Over 1.2 crore central government employees and pensioners are still in the dark as the much-anticipated 8th Pay Commission remains on the back burner, nearly six months after the Centre’s green signal on January 16, 2025. With no chairperson, no members, and no terms of reference in sight, hopes of rolling out the new pay scales from January 1, 2026, are fast fading. Employee unions have already submitted their key demands, including revision of minimum wage based on a five-member family, merger of select pay levels, restoration of commuted pensions after 12 years instead of 15, five-year pension revisions, and merging 50% of Dearness Allowance (DA) into basic pay to offset inflation. The government has begun staff recruitment for the commission office, but the absence of leadership and ToR has stalled real progress. Experts now believe the new pay structure may only materialise by 2028 unless the process is fast-tracked. The Centre, however, may consider retrospective implementation from January 2026, depending on political and financial factors.

After the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) failed to select the candidate for the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, NTPC, whispers are rife that incumbent Gurdeep Singh may get extension in the mid of setting up Search-cum-Selection Committee (SCSC) of the Power Ministry to select a fresh candidate.

Dr. Sunil Gupta has been appointed as Deputy Director/DIG in Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) on deputation basis. He is a 2007 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Eight to nine vacancies are arising in that NCLT in June and July this year. Five vacancies are said to be still there.

The department of Pension & Pensioners' Welfare (DP&PW) is going to start a special campaign 2.0 for redressal of family pensioners and super senior pensioners from July 1-31, 2025. As per Office Memorandum, a total 2,210 grievances of family pensioners and super senior pensioners were pending till June 9, 2025 with various ministries/departments, which will be taken up during the special campaign. The DP&PW has been issued a set of guidelines in this regard.

Nishant Kumar has been posted as Deputy Secretary in All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on deputation basis for a period of 04 (four) years He is a 2015 batch IRS(C&IT) officer.

18 SAG officers of Indian P&T Accounts and Finance Service Gr "A" (IP&TAFS) of 1998 batch and one of 1992 batch have been granted non-functional upgradation (NFU) in Higher Administrative Grade (Level 15, Additional Secretary to the Govt of India Grade) w e f April 2025. The 1998 batch officers include: Dr Joydeep Guha (Deputation Geological Survey of India); Dr D K Singhal (DDG, NICF); Satish Chandra Jha (CCA, Maharashtra & Goa); Amit Sharma (DDG, E&T); Amitabh Ranjan Sinha (Joint Secretary & FA, Ministry of Defence, Govt of India); Sukhbir (Jt. CGCA, O/o CGCA); Sangeet Kumar (CCA, UP (E); Dipankar Mahto; H G S Dhakad (CCA, MP); Deepak Kumar (CCA, Haryana); Rakesh Kumar Singh (GM, PAF, Kolkata); A Ranganath Shyam (CCA, Karnataka); Amit Katoch (On Deputation-Addl CPFC, EPFO); K Vinod Kumar; A P Salunke (CCA, Mumbai); Shyam Lal Meena (CCA, Rajasthan); K M Tripathi (CGM, BSNL) and Nirdosh Kumar Yadav (CCA, UP, West). Besides, Ashish Joshi of 1992 batch has also been granted NFU to HAG.

The CBIC has granted proforma promotion to Vashishtha Chaudhary, 1997 batch and Sonal Bajaj, 1998 batch, in the grade of Commissioner of Customs & Indirect Taxes.

PV Sai Prasad, formerly Chief Engineer (Construction), South Central Railway, has been selected for deputation to Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) as Chief Project Manager (Civil) at Secunderabad for a period up to July 31, 2029, (i.e. up to superannuation). He is an Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE) officer.

BSK Rajkumar, who is presently serving as Principal Chief Engineer (PCE), East Coast Railway (ECoR), has been posted as Additional General Manager (AGM) in East Coast Railway itself. He is an Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE) officer.

Micro Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) has been allocated second floor in newly built Common Central Secretariat building.

S Senthil Kumar, DDGF(C), Bangalore, has been assigned additional charge of the post of DDGF(C), Bhopal. He is a 1997 batch IFoS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Mrs Yasodha K has been appointed to the post of DIGF, Regional Office, Bangalore, on deputation basis under the Central Staffing Scheme of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change for a period of five years. She is a 2009 batch IFoS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Over 19,000 CSS officers have been accorded promotion between 2022-2024. This has cleared the long pending backlog.

The Modi government has issued more than 10 lakh appointment letters through job fair which started in 2022. Till now 15 job fairs have been organised.

