IAS officer Mrunmai Shashank Joshi (IAS:2012:KL), currently serving as Deputy Secretary in the Cabinet Secretariat, has been appointed as Deputy Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs on lateral shift basis.
According to an order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) on Friday (June 12, 2026), the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) approved the recommendation of the Civil Services Board (CSB) for her appointment under the Central Staffing Scheme.
She will serve in the Department of Economic Affairs for a tenure up to March 21, 2027 or until further orders, whichever is earlier. Notably, Joshi joined the Cabinet Secretariat as Deputy Secretary on March 21, 2023 for a four-year tenure.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) on Friday (June 12, 2026) approved the empanelment of 33 Indian Police Service (IPS) officers from the 1990, 1991, 1994 and 1995 batches for holding Director General (DG) and Director General equivalent level posts in the Government of India.
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Senior IAS officer Niraj Verma (IAS:1994:AM), Secretary in the Department of Justice under the Ministry of Law & Justice, has been given additional charge of the post of Secretary, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.
According to an order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) on Friday (June 12, 2026), the competent authority approved assignment of additional charge of the post to Verma from June 13, 2026 to June 19, 2026 during the period of absence on leave of Nikunja Bihari Dhal (IAS:1993:OR).
The race for the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the NITI Aayog has begun. If sources are to be believed, there are three Secretary-rank IAS officers whose names are doing rounds for the coveted position, with Madhya Pradesh Chief Secretary Anurag Jain (IAS:1989:MP) emerging as the frontrunner.
Ever since B.V.R. Subrahmanyam (IAS:1987:CG) completed his tenure as CEO on February 24, 2026, the position of a full-time incumbent has remained vacant, with senior IAS officer Nidhi Chhibber (IAS:1994:CG) holding the additional charge of its CEO, besides serving as Director General of the Aayog’s Development Monitoring and Evaluation Office (DMEO).
But bureaucratic circles indicate that the Centre now keenly wants to have a full-time CEO in order to drive policy implementation and strengthen coordination between the Union Government and states.
Among the names under serious consideration, Anurag Jain is widely seen as the frontrunner owing to his extensive experience in both state and central administration.
Jain is known for his technology-driven governance model, infrastructure planning expertise, and experience in implementing large-scale national initiatives. He is particularly known for driving the PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan, one of India’s most ambitious infrastructure integration projects.
Besides Jain, another name being cited in bureaucratic circles is that of IAS officer Nidhi Chhibber, who is currently serving as Secretary of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries and Director General of DMEO, NITI Aayog, with additional charge of its CEO.
Chhibber possesses extensive experience in governance, education, evaluation systems, and public policy and has already served as Additional Secretary and Adviser, NITI Aayog
With India pursuing the ambitious goal of Viksit Bharat, the appointment of a full-time CEO at NITI Aayog is being viewed as strategically crucial.
But this much is certain that until a final decision is announced, Nidhi Chhibber will continue to oversee the responsibilities of the office in addition to her existing assignments.
The Central Government has approved the appointment of Rajneesh Narain as Director (Finance) of Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC).
The tenure of Pradeep Kumar Das as Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited (IREDA) is scheduled to expire on June 30, 2026, but the government is yet to finalise his successor.
Notably, the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) had advertised the vacancy for the post of CMD, IREDA on January 28, 2026. Interviews for selection of a new candidate are yet to be conducted.
Pradeep Kumar Das has been serving as CMD of IREDA since May 5, 2020. He was initially appointed for a tenure of five years. Before completion of his original tenure in May 2025, the government extended his tenure beyond May 5, 2025 until his retirement on June 30, 2026.
With the tenure now set to conclude, a decision on the next CMD is awaited.
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Director (Personnel) at MMTC Limited.
According to a vacancy notification issued on Friday (June 12, 2026), eligible candidates can submit their applications online through the PESB portal by 3 PM on July 3, 2026.
Applications of all candidates, except those belonging to private sector companies, are required to be forwarded by the concerned nodal officer, Head of Organisation, competent authority, administrative secretary or cadre controlling authority to PESB by 5 PM on July 13, 2026.
Notably, the post has remained vacant since January 24, 2026.
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Managing Director (MD), NTPC Green Energy Limited.
According to a vacancy notification issued on June 11, 2026, eligible candidates can submit their applications online through the PESB portal till 3 PM on July 2, 2026.
The applications of all candidates, except those from private sector companies, are required to be forwarded by the concerned nodal officer, Head of Organisation, competent authority, administrative secretary or cadre controlling authority to PESB by 5 PM on July 13, 2026.
