Amidst the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) and the election cycle, the Mamata Banerjee government in Bengal has expanded the Chief Electoral Officer’s financial powers, placing him on par with senior state bureaucrats, including an additional chief secretary, principal secretary, and secretary. It has been done to delegate financial authority to the CEO.
The CEO will now be empowered to independently sanction expenditure under Administrative Expenditures and State Development Scheme (SDS) categories. The audit branch of the finance department issued an order in this regard, saying the decision follows a long-pending proposal. Official sources said that the move will help streamline administrative processes and expedite project-related approvals within the CEO’s office.
The government’s order has come after the state BJP unit submitted a memorandum to the Election Commission of India (ECI), alleging that the CEO’s office in Bengal lacked independence from the state administration. Acting on it, the ECI had directed the state government, through a letter to Chief Secretary Manoj Pant, to take necessary steps to strengthen the CEO’s office and create a separate election department fully delinked from any state department.
The central government on Friday (November 28, 2025) gave senior IPS officer Praveen Kumar (IPS:1993:WB)the additional charge of Director General, Border Security Force (BSF). He is currently serving as the DG of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP). He will take over from Daljit Singh Chaudhary (IPS:1990:UP), who retires on November 30, 2025.
According to an order issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Praveen Kumar will hold the post until a regular incumbent is appointed or until further orders.
Before taking charge of the ITBP on October 1, 2025, Kumar worked as Special Director in the Intelligence Bureau (IB). In his 32 years of service, he has held several important posts in West Bengal and during his central deputation.
Kumar has wide field experience from West Bengal, where he handled many law-and-order duties. His intelligence and security background is expected to help him manage the BSF, which guards the India–Pakistan, India–Bangladesh and India–Tibet borders.
November 28, 2025: REC Limited, a Maharatna Public Sector Enterprise under the Ministry of Power and a leading NBFC, has been honored with the ‘The Economic Times Infra Leadership Awards 2025.’ REC was recognized for its outstanding contribution in two categories for Best Infra Projects with Green Financing: the Mumbai Metro and the 500 MW Solar Project in Anantapur.
The award was received on behalf of REC by Mr. Kuldeep Rai, Executive Director, and Mr. Debasis Mitra, General Manager, at the second edition of The Economic Times Infra Leadership Summit and Awards.
The projects were commended for their scale, national importance, environmental impact, and strong alignment with India’s climate commitments:
1. Mumbai Metro: Recognized for setting a benchmark in low-carbon urban transport, significantly contributing to sustainable city development. 2. Anantapur 500 MW Solar Project: A landmark achievement in renewable energy financing, crucial for expanding India’s clean energy capacity.
These honors reaffirm REC Limited’s leadership in driving India’s clean energy transformation. The recognition underscores REC Limited’s unwavering commitment to advancing low-carbon mobility, expanding renewable energy capacity, and supporting infrastructure that contributes to a greener and more resilient India.
Through its innovative financing solutions, REC continues to strengthen projects of national significance, playing a pivotal role in India’s journey towards Viksit Bharat 2047 and global sustainability goals.
P. K. Mishra, the Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has come out with his prescription on how to make Indian bureaucrats future-ready so that the much-touted goal of making India a developed nation by 2047 could be achieved.
Mishra put forward three guiding principles—reorienting the purpose of civil services to developmental state, reimagining selection to identify deeply capable individuals, and building a lifelong learning state.
The country’s top bureaucrat shared his vision while addressing the centenary conference of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). Mishra emphasised the need for a shift in approach from process compliance to outcome delivery. Mishra delves deep into the malaise, stressing the urgency of changing the concept of incremental improvement into accelerated transformation. According to him, the idea of a state that delivers to citizens should be transformed into a vision to develop a system where the state partners with citizens.
He described today’s civil servants as managers of uncertainty, interpreters of complexity, and guardians of India’s strategic interests.
The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) also issued a statement, saying Mishra’s views underline the need of today’s governance that demands collaboration more than hierarchy. It goes on to establish how the emergence of technology, urbanisation, climate challenges, and frequent disasters have reshaped the responsibilities of civil servants.
The West Bengal government on Thursday (November 27, 2025) ordered a major police reshuffle, transferring 20 IPS and 20 WBPS officers, including 10 district police chiefs.
