Attend training or lose confirmation in IAS: Centre to state

Over 100 promotee officers from various state civil services have been asked to undergo a mandatory training program failing which they will lose confirmation in Indian Administrative Service (IAS).

The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has written to chief secretaries of various state governments including Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Assam, asking them to ensure training of such defaulting officers.

The move comes as some officers from various state governments and union territories did not join induction training programme held at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie, from August 1 to September 10, this year.

"Therefore, it has been decided to nominate 104 officers from various state governments for induction training at Administrative Training Institute, West Bengal to be held during January 16 to February 24, 2017, the DoPT said.
 

This is a one time opportunity for these officers who have been inducted into IAS to undergo this training for their benefit and for the benefit of the concerned state, it said.

The chief secretaries have been asked to relieve such officers in time so as to enable them to join this training.

"Failure to attend the induction training may have an adverse impact on the career of the officers concerned including their confirmation in the IAS," the directive said.

State civil service and other officers who are inducted into the IAS are required to undergo induction training primarily to gain an all India perspective to issues of governance and public administration.

Among those officers asked to attend the training programmes are 24 from Tamil Nadu, 14 from West Bengal, 13 from Maharashtra, 12 from Madhya Pradesh, nine from Uttar Pradesh, seven from Karnataka, four from Chhattisgarh, three each from Assam and Sikkim, two each from Gujarat, Rajasthan, Manipur, Nagaland and union territories, one each from Tripura, Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.