Some 70 ministers are heading to the India-China border, not to fight the enemy but to ensure that the huge number of border villages are given the kind of support that they need. According to sources, 1,400 border villages have been identified and Union ministers will visit to understand the issues faced by the people […]
The Supreme Court has decided to revisit its last year’s verdict in former West Bengal chief secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay’s case. At the time, the apex court had ruled that only the Delhi High Court and no other high court would have jurisdiction to entertain a plea against a decision taken by the Central Administrative Tribunal […]
The recent proposal from the Union Ministry of Steel to extend the tenure of the current CMD of NMDC, Sumit Deb, has brought attention to the issue of extension of service for incumbents at the Board level in CPSEs. While the proposal seeks an extension of one year beyond Deb’s retirement date, the Ministry of […]
The Centre has appointed over a dozen Governors in various states but, oddly, there’s no bureaucrat on the list. The 13 include a retired Supreme Court judge, two retired Army officers and four BJP leaders. While six are newcomers, seven others have been moved from one state to another. That not a single babu was […]
Senior babus in Maharashtra are fretting due to the state government delaying postings. The most likely reason is the continuous tussle between Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis. Though they firmed up a ‘unnatural’ political alliance to gain power, the duo have not yet settled down in their respective roles. […]
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. Mohan is serving a life term for the murder of the former district magistrate of Gopalganj G. Krishnaiah. Sources say that the Nitish Kumar-led government has recently been dropping several […]
When the Sikkim government appointed 1989-batch IPS officer, A Sudhakar Rao, as Additional Chief Secretary of the Home Department, the move drew some comment. This is because Rao’s previous posting was as Special Director General of Police, Special Branch, and even held the additional charge of DGP, Sikkim. While nothing stops the government from appointing […]
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. Saxena, a 1990-cadre HP cadre IAS officer, will have tenure until March 2025. As it so often happens with […]
The Modi sarkar is devoting a lot of thought to the 100 years of independence in 2047, with several task forces charged with drawing up a roadmap for the future. Among these, the Group of Secretaries on Governance headed by I&B Secretary Apurva Chandra is currently studying a draft VisionIndia @2047 prepared by a group […]
Retired 1985-batch IAS officer and former Mumbai municipal commissioner Praveen Pardeshi, who during the worst months of the coronavirus pandemic, led the civic body’s efforts to create Covid treatment facilities, is reportedly being brought back as the new CEO of the Maharashtra Institution for Transformation (MITRA), which is the state’s equivalent of the NITI Aayog. […]