Move to increase Chairman's tenure

Bureaucratic circles are agog with rumours of the tenure of Chairman in CBDT and CBEC being increased to two years like that of the Cabinet Secretary and the CBI Chief.

Modi, Uma, Jaitley pitted against Digvijay

Madhya Pradesh is high on the BJP agenda. The party has now decided to use Modi-Uma-Jaitley combine against Digvijay Singh vying for a third term.

Alaxendar Danial to be IG BSF

Alaxender Danial is joining the Border Security Force as IG. He is 1976 batch IPS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre.

A Didar Singh is JS-Heavy Industry

A Didar Singh is the new Joint Secretary Heavy Industry in the Government of India. He is 1976 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.

IAS too need specialisation !

The day is not far off when even the IAS would be allotted departments in accordance with their specialisation. It seems so going by the Union Minister of Forest's attitude vis-à-vis appointment of Joint Secretary, Two panels for the post of Joint secretary have already been rejected and now the Minister says that for becoming a Joint Secretary under the Ministry of Forests and Environment, one needs to have specialisation in Botany, Zoology or Chemistry.

Even IAS not safe in Bihar

In Bihar, the irony is that even the IAS officers are not safe. They have now started demanding security. While Mithilesh Kumar, Anand Vardhan and GL Das have demanded it earlier, now Anand Kishore has also joined the list of those who feel insecure in the state.

Mukhopadhyay gets CS rank in Maharastra

Utpal Kumar Mukhopadhyay has been given Chief Secretsy's rank in Maharastra. He is 1967 batch IAS officer.

Divisional Commissioners post to go in Karnataka

Office of the Divisional Commissioner in Karnataka is being wound up by February 28 next.

Three IPS officers without posting in Gujarat

Three IPS officers in Gujarat are currently without posting in Gujarat.

Budhiraja is new JNPT Chairman

R B Budhiraja has been appointed Chairman of the Jawahar Lal Nehru Port Trust in the rank and pay scale of Additional Secretary. He is 1968 batch IAS officer of the Maharastra cadre.

Deepa Jain Singh is AS&FA in I&B Ministry

Deepa Jain Singh will be new Additional Secretary and FA in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. She is 1971 batch IAS officer of the Haryana cadre.

Sunila Basant promoted as Additional Secretary

Sunila Basant has been appointed Member Secretary of the National Commission for Women in the rank and pay scale of Additional Secretary. She is 1971 batch IAS officer of the Jharkhand cadre.

Devdas Chhotray also promoted as Additional Secretary

Devdas Chhotray has been appointed Adviser Inter-State Council Secretariat in the Ministry of Home Affairs. He is 1971 batch IAS officer of the Bihar cadre.

Champak Chatterjee gets Additional Secretary rank

Champak Chatterjee has been appointed Additional Secretary in the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances. He is 1971 batch IAS officer of the West Bengal cadre.

V Subramaniam promoted

V Subramaniam, Joint Secretary & FA in the Ministry of Civil Aviation, has been promoted to the rank of Additional Secretary in the same Ministry. He is 1971 batch IAS officer of the West Bengal cadre.