Rohit Anand (IRS-C&IT:2010) was on Wednesday (21.12.2022) appointed as the Joint Director of the Enforcement Directorate (ED), Hyderabad. The government transferred the Additional Director of ED, Hyderabad, Dinesh Paruchuri (IRS-IT:2009), to Kochi. Dinesh took charge as Additional Director in August and handled several cases including sensitive ones.
Rohit Anand, who has been in the ED since March 2019, has been granted an extension until March 2026. He worked in Mumbai and shifted to the Delhi office of ED. Rohit Anand was posted in the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) and sent to ED on deputation.
Sivagami Sundari Nanda, (IPS:1988:AGMUT) has been relieved from the Delhi Police to take up the new assignment at the centre to the post of Special Secretary (Internal Security), MHA.
The Union Home Ministry has suspended former Tihar Prisons Director General Sandeep Goel (IPS:1989:AGMUT). The suspension order was issued on Wednesday night. In the suspension order, no specific reason is given for his suspension, but it appears he has been suspended for dereliction of duties.
Goel was removed as the head of Delhi’s Tihar Prisons last month and attached to the Delhi Police headquarters.
The officer was removed from his post after alleged conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar claimed that he had paid the officer Rs 12.5 crore in “protection money” for his safety in Mandoli Jail, where he is lodged in connection with a money laundering case worth Rs 200 crore.
Mani Ram Sharma (IAS:2009:HY), Special Secretary, Finance Department has been given additional charge of the post of Commissioner, Gurudwara Elections.
Ramanjit Kaur Sethi(IRS-IT:2008) was on Wednesday (21.12.2022) appointed as Additional Director of Enforcement in the Directorate of Enforcement for a period ending 28.02.2023. Presently, she is Joint Director, Delhi Zonal Office.
Justice Hemant Gupta, former Judge of the Supreme Court of India, has been appointed as Chairperson of New Delhi International Arbitration Centre (NDIAC), according to an order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training order. The NDIAC has been established for the purpose of creating an independent and autonomous regime for institutionalised arbitration.
According to the order, the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved the appointment of Justice Gupta as chairperson of NDIAC and Ganesh Chandru and Anant Vijay Patil as part-time members.
Nav Ratan Gupta appointed as Director (Fin), Bridge & Roof Company (India) Ltd
Ravi Kumar has been selected for the post of Director (Project Management), Bridge & Roof Company India Ltd. at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on December 21, 2022. Presently, he is working as General Manager, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL).
He will be appointed to the post of Director (Project Management) after receiving vigilance clearances and an approval from the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet.
The following 10 applicants were interviewed in the selection meeting :
Tapas Saha, General Manager, Bridge & Roof Company (India) Ltd.
Debasis Das, Group General Manager, Bridge & Roof Company (India) Ltd.
Gurmukh Singh, General Manager, Bridge & Roof Company (India) Ltd.
Chanchal Kumar Mukherjee, Group General Manager, Bridge & Roof Company (India) Ltd.
Sanjay Paul, General Manager, Bridge & Roof Company (India) Ltd.
Arijit Nath, Senior General Manager, MECON Limited
Sunil Dahiya, General Manager, Engineers India Ltd.
Ravi Kumar, General Manager, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)
The Gujarat government on Tuesday (20.12.2022) issued transfer and posting orders for two IAS officers.
The names of the officers and their postings are as follows :
Mona Khandhar (IAS:1996:GJ) has been appointed as the new Principal Secretary in the Finance Department (Economic Affairs). She is also in charge of various committees formed by the Department of Industries and Mines for the G-20 Summit, which will be held in Gujarat.
Milind Toravane (IAS:2000:GJ), Secretary, Department of Finance (Economic Affairs), Secretariat, Gandhinagar with additional charge of the post of Chief Commissioner of State Taxes (Ahmedabad), has been transferred as Chief Commissioner of State Taxes, Ahmedabad.
Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai informed the Lok Sabha on Tuesday that the Centre is increasing recruitment to IPS (Direct Recruitment) from 150 to 200 from Civil Services Examination (CSE) 2020. According to him, vacancies in the IPS are caused by retirement, resignation, death, and removal from service.
In response to DMK MP Dr Pon Gautham Sigamani’s question on the shortage of IPS officers in the country, the minister said on January 1, 2022, the authorised strength of the Indian Police Service was 4,984 officers, among whom 4,120 are in position.
Sigamani had asked whether there were hundreds of vacancies of IPS officers existing in the central organisations unfilled as of date.
The MoS Home responded by saying that as of today, 226 posts in Central organisations such as Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and Central Police Organisations (CPOs) that must be filled by IPS officers from Superintendent of Police (SP) to Director General (DG) level are unfilled.
The DMK leader also asked whether it was also true that the IPS officers were not inclined to the central deputation and that only three such officers have opted for central deputation.
The minister responded by saying that 144 IPS officers applied for central deputations this year.