Senior IAS officer Kuldip Narayan (IAS:2005:BH), currently serving as Joint Secretary in Union Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs, has assumed the charge of Managing Director (MD) of National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC). NCRTC is overseeing the execution of the Regional Rapid Transport System (RRTS) project. Narayan is govt nominee director since December 2022 in NCRTC.
Narayan succeeds VK Singh, who had resigned as the MD of NCRTC, citing personnel region.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved empanelment of three IAS officers of 1998 batch from Jharkhand cadre for holding Additional Secretary or Equivalent posts at the Centre.
They are;
If political speculation is to be believed, there is a strong rumor that former Union Minister General V K Singh (retd) may be appointed as the new Lieutenant Governor (LG) of Jammu & Kashmir. According to Reports, the incumbent LG Manoj Sinha may resign and contest the Lok Sabha elections from Ghazipur of Uttar Pradesh.
Gen Singh (retd) won the Ghaziabad seat in 2014 and repeated the victory in 2019. However, this time he was not given the ticket by the Bharatiya Janata Party instead sitting MLA Atul Garg has been made party candidate from the constituency.
If these speculations turning true, it would be a clever move by the BJP, as the party would effectively address two issues with one action. Firstly, this move could significantly address the issue of Rajputs being angry with the BJP in Gujarat, Rajasthan and some other parts of the country due to some derogatory statements made by some BJP leaders against the community. General V K Singh’s over ten years of experience as a Union Minister, combined with his career in defense, would add greater significance to this appointment.
Furthermore, Manoj Sinha’s candidacy from Ghazipur would also be seen as bringing him into the mainstream and would likely appeal to the influential Bhumihar community in both Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
Sinha assumed the role of Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir on August 7, 2020, hails from Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur. He served as a Union Minister in the Narendra Modi government from May 2014 to May 2019, holding the positions of MoS Railways and MoS with independent charge of Communications.
In 2014, Sinha defeated the Samajwadi Party’s Shivkanya Kushwaha from Ghazipur before losing to the Bahujan Samaj Party’s Afzal Ansari in 2019.
Samir Chandra Saxena has been selected as Director (Market Operation), Grid Controller of India Limited (Grid-India) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on April 09, 2024. Presently, he is serving as Executive Director, Grid-India.
He will be appointed to the post of Director (Market Operation) after receiving vigilance clearances and approval from the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet.
The following 11 applicants were interviewed in the selection meeting:
Gali Anupama has been selected as Director (Finance), KIOCL Limited at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on April 09, 2024. Presently, she is serving as General Manager, NMDC Limited.
She will be appointed to the post of Director (Finance) after receiving vigilance clearances and approval from the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet.
The following 11 applicants were interviewed in the selection meeting:
The Haryana government on Tuesday (09.04.2024) appointed senior IAS officer Anurag Rastogi (IAS:1990:HY) as Chairman of Haryana Staff Selection Commission (HSSC). He will hold this charge in addition to his present duties. His present duties include Additional Chief Secretary, Finance and Planning Departments, and Additional Chief Secretary, PW (B&R) and Architecture Department.
Anurag Rastogi will succeed Bhaopal Singh Khadri as the post has been vacant since March 15, when Bhaopal Singh Khadri resigned from the position of HSSC Chairman. This occurred just days after Haryana witnessed the appointment of its new Chief Minister Nayab Saini following Manoharlal Khattar’s resignation.
Pradeep Laxmanrao Kamle (IRSME:1995), Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) of Manganese Ore India Ltd. (MOIL), Nagpur, has been given additional charge of CVO of Metal Scrap Trading Corporation Ltd (MSTC), Kolkata. According to an order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) on Monday (08.04.2024), the competent authority has approved the proposal for entrustment of additional charge of the post to Pradeep Laxmanrao Kamle for a period with effect from 04.04.2024 upto 03.09.2024 (co-terminus with his initial deputation tenure of CVO, MOIL) or till the appointment of a regular CVO or until further orders, whichever is earlier.
The Chandigarh UT administration on Monday (08.05.2024) assigned additional charges of other departments to two IAS officers.
They are;
Sushil Sharma has been selected as Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of SJVN Limited at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on April 08, 2024. Presently, he is serving as Director (Project), SJVN Limited.
He will be appointed to the post of CMD of SJVN Limited after receiving vigilance clearances and approval from the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet.
The following 9 applicants were interviewed in the selection meeting:
Love Kumar (IPS:2004:UP) has been appointed as Inspector General (IG) in Special Protection Group (SPG). According to an order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) on Friday (05.04.2025), the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the proposal of the Office of Secretary (Security), Cabinet Secretary for appointment of Love Kumar to the post by temporarily upgrading the post of DIG held by him for two years.
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