Ias Change

The UPSC, on Wednesday afternoon, said it had revoked Puja Khedkar's selection as a junior government officer and debarred her from sitting for the UPSC exam in the future.

The top body of the country's bureaucrats has issued a vociferous protest against the change in rules in Bihar to facilitate the release of gangster-turned-politician Anand Mohan Singh, who was serving a life term for the murder of a Dalit IAS office

Members of Parliament from several opposition parties and some retired bureaucrats on Thursday sent a joint memorandum to PM Modi on the "attack on federalism" over the role of Governors in non-BJP-ruled states and change in IAS rules.

Andhra Pradesh government has welcomed the proposed changes in the IAS (Cadre) Rules, 1954 but with a rider that the operational procedure be reconsidered, particularly in regard to the issue of no-objection certificate by the state.

The proposed changes to the Indian Administrative Services and Indian Police Services cadre rules will allow greater scope for abuse of power by the Centre, a group of over 109 former civil servants said today.

As many as nine non-BJP ruled states have opposed the Centre's proposal that gives it an overriding power while deciding on central deputation of IAS officers, whereas eight others have given their consent, officials said on Wednesday.

The proposal to change the rules by which Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers are assigned their postings has snowballed into a major conflict between the centre and the states.

Kerala's Pinarayi Vijayan and Tamil Nadu's MK Stalin on Sunday joined the growing list of Chief Ministers who have emphatically opposed the central government's proposed changes to the assignment rules of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers.

States are not sparing sufficient number of IAS officers for deputation which is affecting the functioning of the central government, the Centre said on Friday, defending its proposed changes in the service rules.

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi again, strongly underscoring her reservations about the proposed changes in the IAS cadre rules, which have been further revised.

Expressing "strong reservations" to Centre's proposal to amend the IAS (Cadre) Rules, 1954, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to roll back the decision

Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh said that the curriculum for Civil Services must suit India's changing scenario and therefore, needs to be accordingly modified constantly and from time to time.

The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has demanded the setting up of an Indian Medical Service (IMS), on the lines of IAS, IPS and IFS, to bring about a drastic change in the healthcare sector, the doctors' body said.

The Centre is planing to change the scheme of the UPSC test for recruitment of entry-level paramilitary forces' officers and merging it with the civil services examination.

Union Public Service Commission or UPSC conducts Civil Services Examination (CSE) every year to recruit personnel into IAS, IFS, IPS and other Central services.

The UPSC, on Wednesday afternoon, said it had revoked Puja Khedkar's selection as a junior government officer and debarred her from sitting for the UPSC exam in the future.

The top body of the country's bureaucrats has issued a vociferous protest against the change in rules in Bihar to facilitate the release of gangster-turned-politician Anand Mohan Singh, who was serving a life term for the murder of a Dalit IAS office

Members of Parliament from several opposition parties and some retired bureaucrats on Thursday sent a joint memorandum to PM Modi on the "attack on federalism" over the role of Governors in non-BJP-ruled states and change in IAS rules.

Andhra Pradesh government has welcomed the proposed changes in the IAS (Cadre) Rules, 1954 but with a rider that the operational procedure be reconsidered, particularly in regard to the issue of no-objection certificate by the state.

The proposed changes to the Indian Administrative Services and Indian Police Services cadre rules will allow greater scope for abuse of power by the Centre, a group of over 109 former civil servants said today.

As many as nine non-BJP ruled states have opposed the Centre's proposal that gives it an overriding power while deciding on central deputation of IAS officers, whereas eight others have given their consent, officials said on Wednesday.

The proposal to change the rules by which Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers are assigned their postings has snowballed into a major conflict between the centre and the states.

Kerala's Pinarayi Vijayan and Tamil Nadu's MK Stalin on Sunday joined the growing list of Chief Ministers who have emphatically opposed the central government's proposed changes to the assignment rules of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers.

States are not sparing sufficient number of IAS officers for deputation which is affecting the functioning of the central government, the Centre said on Friday, defending its proposed changes in the service rules.

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi again, strongly underscoring her reservations about the proposed changes in the IAS cadre rules, which have been further revised.

Expressing "strong reservations" to Centre's proposal to amend the IAS (Cadre) Rules, 1954, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to roll back the decision

Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh said that the curriculum for Civil Services must suit India's changing scenario and therefore, needs to be accordingly modified constantly and from time to time.

The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has demanded the setting up of an Indian Medical Service (IMS), on the lines of IAS, IPS and IFS, to bring about a drastic change in the healthcare sector, the doctors' body said.

The Centre is planing to change the scheme of the UPSC test for recruitment of entry-level paramilitary forces' officers and merging it with the civil services examination.

Union Public Service Commission or UPSC conducts Civil Services Examination (CSE) every year to recruit personnel into IAS, IFS, IPS and other Central services.