Suvendu Adhikari was sworn in as West Bengal's first BJP Chief Minister on May 9, 2026, after the saffron party secured 207 seats in the assembly elections, ending TMC's 15-year rule. Amid populist measures, BJP eyes an outsider for finance minister to tackle the state's stagnant economy, now at 5.5% of India's GDP from 11% at independence.

Sanjeev Sanyal, PM Modi's EAC member with G7/OECD experience, tops the list per saffron sources. Reports suggest he could contest Nandigram, vacated by Adhikari, to enter assembly. Sanyal advocates infrastructure revival, maritime economy via Kolkata/Haldia ports, urban renewal, and Kolkata as eastern India's growth engine.

Cabinet expansion is phased for regional balance; no finance minister named yet. Sanyal's vision counters two generations of decline, pushing entrepreneurship over nostalgia. If appointed, he could transform Bengal into an industrial hub, bridging India's east-west economic gap.

The government has reportedly taken up a very serious view about the alleged leakage of NEET-UG papers. Sources indicate that heads may roll after the CBI preliminary findings. This is the second time the said controversy has cropped up. In 2024 NTA faced the same situation. 

Post of Director (Finance) in National Textile Corporation Limited (NTCL) has been advertised. Applications must reach latest by June 03.

The Public Enterprise Selection Board (PSEB) has recommended name of  Ambrish Tripathi, General Manager (Unit Head of Kotdwara Unit), Bharat Electronics Limited, for the post of Director (Human Resources), Bharat Electronics Limited (Schedule A).

Amber Kumar, GM, NTPC, is in the race for the post of Director (Domestic Division), Container Corporation of India Limited (CONCOR).

The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is holding interviews for the post of Director (Finance), IREL (India) Limited on May 19, 2026.

West Bengal faces a high number of IAS superannuations in 2026 (up to 32 officers noted in projections), creating vacancies for fresh placements. 

New initiatives under the Shubhendu Adhikari government include, land transfer to BSF for border fencing (within 45 days), state-wide Census rollout, and scheme implementations — all requiring bureaucratic realignment.

Ongoing rollout and discussion for implementation from academic year 2026. Students (undergraduates primarily) can spend a full semester or take selected courses at other IIT campuses across 23 institutes, with seamless credit transfer. Led by efforts involving IIT Madras and directors/deans for curriculum mapping. Aims at flexibility, interdisciplinary exposure, specialisation, and reducing rigidity of single-campus JEE allotments. Initial rollout may limit full-semester exchanges (e.g., ~5% of students). Trending positively in academic circles as a major reform for collaboration.
 

With a theme of “From IITM. For Bharat. Building Together”, IIT Madras Tech Summit focused on industry-academia-government collaboration in Deep Tech, Semiconductors, Sustainability, Healthcare Tech, AI, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Skilling.

 Cabinet approval for ₹11,828 crore expansion of five newer IITs viz. Tirupati, Bhilai, Jammu, Dharwad, Palakkad, to add significant student capacity. Broader capacity-building trend.

In Haryana, significant land acquisition is focused in Gurugram, Faridabad and Ambala. Seven new sectors are planned in Ambala whereas in Gurugram and Faridabad new residential areas and roads are proposed.

Prasad Chavan, Director, Defence Estates, Southern Command, Pune has been transferred and posted as Addl. Director General, DE HQrs, Delhi Cantt. He is a 1998 batch officer.

The DGDE has transferred tree more IDES officers. Accordingly, Ms lyoti Kapoor, Chief Executive Officer, Barrackpore, has been transferred and posted as Chief Executive Officer, Mhow, Ms. Divya R, Chief Executive Officer, Mathura has been posted as Dy. Director in Dte. DE, EC, Kolkata and Akash Garg, Chief Executive Officer, Jalaphar and Lebong will join as Chief Executive Officer, Mathura.

Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited has invited applications for the posts of four General Managers (Technical) for Corporate Office, Noida on deputation basis. Applications must reach latest by June 2, 2026. 

Ministry of Higher Education has invited nominations for 2026 edition of UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for the Use of ICT in Education. Applications must reach latest by May 29, 2026. 

