Dilli Ka Babu | Amphan goof-up: Social media has a good laugh, but babus shunted
4 years, 6 months ago

Dilli Ka Babu | Amphan goof-up: Social media has a good laugh, but babus shunted

Deccan Chronicle  

A week after the Facebook fiasco, the ministry of home affairs has replaced the entire media team. Kerala reshuffle imminent The appointment of additional chief secretary Vishwas Mehta as the new chief secretary of Kerala has quelled the rumours swirling around the likely successor to Tom Jose who retired this month. Another senior 1989 batch officer, Devendra Kumar Singh, has left the state on Central deputation as additional secretary and development commissioner of Union ministry of micro, small and medium enterprises. Plum jobs for PMO babus Rajiv Topno, private secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Brajendra Navnit, joint secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office, are now heading to the World Bank and the World Trade Organisation respectively. While Mr Topno will be a senior advisor to the executive director, World Bank, under the department of economic affairs, Mr Navnit is India’s ambassador and special representative to the WTO under the commerce ministry.

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Who is Bhuvnesh Kumar? IAS from UP cadre assumes charge as CEO of UIDAI
1 week, 1 day ago

Who is Bhuvnesh Kumar? IAS from UP cadre assumes charge as CEO of UIDAI

Live Mint  

The Ministry of Electronics and IT has appointed Bhuvnesh Kumar, an Indian Administrative Service officer, as the Chief Executive Officer of the Unique Identification Authority of India, according to an official press release on Wednesday, January 1. Bhuvnesh Kumar is an IAS officer of the 1995 batch from the Uttar Pradesh cadre. Highlighting some of his key postings, Kumar was …

Dilip Cherian | Decoding Delhi’s latest babu jigsaw
1 week, 2 days ago

Dilip Cherian | Decoding Delhi’s latest babu jigsaw

Deccan Chronicle  

The recent secretary-level reshuffle in New Delhi left some scratching their heads yet again. Over at the department of revenue, the reshuffle sparked buzz with 1992 batch IAS officer Arunish Chawla’s appointment. Instead, she’s been granted 180 days of leave starting November 2024 and is currently cooling her heels at the Bihar police headquarters, awaiting a fresh posting. Ms Misra’s …

Arif Mohammed Khan appointed Bihar Governor, ex-Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla to take charge of conflict-ridden Manipur
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2 weeks, 3 days ago

Arif Mohammed Khan appointed Bihar Governor, ex-Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla to take charge of conflict-ridden Manipur

New Indian Express  

President Droupadi Murmu has appointed new governors for several states, as announced by the Rashtrapati Bhavan. In a significant development, Kerala's Governor Arif Mohammed Khan has been reassigned to Bihar. Shri Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, the outgoing Governor of Bihar has been appointed as the Governor of Kerala. In another key development, former Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla has been …

Kerala chief secretary succeeded by spouse — both cadres of 1990-batch
4 months ago

Kerala chief secretary succeeded by spouse — both cadres of 1990-batch

Hindustan Times  

The retirement of a state’s chief secretary doesn’t usually elicit attention from the media. However, on August 31, the last working day of Dr V Venu in Kerala saw him being mobbed by reporters for the precise reason that he was handing over the reins to his spouse and fellow 1990 batch IAS officer Sarada Muraleedharan. Kerala’s ex-chief secretary Dr …

In Historic Transition, IAS Sarada Muraleedharan Succeeds Husband V Venu as Kerala Chief Secretary
4 months, 1 week ago

In Historic Transition, IAS Sarada Muraleedharan Succeeds Husband V Venu as Kerala Chief Secretary

News 18  

A remarkable moment in Kerala’s administrative history has been captured in a single photograph, marking a significant milestone. The historic transition took place when Sarada Muraleedharan, a 1990 batch IAS officer, took over the Chief Secretary role from her husband, V Venu, who retired on August 31. During the farewell ceremony for Venu, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan highlighted the significance …

Kerala BJP chief slams Pinarayi Vijayan govt for appointing ‘Foreign Secretary’
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Kerala BJP chief slams Pinarayi Vijayan govt for appointing ‘Foreign Secretary’

Op India  

Bharatiya Janata Party State president K Surendran has slammed the Pinarayi Vijayan-led Kerala government for appointing IAS officer K Vasuki as Foreign Secretary in the state, saying that it is a “blatant overreach” and a violation of the Union List of the Constitution. “The appointment of an IAS officer as ‘Foreign Secretary’ in Kerala by CM Pinarayi Vijayan is a …

TN Home Secretary among several IAS officers transferred amidst criticism over law & order
5 months, 3 weeks ago

TN Home Secretary among several IAS officers transferred amidst criticism over law & order

