Babus, mantris & buzz: From EVM to ECI, a drastic shift

From EVM to ECI, a drastic shift

Congress party, led by Rahul Gandhi, is now accusing the ECI for election fraud. According to experts, this is a drastic shift from EVM to ECI. They are now not blaming EVM for their poll debacle.

SIR protest limited to Parliament only

Special Intensive Revision (SIR) campaign of Voters' list in Bihar is over and the ECI has published the draft list on August 1, 2025 .But till 7th of this month no political party has filed any objections in Bihar. Experts said, it shows, protest against SIR is now limited to Parliament, inside and outside, only.

BUREAUCRACY

Appointment of Finance Secretary after Parliament session?

It is said that the appointment of new Secretary Finance in the Government of India will be made after the session of the Parliament.

Sanjeev Chopra is also Secretary, Food Processing

Sanjeev Chopra, Secretary Food, has been assigned an additional charge of Secretary, Food Processing Industries till August 21, 2025. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer of Odisha cadre.

Vivek Aggarwal gets charge of Tourism

Vivek Aggarwal, Secretary Culture, has been assigned an additional charge of Secretary, Ministry of Tourism till September 4, 2025. He is a 1994 batch IAS officer. 

Cadre of Tshering Bhutia transferred to Bihar

Cadre of Ms Tshering Y Bhutia has been transferred from West Bengal to Bihar on grounds of marriage to IAS Anand Sharma. She is a 2013 batch IAS officer.

 Bijoy Bihari Mohapatra is Technical Member (C), State Benches, GSTAT

Bijoy Bihari Mohapatra has been appointed as Technical Member (Centre) in the State Benches of Goods and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (GSTAT). He is an IRS-C&IT officer.

No empanelment at DG level from Manipur

No officer of Indian Police Service (IPS) belonging to 1994 batch of Manipur cadre has been empanelled for holding Director General or Director General equivalent posts in the Government of India.

Kartikeya Goyal appointed as Director, Census Operations, Chhattisgarh

Kartikeya Goyal has been appointed as Director of Census Operations/Director of Citizen Registration, Chhattisgarh. He is a 2010 batch IAS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre.

Jayantibhai Mayatra appointed as Director, Census Operations, Gujarat

Jayantibhai Mayatra has been appointed as Director of Census Operations/Director of Citizen Registration, Gujarat. He is a 2011 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Ms Purva Garg appointed as Director, Census Operations, A&N Islands

Ms Purva Garg has been appointed as Director of Census Operations/Director of Citizen Registration, Andaman & Nicobar Islands on additional charge basis. She is a 2015 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Amit Sharma appointed as Director, Census Operations, Mizoram

Amit Sharma has been appointed as Director of Census Operations/Director of Citizen Registration, Mizoram on additional charge basis. He is a 2012 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Ms Sufiyah Faruqui Wali appointed as Director, Census Operations, MP

Ms Sufiyah Faruqui Wali has been appointed as Director of Census Operations/Director of Citizen Registration, Madhya Pradesh. She is a 2009 batch IAS officer of MP cadre.

Gaurav Singh Rajawat appointed as Director, Census Operations, Lakshadweep

Gaurav Singh Rajawat has been appointed as Director of Census Operations/Director of Citizen Registration, Lakshadweep. He is a 2011 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Yogesh Desai appointed as Spl IG Prison, Maharashtra

Yogesh Desai has been appointed as Special IG Prison in Maharashtra. He is an IPS officer. 

Ms Cheshta Yadav appointed as Director, Census Operations, Goa

Ms Cheshta Yadav has been appointed as Director of Census Operations/Director of Citizen Registration, Goa on additional charge basis. She is a 2014 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre. 

Balasugumar Daniel selected as Director (Ope), CCI

Balasugumar Daniel, CGM (Works), SAIL, has been selected for the post of Director (Operations), Central Corporation of India Limited (CCI) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on August 8, 2025. As many as nine persons were interviewed for the same.

Inderjeet Singh appointed as Director, Culture

Inderjeet Singh has been appointed as Director in the Ministry of Culture. He is a 2010 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Nitish Suri appointed as Director, Higher Education

Nitish Suri has been appointed as Director in the Department of Higher Education. He is a 2011 batch officer of Indian Trade Service.

Suvasis Das appointed as Deputy Secretary, Pharmaceuticals

Suvasis Das has been appointed as Deputy Secretary in the Department of Pharmaceuticals. He is a 2014 batch IRS-IT officer.

Ravi Dhawan appointed as Director, Power

Ravi Dhawan has been appointed as Director in the Ministry of Power. He is a 2011 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Jaini to join AJNIFM

Dinesh Singh Jaini will join the Arun Jaitley National Institute of Financial Management (AJNIFM) in Faridabad as J D/Professor on secondment/deemed transfer basis, initially for a period of two years. He is a 1996 batch IP&TAFS officer.

IP&TAFS officer transferred to Jaipur

Dr Dharmendra Kumar Singhal has been transferred to Jaipur as GM(Finance), PAO, Jaipur. He is a SAG Level IP&TAFS officer. 

2021 batch ITS officers confirmed

After the completion of Probation, the DoT has confirmed 12 ITS officers of 2021 batch in JTS. They are-Rajat Jain, Kuldeep, Drupad Gupta, Stalwartshine S, Amarjeet Kumar, K.Siya Rajeev Reddy, Diksha Dhiman, K. Siva Sankara Prasad, Praveen Kumar Mishra, Pravin Kumar Singh, Shivam Gupta and Thondur Naveen Kumar Reddy.

5 CSS Officers joined at DGFT HQ

Five CSS Officers of Section Officers level have joined DGFT HQ as FTDO. They are- Ms Lalita Panna, Gurudayal Shah, Sanjeev Mukhija, Stephen Guria and Gautam Kumar.

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