Notably, the post of Managing Director fell vacant on February 17, 2026. Since then, NTPC Chairman and Managing Director Gurdeep Singh has been holding additional charge of Managing Director, NTPC Green Energy Limited.
In a significant development, 33 Uttar Pradesh’s Provincial Civil Services (PCS) officers will soon be promoted to the coveted IAS cadre, as the Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) meeting for the selection year 2025 was held in New Delhi on June 10, paving the way for it.
The DPC meeting was held to evaluate eligible officers for induction into the IAS against vacancies allocated to Uttar Pradesh under the promotion quota.
The promotions will benefit eight officers from the 2010 batch, 21 officers from the 2011 batch, and four 2012 batch officers, with formal notifications likely to be issued by the end of this month.
Senior UP govt officials, including Chief Secretary S.P. Goyal, Principal Secretary (Appointments & Personnel) M. Devraj, Additional Personnel Chief (APC) Deepak Kumar, and Special Secretary Vijay Kumar, participated in the meeting.
The meeting was also attended by Centre’s representatives and a member of the UPSC, making it a six-member panel responsible for finalizing recommendations.
It needs to be mentioned here that the central government had allocated 33 vacancies to Uttar Pradesh under the IAS promotion quota for the selection year 2025.
The availability of a relatively large number of vacancies has opened opportunities not only for officers of the 2010 and 2011 batches but also for some senior officers from the 2012 batch.
Officials said the number of available posts is higher than in previous years, enabling a broader pool of officers to be considered for induction into the IAS cadre.
A total of eight officers from the 2010 batch are likely to get IAS promotions, which include the officers Dr. Vishram, Ashok Kumar Kannaujia, Pushpraj Singh, Rajkumar Dwivedi, Rakesh Kumar Patel, Alok Kumar, Sushila, and Sanjay Kumar Singh.
The largest share of promotions is likely to go to officers belonging to the 2011 PCS batch, as a total of 21 officers from this batch have reportedly been considered by the DPC.
They include:
Poonam Nigam
Santosh Bahadur Singh
Pankaj Verma
Pradeep Kumar Yadav
Yoganand Pandey
Vijay Kumar Singh
Atul Kumar-II
Dr. Sunil Kumar Verma
Harsh Dev Pandey
Shailendra Kumar Singh
Dr. Nitin Madan
Priyanka Singh
Amit Kumar-I
Rinki Jaiswal
Amit Singh
Amit Kumar-II
Vivek Srivastava
Vaibhav Mishra
Narendra Bahadur Singh
Sandeep Kumar
Garima Swaroop
With 21 officers from the 2011 batch and eight from the 2010 batch, a total of 29 promotions are expected to be filled from these two batches alone.
As the combined strength of eligible officers from the 2010 and 2011 batches comes to only 29, the remaining four seats are likely to be filled by senior officers from the 2012 PCS batch.
Officials indicated that the unusually high number of vacancies has made it possible for select officers from the 2012 batch to enter the zone of consideration earlier than anticipated.
The final list of promoted officers will be determined after a detailed assessment of service records and vigilance clearances, and after completion of these formalities, the official notification is expected to be issued by the end of June 2026.
In an important development, senior Uttar Pradesh cadre IAS officer Sanjay Prasad (IAS:1995:UP) received a major relief from the Supreme Court on Thursday. The apex court put on hold an Allahabad High Court order containing adverse remarks against Prasad and directed the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) to examine his suitability for future assignments by the high-powered Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC).
A top-ranking bureaucrat, Prasad is currently serving as Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) to the UP government.
This interim order was passed by a bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and Atul S. Chandurkar on a petition filed by Prasad challenging the findings and directions issued by the Allahabad High Court in its June 3 ruling.
In his plea before the top court, Prasad submitted that the High Court had gone beyond the relief sought in the petition and made adverse remarks against him without any basis or justification.
It all started after a Jhansi resident, Megha Raikwar, had filed a habeas corpus petition in the High Court seeking the recovery of her 15-year-old daughter.
During the proceedings, the court was informed that an FIR had been registered and a chargesheet filed.
But the HC found that the chargesheet had not been filed in accordance with the directions issued in its judgment in the Subhash Chandra & Others v. State of Uttar Pradesh case.
In its reply, the UP government filed an affidavit informing the HC that it intended to challenge the Subhash Chandra judgment before the Supreme Court and requested that no further adverse orders be passed until the proposed appeal was filed.
The court then deferred the matter, but despite the passage of a good time lag, the state govt failed to approach the Supreme Court.
HC Justice Vinod Diwakar took exception to the delay in approaching the top court and passed adverse remarks against the IAS officer.
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