New Delhi: AGMUT cadre IAS officer Sonal Swaroop (IAS:2012:AGMUT) has been appointed as Director in the Department of Drinking Water & Sanitation, Delhi, for a period of five years.
According to an order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) on Wednesday (October 14, 2026), the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved her appointment under the Central Staffing Scheme for five years from the date she assumes charge of the post, or until further orders, whichever is earlier. She was recommended for central deputation by the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Swaroop is currently serving as Director of Census Operations/Director of Citizen Registration for Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya, a position she has held since April/May 2026. She was appointed to the post for a tenure of three years.
New Delhi: Chhattisgarh cadre IAS officer S Jayavardhan (IAS:2014:CG) has been appointed as Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs for a period of four years.
According to an order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) on Wednesday (October 14, 2026), the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved his appointment under the Central Staffing Scheme for four years from the date he assumes charge of the post, or until further orders, whichever is earlier.
Presently, Jayavardhan is serving as Director of Treasuries and Accounts in Chhattisgarh, with additional charge of Director of Pension.
The West Bengal government effected a minor bureaucratic reshuffle ahead of the Durga Puja, transferring a few IAS officers to new postings. Senior IAS officer Mukta Arya (IAS:2008:WB) has been appointed the new Chairman and Managing Director of West Bengal Power Development Corporation Ltd (WBPDCL).
Similarly, Shashank Shetti (IAS:2010:WB) has been given the responsibility of Secretary of the Sunderbans Affairs Department, while his batchmate Arvind Kumar Mina has been named the new Secretary of the Tribal Development Department.
Meanwhile, another senior officer C Murugan (IAS:2007:WB), currently serving as Deputy Chairman of the Tea Board, has been deputed to the central govt’s Ministry of Road Transport and Highways as Joint Secretary.
Former Tripura cadre bureaucrat Nagaraju Maddirala (IAS:1993:TR) has been appointed the new Chairman and Managing Director of Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS) for two years. His tenure will begin from the date he assumes charge.
Maddirala succeeds Nand Kishore, whose tenure as IL&FS Chairman and Managing Director ended on September 30, 2026.
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs issued an order in this regard on October 12.
A statement issued by the ministry said Maddirala was designated for the top role after being appointed as a director on the IL&FS board by the Mumbai bench of the National Company Law Tribunal on October 1, 2026.
The ministry has directed IL&FS to complete the procedural formalities to implement the order of his appointment.
Maddirala’s appointment bears significance as IL&FS continues its resolution and asset monetisation process after the infrastructure financier faced debt crisis.
Yogesh Kumar IAS Biography: Yogesh Kumar is a 2010-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre. He is currently serving as Managing Director of Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam (Rural), Lucknow. He took charge of the post in September 2026 after serving as Commissioner and Registrar of Cooperative Societies, Uttar Pradesh.
During his administrative career, Kumar has held several positions in the state government, including District Magistrate of Banda and Amethi. He has also worked in the Labour Department, Rural Development Department and Agriculture Production Commissioner Branch.
Dr. Yogesh Kumar hails from Saharanpur district in Uttar Pradesh. He completed his Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Sociology from M.S. College, Meerut, affiliated with Chaudhary Charan Singh University. He went on to pursue a Master of Arts (M.A.) in Sociology from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, where he also completed his Ph.D. in Sociology.
Kumar joined the Indian Administrative Service in 2010 through direct recruitment and was allotted the Uttar Pradesh cadre. After completing his IAS training in Mussoorie, he began his administrative career in the state, taking up assignments in district administration and various government departments.
Yogesh Kumar IAS Posting Timeline
Period / Date
Post / Position
Department / Organisation
August 2010 – May 2012
Phase-I training
IAS Training, Mussoorie
May – July 2012
Phase-II training
IAS Training, Mussoorie
February 2014 – August 2015
Chief Development Officer
Uttar Pradesh Administration
August 2015 – March 2016
Special Secretary
Labour Department, Uttar Pradesh
29 March – 30 October 2016
District Magistrate and Collector, Banda
Uttar Pradesh Administration
November 2016 – January 2017
Awaiting posting
Uttar Pradesh Government
24 January – 22 December 2017
District Magistrate and Collector, Amethi
Uttar Pradesh Administration
December 2017 – October 2020
Additional Commissioner
Rural Development Department, Uttar Pradesh
October 2020 – November 2022
Additional Commissioner
Rural Development Department, Uttar Pradesh
November 2022 – June 2025
Special Secretary
Agriculture Production Commissioner Branch, Uttar Pradesh
June 2025 – September 2026
Commissioner and Registrar, Cooperative Societies
Uttar Pradesh
September 2026 – Present
Managing Director
Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam (Rural), Lucknow
Tenure as District Magistrate
Yogesh Kumar served as District Magistrate and Collector of Banda from March to October 2016. He was subsequently appointed District Magistrate of Amethi in January 2017 and remained in the position until December that year.