Last date to apply for Senior Project Scientist, purely on short-term contract basis in National Institute of Solar Energy, Gurugram, Haryana has been extended. The revised date is May 18, 2026.

Ministry of Power is seeking to fill the post of Director (Projects), NHPC Limited. Details can be availed from https://powermin.gov.in/. 

Minister of Culture is seeking to fill the post of Director, Central Institute of Himalayan Culture Studies (CIHCS), Hahung, West Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh. Applications must reach latest by May 26, 2026. 

Centre for Cultural Resources and Training has advertised the post of Director Centre for Cultural Resources and Training, New Delhi. Online applications can be made through https://ccrtindia.gov.in.

World Bank is seeking to fill the post of E T Consultant, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Applications must reach latest by May 21, 2026.

World Bank is seeking to fill the post of E T Consultant, Washington, DC, United States . Applications must reach latest by May 27, 2026.

National Institute of Labour Economics Research and Development has invited applications for two Joint Director posts. Details can be availed from https://niti.gov.in/. 

D G Trinadh Kumar has assumed the charge as Central Vigilance Officer, Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited. He is a 2002 batch IFS officer.

Nine IPS officers have been given new assignments in Tamil Nadu. Dr G Dharmarajan has been appointed as DIG, Intelligence (Security), Chennai, while Pakerla Cephas Kalyan was made DIG, Intelligence (Internal Security), Chennai and P Saravanan will take charge as DIG, CID, Intelligence, Chennai. Similarly, G K Uddhavrao will be posted as SP, Organized Crime Intelligence Unit, Chennai; A Myilvaganan as SP, Special Branch, CID, Chennai; Dr C Madhan as SP-I, Security Branch CID, Chennai; K Shanmugam as SP-II, Security Branch CID, Chennai; G S Madhavan as SP-II, Security Branch CID, Chennai and N Silambarasan was appointed as SP, Special Division, Special Branch CID, Chennai.

Amit Agarwal, presently serving as Chief Engineer/Construction/Planning (CE/C/PLG), South Central Railway (SCR), has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj for a tenure of five years. He is an Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE) officer.

Ravi Sharma, presently serving as Director (Public Grievances) /Minister of Railways Secretariat [DPG/MR Sectt.], Railway Board, has been selected for deputation to National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) as Additional General Manager/Joint General Manager (Civil) [AGM/JGM (Civil)] at New Delhi for a period of five years. He is an Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE) officer.

Monu Luthra, formerly posted as Chief Commercial Manager-Freight Marketing (CCM-FM), Western Railway (WR), has been selected for deputation to Container Corporation of India Limited (CONCOR) as Senior General Manager (Commercial & Operations) [Sr. GM (C&O)] at Delhi for a period of three years from the date of relief, which is November 7, 2025. He is an Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) officer.

K Saandeep, formerly posted as Senior Divisional Commercial Manager (Sr. DCM), Waltair (WAT), East Coast Railway (ECoR), has been selected for deputation to Container Corporation of India Limited (CONCOR) as Senior General Manager (Commercial & Operations) [Sr. GM (C&O)] at Visakhapatnam for a period of three years from the date of relief, which is September 18, 2025. He is an Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) officer.

Ms Madhusmita Patra, formerly posted as Chief Project Manager/Freight Operations Information System (CPM/FOIS), Northern Railway (NR), has been selected for deputation to Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS) as General Manager/Northern Region at New Delhi for a period of five years from the date of relief, which is May 22, 2023. She is an Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) officer.

Ms. Ritu Sharma, formerly posted as Senior Divisional Commercial Manager (Sr. DCM), Rangiya (RNY), Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR), has been selected for deputation to Container Corporation of India Limited (CONCOR) as General Manager (Commercial & Operations) [GM (C&O)] at Delhi for a period of three years from the date of relief, which is November 28, 2024. She is an Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) officer.

A N Krishna Reddy, formerly posted as Senior Divisional Operations Manager (Sr. DOM), Bengaluru City (SBC), South Western Railway (SWR), has been selected for deputation to Container Corporation of India Limited (CONCOR) as Senior General Manager (Commercial & Operations) [Sr. GM (C&O)] at Whitefield for a period of three years from the date of relief, which is April 28, 2025. He is an Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) officer.

