Sanjeev Raina has been promoted to the grade of Inspector General (General Duty) in Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force (ITBPF).
Rahul Kapoor shifted to Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
Rahul Kapoor (IRAS:2002) has been shifted from Department of Financial Services to the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs for a balance period of his Central deputation i.e upto 14.01.23.
LATERAL ENTRY FOR NON-IAS IN BUREUCRACY: 10 JOINT SECRETARY POSTS OPEN FOR PRIVATE SECTOR PROFESSIONALS
In a move bound to create flak from the Opposition, the government has opened up the entry of private sector professionals into the bureaucracy.
In a fresh advertisement issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), it has invited applications for the post of Joint Secretary in 10 Ministries through lateral entry scheme. Any private sector professional with 15 years of work experience in specific areas like Revenue, Financial Services, Economic Affairs, Agriculture, Road Transport & Highways, Shipping, Environment & Forests, New & Renewable Energy, Civil Aviation and Commerce can apply. The age of the candidate should not be less than 40 years. Generally, senior bureaucrats are appointed as joint secretaries in several government departments.
About Joint Secretary post:
The Joint Secretary level posts are held by top civil servants who are inducted through a rigorous multi-level competitive exam conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) and make their way up to senior position after years of experience in the government at lower levels.
A notification issued by the Department of Personnel and Training says that the government of India has decided to invite talented and motivated Indian nationals willing to contribute towards nation-building to join the government at the level of Joint Secretary.
Who can apply?
The government notification said that candidates with expertise in specific areas of revenue, financial services, economic affairs, agriculture, road transport and highways, shipping, environment and forests, new and renewable energy, civil aviation and commerce can apply for the posts. While candidates from state governments as well as central or state public sector undertakings will be appointed on deputation, the candidates from private sector will be appointed on contract basis, the notification said.
How to apply?
Applications are invited at lateral.nic.in, beginning from June 15. The last date for the submission of applications is 5pm, July 30, 2018. All applications must be made online. No physical applications will be entertained.
Who are eligible to apply?
* Officers of any State/UT Government who are already working at equivalent level or are eligible for appointment to equivalent level in their cadre, with relevant experience.
* Individuals working at comparable levels in Public, Sector Undertakings (PSUs), Autonomous Bodies, Statutory Organisations, Universities, Recognized Research Institutes with a minimum of 15 years experience.
* Individuals working at comparable levels in Private Sector Companies, Consultancy Organisations, International/Multinational Organisations with a minimum of 15 years experience.
Criteria:
Age: Minimum of 40 years as on July 1, 2018.
Qualifications: Graduate from a recognized University/Institute. Higher qualifications would be an added advantage.
Duration of contract: Three years from the date of commencement, extendable up to 5 years on the basis of performance..
Salary/Compensation: Rs.144200-218200 per month (Level 14 of Pay Matrix) and allowances, facilities applicable to an equivalent level in Government of India.
Selection Process: Shortlisted candidates will be called for a personal interaction with the Selection Committee.
Political row erupts
Reacting to the move by union government, Congress suspects foul play and termed it to sabotage the efficiently-running system to accommodate people from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and some industrial houses.
While Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) questioned the Modi government’s real intentions behind the move and said that why are time-tested UPSC and SSC being sought to be undermined?
Some retired burocrats are of the view that there was a time-tested efficient system of recruitment of IAS and officers in other services which was foolproof, and that the recruits were brilliant minds who are given training keeping in mind the government’s requirements.
Meanwhile, NITI Aayog Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Amitabh Kant, an IAS officer himself, welcomed the move, saying NITI’s experience with lateral entry has been extremely good. The candidates bring in a vast number of fresh and vibrant ideas. He further said that this move in government was long overdue and it will catalyse UPSC entrants to specialise. He also opined that the government must also allow deputation of its officers to private sector as well.
Joint Secretaries are placed at a crucial level of senior management in the government and lead policy-making as well as implementation of various programmes and schemes of the department assigned to them. They report to the Secretary or the Additional Secretary in the respective Ministries.
IAS OFFICER ALLEGES SEXUAL HARASSMENT BY SUPERIOR, POSTS ON FACEBOOK
A woman IAS officer of Haryana cadre has accused her superior — a bureaucrat of the rank of additional chief secretary — of sexual harassment.
The woman, an officer of the 2014 batch, said in her Facebook post that the senior officer always made her stay late at work, make unwanted advances, and even tried to threaten her of putting on record dissenting comments about her work. She went on to allege that the officer has also threatened to “spoil” her ACR.
However, the IAS officer against whom the woman has made the allegations, termed these as false and baseless. He alleged the woman officer had been finding faults in every official file that had already been cleared by others. The officer said, he rather advised her not to write adverse comments on file as some others could spoil her ACR.
The woman IAS officer alleged that the officer asked me to men my ways and stop putting comments on files as it would highlight the wrong doings in department. She accused that the officer even threatened to get me transferred from department within two months. She also claimed that the officer was forcing her to go with him to an event at Rohtak, where he was scheduled to deliver a discourse on spirituality. The woman officer went on to allege that even her security was withdrawn and that she feared that the officer and his men can harm her physically on way back home in the late night. The woman has also accused another senior woman IAS officer of warning her against lodging a complaint for sexual harassment.
