Rudrendra Tandon (IFS:1994) has been appointed as India’s next Ambassador to Afghanistan. Tandon is currently serving as the Ambassador of India to ASEAN.
He is expected to take up the assignment shortly.
Rudrendra Tandon appointed India’s next envoy to Afghanistan
Soma Mondal selected as chairman, SAIL
Soma Mondal has been selected for appointment as Chairman, Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on August 10, 2020. Presently, she is working as Director (Commercial), SAIL.
The following 06 applicants were interviewed in the selection meeting :
- Mrs. Soma Mondal, Director(Commercial), Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL)
- Anirban Dasgupta, Director(Project & Business Planning), Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL)
- Arvind Kumar Singh, Executive Director, Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL)
- Brijendra Pratap Singh, Executive Director, Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL)
- Atul Bhatt, Chairman and Managing Director, MECON Limited.
- Rakesh Tumane, Director (Finance), MOIL Ltd.
Restructuring Railways ; Merger of 8 Indian Railways’ cadres into IRMS likely to be completed by November
The downsizing of the national transporter, Indian Railways, which started with the Central Government’s approval in December 2019 and the subsequent trimming the strength of the Railway Board to –half — from eight to four — and unifying the eight services of Indian Railways into a central service, is further intensifying. The Indian Railway Management Service (IRMS)- the merger of eight major Indian Railways cadres into one single service, is in the process and expected to be completed by November, this year.
To finalize the modalities, consultancy firm McKinsey and Company’s services has been hired and as per a PTI report, Railways Minister Piyush Goyal had a high level meeting, also attended by the Railway Board Chairman and representatives of the various Trade Unions, to discuss the modalities of the ongoing restructuring.
Pune : Three frontrunners for collector post
The outgoing Pune Collector, Naval Kishore Ram (IAS:2008:MH), has joined Prime Minister’s Office( PMO) as Deputy Secretary, reportedly, a reward for his outstanding work. The temporary charge has been given to Zilla Parishad CEO, Ayush Prasad (IAS:2015:MH). An announcement in this regard has been done by, first, Naval Kishore Ram himself, through his official Twitter handle, and also by, Divisional Commissioner, Saurabh Rao (IAS:2003:MH). The names doing the rounds, i.e. the front runners for the post of new Pune Collector are, Rajesh Deshmukh (IAS:2008:MH), former Yavatmal collector and presently serving as MD, HAFFKINE, G.Shrikant (IAS:2009:MH), Latur’s District Collector and Yogesh Mhase (IAS:2009:MH), MD, Maharashtra State Cooperative Marketing Federation, who in past has already served as PCNTDA CEO in Pimpri Chinchwad.
Besides these three names, the name of Astik Kumar Pandey (IAS:2011:MH) is also doing the rounds. A final announcement is expected very soon, as confirmed by Saurabh Rao, Divisional Commissioner.
Sachin Jain appointed as Dy.DG, NCB
Sachin Jain (IRS-C&CE:1999) has been appointed as Deputy Director General in Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) under Ministry of Home Affairs on deputation basis for a period of five years.
CBDT : 16 senior IRS officers shifted
In a major reshuffle effected by the Central Board of Direct Taxes, on Friday, involving as many as 16 senior IRS (IT) cadre officers of the rank of Principal Chief Commissioner Income Tax (PCCIT) and Chief Commissioner Income Tax (CCIT)/DGIT were transferred and posted to different places.
The names of the officers and their postings are as follows :
- Ravindra Kumar : Principal Chief Commissioner Income Tax (PCCIT), Kerala.
- Amit Jain : Principal Chief Commissioner Income Tax (PCCIT), Gujarat.
- Pritam Singh : Principal Chief Commissioner Income Tax (PCCIT), UP (East).
- Pragya Sahay Saksena : Chief Commissioner Income Tax (CCIT), International Taxation), West Zone, Mumbai.
- Reena Sinha Puri : DGIT (L&R), New Delhi.
- H B S Gill : DGIT (Inv.), Delhi.
