today's whispers
.jpg)
Confrontation over electoral roll review likely to escalate
The Election Commission's plan to intensively review electoral rolls in five states ahead of the 2026 polls—and later nationwide—has drawn sharp criticism from Opposition. The review has begun in Bihar. Opposition parties including Congress and RJD have slammed the move with TMC even alleging it’s a covert NRC move to disenfranchise voters. As the EC asserts its constitutional mandate, the confrontation between the Opposition, BJP, and the poll body appears set to intensify in the coming months.
Secretary Finance Ajay Seth may go to the IMF next month. He is 1987 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.
Parag Jain has been appointed as Secretary, Research & Analysis Wing (R&AW). He is a 1989 batch IPS officer of Punjab cadre.
.jpg)
Tenure of Ravi Agrawal as Chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) on contract basis has been extended for 1 year, till June 30, 2026. He is a 1988 batch IRS-IT officer.
Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) Lt Gen Rajiv Ghai has also been appointed Deputy Chief of Army Staff-Strategy.
Ms Punya Salila Srivastava, Secretary, Health and Family Welfare, has been assigned an additional charge of Secretary, Health Research till July 6, 2025. She is a 1993 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.
S B Shiradkar has been appointed as DGP, Police Promotion and Recruitment Board, UP, Lucknow. He is a 1993 batch IPS officer of UP cadre.
Saswata Mishra has been appointed as Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Odisha and will remain in additional charge of PS, Finance and Chairman, IDCO. He is a 1996 batch IAS officer.
Pinak Mishra, currently DIGP, STF, Bhubaneswar, has been appointed as SP, Puri, in Odisha, in the rank of DIGP. He is a 2011 batch IPS officer.
Pankaj Bodhke, Financial Advisor, Khadi & Village Industries Commission, has been given premature repatriation to his parent cadre on personal grounds. He is a 2000 batch IRS-C&IT officer.
Vinit Agrawal has been shifted and posted as OSD, State Police Headquarters in Odisha. He is a 2016 batch IPS officer.
Chanchal Rana has been appointed as Collector and District Magistrate (DM), Puri, Odisha. He is a 2014 batch IAS officer.
Siddharth Shankar Swain has been appointed as OSD, General Administration & Grievances Department, Odisha. The post has been declared equivalent in status and responsible to the post of Additional Secretary provided in the IAS cadre of the state. He is a 2014 batch IAS officer.
Thangarajan Subash Chandra Bosh, ED, REC Power Development & Consultancy Limited, has been selected for the post of Director (Projects), REC Limited at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on June 28, 2025. As many as 11 persons were interviewed for the same.
Cadre of Mrs Garima Narula has been transferred from Telangana to Rajasthan on grounds of marriage to IAS Rajat Yadav. She is a 2023 batch IAS officer.
Four senior IPS officers have been given new assignments in UP. Sujit Pandey has been appointed as ADGP, Lucknow Zone, while R K Swarnkar takes over as ADGP, PAC, Headquarters and Ashish Tiwari is now SSP, Saharnpur. Besides, Rohit Singh Sanjwan is posted as SP, Headquarters, DGP, Lucknow.
The ECI has issued instructions to carry out a Special Intensive Revision in Bihar to weed out ineligible names and ensure all eligible citizens are included in the electoral roll, allowing them to exercise their franchise in the polls slated later this year. "Why is this exercise being suddenly done right now?" TMC's O'Brien asked. "It's a sinister move to bring NRC through the backdoor," alleged the TMC leader.CP{(M) also raised the same doubt.
The DoT has transferred HAG level 3 ITS officers. Accordingly, Abbas Sayed Tausif will join TEC while Mukesh Kumar Chauhan has been transferred to Rajasthan LSA and Jayant Kumar goes to PG wing at DoT HQ.
Suresh Puri and Atul Sharma, who were given ad-hoc promotion in HAG, have now been regularised in the same grade. Both are ITS officers.
Israr Ahmad has been promoted to SAG on regular basis. He is an ITS officer and posted in BSNL.
Ms Sunita Chandra has been transferred from Delhi LSA to the DoT HQ and posted as Adviser. She is an ITS officer.
Gyan Chan Jain has been posted as CGM, International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) at GIFT City, Gandhinagar, Gujarat on deputation basis for a period of three years. He is a 2006 batch IRS(C&IT) officer.
Ms. Rajesh, FTDO, DGFT(HQ) New Delhi, has been appointed as Assistant Manager in Rajasthan Skill and Livelihood Development Corporation (RSLDC) Jaipur, on deputation basis for an initial period of three years.
