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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
Vijaita Singh

States weigh options on IAS cadre rule changes

In 2021, the DoPT directed West Bengal Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay to report to its office hours after Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee allegedly skipped a review meeting on Cyclone Yaas with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. File (Source: Businessline)

The Union government is planning to acquire for itself overriding powers to transfer IAS and IPS officers through Central deputation, doing away with the requirement of taking the approval of the State governments.

The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) wrote to the States on January 12 that the Union government proposes to amend Rule 6 (deputation of cadre officers) of the Indian Administrative Service (Cadre) Rules 1954.

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