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Time of India
18-07-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Arunachal Cabinet approves key reforms in education, child safety and governance
The Arunachal Pradesh cabinet has approved key decisions. These decisions aim to improve technical education and internal security. Child protection measures are strengthened. Housing allocation will be more transparent. Administrative efficiency across departments is a priority. New posts are created in various sectors. These changes reflect the government's commitment to public service and citizen welfare. Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads The Arunachal Pradesh cabinet on Friday approved a series of crucial decisions aimed at strengthening technical education , boosting internal security, enhancing child protection, ensuring transparent housing allocation, and improving administrative efficiency across the major decisions, the cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Pema Khandu , approved the creation of 34 teaching and non-teaching posts for the Government Engineering College at Toru in Papum Pare district to bolster technical education in the augment internal security infrastructure, the cabinet sanctioned the raising of the 6th Indian Reserve Battalion (IRBn), a statement from the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) said. Arunachal Pradesh currently has two state armed police battalions (AAPBNs) and five IR addition of the new battalion is expected to enhance policing capacity, ensure better law and order, reduce dependency on Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), and create employment opportunities for eligible local a key move towards child protection, the cabinet adopted the model guidelines for support persons under Section 39 of the POCSO Act, 2012, with necessary state-specific guidelines mandate one support person per 10 cases to assist child victims during pre-trial and trial stages, and also detail their qualifications, selection procedures, duties, and streamline the allotment of general pool government quarters in the state capital and districts, the cabinet approved new guidelines. This measure is aimed at curbing encroachment, misuse of quarters, and ensuring greater transparency and the legal infrastructure, the cabinet approved the creation of three posts of deputy director (prosecution), 10 posts of assistant director (prosecution), and 18 clerical staff positions in the directorate of additional public prosecutors will be redesignated as deputy directors. Additionally, the pay matrix levels of public prosecutor, additional public prosecutor, and assistant public prosecutor have been revised to maintain parity with government part of cadre restructuring in the Directorate of Forensic Science at the police training centre (PTC) Banderdewa, the cabinet approved amendments to the Recruitment Rules for Scientist-E, Scientist-D, Scientist-C, and laboratory assistant posts, including change in nomenclature and revision of pay to boost civil aviation operations in the state, the cabinet approved the creation of 10 new posts under the Directorate of Civil Aviation. It also cleared the transfer of veterinary officer posts from the rural development department to the animal husbandry, veterinary and dairy development (AHVⅅ) wide-ranging approvals reflect the government's ongoing commitment to improving public service delivery, strengthening governance systems, generating employment, and safeguarding citizen welfare
Time of India
14-07-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
HC directs regularisation of 15 Group D civic staffers
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Monday held that irregular appointments made against vacant posts can be regularised on the basis of long and uninterrupted service. As such, the HC directed immediate regularisation of 15 Group D staff members of Raiganj Municipality who rendered decades of "uninterrupted service" without formal regularisation. The core issue before Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj was whether these staff members, who had served as Group D employees for a long time on vacant and necessary posts but without regularisation, are entitled to be absorbed into regular service. Their appointments had been made prior to Sept 2006, before the West Bengal Municipal Employees' (Recruitment Rules), 2005 had come into force. At the time, there were no codified service rules for appointments to municipal posts. You Can Also Check: Kolkata AQI | Weather in Kolkata | Bank Holidays in Kolkata | Public Holidays in Kolkata The expectations of these employees of being absorbed into regular service had been raised because the municipality, between 2017 and 2019, made requests for their regularisation to the local bodies director. The director advised initiation of the process in 2018. A 2019 recruitment notice seeking to fill the posts held by petitioners was stayed by the Calcutta HC in 2020. Justice Bharadwaj held: "The petitioners' appointments were not illegal, but at most procedurally irregular, having been made at a time when no formal recruitment framework was in place. Their long and uninterrupted service spanning nearly two decades in performing essential municipal functions, combined with repeated recommendations and affirmations by competent municipal authorities, clearly establishes a case of legitimate expectation for regularisation. " "The doctrine of equality, read in conjunction with the judicially recognised distinction between 'illegal' and 'irregular' appointments, fully supports the regularisation of petitioners in the present factual context, as has already been directed in similarly placed cases," the HC held.