- Rajat Bansal : Chief Commissioner Income Tax, Central Delhi
- R K Yadav : DGIT (I&CI), Delhi
- Sumant Sinha : DGIT Investigation, Jaipur
- Patanjali : Chief Commissioner Income Tax-2, Mumbai
- V Srinivas : DG Income Tax (Investigation), Bengaluru
- Rajkumar Lachhiramaka : Chief Commissioner Income Tax, Shillong
- K C P Patnaik : DGIT Income Tax (Investigation), Pune
- Binay Kumar Jha : Chief Commissioner Income Tax- 5, Kolkata
- K M Bali : Chief Commissioner Income Tax, Ludhiana
- Sadhna Shankar : Chief Commissioner Income Tax, Ghaziabad
Punjab : 02 IPS officers transferred
The Punjab government on Friday issued transfer and posting orders of two IPS officers in the state.
The names of the officers and their postings are as follows :
- Dr. Nanak Singh (IPS:2011:PB) : AIG SB-I, Intelligence, Punjab.
- Ashwini Gotyal (IPS:2015:PB) : AC, 13th Bn. PAP Chandigarh with additional charge of ADCP Hqrs, Ludhiana.
Andhra Pradesh : Chief Secretary Nilam Sawhney gets three months extension
The Andhra Pradesh Chief Secretary Nilam Sawhney (IAS:1984:AP) has been given an extension in service for a further three-month period beyond September 30 as the Centre accepted the state governments request. Sawhney was originally supposed to retire on June 30 on attaining the age of superannuation, but was given a three-month extension in view of the COVID-19 management tasks.
The state government recently wrote to the Centre, requesting that her tenure be extended for a further three- month period beyond September 30 and the Department of Personnel accepted it. The Centre’s decision was communicated to the state on Thursday and Principal Secretary (Political) Praveen Prakash (IAS:1994:AP) issued a formal order on Friday, notifying the extension in service of Sawhney till December 31, 2020.
16 new IAS officers get first posting in UP
The Uttar Pradesh government gave first posting to 16 new IAS officers of 2018 batch on Friday.
The names of the officers and their postings are as follows :
- Nand Kishore Kalal : Joint Magistrate, Basti.
- Sourabh Gangwar : Joint Magistrate, Bahraich.
- Jag Pravesh : Joint Magistrate, Siddharth Nagar.
- Purn Vohra : Joint Magistrate, Kushinagar.
- Sandeep Mongia : Joint Magistrate, Meerut.
- Sudhir Kumar : Joint Magistrate, Banda.
- Prem Prakash Meena : Joint Magistrate, Hathras.
- Anubhav Singh : Joint Magistrate, Baghpat.
- Sanjeev Kumar Maurya : Joint Magistrate, Amethi.
- Sai Teja Saleemi : Joint Magistrate, Maharajganj.
- Jayant Kumar : Joint Magistrate, Jalaun.
- Rishi Raj : Joint Magistrate, Mainpuri.
- Sanjeev Kumar Meena : Joint Magistrate, Hamirpur.
- Gaurav Kumar : Joint Magistrate, Azamgarh.
- Jayant Kumar : Joint Magistrate, Jalaun.
- Kuldeep Meena : Joint Magistrate, Gorakhpur.
- Vikramaditya Singh Malik : Joint Magistrate, Bijnore.
CVC halves time for reconsideration of its advice against officials accused of corruption
The Central Vigilance Commission has halved to one month , from the previous two months , the time for reconsideration of its advice against government officials accused of corruption in cases where the department concerned wants to have lenient or stricter view on the quantum of punishment recommended by it, according to an official order.
The move comes after it was noticed that such proposals were not received in the stipulated time period of two months, thus causing delay in processing of vigilance cases.
The CVC is consulted by the government departments at two stages in vigilance cases – advice is first obtained on investigation reports and second before a final decision is taken at the conclusion of proceedings against corrupt employees.
Citing its earlier guidelines, the commission said that government departments are required to approach the CVC for advice wherein a lenient or stricter view than that advised by it is proposed to be taken in the vigilance cases.
Further, it was also prescribed that such reconsideration proposals should be sent within two months from the date of receipt of the commission’s advice, said the order issued on Thursday.
“Considering the need for expeditious finalisation of vigilance cases and to adhere to the timelines, the commission on review of the existing timelines has decided that any proposal for a reconsideration of its first stage advice should be made to it within one month of receipt of the first stage advice,” it said.
The Commission should be approached for such reconsideration proposals “only in those exceptional individual cases having additional/new material facts”, the CVC said. (PTI)
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