Railways to dismiss tainted officialsThe state-run transporter has identified around 25-30 officers who have been convicted by different courts and is likely to sack them.
11 Feb, 2016, 01.05 PM IST
Government to compulsorily retire officers with bad reputation or inefficientSending a clear message that inefficiency or a bad reputation on account of probity would mean retirement kicking in almost a decade in adv...
17 Sep, 2015, 11.47 AM IST
DoPT red flags Smriti Irani’s choice for CBSE head; raises queries on Satbir BediBedi, a joint secretary in HRD ministry’s School Education Department, is holding additional charge of CBSE chairman at present.
24 Jul, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Government cracks whip after PM Narendra Modi-led ACC is snubbedCracking the whip, DoPT in its April 22 letter has now specified a new process to ensure regular updation of AVMS and timely submission of ...
24 Apr, 2015, 08.55 PM IST
Government to hold stress management programme for babus"This is being started as a pilot project. Later, the programme will be extended to officers working in other ministries too," a DoPT offic...
16 Mar, 2015, 03.37 PM IST
Drop 'class', use groups to categorise staff: Govt to departmentsThe Centre has decided to replace the 'class' categorisation for specifying the seniority of its employees with new alphabetical groupings.
12 Mar, 2015, 08.22 PM IST
Babus to interact with school children regularly: GovernmentIn the first phase of project, slated for a launch next month, officials would interact with students from class 8 onwards in Delhi's schoo...
10 Dec, 2014, 08.20 PM IST
Centre asks States to send more IAS officers by 2015States should be sending a total of 1,345 IAS officers to the Centre but there are only 643 officers on deputation right now.
13 Nov, 2014, 06.08 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 puts up 'idea boxes' seeking out-of-box suggestionsThe 'idea boxes' have been installed to seek innovative ideas especially from the employees to improve the functioning of the department.
27 Aug, 2014, 03.44 PM IST
Narendra Mdoi governrment to enhance Lokpal's powersDoPT is currently in consultations with the law ministry over the proposed changes in Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act rules.
12 Jun, 2014, 11.57 AM 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
Narendra Modi effect: Special cleanliness drive at MHA, DoPT officesThe drive is aimed at creating healthy working environment for the staff by getting rid of clutter and weeding out old and unwanted files.
08 Jun, 2014, 06.05 PM IST
DoPT issues reminder as most ministries fail to file travel informationDoPT reminded the ministries that its earlier order issued on April 15 had fixed a six-month deadline for tour details of ministers and bur...
12 Dec, 2013, 12.35 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
- Tour details of DoPT babus put online; Rs 5.3 crore spent in 3 months
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) today put international and domestic tour details of its officials in public domain.
22 Mar, 2013, 08.30 PM IST
- CBI, CVC officials to pursue anti-graft studies abroad
Senior CBI and CVC officials will pursue a two-year programme on anti-corruption studies in Austria and Malaysia.
17 Oct, 2012, 06.11 PM IST