When contacted, She said that a thorough inquiry, including review of CCTV footage of the office of the senior could bring the truth out.
The officer in question, however, said that he was willing to go for any investigation. The additional chief secretary said that he was even ready to go for a lie-detector test.
Dr. A. Narayanmoorthy appointed as Member (Official), CACP
Dr. A. Narayanmoorthy, Professor & Head, Department of Economics and Rural Development, Alagappa University, Karaikudi has been appointed to the post of Member (Official), Commission for Agriculture Costs and Prices(CACP) for a period of three years,
Omkar Singh appointed as Director, IGNFA, Dehradun
Omkar Singh (IFoS:1982:UT) has been appointed as Director, Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy (IGNFA), Dehradun.
Meyipokyim Aier prematurely repatriated to parent cadre
Meyipokyim Aier (IFoS:1985:MH) has been prematurely repatriated from Nagaland cadre to Maharashtra cadre before completion of his inter cadre deputation tenure ending on 30.06.2018.
Central deputation tenure of Nikunj K Srivastava extented
The central deputation tenure of Nikunj K Srivastava (IAS:1998:MP), Additional DGFT, Department of Commerce has been extended upto April 23,2020.
23 IAS officers transferred in Jharkhand
In a major administrative reshuffle carried out by the Jharkhand Goverment on wednesday 23 senior Indian Administrative Services officials were transferred by the state goverment while few of them were also given additional charge of different department.
The names of the officers and their new postings are as follows:
1. Devendra Kumar Tiwari: Development Commissioner, Jharkhand.
Addition charge : Chief Resident Commissioner, Jharkhand Bhawan, New Delhi.
2. Indu Shekhar Chaturvedi : Member, Revenue Board.
Additional charge : Forest and Environment department.
3. Arun Kumar Singh : Additional Chief Secretary, Water Resources.
4. Alok Goyal : Officer on Special Duty, Jharkhand Bhawan, New Delhi.
5. Rajeev Arun Ekka : Secretary, Labour and Employment Department.
6. Ajoy Kumar Singh : Secretary, Urban Development and Housing Department.
Additional charge: MD, JUIDCO.
7. Mrs Himani Pandey : Addition charge of Secretary, Industry Department.
8. Brajmohan Kumar : Administrator, Suvarn Rekha Project,Jamshedpur.
9. Vinay Kumar Choubey : Addition charge of IT and E-governance Department.
10. Surendra Kumar : JSCJEEB controller of examination.
11. Subhra Verma : Project Director, Jharkhand AIDS Control Society.
12. Bhagwan Das : Commissioner, Civil Defence.
13. Rajesh Kumar Sharma : Secretary, Higher education.
14. Abubakkar Siddiqui : Secretary, Mines and Geology Department.
15. Akanksha Ranjan : Director, Primary education.
16. Jeeshan Qamar : Director, Mines.
17. Shrawan Kumar Soy: Registrar, Cooperative Committees. Additional charge: Administrator, Jharkhand State Cooperative Bank Limited.
18. Vijay Kumar Singh: Divisional Commissioner, Singhbhum (Kolhan) Chaibasa.
19. Manoj Kumar Jha : Divisional Commissioner, Palamu Division.
20. Smt Vipra Bhal : Labour Commissioner.
Additional charge: Additional Secretary Home, Prisons and Disaster Management department.
21. Uma Shankar Singh: Director, Secondary Education.
22. Shashi Ranjan : DC, Gumla.
23. Chitranjan Kumar: Director, Animal Husbandry department.
Major bureaucratic reshuffle in West Bengal
In a major reshuffle, the West Bengal government transferred several IAS officials to different posts.
The names of the officers and their new postings are as follows:
1. Indever Pandey: Additional Chief Secretary, Environment department.
Additional Charge: Disaster management.
2. S Suresh Kumar : Principal Secretary, Labour department.
3. Ajit Ranjan Bardhan : Principal Secretary, Panchayat and Rural Development department.
4. Arnab Roy :Principal Secretary, PWD.
5. Binod Kumar : Secretary, Sundarban Affairs department.
6. S.K Thade : Commissioner, Medinipur Division
7. Surendra Gupta : Commissioner, Presidency Division
8. Mrs K Radhika Aiyer : Director (Finance), WBHDC
9. Vibhu Goel : CEO, Haldia Development Authority
10. S Ponnambalam : CEO, Siliguri-Jalpaiguri Development Authority
11. Mrs Priyanka Singla : Special Commissioner GST, Siliguri.
12. Mrs R Vimla : State Project Director, Paschim Banga Sarva Siksha Mission.
13. D P Karanam : Director, Suda.
14. P Mohangandhi : DM, West Midnapore.
15. Uma Sanakr : DM, Bankure.
16. J P Meena : DM, Hooghly.
17. Sanjay Bansal : Director Land Revenue Service, West Bengal.
18. S K Dwivedi : Joint Secretary, Health and Family Welfare department.
19. Moumita Godara Basu : DM, Birbhum.
20. R A Ayesha : DM, Jhargram.
21. R Arjun : Joint Secretary, Tribal Development department.
22. Khalil Ahmed : Commissioner, Kolkata Municipal Corporation.
Additional charge : Secretary, Fire and Emergency Services.
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