Kolkata, May 6 (IANS) With the Trinamool Congress losing elections, a series of resignations from advisory-post holders in the Mamata Banerjee-led government in West Bengal has begun.The flow of resignations from these advisery-post holders has begun despite the outgoing Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s war cry on Tuesday that she would not send her resignation to Governor R.N. Ravi. She has said that she felt that the defeat of her party in the state and her personal defeat at the Bhabanipur …
Latest Indian Administrative Service News & Updates
Kolkata, May 5 (IANS) The West Bengal Assembly elections of 2026 have been remarkable from various viewpoints, such as the peaceful polling in contrast to the state’s history of electoral violence and an unprecedented voting percentage. This achievement has been facilitated by three officials in the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), who have discreetly overseen all operations as behind-the-scenes coordinators from start to finish.Starting from the special intensive revision (SIR) exer…
New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) Vishvajit Sahay, a 1990 batch officer of the Indian Defence Accounts Service (IDAS), assumed the charge as Secretary (Defence Finance) in the Ministry of Defence, an official statement said on Friday.Prior to this appointment, he served as the Controller General of Defence Accounts (CGDA).An alumnus of St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi and a law graduate, Sahay brings over three decades of extensive experience in Defence Finance and Public Administration. Accor…
Kolkata, April 27 (IANS) Just 48 hours before the crucial second and final phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections, the Union Home Ministry on Monday issued an order extending the tenure of the current state Director General of Police (DGP) Siddh Nath Gupta by six months.Gupta was supposed to retire from service on April 30.Under Secretary, Home Ministry, Sanjeev Kumar, on Monday, sent a communique to West Bengal Chief Secretary, Dushyant Nariala, to intimate him about the extension to Gupt…
Bhopal, April 25 (IANS) In a move to bolster grassroots governance and further institutionalise a people-centric administrative framework, the Madhya Pradesh government has announced the first field postings for eight probationary Indian Administrative Service officers of the 2025 batch. The General Administration Department issued the formal orders on Saturday, appointing the newly minted officers as Assistant Collectors across the state’s remote tribal belts and developing districts.Th…
Mumbai, April 21 (IANS) Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday called for a paradigm shift in governance, asking the state administration to function like a “startup” to achieve the goal of Zero Bureaucracy. Speaking at the Civil Service Day 2026 awards ceremony, the Chief Minister emphasised that a transparent, dynamic, and citizen-centric administration is the bedrock of a developed Maharashtra.The event, held under the ‘Rajiv Gandhi Administrative Dynamism (Pragati) Campaign and…
Bhopal, April 9 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh government has issued a major reshuffle of senior Indian Administrative Service officers, transferring commissioners and collectors across key departments and districts. The order, issued on Thursday, reflects a wide-ranging administrative restructuring aimed at strengthening governance and balancing responsibilities among officers.In the new postings, senior officer Krishna Gopal Tiwari (2008 batch), Commissioner of Narmadapuram Division, has been…
Kolkata, April 6 (IANS) Senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Vibhu Goel was on Monday appointed as an Additional Chief Electoral Officer (ACEO) for West Bengal, exclusively to coordinate with the judges heading the 19 Appellate Tribunals set up to settle cases where names of voters have been deleted during the judicial adjudication of cases classified under the “logical discrepancy” category.As per the notification issued by the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, Manoj…
Kolkata, April 3 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI), on Friday, announced the suspension of a joint block development officer (BDO), also the assistant returning officer (ARO), in East Burdwan district of West Bengal on charges of gross dereliction of duty. The officer concerned is Jyotsna Khatun, the joint BDO-cum-ARO of the Khandaghosh Development Block in East Burdwan district.In a communique sent by the ECI’s Secretary Sujeet Kumar Mishra to the West Bengal Chief Secretary Dushyan…
Bhopal, April 1 (IANS) Veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and newly appointed Chairman of the Madhya Pradesh State Finance Commission, Jaibhan Singh Pawaiya, on Wednesday, was accorded the status of a Minister in the current BJP-led state government. According to an order issued by the General Administration Department (GAD), for the purposes of protocol, 70-year-old Pawaiya will be entitled to a salary, allowances, and other facilities equivalent to those of a state Minister.Pawaiya, a…