World Bank has advertised for Social Development Specialist, Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe.
World Bank is seeking Finance Analyst for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Four vacancies for Medical Officer (Siddha) post in Directorate of AYUSH, Government of Puducherry have been advertised. Online applications must reach on or before July 3, 2025.
Four vacancies for Ayurvedic Physician post in New Delhi Municipal Council have been advertised. Online applications must reach on or before July 3, 2025.
Three Assistant Director Grade-II (IEDS) (Hosiery) vacancies in Office of the Development Commissioner, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) have been advertised. Online applications must reach on or before July 3, 2025.
Post of Deputy Chairperson (DS/Director level), Tea Board, Kolkata under department of Commerce on deputation basis has been advertised.
Post of Director in the office of Controller General of Patents Designs and Trademarks (CGPDTM), New Delhi under department for promotion of Industry and Internal Trade on deputation basis has been advertised.
Mahesh Chandra Saini has been appointed in the Non-Functional Selection Grade of Junior Administrative Grade (JAG) of Indian Defence Estates Services (IDES). He is a 2012 batch IDES officer.
Ministry of Finance has invited applications for Chairperson in Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunals (DRATs), Delhi. Applications must reach latest by August 4, 2025.
Two AGMUT IPS officers have been transferred and given new postings. Anil Shukla have been transferred to Delhi from Mizoram where he was serving as DGP and Sharad Agarwal as DGP Mizoram from Delhi. Both are 1996 and 1997 batch officers.
Eight IAS officers have been given new responsibilities in UP. Alok Kumar-3 will also hold charge of PS, Reorganization Coordination, National Integration Language, and General Administration, in addition to his existing duties, while Rakesh Kumar Singh will take over as CEO, Yamuna Express-Way Industrial Development Authority and CEO, Noida International Airport. Similarly, Dr Hira Lal is posted as Secretary, National Integration Department; Yogesh Kumar as Incharge Commissioner and Registrar, Cooperative Societies; Mrs Anamika Singh as CEO, UP Clean Air Management Project Authority and Secretary, Forest, Environment & Climate Change; Bhawani Singh Khangarot as Special Secretary, Revenue; Mrs Sanya Chhabda as CEO, Hardoi and Mrs Isha Priya gets an additional charge of MD, UP Tourism Development Corporation.
Aravind Agrawal, Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Higher Education, Odisha, with additional charge of Special Secretary, Sports & YS Department, is allowed to remain in charge of overall supervision of the Car Festival, Puri. He is a 2007 batch IAS officer.
Kerala government has appointed Ravada A Chandrasekhar as the new state police chief. He is 1991 batch IPS officer.
(WE SAID THIS ON JUNE 23 & 27, 2025)
Jiswordy Dkhar has been appointed to the post of AIGF, Regional Office (RO), MoEF&CC, Shillong, for a period of four years on deputation basis under the Central Staffing Scheme of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. He is a 2018 batch Indian Forest Service (IFoS) officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.
As many as 158 members of Indian Administrative Service of 2020, 2021 and 2022 batch belonging to different Cadres have been confirmed in the IAS. For the complete list click on this link: https://dopt.gov.in/sites/
Sunil Narkar will take over as Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) of Konkan Railway from July 1.
Chhattisgarh Chief Secretary Amitabh Jain is not retiring on June 30, 1989 batch IAS officer has been given another three months xtension in service.
Sanket Agarwal has been relieved to join as Deputy Commissioner in Tax Policy Research Unit (TPRU) in the Department of Revenue on deputation basis. He is an IRS-IT officer.
Prateek Kumar Mishra has been appointed as Addl.CIT(OSD) in the office of Pr.CCIT, Odisha region, Bhubaneshwar while S Murali Mohan was made PCIT(OSD) in the office of Pr.CCIT, Mumbai region, Mumbai.
Rear Admiral V Ganapathy, an accomplished Flag Officer of the Indian Navy, has assumed the command of the Military Institute of Technology (MILIT), Pune, under the Headquarters Integrated Defence Staff. He is an alumnus of College of Defence Management, National Defence College, and Defence Services Staff College.
Ms Alka Upadhyaya, Secretary, Animal Husbandry & Dairying, has been assigned an additional charge of Secretary, Fisheries till July 6, 2025. She is a 1990 batch IAS officer of MP cadre.
Gujarat Director General of Police (DGP) Vikas Sahay has been given three months extension in service. He will remain in office till September 30, 2025.