In a major reshuffle in Jharkhand, as many as 56 IAS officers have been given new assignments. Amitabh Kaushal, Secretary, Commercial Tax Department, has been given addl charge of Secretary, Excise and Prohibition Department, while Secretary, Disaster Management Department, Rajesh Kumar Sharma gets additional charge of Civil Defence Commissioner and Arwa Rajkamal, Secretary, Building Construction Department, has been given additional charge of Mines Commissioner. Similarly, A Dodde has been posted as Special Secretary, Revenue, Registration and Land Reforms Department and has also been assigned the additional charge of Director, Land Acquisition, Land Records and Measurement; Mrs Rajeshwari B has been appointed as the Director of the Panchayati Raj Department; Shashi Prakash Jha has been made Programme Director of the National Health Mission; Shekhar Jamuar is posted as Director, Sports; Ravi Shankar Shukla as Excise Commissioner; Mrs Neha Arora as Special Secretary, Health, Medical Education & Family Welfare; Sandeep Singh as Special Secretary, Finance; Sanjeev Kumar Besra as Transport Commissioner; Akshay Kumar Singh as Special Secretary, Planning & Development; Mrs Kumud Sahay as Director, Economics & Statistics; Raviranjan Kumar Vikram as Labour Commissioner; Manohar Marandi as Special Secretary, Drinking Water & Sanitation; G R Gorakh as Special Secretary, Drinking Water & Sanitation; Suraj Kumar as Director, State Urban Development Authority; Aditya Kumar Anand as Director, Animal Husbandry; Jishan Kumar as Director, Dairy Development; M K Baranwal gets addl charge of CEO, State Water Purification Mission; Mrs Kiran Kumari gets addl charge of CEO, Tejaswini Project; Ajay Kumar Singh was appointed as Addl Secretary, SC, ST, Minorities & Backward Class Welfare; Mrs Nancy Sahay as Director, Urban Administration, City Development & Housing; Sushant Gaurav as Municipal Commissioner, Ranchi Municipal Corporation; Kuldeep Chaudhary as Tribal Welfare Commissioner; B S Yadav as Director, Agriculture; Shahi Ranjan as Registrar, Cooperaticve Societies; Varun Ranjan will also handle charge of MD, JIADA; Manoj Kumar Ranjan as Director, Promary Education; Sudhir Bada as Director, Higher Education; Sandeep Kumar as Secretary, Jharkhand Public Service Commission; Raj Kumar Gupta as Addl Secretary,Higher & Technical Education;Ms Madhvi Mishra as Director, Horticulture;Ananya Mittal as CEO, JSLPS; Mrs Medha Bhardwaj as IG, Registration; Mrs Garima Singh as MD, Jharcraft; Himanshu Mohan as JS, Home, Prison & Disaster Management; Vishal Sagar as Director, Tourism;Lokesh Mishra as Examination Controller, State Public Service Commission; V K Sinha as Director, Social Security and Mrs J R V Narayan Rao will take over as Director, Tourism.

The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has issued revised guidelines for the issue of generic/branded medicines at CGHS Wellness Centres. Accordingly, the medicines prescribed by the specialists will be supplied by the CGHS as per the available generic name at the CGHS Wellness Centre. In case the medicine is available by an alternative brand name having the same composition, it will be supplied by the brand name available at CGHS Wellness Centre. If the medicine  prescribed by the specialist is not available at the CGHS Wellness Centre either by generic name or alternate brand name, it will be indented by the same brand name through authorized local chemist.

Anuradha Thakur has been appointed as a Part-Time Member of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). She is a 1994-batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

June 19, 2025, Le Bourget (France)/Bengaluru: At the 55th edition of the Paris Air Show, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), India's leading aerospace and defence company signed an agreement with Safran Aircraft Engines, the world's leading French engine manufacturer in the design, development and production of aircraft engines, for the industrialization and production of rotating parts for LEAP engines. Mr Abdul Salam, General Manager, LCA Division, signed an agreement with Mr Dominique Dupuy, Vice President, Purchasing, Safran Aircraft Engines yesterday.

This agreement supports the government’s “Make in India” policy and follows the memorandum of understanding signed by Safran Aircraft Engines and HAL in October 2023 to develop industrial cooperation in LEAP engine parts manufacturing, as well as the contract signed last February by both partners to produce Super alloy forged parts. Safran Aircraft Engines is thus continuing to expand its footprint in India and is extending the scope of its cooperation with HAL through the production of Inconel parts.

The objective is to support the strong growth of the Indian aerospace market and ensure the ramp-up of LEAP engines powering single-aisle civil aircraft. To this end, Safran Aircraft Engines is developing a complete aerospace ecosystem based on the creation of new facilities in India and closer cooperation with its major Indian partners such as HAL.

Upon development of critical near-net Ring Forging technology at HAL, SAE and HAL have now signed an agreement for production of Inconel parts at the state-of-the-art Ring Rolling facility at HAL’s Foundry & Forge Division in Bengaluru, supporting LEAP program's ramp-up for global airline requirements. Further, both companies are working together to develop technology for the balance parts.

“We are really proud to expand this long-standing partnership with Safran and to develop our industrial expertise in forging processes for Inconel parts for the LEAP program”, said Dr D K Sunil, Chairman and Managing Director of HAL.

“We are pleased to extend our collaboration with HAL, a key player of the Indian aerospace industry,” said Dominique Dupuy, Safran Aircraft Engines' Purchasing VP. “This industrial cooperation is part of our roadmap to diversify our production sourcing and strengthen our industrial footprint in India, so as to support the growth of domestic air traffic with our LEAP engine and prepare for future requirements of military parts.”

The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is holding interviews for the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, IREL (India) Limited on June 20, 2025.