Work in Rural Development and State Departments
After his district-level assignments, Kumar served as Additional Commissioner in the Uttar Pradesh Rural Development Department. He held the position from December 2017 to November 2022, with a change in the recorded posting period in October 2020.
In November 2022, he moved to the Agriculture Production Commissioner Branch as Special Secretary. He remained in the department until June 2025, when he was appointed Commissioner and Registrar of Cooperative Societies, Uttar Pradesh.
Current Posting of Yogesh Kumar IAS
Yogesh Kumar is serving as Managing Director of Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam (Rural) in Lucknow. He was appointed to the position during the Uttar Pradesh government’s administrative reshuffle in August 2026 and took up the role in September.
The Centre has promoted 14 senior Bihar Police Service (BPS) officers to the Indian Police Service (IPS), with the Union Home Ministry issuing a notification in this regard on Tuesday. According to the notification, these officers have been selected for promotion on the basis of the selection list for the year 2025 and will be on a one-year probation.
Among the officers promoted to the IPS are Kailash Prasad, Santosh Kumar, Raj Kumar Sah, Kumari Mamta Kalyani, Mohd. Muttafiq Ahmed, Rajan Sinha, Imtiaz Ahmed.
Apart from them, Ajay Narayan Yadav, Satish Kumar, Mohd. Shibli Nomani, Kundan Kumar, Smita Suman, Rakesh Kumar and Rajesh Kumar Singh Prabhakar have been promoted.
During the probation, they will also have to undergo training as per the provisions of the Probation Rules of the Indian Police Service. The induction training of the officers will be done as per the prescribed rules.
According to the Home Ministry’s notification, the appointments have been made under the provisions of the Indian Police Service (Recruitment) Rules, 1954 and the Indian Police Service (Appointment by Promotion) Regulations, 1955.
These officers are expected to work with a renewed vigour in discharging their policing responsibilities in the state.
The Telangana High Court on Tuesday reserved its verdict on Andhra cadre IAS officer Amrapali Kata (IAS:2010:AP)’s plea for her cadre allocation to Telangana. The court said it would deliver its verdict within two weeks.
The IAS officer had moved the High Court seeking to vacate an interim stay on a Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) order directing her allocation to the Telangana cadre.
A division bench of Justices Moushumi Bhattacharya and Renuka Yara heard the matter.
The CAT, in its order on June 24, 2025, had granted relief to Amrapali in a dispute over the mutual exchange of cadre between Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
But the Union Government challenged it in the High Court, which stayed the Tribunal’s order, pending disposal of the writ petition.
Amrapali’s counsel argued that the cadre allocation exercise following the bifurcation of the erstwhile Andhra Pradesh had resulted in injustice to her.
The IAS officer moved an application urging the bench to vacate the interim stay and allow the CAT’s order to take effect.
The Union Govt opposed Amrapali’s move, arguing that the issue of insider-outsider classification was unrelated to the orders under consideration and sought dismissal of her application.
The court reserved its order after hearing arguments.
The tenure of Pradeep Kumar (IRSE-Civil:2001) as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) of Minerals Exploration and Consultancy Limited (MECL), Nagpur, has been extended by two years.
According to aPn order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) on Tuesday (October 13, 2026), the competent authority has approved the proposal to extend his deputation tenure by two years beyond March 5, 2027, up to March 5, 2029, or until further orders, whichever is earlier.
Kumar assumed charge as CVO of MECL on March 5, 2024, for a tenure of three years.
New Delhi: The central deputation tenure of Sikkim cadre IAS officerMrinalini Shrivastava (IPS:2002:SK), Director (Finance), National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), under the Ministry of Home Affairs, has been curtailed.
According to an order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) on Tuesday (October 13, 2026), the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the proposal of the Ministry of Home Affairs to curtail her deputation tenure. Her tenure was scheduled to end on November 1, 2027.
Shrivastava initially joined central deputation as Director, NDMA, on November 1, 2022. Her appointment was initially approved until February 29, 2024, coinciding with the period during which the G20 Secretariat was functional.
In March 2024, she was appointed Director (Finance), NDMA, on a lateral-shift basis, with her tenure extending until November 1, 2027.
In a bizarre incident, a young Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS officer, Vikas Marmat (IAS:2019:AP), and three others have been booked for allegedly assaulting a police inspector and other police personnel during a late-night raid at a pub in Bengaluru. Marmat is currently posted as Special Officer of the Kuppam Area Development Authority in neighbouring AP.
The case against Vikas, and three others identified as Abhay Uday Singh, Nitish, and Roshan, was registered at the Cubbon Park police station on October 10.
Police Inspector Arun Salunke of the Special Enquiry Wing complained that he and his team were abused and attacked by the IAS officer at the Cavore bar.
According to the FIR, the incident occurred between 1 a.m. and 1.30 a.m. on October 10 at Cavore, a bar and restaurant on Residency Road.
The inspector reportedly underwent medical treatment following the alleged assault and subsequently approached the Cubbon Park police to lodge the complaint.
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