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A major structural change announced by the Centre is reshaping IAS, IPS, and IFoS allocations nationwide, including southern states. The five-zone system has been replaced with four new groupings: (1) North (J&K, Himachal, Punjab, Rajasthan, Haryana, Delhi, Uttarakhand); (2) East (UP, Bihar, West Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh); (3) West & Central (MP, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa); and (4) South & North-East (Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, plus North-Eastern states). This aims to balance cadre preferences and address vacancies. Southern states (Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Odisha) now fall under Groups 2 and 4, potentially leading to increased inter-state deputations. This policy takes full effect from the 2026 UPSC batch onward.
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- IAS officers reshuffled in Odisha
- Aman Yadav shifted to RDSO, Lucknow
- Mayank Kumar Gupta moved to RDSO, Lucknow
- Pradeep Kumar sent to RDSO, Lucknow
- Vivek Goldsmith shifted to RDSO, Lucknow
- IC Subhas moved to RDSO, Lucknow
- Dharmendra Kumar Yadav sent to RDSO, Lucknow
- Hitesh Srivastava shifted to RDSO, Lucknow
- Anuj Katiyar moved to RDSO, Lucknow
- Yatendra Kumar posted PCSO, NCR
- JCS Bora posted PCEE, NCR
- Ms Sucharita Das appointed Manager (HRMS), CRIS
- Ms Ruheena Tufail Khan appointed Manager (HRD), CRIS
- Arman Singh Patel appointed JGM (Civil), RLDA
- Fixation of Year of Allotment For Promotee IAS
- Push for Women in Higher Judiciary
- ADB-UNDP Partnership for Women’s Judicial Leadership
- Supreme Court Appointments from Delhi High Court
- Uttar Pradesh Higher Judicial Service Rules Amendment
- Delhi High Court on Naib Subedar’s Retirement and Posting
- IIT-ICAR MoUs For Agri-tech by Mid-2026
- Boost to Doctoral Research and R&D Funding
- Fixed Time Corridor Block for March 2026
- Stealth UCAV and Transport Aircraft Clearances
- Michel Danino is a Padma Awardee
- Ananjay Kumar Tiwary returns to parent cadre
- S Dev Dutta Singh to join GoI
- Manisha Raj Gupta in race for CMD, SAIL
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- Interviews for Director (Fin), GAIL on Mar 17
- Ms Lovely Katiyar returns to parent cadre
- Anupam Misra selected as CMD, HCL
- South India’s Economic Contributions and Fiscal Equity Push
- PSBs Merger Speculations in 2026
- UPSC Attempt Limits for 2026 Batch
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