Centre upgrades posts of central services in Group A

Centre upgrades posts of central services in Group A

Rishi Raj

New Delhi, July 3: In its bid to woo the bureaucracy before the general election, the BJP government has upgraded the posts of more than 20 central services which fall in the group `A' category. This move will enable most of the officers, at present in the rank of additional secretary to the Government of India, to move up to the rank of special secretary. However, responsibility-wise there won't be any change for the officers. It will only mean that they will now draw a higher salary and be entitled to higher rank.The finance ministry issued a notification to this effect on June 30. However, the move is not going to hit the government hard financially as the outgo with all the ministries put together will be of Rs 1 crore. The demand by the officers of these services could not be met in the recommendations of the Fifth Pay Commission and it was decided - after enough protests were made by the associations of these services - that their demands will be looked into later, separately.Some of the posts ofvarious services thus upgraded are as follows: Indian Civil Accounts Service - 3 posts; Indian Cost Accounts Service - 5 posts; Indian Customs and Central Excise Service - 4 posts; Indian Defence Accounts Service - 12 posts; Indian Defence Estates Service - 4 posts; Indian Economic Service - 3 posts; Indian Information Service - 2 posts; Indian Ordnance Factories Service - 11 posts.

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