New Indian Express
30-06-2025
- Business
- New Indian Express
JAC warns of stir over pay revision, promotion delay in Puducherry power department
PUDUCHERRY: The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the Puducherry Electricity Department Engineers and Employees Welfare Association has threatened a large-scale agitation on July 3 over the government's failure to address long-pending demands on pay revision and promotions. At the heart of the grievance lies the non-implementation of revised Recruitment Rules (RR) across various cadres in the department. Despite redesignation of posts, over 2,000 employees continue to be denied promotions and corresponding pay hikes, a JAC spokesperson said. Numerous posts remain vacant, while promotions due years ago are yet to materialise. A key demand is the immediate approval of salary revisions recommended under the Fifth Pay Commission for 67 posts, which were deferred following the advice of a one-member committee. Though the Seventh Central Pay Commission had advised the Puducherry government to resolve the matter administratively, no step has been taken so far, union leaders pointed out. The JAC further highlighted that revised pay scales were implemented in practice, with employees paid accordingly from revenue collected from power consumers over the past 15 years. Hence, union representatives argued that financial constraints cannot be cited as a reason for delaying formalisation of the revision. While welcoming the move to recruit 73 Junior Engineers, the committee condemned the government for proceeding with direct appointments without formally amending recruitment rules, terming it "illegal and unjust". In a meeting held on June 19, all affiliated unions resolved to besiege the offices of the Electricity Secretary and Head of Department on July 3 if their primary demand—approval of the Fifth Pay Commission recommendations—is not met within a week.
NDTV
28-06-2025
- Business
- NDTV
Government Extends Top Tax Authority CBDT Chairman's Tenure By A Year
New Delhi: The government has extended the tenure of Ravi Agrawal as the Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) by another year. The CBDT is the apex policymaking body of the Income Tax Department, and its chairman and members are senior Indian Revenue Service officers. "The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved re-appointment of Ravi Agrawal, IRS as Chairman, Central Board of Direct Taxes on contract basis, for a period of one year with effect from July 1, 2025 till June 30, 2026 or until further orders, whichever is earlier," the government order stated. The re-appointment will be on the usual terms and conditions applicable to re-employed Central government officers, in relaxation of the Recruitment Rules. Agarwal, a 1988 batch Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer from the income tax cadre, had succeeded Nitin Gupta, 1986 batch IRS officer, in June 2024 as Chairman of the CBDT. He was serving as a member of the CBDT (Administration) from July 2023 before his appointment as chairman. The CBDT is headed by a chairman and can have six members who are in the rank of special secretary. Meanwhile, CBDT has asked all the principal chief commissioners of Income Tax to exercise effective supervision over their assessing officers and make sure that questions sent by them to a taxpayer are justified, and that irrelevant queries are completely avoided. The apex body has directed Income Tax Department officials to ensure due application of mind while issuing notices for scrutiny and assessment of a taxpayer's return, emphasising that all queries should be relevant and specific. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman earlier this week asked income-tax officials to ensure that tax compliance processes are made simpler, more transparent and taxpayer-friendly. The Finance Minister also directed all principal chief commissioners of income tax to prioritise and accelerate the disposal of disputed tax demands that are currently pending before the faceless appellate authorities, the finance ministry said in a statement. About 577,000 appeals were pending at the start of the current fiscal year. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) is targeting to address more than 225,000 appeals in FY 2025-26 involving over Rs 10 lakh crore of disputed demand. The Finance Minister highlighted that prompt and time-bound disposal of taxpayer grievances is essential for ensuring responsive governance.
The Hindu
27-06-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Joint Action Committee seeks amendment to recruitment rules in Puducherry
The Joint Action Committee of Puducherry Electricity Department Engineer and Employees Welfare Association has urged the Puducherry Government to amend the Recruitment Rules for redesignated posts of employees belonging to various cadres in the Department and ratify them at the earliest. A spokesperson of JAC said over 2,000 employees were left in the lurch since the revised Recruitment Rules were yet to be framed. Though the posts have been redesignated, the employees were yet to receive promotion and wage hike. Workers attached to the JAC will picket the office of the Secretary to Government (Electricity) and the Puducherry Electricity Department on July 3 to highlight their grievances. The JAC said in a statement the protest was necessitated by the department's failure to address several workers' grievances that was degrading the efficiency of the power sector. The JAC has also demanded that the ad hoc posts of engineers and workers working in the department should be regularised and the benefits of the Central Pay Commission be immediately passed on to employees.
