Sanjay Malhotra is a 1990-batch Indian Administrative Service officer of the Rajasthan cadre. He is an IIT-Kanpur alumnus and has a master's degree in public policy from Princeton University.

Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], June 23 (ANI): Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Ram Vilas Yadav was suspended with immediate effect on Wednesday in connection with amassing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.

Pune Apr 25 PTI Former Union home secretary Madhav Godbole died due to cardiac failure at his residence in Maharashtras Pune city on Monday family sources said He was 85 Before taking voluntary retirement from the Indian Administrative Service in March 1993 Godbole served as the Union home secretary He had also worked as the secretary of Petroleum Natural Gas and Urban Development Departments at the Centre and principal finance secretary of the Maharashtra government Godbole had also penned over 20 books on policy decisions He is survived by his wife Sujata son Rahul daughter Meera and their extended families PTI SPK GK GK

Lucknow Mar 25 PTI Considered a close aide of PM Narendra Modi Arvind Kumar Sharma kicked off his political innings after taking voluntary retirement from the Indian Administrative Service and became a member of the UP Legislative Council He was sworn in as Uttar Pradesh cabinet minister on Friday A Gujarat-cadre officer and a native of Uttar Pradeshs Mau district Sharma earlier served Modi when he was the chief minister of the state After Modis election as PM he joined him in the PMO Soon after taking voluntary retirement in January last year he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party He was also made the vice-president of the UP unit of the party Speculations had continued over Sharma being given some important assignment in the state government ever since he came to UP but nothing of that sort happened It was during the second wave of Covid that he gained attention for his work in Varanasi PM Modis parliamentary constituency He is credited with helping Varanasi cut down the number of Covid cases to a large extent He was also praised by Modi for his work in the district PTI SAB RDK

New Delhi [India], March 11 (ANI): The government on Friday appointed former financial services secretary Debasish Panda as chairman of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) for a period of three years.

New Delhi [India], March 3 (ANI): Women need not be feminist for the sake of it but should ensure that they are able to walk side by side with men and not behind them, said Bharatiya Janata Party MP Aparajita Sarangi on Thursday.

New Delhi Feb 19 PTI Efforts to keep victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy safe from the coronavirus infection was foremost in the minds of administrators in the initial days of the pandemic the then collector of Madhya Pradeshs capital district said on Saturday Tarun Pithode a 2009-batch Indian Administrative Service IAS officer who served as the Bhopal district magistrate DM between June 2019 and June 2020 has come out with a book narrating experiences from the pandemic India reported its first COVID-19 case on January 27 2020 Madhya Pradeshs maiden case was reported from Jabalpur district on March 20 2020 Pithode has talked to about a dozen bureaucrats in different states to bring about the 225-page book titled The Battle Against Covid Diary of a Bureaucrat The book was released here by former Air India CMD and Railway Board Chairman Ashwani Lohani When I left the office of collector Bhopal it struck to me that I should document what all happenedhow doctors paramedics police personnel and many many other personnel of the government came together to fight the Covid battle I wanted to document this for our future generations the officer said during the launch event Pithode is currently serving as the MD of the Madhya Pradesh State Civil Supplies Corporation The book also highlights various aspects of how peoples daily lives were affected by the pandemic and the response of the citizens of Bhopal to it he said Everyone had fears in mindabout the safety and well-being of the gas tragedy victims in Bhopal as they could be very vulnerable to the virus he said However the officer said every one in the administration rose up to mount an effective fight against the coronavirus The number of COVID-19 positive patients kept on increasing in Jahangirabad -- a heavily populated area in the old city -- as did the number of deaths It gave me goosebumps as memories of the Bhopal gas disaster started flaring in my mind I felt waves of fear coursing through my body every time there was news of a Covid death It struck me that this fear was due to the comparison of the pandemic with the disastrous gas tragedy he wrote in the book More than five lakh people were affected and over 15000 were killed after methyl isocyanate gas leaked from a pesticide plant of Union Carbide India Limited UCIL on the intervening night of December 2-3 1984 which was then located on the outskirts of Bhopal The officer said there were many lessons to be learnt during the Covid pandemic and if faced with any challenge of this magnitude again he would plan a better information technology support system as it was found that they lacked in software support during the initial days of the pandemic Asked if the lockdown enforced in the country due to COVID-19 was too long he said it gave the administration time to prepare for the battle PTI NES SMN SMN

Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], January 29 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy on Friday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi with a balanced and measured response to the Centre's proposal to amend IAS cadre rules.

New Delhi Jan 21 PTI Information and Broadcasting secretary Apurva Chandra on Friday defended the Centres proposal to amend the IAS Cadre Rules saying working with both -- the Centre and state governments -- not just broadens the perspective of officers but also serves the purpose of the all India services He said that the Indian Administrative Service IAS officers cannot always remain posted in the states as it does not work well either for the service or the officers Working with the government of India gives you a very broad perspective Serving in states and coming back to the government of India departmentsministries is essential for officers for their personal development They will perform better even in states and in subsequent career in government of India Chandra told reporters when asked for his comments on the row over Centres proposal to amend IAS Cadre Rules 1954 If you IAS officers remain in a state you develop provincial mindset Then there is no difference between the state service officers and the IAS officer what is the difference between a provincial service officer and an IAS officer if you remain in state except that you get faster promotion he added Referring to his personal experience Chandra said that he has been hugely benefitted with his tenures at the centre in various capacities and his cadre state Maharastra in his career so far I first came to government of India and spent four and half years in the ministry of petroleum I was appointed as Commissioner of Sugar in Maharashtra when I went back to state Because I was part of ethanol blending programe durign my stint at the Centre I could use that experience to push all the sugar factories in Maharashtra towards ethanol blendingwhich helped the sugar factories of Maharashtra to a great extent he said He said that his experiences during his stint in Maharashtra as principal secretary of the Industries department helped him hugely when he was posted in the Ministry of Defence This is absolutely essential because you develop a broader perspective you take something from government of India to the state and bring something to government of india from the state That is how our all India services are structured he said adding Otherwise what is the difference between our service and any other service The Depatment of Personnel and Training DoPT recently proposed changes in the IAS Cadre Rules 1954 that will take away the power of states to override New Delhis request for seeking officers on central deputation West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the proposed amendment insisting that it would create a fear psychosis among officers and impact their performance It is still a recommendation It has gone to the state governments for their comments Discussion process is on But the point is that it has to work both ways You cant have consent all the time Chandra said when asked for his comments He said that officers of some cadres like Maharashtra do not want to come Delhi Only 20 officers from Maharashtra are there in government of India posting against the quota of 93there has to be some level playing field Everybody has to do certain work at the level of government of India as well as the state government This is my personal view he added PTI PK PK TIR TIR

Mumbai Nov 30 PTI Senior IAS officer Debashish Chakraborty was given charge of the post of Maharashtra Chief Secretary after incumbent Sitaram Kunte retired on Tuesday Chakraborty a 1986 batch Indian Administrative Service officer is holding additional charge as CS an official from the chef ministers office said The Maharashtra government had sought an extension for Kunte but there was no reply from the Centre on the issue so far the official added PTI PR BNM BNM BNM