Why does Fin Min get WiFi when we don't, rues DoPTThe officer, who is a 1989 batch IAS officer from the Gujarat cadre, had called the meeting to discuss modalities for the implementation of...
31 May, 2017, 09.07 PM IST
MHA not allowing Wi-Fi in our offices: DoPTDuring the meet, Katikithala, a Gujarat-cadre IAS officer, enquired about availability of the Wi-Fi network facility in the offices of DoPT.
31 May, 2017, 05.14 PM IST
Centre asks departments to ensure timely promotion of employeesThe move comes after noticing cases of delay in holding the meeting of Departmental Promotion Committee — which decides on employees' promo...
11 Nov, 2016, 03.13 PM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi asks secretaries to attend to 10 grievances a weekThe PM in his Pragati meeting asked secretaries whose departments have extensive public dealing to set up a system for top-level monitoring...
08 Mar, 2016, 04.00 AM IST
Panel to monitor vacancies of persons with disabilitiesAn inter-ministerial panel has been formed to monitor the progress being made by various central government departments in filling vacancie...
28 May, 2015, 02.10 PM IST
Retired employees can now avail benefits of missed promotionsThere have been reports that some of the eligible retired employees are not being given the benefit of promotion which they missed due to l...
01 Feb, 2015, 02.58 PM IST
From CIC to CVC, coveted posts still remain vacantCIC Rajiv Mathur retired on August 22, 2014. Since then, the chair lies empty, and technically, all orders passed by the CIC’s office in th...
04 Nov, 2014, 05.05 AM IST
PMO sat on CIC appointment file for 3 months before junking UPA style of selecting CICOnce submitted to PMO on July 31 for a final decision to call a selection committee meeting, PMO responded only on October 17 .
03 Nov, 2014, 08.48 PM IST
Government to rope in young interns for policy formulationThe government proposes to engage ten interns for internship. The last date for sending application to the DoPT is September 15.
22 Jul, 2014, 10.57 PM IST
Time for 'Corporate' government under Narendra Modi; departments to give 'Employee of the Month' awardsThis comes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a meeting with Secretaries to Government on June 4, had emphasized the need for team spir...
26 Jun, 2014, 01.10 PM IST
Department of Personnel and Training mulls incentive plans for ministries, departmentsThe DoPT confers the title of "employee of the month" to the highest achiever, decided by a committee of joint secretaries of the departmen...
10 Jun, 2014, 12.44 PM IST
Will ‘Panama Therapy’ be effective enough for CBI's autonomyCBI Director Sinha and DoPT Secretary Sarkar were away together for a week to Panama for a UN meet on anti-corruption and returned together...
04 Dec, 2013, 01.10 PM IST
Fixed tenure to IAS: UP, Gujarat, Meghalaya & Punjab refuse to accept DoPT proposalUttar Pradesh, Gujarat and Punjab have refused to adopt fixed tenures for civil servants despite the central government urging them to do s...
01 Nov, 2013, 07.08 AM IST
- Draft rules to curb RTI back on agenda
A year after the Centre shelved a move of introducing norms, including a 250-word limit on RTI applications, it has resurrected the proposa...
17 Jul, 2012, 02.32 AM IST
- Draft bill tries to assuage impact of UID on privacy of individual's data
There is some good news for those who are worried about the impact of UID on privacy. A senior bureaucrat in the department of personnel an...
11 Nov, 2011, 02.58 AM IST
- Government agrees to disclose audio recordings of Lokpal Committee
The government has now agreed to make public the audio recordings of proceedings of the Joint Drafting Committee constituted to draft the L...
09 Oct, 2011, 02.52 PM IST
- Kerala govt didn't clear Thomas for central job
PJ Thomas became India's CVC despite his home cadre clearly communicating that he should not be considered for central deputation, docs wit...
11 Mar, 2011, 07.15 AM IST