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Topic: DoPT

More railway officers voice discontent over govt’s merger decision

PTI -
Officers from 13 railway zones and 60 divisions submitted a memorandum that the railway merger decision was 'unilateral'.

Private sector will get access to govt’s database with lakhs of job applicants

Sanya Dhingra -
Govt will set up a one-stop recruitment agency that will conduct a GMAT-like exam — called Common Eligibility Test — to shortlist candidates.

Govt wants ministries, depts to ensure ‘equal pay for equal work’ for all temporary staff

Sanya Dhingra -
The DoPT has asked ministries & PSUs to notify what action they have taken to implement a 2017 SC judgment guaranteeing 'equal pay for equal work'.

Only 153 IAS officers got central deputation in 2018-19, down 50% since 2015-16

PTI -
A total of 340 IAS officers were appointed at the Centre under the central staffing scheme in 2014-15, and 320 in 2015-16, according to govt data.

How to work like IAS officer — lessons taught to 8 lateral entrants recruited by Modi govt

Sanya Dhingra -
In a 2-week training programme, the lateral entrants got a crash course on governance matters that will help them begin their journeys as joint secretaries.

Modi govt plans overhaul of IAS, IPS, IFS to modernise services, eliminate redundant posts

Sanya Dhingra -
Govt has asked all ministries to prepare detailed profiles of the services, to synchronise the system with contemporary governance requirements.

Relax rules for CAPF officers and give them pay parity with IPS, DoPT tells home ministry

Sanya Dhingra -
The Department of Personnel and Training has recommended that Central Armed Police Force officers be given Non-Functional Financial Upgradation.

Modi govt looking to split DoPT into 2 departments to train its civil servants better

Sanya Dhingra -
Govt is exploring idea of having separate departments handle personnel matters and training, which could help coordinate training of officials across the country.

Modi govt could soon reduce India’s 60-plus civil services to just 3 or 4

Sanya Dhingra -
One plan to rationalise is to divide the civil services into technical, non-technical and security-related, with the aim of achieving better harmony.

Modi govt unlikely to relax age limit in quota for poor upper castes despite new demand

Sanya Dhingra -
The latest demand has been forwarded by the social justice ministry to DoPT without any recommendation on relaxing the age limit.
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