Hindustan Times  

Chennai: In a major bureaucratic reshuffle, the Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday transferred home secretary P Amudha, among 60 others. TN Home Secretary among several IAS officers transferred amidst criticism over law & order She has been replaced with Dheeraj Kumar, currently additional chief secretary to government, and holds charge of information technology and digital services department. The government also …

Chhattisgarh government transfers 88 IAS officers, including 19 district Collectors
1 year ago

Chhattisgarh government transfers 88 IAS officers, including 19 district Collectors

The Hindu  

The newly elected BJP government in Chhattisgarh has effected a major bureaucratic reshuffle, transferring 88 Indian Administrative Service officers and one officer of the Indian Police Service. P. Dayanand, the 2006 batch IAS officer currently serving as Secretary to the Chief Minister, has been relieved of the additional charge of Medical Education Secretary. He has been given additional charge of …

Major reshuffle of IAS officers in Tamil Nadu; Finance Secretary switches places with CM’s Secretary 1
1 year, 7 months ago

Major reshuffle of IAS officers in Tamil Nadu; Finance Secretary switches places with CM’s Secretary 1

The Hindu  

CHENNAI Following the reshuffle in the Tamil Nadu Cabinet on Thursday, the State government on Saturday transferred several key IAS officers in a major rejig. J. Radhakrishnan, Additional Chief Secretary, Cooperation, Food and Consumer Protection department, will be the new GCC Commissioner. Other key officials who were transferred were P. Amudha, now posted as the Principal Secretary of Home, Prohibition …

Dilip Cherian | Sukhu favourite emerges as HP’s new chief secy
2 years ago

Dilip Cherian | Sukhu favourite emerges as HP’s new chief secy

Deccan Chronicle  

Prabodh Saxena has emerged as Himachal Pradesh chief minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu’s choice as the state’s new chief secretary, following the retirement of Ram Dass Dhiman, who has been named as the state chief information commissioner. Ex-babus return to advise Gujarat CM Though this is not the first time that a chief minister in Gujarat has appointed advisors, the former …

Jawahar Reddy to take charge as chief secretary in massive reshuffle today
2 years, 1 month ago

Jawahar Reddy to take charge as chief secretary in massive reshuffle today

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: IAS officer Dr K.S. Jawahar Reddy, who worked as special chief secretary to Chief Minister Y.S. Malakondaiah is relieved from the full additional charge of special chief secretary to the animal husbandry, dairy development and fisheries department and of principal secretary to the industries and commerce department. Y. Madhusudhan Reddy, principal chief conservator of forests and chief wildlife warden, …

Dilip Cherian | Railway officers’ worry grows over new rules on GMs
2 years, 3 months ago

Dilip Cherian | Railway officers’ worry grows over new rules on GMs

Deccan Chronicle  

Nearly four months after new rules for promotion to senior levels in the Railways were announced, rail babus are still awaiting the first batch of promotions. Overlooked for CS post, IAS officer takes on Himachal CM A rift at the top of the bureaucracy in poll-bound Himachal Pradesh does not auger well for chief minister Jai Ram Thakur and his …

Dilip Cherian | MHA sets up another face-off with states on IPS deputation
2 years, 8 months ago

Dilip Cherian | MHA sets up another face-off with states on IPS deputation

Deccan Chronicle  

To address the deficit of SP- and DIG-level police officers in the Central Armed Police Forces and Central police organisations, the ministry of home affairs has now proposed that IPS officers who do not come on Central deputation at the SP and DIG levels may be barred from a Central posting for the rest of their careers! But coming close …

Dilip Cherian | Secys’ shuffle in Delhi: Change of guard, or is it change of heart?
3 years ago

Dilip Cherian | Secys’ shuffle in Delhi: Change of guard, or is it change of heart?

Deccan Chronicle  

The secretary-level reshuffle, in which nine Central ministries and departments got new secretaries, is being depicted as an opportunity for upward mobility for 1990-batch IAS officers who were waiting for secretary-level postings at the Centre for a long time. Among those who surprised the conventional babu expectations was Vini Mahajan, the former chief secretary of Punjab, who has been named …

Dilip Cherian | Babu's return smacks of long term planning, Gujarat style
3 years, 1 month ago

Dilip Cherian | Babu's return smacks of long term planning, Gujarat style

Deccan Chronicle  

The premature repatriation of secretary, defence production, Raj Kumar to his parent Gujarat cadre was reportedly at the behest of the state chief minister Bhupendrabhai Patel. It is being whispered that Mr Kumar may be made chief secretary of the state that is headed for Assembly elections late next year. Since Mr Kumar will be in service until 2025, sources …

