Gandhinagar: Indian Administrative Service(IAS) officer Jagdish Prasad Gupta (JP Gupta) has been appointed as the Chairman of Gujarat Industries Power Company Ltd (GIPCL) replacing a retired IAS AK Rakesh Gupta is Additional Chief Secretary of Tribal Development Department in the State government at present. An order in this regard is released by the Energy & Petrochemicals department of State government. DeshGujaratRead More

Amreli: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has apprehended the Range Forest Officer and a computer operator in Rajula on bribery charges. The accused Range Forest Officer, Yograjsinh Mulubha Rathod, is stationed in Rajula within Amreli district. Another accused, Vismay Rajyaguru, is a computer operator (employed on a contractual basis) who works with Yograjsinh. According to the ACB, a complainant in this case had deposited Rs. 5 lakh for an annual contract approved for civil construction wo...Read More

Gandhinagar: Gujarat government has declared holiday in government offices including panchayat and boards/corporations on Friday, 1st November. In place of this date, the government offices will remain open and functional on the Saturday, 9th of November. This adjustment has been made by the General Administration Department of the State government to make a way for continuous holidays in Diwali season from Thursday 31st October(Diwali) to Saturday 2nd November (Gujarati new year day) and fur...Read More

Gandhinagar: Class-4 employees fo Gujarat governmet will get adhoc bonus upto Rs. 7,000 ahead of the cupcoming festival of Diwali. According to a press releases by the State government, the Chief Minister has taken this decision which will benefit over 17,700 employees. DeshGujaratRead More

Gandhinagar: Gujarat government has today announced its decision to pay advance pension and monthly pay to employees for the month of October in view of upcoming Diwali festival. The State government in its press releases today stated that according to instructions given by the Chief Minister to Finance department, State government employees and pensioners will be paid advance payment of monthly salary during October 23-25. The decision was taken after various employees unions, association...Read More

Gandhinagar: Gujarat government has today appointed the 2010 batch India Administrative Service(IAS) officer Anand Patel as Additional Secretary (Budget) in finance department relieving Bhavya Verma of additional charge of the post. Anand Patel was previously the Municipal Commissioner of Rajkot. He was replaced with the new Municipal Commissioner after the tragedy of TRP gamezone fire incident. He was then shifted to General Administration Department. DeshGujaratRead More

Gandhinagar: Banaskantha district has got a new collector. Mihir Patel, IAS (2015) Deputy Municipal Commissionerof Amdavad Municipal Corporation has been transferred and appointed as Collector, Banaskantha replacing Varunkumar Bharanwal. Varunkumar Bharanwal, IAS (2014) is tranferred from the post of district collector of Banaskantha and his services are placed under Government of India as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to Commerce & Industry Minsiter Piyush Goyal for a period of four year...Read More

Gandhinagar: Gujarat government has announced its decision to approve travel in Vande Bharat Express train for the State government employees for the purpose of holiday and journey to hometown undee the Leave Travel Concession(LTC) scheme. Gujarat government employees get LTC/Vatan pravas benefits for upto 6,000 km every fourth year. The employees travel by trains also for such journeys. The employees had made representation before the State government to allow travel in Vande Bharat trains ...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Government of Gujarat has today announced transfers of 18 officers of Indian Administrative Service(IAS). Among major highlights, Manoj Kumar Das is appointed in the Chief Minister's Office. Pankaj Joshi is given additional charge of ACS Ports & Transport. Mukesh Kumar is out and Sunaina Tomar replaces him as ACS Education. Dr. Jayanti Ravi is back to Gujarat as ACS Revenue. Rajeev Topno is back to Gujarat as Chief Commissioner of State tax. SJ Haidar is out from Industries ...Read More

Gandhinagar: Former Gujarat Additional Chief Secretary (Home) S.K. Nanda passed away in the United States on Saturday at the age of 68. Nanda traveled to the U.S. on July 22 with his wife, Sanjukta, to visit their children. He reportedly suffered a cardiac arrest early Saturday. It is learned that he was receiving treatment for pneumonia at a hospital in Ithaca, New York. A 1978-batch bureaucrat from the Gujarat cadre, Nanda held various positions, including collector of Dang, Vadodara, Pa...Read More