Personnel Ministry

Coronavirus outbreak: Work from home, staggered working hours for central govt employees

The Central government on Thursday allowed 50 percent of its employees to work from home and the remaining to attend office every day besides implementing different time slots for working hours in its effort to further check the spread of the coronavirus disease

Rajiv Bansal appointed as Air India chief; 1988-batch IAS officer is presently additional secretary in petroleum ministry

Budget 2020: Govt departments to create over 2.6 lakh jobs by 2021 amid criticism from Opposition on unemployment

The Budget documents give a break-up of the jobs likely to created in central government departments between 2019 and March 2021.

Five years after Lokpal Act came into force, Centre seeks applications for anti-corruption body chief, members

The government has sought applications for chairman and members of anti-corruption ombudsman Lokpal, nearly five years after the Lokpal Act came into force, officials said Wednesday.

Finance secretary Ajay Narayan Jha gets one-month extension; appointed member of 15th Finance Commission

The appointments committee of the Cabinet has approved extension in service of Jha, finance secretary and secretary, department of expenditure, for a period of one month beyond his superannuation

CBI's post of director of prosecution vacant after OP Verma retires; Centre seeks nomination from different ministries

The CBI is working without a regular chief after the agency's Director Alok Verma was transferred from the top post in the probe agency.

Govt implements NITI Aayog's suggestion to induct private sector specialists in select departments

In a major move aimed at bringing domain expertise to policy making, the government has decided to open its doors for private sector specialists.