By the middle of the last decade, acute crisis of officers in various departments of the Union government appeared particularly in the grade of Directors. The same crisis appeared in the corresponding grades of the All-India Services. States became reluctant to spare their officers for Central deputation. Similarly, Central government departments also hesitated in sparing officers of the organized services for manning deputation posts of the Centre
March 4, 2022It has been iterated that officers would be posted on Central deputation only in consultation with the States but also been made clear that "once the number of officers to come on deputation to the Centre is fixed after mutual consultation, the Central Government should have overriding powers to get those officers"
February 10, 2022She said some senior officials pass on their work to junior officers, who in turn submit reports without checking the actual facts. “The DMs and SPs should give priority to the Chief Minister’s Grievance Cell. Providing services to people and catering to their complaints is our responsibility. Such lacunae and negligence would not be tolerated,” she said, adding that some principal secretaries work well but some don’t.
February 4, 2022A large number of junior officers are unhappy with the cadre management system by the Bengal government while many of their newly appointed colleagues are not getting posted as Sub Divisional Officers (SDO) for months virtually denying them scope to gather administrative experience.
January 23, 2022Bishnupada Sethi was appointed as School and Mass Education secretary. He was also allowed to remain in additional charge of the Commerce and Transport department and Information & Public Relation department.
January 2, 2022"I am disturbed by the dilution of democratic norms and values. I painfully indicate to the media that the state in which we are in is very severe and painful, known to other parts of the country. I am surprised how members of IAS and IPS including the chief secretary can be so unmindful of the constitution and the rule of law and their obligations to the governor"
October 12, 2021On this day in 1947, Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel, the Home Member of Parliament inaugurated the All India Services.
April 21, 2020It is required to check the vigilance clearance of such government servants for grant of passport, said the order issued by the Personnel Ministry to secretaries of all central government departments.
March 6, 2020They demanded that there should be a reasonable period of time after which files should not be reopened.
October 5, 2019Simultaneous raids by CBI teams were conducted at 12 places in Bulandshahr, Lucknow, Fatehpur, Azamgarh, Prayagraj, Noida, Gorakhour and Deoria.
July 12, 2019In view of the public outbursts, government has asked police superintendents to initiate cases on complaints of accepting cut money under Section 409 of the Indian Penal Code which calls for a maximum punishment of life imprisonment.
July 3, 2019The sudden resignation of Raipur Collector from the coveted IAS and his subsequent induction in the BJP has triggered a wave among retired and serving babus to join the two mainstream parties.
September 4, 2018Union Minister Pradhan had allegedly said that some bureaucrats were functioning like BJD party workers
May 29, 2018The 'House Committee on violation of protocol norms and contemptuous behaviour by government officers with MLAs' will be chaired by AAP MLA Saurabh Bharadwaj and comprise 9 MLAs
April 24, 2018Even as the election heat intensifies in the state, bureaucrats and ministers have become the subject of controversy with a few of the upright babus not hesitating to take on the law makers. An immediate case in point relates to the Hassan district election officer and deputy commissioner, MS Rohini Sindhuri, who, unfazed by the …
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April 13, 2018In a major bureaucratic reshuffle, the Gujarat government on late Monday night transferred 67 IAS officials. This is the first major reshuffle after the new BJP government has been formed. As per the notification issued by General Administration Department, the key changes are the changes of District Collectors in 21 of the state’s 33 districts, …
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April 3, 2018Aam Aadmi Party MLAs on Tuesday attacked bureaucrats for providing “false” and “incomplete” written answers to Assembly questions. Following the allegations, Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel referred the matter to the Question and Reference Committee of the Assembly. Bureaucrats gave the written answers to the ministers concerned, who then presented them in the Assembly. Of …
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March 20, 2018