The West Bengal government issues a strict directive placing responsibility on officials to secure records, restrict file movement and prevent unauthorised copying across departments.
Kundra was holding an interactive session with JKAS cadre officers posted in Leh district.
Soon after assuming the charge from Pawan Kotwal, Kundra emphasised Ladakh’s ecologically fragile landscape and said that growth in the region must be carefully planned, climate-sensitive and people-centric.
The meeting was attended by the Secretary, Health & Medical Education Department; Director, SKIMS; principals of Government Medical Colleges; Director, Coordination; and other senior officers of the department.
The state government has written to the Ministry for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions seeking Srinivas's services in Jaipur for the post of Chief Secretary.
The Chief Secretary chaired a meeting on Thursday to review compliance of the directions issued by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) regarding river pollution and waste management.
Stressing that these measures hold the highest priority, the Chief Secretary made it clear that the directives emanate directly from the Union Home Minister Amit Shah and must, therefore, be implemented with the utmost urgency and seriousness.
In a bid to meet the challenge of the rising risk of glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) and cloudburst-induced flash floods in the cold desert region of Ladakh, a comprehensive Table Top Exercise on disaster preparedness was conducted in Leh under the chairmanship of Dr Pawan Kotwal, Chief Secretary, UT Ladakh, on Wednesday.
Senior IAS officer Shashi Prakash Goyal has been appointed the new Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh after the central government declined to extend the tenure of outgoing Chief Secretary Manoj Kumar Singh.
The video, which sparked widespread public outrage over the misuse of an official vehicle, prompted the court to demand a formal explanation from the state’s Chief Secretary.