The names of the officers and their postings are as follows;
1. Arijit Sinha (IPS), SP, Jhargram (DIG Rank), has been transferred as DIG, Midnapore Range.
2. Vaibhav Tiwari (IPS), SP, Bankura, has been posted as SP, Purulia.
3. Avijit Banerjee (IPS), SP, Purulia, has been posted as SP, Malda
4. Pradeep Kumar Yadav (IPS), SP, Malda, has been transferred as SP, Traffic, Uttar Dinajpur.
5. Y Raghuvanshi (IPS), SP, Alipurduar, has been transferred and posted as SP, Jalpaiguri.
6. Sachin (IPS), SS, IB, WB, has been posted as DC, New Town, Bidhanagar PC.
7. Dhritiman Sarkar (IPS), SP, Paschim Medinipur, has been transferred and posted as SS, IB, WB.
8. Khandbahale Umesh Ganpat (IPS), SP, Jalpaiguri, has been transferred as SP, Alipurduar.
9. Sana Akhtar (IPS), SP, Raiganj Police District, has been transferred as DC, West Zone, Asansol Durgapur PC.
10. Dr Sonawane Kuldip Suresh (IPS), SS, IB, WB Designated as DC, West Zone, Asansol Durgapur PC, has been transferred and posted as SP, Raiganj Police District.
11. Soumyadip Bhattacharya (IPS), SP, Purba Medinipur, has been posted as SP, Bankura.
12. Manav Sinha (IPS), DC New Town, Bidhannagar PC, has been transferred as SP, Jhargram.
13. Palash Chandra Dhali (IPS), SP, Baruipur Police District, has been posted as SP, Paschim Medinipur.
14. Shubhendra Kumar (IPS), Additional SP (Rural), Purba Medinipur (with HQ at Contai) in the rank of SP, has been transferred as SP, Baruipur Police District.
15. Siddharth Dorji (WBPS), Additional SP, Bankura, has been transferred and posted s Additional SP, Lalbagh, Murshidabad PD.
16. Rahul Mishra (IPS), SDPO, Baduri, Basirhat PD, has been transferred as Additional SP, HQ, Birbhum.
17. Soutam Banerjee (WBPS), Additional SP (HQ), Baruipur PD, has been transferred as Add SP (HQs), Paschim Medinipur.
18. Durbar Bandyopadhyay (WBPS), Additional DC. South Zone Howrah PC, has been transferred as Additional SP, Zonal, Barasat PD.
19. Sambhav Jain (IPS), Additional SP, Malda, has been posted as Additional SP (HQs), Krishnanagar.
20. Dr. George Allen John (IPS), Additional SP (Rural), Howrah Rural, has been transferred as Additional SP (HQs), Purulia.
21. Pinaki Dutta (WBPS), Additional SP (HQs), Paschim Medinipur, has been transferred as Additional SP, Baruipur PD.
22. Jadhawar Avinash Bhimrao (IPS), Additional SP (Operations), Purulia, has been posted as Additional SP (HQs), Alipurduar.
23. Raspreet Singh, Additional SP, Lalbagh, Murshidabad PD, has been posted as Additional SP (Rural), Malda.
24. Mitun Kumar Dey (WBPS), Additional SP (Zonal), Diamond Harbour PD, has been transferred and posted as Additional SP (HQs), Purba Medinipur.
25. Kunal Barnabas (WBPS), Assistant CO, SAP 9th Battalion, has been posted as Additional SP, Kalimpong.
26. Bijoy Krishna Mondal (WBPS), Additional SC, SB, Howrah PC, has been shifted as Additional SP (HQs), Howrah PD.
27. Krishana Roy (WBPS), Additional SP, Hooghly Rural, has been transferred as Additional SP (HQs), Bankura.
28. Atish Biswas (WBPS), SDPO, Baruipur, Baruipur PD, has been transferred as Additional SP (Rural), Purba Medinipur (with HQ at Contai).
29. Uttam Mitra (WBPS), Deputy SP (Administration), Bankura, has been posted as Additional SP (Operations), Purulia.
30. Sandip Garai (IPS), Additional SP, Mathabhanga, Cooch Behar, has been posted as Additional SP, Zonal, Diamond Harbour PD.
