Days after the Centre waived the mandatory cooling-off period of senior IPS officer Vidhi Kumar Birdi (IPS:2003:AGMUT), the Ministry of Home Affairs has appointed him as Inspector General (IG) in the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on deputation basis.
According to an order issued by MHA on Monday (June 1, 2026), the competent authority approved the appointment of Birdi as Inspector General (Level-14 in the pay matrix) in the CRPF against an existing vacancy.
The order further requested that Birdi be relieved immediately to enable him to take up his new assignment at the Centre.
The appointment follows an order issued on May 30, 2026, in which the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) approved the proposal of the Ministry of Home Affairs to waive Birdi’s mandatory cooling-off period for another central assignment.
Birdi had earlier been prematurely repatriated from the CRPF in September 2023 while serving as Inspector General and was sent back to his parent cadre for posting in Jammu & Kashmir.
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