Rajesh Kumar has taken over the charge as Chief Secretary of Maharashtra. Rajesh, who belongs to a 1988 batch IAS officer, will continue holding the charge as the Additional Chief Secretary (Revenue), Registration, and Stamp Duty, Revenue and Forest Department.
Two officers: Rajeev Gupta and Simmi Jain have been promoted to the rank of Principal Chief Commissioner/Principal Director General of Customs & Indirect Taxes in the Indian Revenue service (Customs & Indirect Taxes) against the Panel Year 2025.
Paul Rajendra Lakra and Ramavath Srinivasa Naik have been promoted to the grade of Chief Commissioner of Customs & Indirect Taxes in the Indian Revenue service (Customs & Indirect Taxes) (HAG) against the Panel Year 2025 on a regular basis. Besides, M R R Reddy and Sandeep M S Puri have been promoted on an ad-hoc basis.
Pradip Kumar Suman has been promoted to the grade of Principal Commissioner of Customs & Indirect Taxes in the Indian Revenue service (Customs & Indirect Taxes) (HAG) against the Panel Year 2025. Besides, four officers: Diptasri Barman Arora, Harbinder Kaur Prasad, S Anantha Krishnan and Upendra Singh Yadav have been promoted on ad-hoc basis.
Navratna Defence Public Sector Undertaking Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) has secured additional orders worth Rs.528 Crore since the last disclosure on June 20, 2025. Major orders received include Radars, Communication equipment, EVMs, Jammers, Shelters, Control Centre, spares, services, etc.
Vinay Kumar, Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Road, Transport & Highways, has been assigned an additional charge of CVO, National Highway Authority of India (NHAI), Delhi, for a period of six months. He is a 1999 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.
Secretary Tourism/Chief Executive Officer, Uttarakhand Tourism Development Council, Dheeraj Singh Garbyal conducted a review meeting on three important projects: These included the preparations for the Nanda Devi Raj Jat Yatra, Adarsh Champawat Project, and the Dehradun-Mussoorie Ropeway Project. Review of Nanda Devi Raj Jat Yatra Preparations: Garbyal reviewed the preparations for the Nanda Devi Raj Jat Yatra, a major religious and cultural pilgrimage of Uttarakhand held once every 12 years. The last yatra was organized in 2014, and the next one is scheduled for 2026. The yatra, which began in 1886, draws a large number of devotees — an estimated 4,00,000 pilgrims are expected in 2026. He directed that all ongoing construction works along the yatra route must be completed on time to avoid any inconvenience to the devotees. He emphasized that bridges along the route should be audited so they can be repaired or strengthened as needed before the yatra. Additionally, he instructed that a high-level medical camp be established at Wan village, with smaller medical camps to be set up along the entire yatra route to ensure the health and safety of the pilgrims. The meeting was also attended by the District Magistrate, Chamoli and the District Tourism Development Officer, Chamoli. Adarsh Champawat Project: Regarding the Adarsh Champawat Project, Garbyal instructed that ongoing construction works in Champawat district be completed within the stipulated time frame. He also stressed the need to ensure local community participation in the project. He directed that Adventure Tourism and promotion of local cultural heritage be emphasized so that Champawat can be developed as a hallmark tourism model for Uttarakhand. Dehradun-Mussoorie Ropeway Project: To make travel between Dehradun and Mussoorie more convenient and safer, Garbyal also reviewed the Dehradun-Mussoorie Ropeway Project. He instructed that all concerned departments coordinate effectively to ensure that the construction work is completed on time.
Gaurav Banerjee, Managing Director and CEO of Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI), has been appointed as the new Chairman of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India.
Praveen Gupta has been re-appointed as Whole-Time Director of Balrampur Chini Mills Limited.
Ms. Mamta Binani has been re-appointed as Independent Director of Balrampur Chini Mills Limited.
Ms. Rakhi Ashokkumar Barod has been re-appointed as Non-Executive Independent Director of Vishvprabha Ventures Limited.
Ms. Jaya Janardanan has been appointed as Additional Non-Executive Independent Director of Avasara Finance Limited.
Ms. Divya Malini Gupta has resigned from the position of Managing Director of G.K. Consultants Limited with effect from May 30, 2025, due to pre-occupation.
General Bikram Singh (Retd.) has resigned from the position of Non-Executive Independent Director of Anupam Rasayan India Limited.