THDC India Limited, a Mini Ratna Public Sector Undertaking, conferred with the prestigious ‘Rajbhasha Jyoti Shield’ during the meeting of the Hindi Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Power, Government of India. The award was presented by Hon’ble Union Minister of Power and Housing & Urban Affairs, Manohar Lal. R K Vishnoi, Chairman and Managing Director, THDC India Limited, along with Shallinder Singh, Director (Personnel) received the award on behalf of THDC India Limited. The ceremony was graced by the presence of  Minister of State for Power,  Shripad Yesso Naik, Secretary (Power), Pankaj Agarwal (IAS), Dheeraj Kumar Srivastava, Chief Engineer (In-charge, Official Language), and senior officials and representatives from various offices and Public Sector Undertakings under the Ministry of Power. Members of the Hindi Advisory Committee and several other dignitaries were also present. On this occasion, R K Vishnoi, Chairman and Managing Director, extended his heartfelt congratulations to all officers and employees of THDC India Limited and remarked that the key to success in any field lies in dedicated and continuous efforts. He reiterated that while THDC India Limited is accelerating its business operations, it remains equally committed to fulfilling its constitutional and statutory obligations. Speaking about the award, Shallinder Singh, Director (Personnel), informed that THDC India Limited was bestowed with this honour for outstanding performance in the implementation of the Official Language Policy during the year 2023–24. Among all the entries received from institutions under the Ministry of Power, THDC India Limited secured the highest score to earn this recognition. It is noteworthy that for the same period, on September 14, 2024, THDC India Limited was also conferred with the First Rajbhasha Kirti Award in the category of Public Sector Undertakings by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, which was presented by Union Home Minister, Amit Shah. Furthermore, for the same period, THDC India Limited was awarded the First Prize of the NARAKAS Rajbhasha Vaijayanti Award during the meeting of the Town Official Language Implementation Committee, Haridwar, held on January 29, 2025. During the meeting, the house journals of offices and undertakings under the Ministry of Power were also released. On this occasion, the 35^th edition of THDC’s official language magazine ‘Pahal’ was also unveiled.

Ms. Vedika Mahesh Patil has been appointed as Additional Director (Non-Executive Independent) of DJ Mediaprint & Logistics Limited.

Mrs. Meenakshi Sharma has been appointed as Additional Non-Executive Independent Director of KRN Heat Exchanger & Refrigeration Limited.

Diwakar Gupta has been appointed as an Independent Director of Alkem Laboratories Limited.

Mrs. Elizabeth Ravi has ceased to be Non-Executive Independent Director of E-Land Apparel Limited on completion of her tenure.

Mrs. Bhawna Sharma has resigned from the position of Independent Director of Regent Enterprises Limited.

Nuclear radiation a big threat

The ongoing conflict in Middle East is a matter of grave concern as, according to reports, Israel attacked Iran's nuclear facility leading to radiation leakage. This is a threat not only for Iran but the neighboring nations and even the entire world. If more such attacks take place then the entire humanity will face a grave crisis as the environment will be irreparably damaged and the existence of millions of people will be in jeopardy.  

Nancy Kumari

Delay in submission of reply regarding PDS

The appellant sought information about whether a ration card holder can be given ration if his fingerprint or iris authentication on the POS machine fails. He sought for the procedure in this regard seeking copy of the relevant circulars. He further sought information about the procedure to provide ration to a disabled ration card holder. There was a delay in providing the information. The PIO submitted that the RTI application was filed on 26/4/2023 and the reply was prepared by the Policy Branch but it could not be dispatched due to a fire incident occurred in May, 2023 and the file was bundled up with the other files. The reply was provided to the RTI applicant on 02/05/2024 and also, a Memo was issued to the erring official i.e. MTS of the branch on 02/05/2024 with the direction to submit his reply within three days as to why the RTI reply was not dispatched within time. It was submitted before the CIC that a lenient view may kindly be taken in the matter keeping in view the circumstances in which the error occurred and the official has already been warned to be careful in future.  The CIC was not convinced with the reasons mentioned for delay in reply provided by the Respondent because no documents or FIR copy has been annexed with the written submission to substantiate the explanation claiming occurrence of fire incident at the relevant time. The PIO was directed to file a revised updated written submission detailing the reason for delay in replying to the Complainant beyond stipulated time. In the spirit of the RTI Act, an advisory under Section 25(5) of the RTI Act was issued to the Respondent Public Authority for upfront disclosure of information as sought in this RTI application and related Rules, Circulars, Office Orders, Bye Laws, etc. under Section 4 of the RTI Act in public domain

Comments

Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case Kishan Chand Jain v. UOI & Ors. WP (C) No. 990 of 2021 adviced to disclose to the beneficiaries of the Public Distribution System particularly PwD beneficiaries regarding the provision for facilitating ration distribution to them through other members of the family or through authorized representative. Such information should be displayed at all the Fair Price Shops and the same will also relieve the Public Authority of the burden of RTI Applications.

Citation: Ashok Kumar v. Food, Supply and Consumers Affairs, CIC/FSACA/C/2024/129241; Date of Decision: 21.05.2025

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