Vijay Singh, formerly posted as Deputy Chief Commercial Manager-Freight Marketing (Dy. CCM-FM), North Western Railway (NWR), has been selected for deputation to Container Corporation of India Limited (CONCOR) as General Manager (Commercial & Operations) [GM (C&O)] at Jaipur for a period of three years from the date of relief, which is November 19, 2024. He is an Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) officer.

Ms. Lata Kumari, formerly posted as Chief Project Manager (CPM), East Central Railway (ECR), has been selected for deputation to Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS) as General Manager/Northern Region/Indian Railways Conference Association (GM/N. Region/IRCA) at New Delhi for a period of five years from the date of relief, which is August 11, 2025. She is an Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) officer.

A Vijuvin, formerly posted as Divisional Operations Manager (DOM), Thiruvananthapuram Central (TVC), Southern Railway (SR), has been selected for deputation to Container Corporation of India Limited (CONCOR) as Senior General Manager (Commercial & Operations) [Sr. GM (C&O)] at Chennai for a period of three years from the date of relief, which is October 16, 2025. He is an Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) officer.

Ms. Suhani Mishra, formerly posted as Director/Traffic Commercial (General & Non-Fare Revenue) [Director/TC (G&NFR)], Railway Board (RB), has been selected for deputation to Container Corporation of India Limited (CONCOR) as Senior General Manager (Commercial & Operations) [Sr. GM (C&O)] at Delhi for a period of three years from the date of relief, which is November 7, 2025. She is an Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) officer.

Dipu Shyam, presently serving as Executive Director/Signal (ED/Signal), Research Designs and Standards Organisation (RDSO), has been approved for appointment as Executive Director (Technical)/Lucknow [ED (Tech.)/Lucknow], RailTel Corporation of India Limited (RCIL), on immediate absorption basis. He is an Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers (IRSSE) officer.

Three IAS officers have been given new assignments in Tamil Nadu. Rajeev Kumar has been appointed as DGP, Training, Unamancheri, Chennai, while S Davidson joins as DGP/Chief Vigilance Officer, Tamil Nadu Cooperative Milk Producers Federation and Dr K A Senthil Velan was made IGP/Additional Director, Tamil Nadu Police Academy, Unamancheri, Chennai.

IAS officers have been reshuffled in Tamil Nadu. S Vijayakumar is posted as Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Industries, Investment Promotion and Commerce Department, while V Arun Roy will take charge as Secretary, Higher Education and P Umanath joins as CMD, Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation. Similarly, MS Shanmugham has been appointed as Commissioner,  Tourism; A Arun Thamburaj as Director, Information and Public Relations; K Elambahavath as Collector, Salem and N Subbaiyan has been shifted as Secretary, Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare.  

Dr. Sachin Gupta has been appointed as Additional Deputy Commissioner/Joint Assessor & Collector, Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), on deputation basis for an initial period of 1 year. He is a 2014 batch IPS officer of Punjab cadre.  

Five IAS officers in W Bengal have been attached to the Office of the Chief Secretary for day-to-day coordination with the districts and departments. The officers attached are: Naveen Kumar Chandra, Ms Subhashini E, Mohd Abdul Shahid, Shubham Kundal and Raunak Agarwal.

Ms Pratibha Parkar, presently Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Panama. She is a 2000 batch IFS officer.

Mrs B Bala Naga Devi has been appointed as DGP, Cyber Crime Wing, Tamil Nadu. She is a 1995 batch IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Threee IPS officers -Vineet Goyal, the then Kolkata police Commissioner, Abhishek Gupta the then deputy Commissioner of police (North) and Indira Mukherjee deputy Commissioner of police (central), have been suspended  by the new BJP Government.

Himachal Pradesh Chief Secretary Sanjay Gupta has directed the State Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau to provide relevant documents relating to all Joint Development Agreement real estate projects by the state's Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) by the end of this month. The state has issued an order in this regard to investigate suspected irregularities related to the violation of Section 118 of the Himachal Pradesh Tenancy and Land Reforms Act, 1972.