Punjab Reshuffle: Anirudh Tewari Is New Chief Secretary, Replaces Vini Mahajan
3 years, 3 months ago

Punjab Reshuffle: Anirudh Tewari Is New Chief Secretary, Replaces Vini Mahajan

News 18  

The Punjab government on Thursday shunted chief secretary Vini Mahajan and appointed Anirudh Tewari in her place. Mahajan, a 1987-batch IAS officer, was appointed the chief secretary last year during the Amarinder Singh-led regime and she was the first woman to hold this post. Meanwhile, 2004-batch IAS officer Varun Roojam, Managing Director, Markfed, has been given the charge of special …

Tamil Nadu government reshuffles 21 IAS officers
3 years, 7 months ago

Tamil Nadu government reshuffles 21 IAS officers

The Hindu  

In a major reshuffle, the Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday transferred 21 IAS officers to new posts. While Kakarla Usha has been posted as Principal Secretary, School Education Department, Sandeep Saxena has been posted as Additional Chief Secretary, Public Works Department. Kumar Jayant has been posted as Principal Secretary, Revenue and Disaster Management Department, and Hitesh Kumar S. Makwana has …

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 | Fresh push for lateral entry of babus likely
3 years, 10 months ago

Dilip Cherian | Fresh push for lateral entry of babus likely

Deccan Chronicle  

Last year, Arvind Panagariya, former vice-chief of the government Niti Aayog, wrote in his book, India Unlimited – Reclaiming the Lost Glory, that Indian babus suffered from the socialist hangover, which has slowed down the pace of reforms the Narendra Modi sarkar wishes to introduce. It is making another push to induct 30 more private sector specialists into different government …

Dilip Cherian | NGT hauls up Kerala govt for ignoring legacy waste' directive
3 years, 10 months ago

Dilip Cherian | NGT hauls up Kerala govt for ignoring legacy waste' directive

Deccan Chronicle  

Kerala’s chief secretary Vishwas Mehta came under fire from the National Green Tribunal over the continued ineffective solid waste management in Kochi. According to sources, the tribunal made scathing remarks against the state government while criticising the affidavit filed by Mehta and threatened to prosecute officers responsible for ensuring that parameters of environmental safety are met. Ironically, the adverse comments …

Dilip Cherian | Centre denies Gehlot his chosen babu
4 years, 1 month ago

Dilip Cherian | Centre denies Gehlot his chosen babu

Deccan Chronicle  

Arya, the new chief secretary of Rajasthan, is not the first choice of state chief minister Ashok Gehlot for the position. Until the last moment, the last working day of outgoing chief secretary Rajeev Swarup, the Gehlot government hoped to push for a tenure extension for Swarup. Sources say that Gehlot had worked hard to ensure Swarup was appointed chief …

Centre Effects Additional Secretary-level Bureaucratic Reshuffle in Major Departments
4 years, 2 months ago

Centre Effects Additional Secretary-level Bureaucratic Reshuffle in Major Departments

News 18  

New Delhi: Senior bureaucrat Sanjay Malhotra was on Tuesday appointed the Chairman and Managing Director of REC Ltd, as part of a major additional secretary-level bureaucratic reshuffle effected by the Centre. Vineet Joshi, Director General, National Testing Agency, has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, the order said. Manohar Agnani has been appointed as …

Dilli Ka Babu | Civil servants under watch for corruption
4 years, 4 months ago

Dilli Ka Babu | Civil servants under watch for corruption

Deccan Chronicle  

Transparency and weeding out corruption is a big theme with the Modi sarkar, and it has doggedly pursued this goal despite pushback from the babus. Besides, the register of officers with “doubtful integrity” will be regularly reviewed and updated to help identify babus who can be prematurely retired from service. Apparently, before quitting politics Faesal contacted top officials in the …

Dilli Ka Babu | Rajiv Kumar in sight of CEC chair in 2024
4 years, 4 months ago

Dilli Ka Babu | Rajiv Kumar in sight of CEC chair in 2024

Deccan Chronicle  

Former finance secretary Rajiv Kumar has been named the new election commissioner. He is known to have worked on many key aspects of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s plan of financial inclusion through such flagship policies as Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana and Mudra loan scheme, among others. The notices follow an application by Indian Forest Service officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi seeking …

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: Senior cop disgruntled by delayed promotion
4 years, 6 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: As mantris, babus slug it out, chief secretary is the fall guy
4 years, 7 months ago

Dilli Ka Babu: As mantris, babus slug it out, chief secretary is the fall guy

Deccan Chronicle  

Punjab chief secretary Karan Avtar Singh is caught in a controversy that could have political repercussions. The chief secretary, who is also financial commissioner and administrative secretary of the Punjab excise department, has earned the ire of the ministers for his alleged “rude behaviour”. The mantris may have won the round because, in the next meeting, the chief secretary proceeded …

