Centre to review progress in setting up civil services boards
The Centre, on Monday, will hold a meeting to discuss the progress made by state governments and Union Territories to constitute Civil Services Boards as a follow up to the Supreme Court order for ensuring fixed tenure for IAS and IFS officers.
MoS, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Jitendra Singh will hold the meeting with Principal Secretaries (Personnel/GAD) of the state governments and Union Territories.
The meeting will also consider IAS cadre review for Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Manipur, Tripura, Nagaland, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim and AGMUT cadre, the government said. Determination of vacancies for promotion from state civil service officers and non-state officers will also be on agenda, it said.
The DoPT proposal to reduce duration of induction training from 8 weeks to 6 for IAS officers will also be taken up.
The DoPT has made it mandatory for all inducted officers to undergo the training. The DoPT will also direct states to ensure IAS officers are relieved timely for undergoing the Mid-Career Training Programme. The meeting will also review progress made in setting up five Special CBI Courts — three in West Bengal and one each in Andhra Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir.
Source:: Indian Express
