Naveen Mahajan (IAS:1997:RJ), Secretary, Water Resources Department, State Water Resources Planning Department & Indiara Gandhi Canal Department, Rajasthan has been given additional charge of Public Health Engineering and Ground Water Department, Rasjasthan as Sandeep Verma, Principal Secretary, Public Health Engineering and Ground Water Department, (IAS:1993:RJ) has been deputed to attend short term Foreign training programme.
Rajasthan : Mukesh Kumar Singhal first non-IAS gets charge of MD of JMRC
Mukesh Kumar Singhal was given the charge of Managing director Of Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation (JMRC) on Thursday. Mukesh Kumar Singhal, an engineer, who was transferred from Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), has been working on deputation in the JMRC as Director (Operation) for the last one year.
Rajasthan : R K Yadav gets addl. charge of Secretary, RSBTDA
Rajesh Kumar Yadav (IAS:1996:RJ), Secretary and Commissioner, Transport Department has been given additional charge of Secertary, Rajasthan State Bus Terminal Development Authority(RSBTDA).
DPIIT Joint Secretary Rajiv Aggarwal gets premature repatriation
Rajiv Aggarwal (IAS:1993:UP), Joint Secretary, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has been prematurely repatriated to his parent cadre to avail promotion benefits.
Former CVC KV Chowdary Joins Reliance Industries Board
Former Chief Vigilance Commissioner and the first tax department chief under the Modi government KV Chowdary (Retd.IRS-IT:1978) has joined the board of Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) as a non-executive additional director.
Chowdary was in August 2014 appointed as chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes. On his retirement, he was appointed as an advisor to the Department of Revenue on issues relating to black money, before being made the Central Vigilance Commissioner in June 2015.
Railway Board is set to be restructured, 25 % officials to be transferred out : Sources
(PTI) : The Railway Board is set to be restructured, with 25 percent officials to be transferred out. The 200-strong board will be cut down to 150, with 50 director-level officers and above to be sent to zonal railways, sources cited by PTI said.
The railways has decided to prune the Railway Board by 25 per cent, cutting down its strength from 200 to 150 by transferring director-level officials and above to zonal railways in a long pending move to enhance efficiency, sources said on Sunday.
The plan was first mooted in 2000 by the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government, which recommended right sizing of the apex decision making body of the national transporter.
“Currently, there are 200 officials in the Board. It will be reduced to 150 with 50 officers of director and above level being transferred to the zonal railways. This was long overdue as it was felt that too many people were doing similar jobs and senior officials were needed in zones to increase efficiency,” said a source.
The plan would be implemented shortly, he said.
The move was part of Railway Minister Piyush Goyal”s 100-day agenda and a top priority for present Railway Board Chairman V K Yadav.
Restructuring of the Railway Board was also recommended by the Bibek Debroy Committee on Indian Railways in 2015. The panel said in its report that the Indian Railways” centralised structure and departmentalisation was adversely affecting the railways” work culture and narrowing its approach to department-specific goals.
“It has always been seen that the railways, including the Railway Board, was overstaffed. This was adversely affecting the efficiency of the organisation,” a senior official said.
He added that there had been no serious attempts to review the exact number of staff actually required by the railways for efficient functioning as well as financial viability.
“Lack of adequate political will in the past has also been a reason for no tangible progress being achieved with respect to right sizing of railways,” the official said.
Restructuring of the Railway Board is just the beginning of an overhaul of the ministry, sources indicated.
In a recent meeting with senior officials of the ministry, Goyal instructed Yadav, Board members and general managers of zones to review staff and to use the surplus only in operational work.
The minister, it is learnt, also said the strength and deployment of peons should be reviewed and only the bare minimum should be deployed.
Ameet Kumar appointed PS to Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan
Ameet Kumar (IAS:2010:JH) was on Saturday appointed as Private Secretary to Ram Vilas Paswan, Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution at the level of Deputy Secretary for a period of five years.
Sanjay Kumar appointed as ADG, Forest (Forest Conservation), EF&CC
Sanjay Kumar (IFS:1984:JH) was on Friday appointed as Additional Director General of Forest (Forest Conservation), Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change on deputation basis under the Central Staffing .
A K Gautam takes over as Director (Finance), NTPC
Anil Kumar Gautam has taken charge as Director (Finance) of NTPC Limited on Friday. Prior to his new appointment as Director (Finance), Gautam was serving as Executive Director in the same organisation.
Gautam was recommended by the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) on July 7, for the post of Director (Finance) of NTPC Limited. He was selected from a list of 10 candidates who were interviewed by the selection panel.
Upender Singh Rawat concurrently accredited as Ambassador to Nicaragua
Upender Singh Rawat (IFS: 1998), Ambassador of India designate to the Republic of Panama will be concurrently accredited as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Nicaragua, with residence in Panama city.
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