 Several Independent Directors completed terms like, RCF announced cessations in May 2026; NBCC Independent Director Rajeev Kumar cessation reported around May 8.

Power Finance Corporation (PFC/PFCCL) incorporated new transmission SPVs, including Fatehgarh II Transmission Limited and others. Supports renewable evacuation infrastructure.

Rahul Gautam has been re-appointed as Chairman and Managing Director of Sheela Foam Limited with effect from April 1, 2027.

Tushaar Gautam has been re-appointed as Vice Chairman and Joint Managing Director of Sheela Foam Limited with effect from April 1, 2027.

Rakesh Chahar has been re-appointed as Deputy Managing Director (Whole-Time Director) of Sheela Foam Limited with effect from April 1, 2027.

Ms. Namita Gautam has been re-appointed as Whole-Time Director of Sheela Foam Limited with effect from April 1, 2027.

Hiroo Mirchandani has been appointed as Additional Director in the category of Independent Director of Sheela Foam Limited with effect from June 6, 2026.

Rajeev Srivastava has been appointed as Additional Director in the category of Independent Director of Sheela Foam Limited with effect from June 6, 2026.

Sudhir Shenoy has been appointed as an Additional Director in the category of Independent Director of Sheela Foam Limited with effect from June 6, 2026.

Natarajan Srinivasan has been appointed as Non-Executive Chairman and Additional Independent Director of HDB Financial Services Limited.

Jimmy Tata has been re-appointed as Non-Executive Non-Independent Director of HDB Financial Services Limited.

Dr. Debasish Prusty has been appointed as Government Nominee Director of Union Bank of India.

Sunil Alaric D’Souza has been appointed as an Additional Director (Non-Independent Non-Executive) of Voltas Limited.

Al-Noor Ramji has been re-appointed as a Non-Executive Independent Director of Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Limited.

Raj Kumar Jain has been appointed as an Additional Independent Director of LT Foods Limited.

Ms. Usha Sangwan has been re-appointed as Non-Executive Independent Director of Trident Limited.

Mrs. Fiona Jane Mary Paulus has been re-appointed as an Independent Director of JSW Steel Limited.

Wrong decision of SBI

This is a very wrong decision. Instead of burdening the staff, the government should appoint new candidates. All the bank employees should be transferred near to their families and parents, especially the women employees. This must be made a mandatory rule.

Yogesh Sharma

 We said

Well said "A Visitor" on Kerala crisis. Congress is always a party which behaves with highhandedness and always try to push their coterie members in the Chair, which always belongs to the person who fights and seen on the ground. Why BJP is winning elections is that they are promoting their cadre, not their leaders, quite often. We never knew who was MP, Delhi and Rajasthan CMs before they were given the positions. Youth mixed with experienced people have to be chosen for the top job, rather than pushing people who have been defeated back to back

RAMESH

PIO should transfer the RTI Application to the concerned branch

The appellant sought the copy of Letter from competent authority for Lok Sabha Elections held in Delhi in May 2024 and the list of RCS staff deputed for election duty from the Registrar of Co-Operative Societies, GNCTD, regarding Bannu Biradari CGHS Ltd. The Appellant contended that the PIO neither forwarded the RTI Application to the Administration branch nor gathered the information from the concerned record holder. The CIC observed that the CPIO’s reply is prima-facie evasive/misleading. The CIC further observed that the PIO ought to have forwarded the RTI Application to the Administration branch or should have sought the assistance of the concerned record holder as per Section 5(4) of the RTI Act. Further, the CIC commented that the FAA is also found to have abdicated the statutory duty under the RTI Act. The CIC directed to provide the information permissible under RTI Act. Noting the absence of the PIO or an authorized representative during the hearing, the CIC directed the PIO to send a proper written explanation stating the reasons for acting in defiance of the stipulations contained in the notice of hearing.

Comments

The PIO is expected to seek the help of the holder of information under section 5(4) of the RTI Act. The concerned individual whose assistance is sought to provide the information is the deemed PIO.

Citation: Adarsh Kumar Dua v. Registrar of Co-Operative Societies, GNCTD, Second Appeal No. CIC/RECOS/A/2024/139457; Date of Decision: 22.01.2026

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