Bureaucrats responsible
I agree with M L Gupta's views. The bureaucrats were equally responsible for what happened during that period. In fact it was the "Over enthusiasm " of some of the bureaucrats, which brought fear and bad name for Family Welfare programme. There is need for change in the conduct rules for civil servants, which should include monetary punishment for deliberate actions against the rules/directions of SC/Constitution.
S Gopal
It is fashion now to resuscitate past events
It has become a fashion nowadays to resuscitate past events, especially unsavoury ones. It is better to stop this process and move on. Also, an irrelevant debate is going on as to which organ of govt is supreme. In my view the organ which fulfills aspirations of downtrodden and weakest strata of society is supreme.
Rajesh Gohel
Information sought is available with some other department
The appellant submitted that an arrear was calculated for refixation of his pay. The payment arrear details were prepared by the respondent division and sent to Asansol division duly vetted by Accounts. In this regard, the appellant sought the certified detail of arrear calculation in tabular sheet and the certified Copy of the calculation sheet sent to Asansol division. The PIO provided certain information and replied that the copy of the calculation sheet may be obtained from Asansol division. The CIC observed that the Respondent has not provided complete information to the Appellant and the reply is incomplete, vague and misleading. Merely stating that the information sought is available with some other department does not suffice the information being provided under the RTI Act. If the information sought by the Appellant is not available in their department, then the Respondent should have transferred the RTI application of the Appellant to the concerned department. The Respondent has neither transferred the RTI application under Section 6(3) of the RTI Act nor was assistance sought as per Section 5(4) of the RTI Act. The CIC directed the Respondent to take assistance under Section 5(4) of the RTI Act from the concerned PIO along with consolidated statement which includes due, drawn and balance amount to be paid and provide information to the Appellant, free of cost, within four weeks failing which to show-cause within this period as to why maximum penalty should not be imposed under the RTI Act.
Comments
This order of the CIC is unusual - It contains a direction to the PIO to perform certain functions with a built in show cause notice in case of failure to perform the direction.
Citation: Asim Kumar Dey v. North Eastern Railway, CIC/NERLG/A/2024/600144; Date of Decision: 30.04.2025
Dr Anuradha Verma (dranuradhaverma@yahoo.co.in) is a RTI Consultant currently working with IIM Vishakhapatnam. She has co-authored the books PIO’s Guide to RTI and Right to Information – Law and Practice. Her weekly article is being published since 2008 on this site. She offers consultancy on RTI matters and third party audit to individuals / organisations. Her other articles can be read at the website of RTI Foundation at the link https://www.rtifoundationofindia.com
Dr. Suresh Mehrotra
Editor-in-Chief
mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com
suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com
Rakesh Srivastava IAS (Retd.)
Group Editor & Country Head
Sapna Mehrotra (Magazine)
Chief Executive Officer
mehrotra.sapna@gmail.com
Yogesh Joshi
Editor (Magazine)
a.editor.whispers@gmail.com
(Cell) : +91-9718708267
Sunil Salve
Editor (Digital)
sswhispers18@gmail.com
(Cell) : +91-9893512559
Prakash Shrivastava
News Editor (Digital)
prakashshrivastava1000@gmail.com
Harsha Bhatnagar
Associate Editor
harshabhatnagar@gmail.com
Rajendra Gupta
Business Head
rajendragupta.witc@gmail.com
(Cell) +919893033311
Barkha soni
General Manager (Marketing)
adsalewhispers@gmail.com
(Cell) +91-9171566711
Manish Kohli
News and Marketing Coordinator
manishwhispers@gmail.com
(Cell) +91-9131149117
whispersinthecorridors.com
A Unit of Arushi News Network
Corporate Office: E-19, 45 Bungalows T.T Nagar,
Bhopal (M.P) India.
Phone & Tele Fax: +91-755-4221719
Dear surfers looking to an increased demand for latest news on your favourite website i.e. (https://www.whispersinthecorridors.com) we are nowadays updating it as and when the developments take place. Keep reading & wish you a happy browsing.
Share your information with suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com & mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com.
Breaking news of bureaucrats in India at Whispers in the Corridors
Stay updated with the latest Indian government news and exclusive insights into the world of bureaucracy at Whispers in the Corridors. Get real-time IAS news updates and IPS news updates, covering key transfers, promotions, and policy decisions that shape the nation. Our platform delivers credible and timely information on government affairs, administrative changes, and political developments, ensuring you never miss an important update. Whether you are a civil services aspirant, government official, or policy enthusiast, Whispers in the Corridors is your go-to source for accurate and up-to-date government news.
|
Shipping and Delivery | Privacy Policy | Cancellation and Refund