31. Manabendra Das (WBPS), Additional SP, Jaigaon, Alipurduar, has been posted as Additional SP, Birbhum.
32. Animesh Roy (WBPS), Dy CO, SAP, 2nd Battalion, has been posted as Additional SP (Rural), Dakshin Dinajpur.
33. Tanmoy Mukherjee (WBPS), Dy CO, SAP, 4th Battalion, has been posted as Additional SP, Mathabhanga, Cooch Behar.
34. Sowmojit Barua (WBPS), Additional SP, Traffic, Murshidabad PD, has been posted as Additional SP (HQ), Baruipur PD.
35. Santanu Choudhary (WBPS), Additional SS, IB, WB, has been posted as Additional SP, Zonal Jangipur, Jangipur PD (On Deputation)
36. Sheikh Mohammed Azim (WBPS), OSD, WBPD, has been posted as Additional SP, Zonal Basirhat PD.
37. Nikhil Agarwal (IPS), Additional SP (HQ), Purba Medinipur, has been posted as Additional SP (Operations), Bankura.
38. Avishek Majumder (WBPS), Additional DC, Traffic, Siliguri PC, has been transferred as Additional SP, Jaigaon, Alipurduar.
39. Agniswar Chowdhury (WBPS), Dy SP (HQ), Hoogly (Rural), has been posted as Additional SP (Rural), Purba Bardhaman.
40. Maqsood Hasan (WBPS), Additional SP (Operations), Bankura, has been posted as Additional SP, Malda.
The Chhattisgarh government on Thursday (November 27, 2024) issued transfer and posting orders for 13 IAS officers across the state.
The names of the officers and their postings are as follows;
Shikha Rajput Tiwari (IAS:2008:CG), Commissioner, Medical Education with additional charge of Commissioner Ayush, has been transferred and posted as Secretary, CG State Election Commission.
Dr Priyanka Shukla (IAS:2009:CG), Commissioner-cum-Director, Health Services with additional charge of MD, National Rural Health Mission, has been transferred and posted as Commissioner, Samagra Shiksha with additional charge of MD, Text Book Corporation.
Kiran Kaushal (IAS:2009:CG), MD, MARKFED with additional charge of MD, Civil Supplies Corporation, has been transferred as Secretary, Ministry.
Padum Singh Alma (IAS:2010:CG), Director, Woman & Child Development with additional charge of MD, CG Khadi & Village Industries Board, has been transferred and posted as MD, Chhattisgarh State Marketing Corporation Limited with additional charge of MD, CG Beverage Corporation.
Sanjeev Kumar Jha (IAS:2011:CG), Director, Samagra Shiksha with additional charge of MD, Text Book Corporation, has been transferred as MD, National Rural Health Mission.
Jitendra Kumar Shukla (IAS:2012:CG), Mission Director, Jal Jeevan Mission, has been transferred as MD, MARKFED with additional charge of Mission Director, Jal Jeevan Mission.
Ritesh Kumar Agrawal (IAS:2012:CG), MD, CG Medical Services Corporation, Raipur, has been given additional charge of Commissioner, Health Education.
Iffat Ara (IAS:2012:CG), Additional Divisional Commissioner, Raipur Division, Raipur with additional charge of Additional Divisional Commissioner, Durg Division, Durg, has been transferred and posted as Special Secretary, Revenue & Disaster Management Department, has been given additional charge of MD, Civil Supplies Corporation.
Santan Devi Jangde (IAS:2016:CG), Joint Secretary, Health & Family Welfare Department, has been transferred and posted as Director, Ayush.
Sukhnath Ahirwar (IAS:2016:CG), Secretary, CG State Election Commission and Joint Secretary, Sports & Youth Welfare, has been transferred and appointed as Joint Secretary, Sports & Youth Welfare.
Dr. Renuka Srivastava (IAS:20019:CG), Deputy Secretary, Urban Administration with additional charge of Deputy Secretary, Woman and Child Development Department, has been transferred and posted as Deputy Secretary, Woman & Child Development Department with additional charge of Director, Woman & Child Development Department.
Rita Yadav (IAS:2019:CG), Additional Collector, Dhamtari, has been transferred as MD, CG Khadi & Village Industries Board.
Lokesh Kumar (IAS:2019:CG), Deputy Secretary, Revenue & Disaster Management Department with additional charge of Deputy Secretary, Labour Department, has been transferred and posted as Director, Horticulture Department.
The three-day-long mega show, called the DGP/IG conference, begins in Raipur today. The capital city of Chhattisgarh is geared up to welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who will be arriving in the evening to attend this conference. This mega event, considered to be the most influential policing dialogue in this country, is being held at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) campus in Naya Raipur.