Dilli Ka Babu: Babu in demand
4 years, 9 months ago

Dilli Ka Babu: Babu in demand

Deccan Chronicle  

He may have left behind a mixed legacy at Air India, but Ashwani Lohani is clearly a babu in demand. It is Lohani’s two stints at Air India that brought him most attention, especially since he had no previous background in aviation, having been an officer of the Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers. He also happens to be the …

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: The Gujarat syndrome
5 years ago

Dilli Ka Babu: The Gujarat syndrome

Deccan Chronicle  

Gujarat is the go-to state for the Modi sarkar when it needs more trusted hands at the Centre. Following Mr Modi’s long stint in Gujarat as chief minister, many of his favoured babus slowly followed him as he ascended to the PM’s kursi. According to sources, Gujarat cadre Indian Forest Service officer Niranjan Kumar Singh has been appointed as secretary, …

Dilli Ka Babu: Niti CEO puts the pedal to the metal
5 years, 2 months ago

Dilli Ka Babu: Niti CEO puts the pedal to the metal

Deccan Chronicle  

After criticism from Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant over the slow progress on overhauling of railway stations, a stung railway ministry has swung into action, which is probably what the Prime Minister’s Office wants anyway. The censure has finally made the lumbering railway bureaucracy rather anxious since the Niti Aayog’s red flag is pretty much a stand-in for a message …

Dilli Ka Babu: Mysterious reshuffle
5 years, 3 months ago

Dilli Ka Babu: Mysterious reshuffle

Deccan Chronicle  

The sudden replacement of coal secretary Sumanta Chaudhari with A.K. The unexplained mystery is that the appointment order of Mr Jain as Mr Chaudhari’s successor is silent on Mr Chaudhari’s future. There is also much speculation about the timing of the appointment since the order came when West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee was in the capital for meetings with …

IAS officer Ajay Bhalla appointed officer on special duty in MHA, set to become home secretary
5 years, 5 months ago

IAS officer Ajay Bhalla appointed officer on special duty in MHA, set to become home secretary

Firstpost  

Bhalla will have a fixed two-year tenure till August 2021 if appointed as the union home secretary. New Delhi: Power Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla is all set to become the new Home Secretary with the government appointing him Officer on Special Duty in the high-profile ministry on Wednesday. In a major reshuffle in the senior bureaucracy effected by the ACC, …

Govt changes secretaries of 12 departments in major reshuffle
5 years, 5 months ago

Govt changes secretaries of 12 departments in major reshuffle

Live Mint  

New Delhi: In the first major bureaucratic reshuffle since Prime Minister Narendra Modi came back to power in May, the Centre on Wednesday changed the secretaries of 12 government departments. While finance secretary Subhash Chandra Garg was appointed as the power secretary, disinvestment secretary Atanu Chakraborty, a 1985 batch Gujarat cadre IAS officer, will replace Garg as the economic affairs …

Uttar Pradesh: 17 IAS officers transferred, reshuffled
5 years, 7 months ago

Uttar Pradesh: 17 IAS officers transferred, reshuffled

India TV News  

The Uttar Pradesh government has transferred and reshuffled 17 administrative officials across the state. Sultanpur's DM Divya Prakash Giri is now the Additional Commissioner of Excise in Prayagraj while Special Secretary Secondary Education Chandra Vijay Singh new DM of Firozabad. Chief Minister's Special Secretary Adarsh Singh has been made the District Magistrate of Barabanki while Barabanki's previous DM Uday Bhanu …

Dilli Ka Babu: Endless wait
5 years, 10 months ago

Dilli Ka Babu: Endless wait

Deccan Chronicle  

Two senior IAS officers in the government of India and one from UT cadre are yet to get their next posting even though their successors have been appointed. According to sources, Sanjay Kumar Singh, a 1987-batch IAS officer of the Madhya Pradesh cadre, was replaced by Ansuli Arya, a 1989-batch IAS officer at the Universal Services Obligation Fund, but he …

Dilli Ka Babu: Kerala's babu problem
5 years, 11 months ago

Dilli Ka Babu: Kerala's babu problem

Deccan Chronicle  

With a spate of retirements due over the next few months, Kerala is likely to face an acute shortage of experienced IAS officers. Secretary of cultural affairs, animal husbandry, dairy development and zoo departments Anil Xavier, secretary of general administration department Sumana N. Menon, land revenue commissioner A.T. James, Supplyco chairman and managing director M.S. Speak up, pay the price …

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