eligible officers from …

Dilli Ka Babu: Major overhaul in the offing
5 years, 2 months ago

Dilli Ka Babu: Major overhaul in the offing

Deccan Chronicle  

For the first time in more than 30 years, the government is carrying out an extensive exercise of collecting detailed profiles of all the existing services. UT cadre officer posted in J&K Sagar Singh Kalsi of the IPS has become the first officer from the AGMUT cadre to be posted to Jammu and Kashmir after the Centre abrogated Article 370 …

169 IAS officers of 2017 batch call on President Kovind
5 years, 3 months ago

169 IAS officers of 2017 batch call on President Kovind

India Today  

A group of 169 IAS officers of the 2017 batch, currently attached to different ministries and departments of the Government of India as assistant secretaries, called on the President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, on September 23, 2019, at Rashtrapati Bhavan. pic.twitter.com/KDuRJPqvv9 President of India September 23, 2019 I expect that you would take the lead to change the whole …

Dilli Ka Babu: Clean-up time
5 years, 3 months ago

Dilli Ka Babu: Clean-up time

Deccan Chronicle  

The Modi sarkar’s crackdown on corruption is always ongoing. Recently, Parliament was informed that the government has dismissed two IAS officers and suspended nine IPS officers on charges of corruption in the past five years. This is apart from the sanction given by the Centre to prosecute 23 IAS officers and four IPS officers under the Prevention of Corruption Act. …

Dilli Ka Babu: Babu opposes superiors
5 years, 7 months ago

Dilli Ka Babu: Babu opposes superiors

Deccan Chronicle  

It doesn’t happen often that a state administration officer takes on senior IAS officers, inclu-ding the state chief secretary. But a Karnataka Administrative Service officer has lodged a complaint with the state Human Rights Commission against the Chief Secretary and nine other IAS officers, apparently the first time ever in the state. Sources say that K. Mathai, an administrative officer …

Dilli Ka Babu: No hurry to reform
5 years, 11 months ago

Dilli Ka Babu: No hurry to reform

Deccan Chronicle  

The Niti Aayog’s strategy document “Strategy for New India@75” has recommended several measures to reform the Indian bureaucracy. While many of these suggested “reforms” would be just what the doctor ordered to revive the ailing civil services, sources say that the government is unlikely to take them up for fear of having to pay a “political price” during the general …

Dilli Ka Babu: Governance deficit
5 years, 11 months ago

Dilli Ka Babu: Governance deficit

Deccan Chronicle  

The government has clarified that it does not propose to lower the age limit for general IAS-IPS aspirants from 32 years to 27 years, as suggested by Niti Aayog. Yet, while clearing the air on recruiting civil service officers, the government has no answer to meeting the shortfall of more than 2,400 vacancies in the IAS and IPS cadres. According …

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