The city is bearing the spectacle of a mini-PMO as PM Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, and National Security Adviser Ajit Dobhal will be camping here from Nov 28 to 30 for this 60th edition of the DGP/IG conference. During this period, they will be reviewing India’s responses to internal security challenges and how to effectively cope with left-wing extremism, counterterrorism, disaster management, and the use of AI in policing.
The broader agenda of this conference is to outline a forward-looking national policing framework for the country, which clearly reflects a strategic shift in approach toward technology-enabled policing and future-ready security architecture.
According to reliable sources, around 300 VVIPs are expected to attend the conference, including Director Generals of Police (DGPs) and home secretaries from all states and 20 DG/ADG-rank officers from central paramilitary forces, apart from heads of IB, CBI and other wings. To infuse fresh ideas, selected DIGs, SPs and heads of state home departments are also participating in the conference this year.
During this period, the Speaker’s House in Naya Raipur will turn into a temporary PMO, as the PM will also be staying there. Interestingly, none of the VVIPs will be staying in hotels or private facilities, and all accommodation is being arranged in government buildings in Naya Raipur.
As this is the first time that Chhattisgarh is hosting this conference, the state government has made an elaborate security bandobast with around 2,000 personnel being deployed between the Speaker’s House and the IIM campus alone, with around 650 vehicles at command. In addition to it, separate companies have been posted around the residences of the Prime Minister, Home Minister, NSA and IB chief and will remain on duty throughout the three-day event.
Apart from operational and security concerns, this conference will also hold discussions on welfare challenges faced by police forces, best practices in crime control, law-and-order management, and responses to evolving internal security threats.
The PM will also be conferring the President’s police medals for distinguished service during this conference.
The Andhra Pradesh government on Thursday (November 27, 2025) extended the suspension of senior IPS officer N Sanjay(IPS:1996:AP) for another six months, up to May 26, 2026. The order was issued by Chief Secretary K Vijayanand(IAS:1992:AP). It says the suspension will continue for 180 days or until further orders, under Rule 3(8)(d) of the AIS (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1969.
Sanjay was first suspended on December 3, 2024 under Rule 3(1) of the same Rules. The suspension was based on allegations of misuse and misappropriation of public funds. The charges relate to work on the AGNI portal during his posting as Director General, AP State Disaster Response and Fire Services. He also faces charges of misusing funds meant for training police personnel on victim rights and the Prevention of Atrocities (POA) Act, 1989, when he served in the AP CID.
A review committee was set up to examine his suspension, as required under Rule 3(8)(c). The committee met on November 21 and reviewed the status of the criminal case filed by the ACB on December 24, 2024. The investigation is still not complete. Several witnesses have not been examined, more documents are needed, and the FSL reports on electronic devices and questioned documents are still pending. The committee recommended extending the suspension.
Sanjay is currently in judicial custody. On November 17, the ACB Special Court rejected his bail petition.
Senior IRS officer Diptasri Barma Arora(IRS-C&IT:1991) has been promoted as Chief Commissioner of Customs and Indirect Taxes in the CBIC on Thursday (November 27, 2025). The promotion to Level 16 of the Pay Matrix has been given for the panel year 2024 and will be treated as effective notionally from July 1, 2024, the date on which her junior officer was promoted. She will receive actual benefits from the day she takes charge.
Till her regular posting is decided, Arora has been allowed to hold the promotional post in-situ basis. A separate order will be issued once the Competent Authority finalises her posting.
Notably, in the first week of September this year, she was promoted to the grade of Principal Commissioner of Customs and Indirect Taxes (HAG). She was elevated to Level 15 of the Pay Matrix for the panel year 2020. That promotion was effective notionally from September 11, 2020, and on an actual basis from the date she took charge of the post on an ad-hoc basis.
Coimbatore, 27 November 2025: The foundation stone for the Workshop and Classroom Building at the Ramakrishna Mission Technical Campus, Coimbatore, was laid on 27 November 2025. The upcoming structure is being funded by REC Limited under its CSR initiative.
The ceremony was graced by Narayanan Thirupathy, Independent Director, REC Ltd. and Immanuvel Antony Doss, Chief Manager, REC Ltd.
The new facility, being constructed at a cost of ₹9.06 crore, represents a significant step towards strengthening technical education and advancing skill development, further supporting youth empowerment in the region.
The upcoming Workshop and Classroom Building will offer improved learning spaces, advanced training facilities, and upgraded academic infrastructure for students. This initiative reinforces REC’s commitment to supporting quality technical education and contributing to the development of skilled, future-ready youth.
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