Rajendra Kumar Agrawal (IRPS:2000) has been given additional charge of the post of CVO, Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL), Sanctoria for a period up to 19 March 2021. He is presently posted as CVO, Coal Mines Provident Fund Organisation (CMPFO), Dhanbad.
TRAI Chairman RS Sharma Gets a 2-Year Extension
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Chairman Ram Sewak Sharma (IAS:1982:JH) was on Thursday given two-year extension, a day before his term was to end. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved reappointment of Sharma as chairperson of the TRAI for a further period beyond August 10, 2018 up to September 30, 2020, i.e., the date on which he attains the age of 65 years.
He was in July 2015 named as the TRAI chief for a three-year period.
Before becoming TRAI chief, Sharma worked as Information Technology secretary. He has been credited for playing a key role in implementing Aadhaar project. He worked as the Director General and Mission Director in the UIDAI.
Empanelment of IOFS officers for SAG cleared
The Appointment Committee of the Cabinet has approved the empanelment of officers for promotion to the Senior Administrative Grade in the Indian Ordinance Factories Service for the panel years of 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19.
Himanshu Shanker gets extension as Internal Financial Adviser, BARC
The central deputation tenure of Himanshu Shanker (IDAS:1997) as Internal Financial Adviser, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai has been extended for a period of 8 months beyond 1 August 2018.
Mohammad Zakir Hussain gets extension as Director D/o Heavy Industries
The central deputation tenure of Mohammad Zakir Hussain (ITS:1999) as Director, Department of Heavy Industries has been extended for a period of one year beyond 20 October 2018.
J P Singh gets extension as Director (Technical), MCL
J P Singh’s tenure as Director (Technical), Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) has been extended upto 28 February, 2019.
Amitabh Banerjee gets extension as Director (Finance), KRCL
Amitabh Banerjee’s tenure as Director (Finance), Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd. (KRCL) has been extended for a period of five years beyond 05 October 2018.
Archana Ranjan appointed on the Board of FCI
Ms Archana Ranjan has been appointed as Non-Official Independent Director on the Board of Food Corporation of India for a period of three years.
Onus On UPSC To Select Candidates for Lateral Entry Into Civil Services
Applicants for the 10 joint secretaries posts at the Centre will have to go through interviews to be conducted by the
Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). This is being done to avoid any charges of favouritism while inducting professionals and experts from outside in the government jobs, who primarily deal with making policies.
Sources said the issue came up for discussion at a recently held meeting chaired by cabinet secretary P K Sinha. More than 3,000 people have applied for the jobs with a majority of them eyeing the posts in the finance ministry where posts of three joint secretaries will be filled by inducting experts and professionals. The government had invited application for the joint secretaries posts across eight ministries including the finance ministry.
The panel has put the onus of selection on UPSC because the organisation doesn’t have any guiding recruitment rules. There is also an absence of assessment criteria for screening candidates.
The ministries will initially identify the sector for which they wish to induct an expert through lateral entry and next set up panels for shortlisting candidates which will then be sent to the UPSC for a round of interviews.
Joint secretaries constitute a crucial level of senior management in the bureaucracy, taking the lead policymaking as well as implementation of various programmes and schemes of the department they are assigned to.
Critics of the new scheme had raised doubts whether the government will bring people of their choice for these key posts.
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