Centre asks states to prioritise women, SC/ST officers for central deputationThe Centre is seeking nominations from states for key central deputation posts. The focus is on appointing women officers and those from Sc...
14 Dec, 2025, 11.04 AM IST
Centre appoints Vikram Singh Malik, Arpitha S as Deputy Secretaries in I&B ministryThe central government has appointed Vikram Singh Malik and Arpitha S as deputy secretaries in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting...
13 Aug, 2025, 08.09 PM IST
ISF flag issues with new registration of workers under mandatory facial authentication technologyThe Indian Staffing Federation (ISF) has urged the EPFO to reinstate the employer's ability to generate UANs for new hires, aiming to strea...
09 Aug, 2025, 05.49 PM IST
Centre hikes central deputation allowance for certain category of officersThe central government has increased the central deputation allowance. This is for specific officer categories. The Department of Personnel...
05 Jun, 2025, 06.27 PM IST
Centre proposes new rules to ensure availability of sufficient number of IAS officers for deputationThe move has evoked sharp criticism from West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee who has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging ...
18 Jan, 2022, 10.10 PM IST
ISF seeks lower rate of contribution towards social security for entry-level workers“ISF has called for extending lower contributions towards social security for entry level workers, those with a monthly salary of Rs 21000 ...
22 Oct, 2021, 04.48 PM IST
153 IAS officers appointed on central deputation in 2018-19, lowest in last 5 yearsOnly 153 IAS officers were appointed on central deputation under the central staffing scheme (CSS) last year. There is also a shortfall in ...
28 Oct, 2019, 04.36 PM IST
- Senior IAS officer Prasad appointed Special Secretary to President
Prasad is a 1986 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.
31 Jul, 2019, 09.46 PM IST
62 IAS officers sent back to cadres before completing termSixty-two IAS officers have been sent back to their cadre states before completing their central deputation tenure in the past two years.
11 Aug, 2016, 04.14 PM IST
Officers serving in Naxal areas to get preference for foreign trainingThe Centre for the first time has decided to include officers posted in Naxal-affected areas in a preference category of officers chosen ev...
23 Mar, 2016, 10.50 PM IST
Staff crunch: 80 per cent posts vacant at Central Information CommissionThe panel has admitted in an RTI response that out of 160 sanctioned posts, 32 posts of different categories have been filled up leaving 12...
09 Mar, 2016, 04.10 PM IST
59 IAS officers sent back to cadres before completing term"The repatriations have mainly been for availing the benefits of promotion; on the requests of state governments; and some on personal grou...
23 Dec, 2015, 04.54 PM IST
Send more IAS officers to Centre in 2016, Modi government tells statesThe Centre has attached the latest statement on the Central Deputation Reserve to highlight the shortage of IAS officers at the Centre.
21 Dec, 2015, 01.35 AM IST
Dissent in panel over IAS losing ‘2-year’ edgeThough the 'rules' stipulate a two-year edge, the actual gap between a joint secretary from IAS and other Group A services is at least 7-10...
20 Nov, 2015, 11.58 AM IST
Don't hold up senior officials beyond their tenure: Government to ministriesThe Centre has directed all ministries under it to ensure that all Additional Secretary-level officers are relieved soon after their tenure...
05 Feb, 2015, 04.36 PM IST
Refusal of deputation to debar babus from foreign jobs: GovernmentMove comes after it was noticed that many state governments and cadre controlling authorities were withdrawing names of proposed IAS office...
18 Nov, 2014, 07.20 PM IST
- SC empowerment still a long way to go
The government told the Lok Sabha that not a single officer from Scheduled Caste category is posted as secretary at the Centre.
17 Dec, 2009, 04.49 AM IST