The Indian Police Service is a central civil service under the All India Services. It replaced the Indian Imperial Police in 1948,a year after India became independent from the British Raj.
The Indian Administrative Service (IAS) is the administrative arm of the All India Services of Government of India. Considered the premier Central Civil Service of India,the IAS is one of the three arms of the All India Services along with the Indian Police Service and the Indian Forest Service. Members of these three services serve the Government of India as well as the individual states. IAS officers are also deployed to various government establishments such as constitutional bodies,staff &line agencies,auxiliary bodies,public sector units,regulatory bodies,statutory bodies and autonomous bodies.
The All India Trinamool Congress,colloquially the Trinamool Congress is an Indian political party which is predominantly active in West Bengal. The party is led by Mamata Banerjee,the current Chief Minister of West Bengal,who has led the state since 2011. It is currently the third largest party in Parliament with 23 members in Lok Sabha and 13 members in Rajya Sabha and 235 MLAs in State legislative assemblies of India,just after BJP and INC. In 2016 the Election Commission recognised TMC as a national political party.
The Government of Uttar Pradesh is the subnational government of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh with the governor as its appointed constitutional head of the state by the President of India. The Governor of Uttar Pradesh is appointed for a period of five years and appoints the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and their council of ministers,who are vested with the executive powers of the state. The governor remains a ceremonial head of the state,while the chief minister and their council are responsible for day-to-day government functions.
Jawed Usmani is a retired IAS officer. He is currently serving as the Chief Information Commissioner of Uttar Pradesh. He was the Chief Secretary to the Government of Uttar Pradesh from March 2012 to May 2014.
Pancham Lal is a retired Indian Administrative Service cadre. Lal held the post of Principal Secretary,in rank of Chief Secretary,in Bihar. During his administrative career,he faced opposition from several different Chief Ministers as he criticised corruption and criminal links of state ministers.
Om Prakash Rawat is a retired 1977 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the Madhya Pradesh cadre who served as 22nd Chief Election Commissioner of India. He has also served as one of the two Election Commissioners of India and the Public Enterprise Secretary of India.
The Chief Secretary is the top-most executive official and senior-most civil servant of the state government. The Chief Secretary is the ex-officio head of the state Civil Services Board,the State Secretariat,the state cadre Indian Administrative Service and all civil services under the rules of business of the state government. The Chief Secretary acts as the principal advisor to the chief minister on all matters of state administration.
Deepak Singhal is a 1982 batch IAS of Uttar Pradesh cadre. In September 2016 he was appointed as Chairman of Uttar Pradesh Vigilance Commission and Administrative Tribunal. He was the Chief Secretary of Government of Uttar Pradesh from 7 July 2016 to 13 September 2016. He was replaced by Rahul Bhatnagar,the then Finance Commissioner &Principal Secretary and Addl. Resident Commissioner of Uttar Pradesh.
Rajive Kumar is a retired 1981 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer belonging to the Uttar Pradesh cadre. Kumar is currently serving as the chairperson of the Uttar Pradesh Real Estate Regulatory Authority and previously served as the Chief Secretary of the Government of Uttar Pradesh,in addition to serving as Shipping Secretary of India.
The Department of Home and Confidential or Home Department serves as the ministry of the interior of the Government of Uttar Pradesh. Responsible for the maintenance of law and order in the state of Uttar Pradesh,the department makes decisions regarding the peace of the state and enforcement of law and order and is responsible for the functioning of the state police. The department also prepares the state police's budget and—subject to the legislature's approval—releases funds. The department acts the cadre controlling authority of the Uttar Pradesh cadre of Indian Police Service (IPS) and Provincial Police Service (PPS). The chief minister serves as the departmental minister for the department,whereas the Additional Chief Secretary (Home)—an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer—acts as the administrative head of the department.
Rahul Prasad Bhatnagar is a 1983 batch IAS officer belonging to Uttar Pradesh cadre. He currently is the Secretary in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj.
Durga Shanker Mishra is a 1984 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre. He is the current Chief Secretary to Government of Uttar Pradesh. He was Housing and Urban Affairs Secretary and Chairman of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation.
Provincial Civil Service,often abbreviated to as PCS,is the administrative civil service under Group A state service of the executive branch of the Government of Uttar Pradesh. It is also the feeder service for Indian Administrative Service in the state.
The Department of Appointment and Personnel (DoAP) is a department of Government of Uttar Pradesh. The Department of Appointment is responsible for the matters related to transfer posting,training,foreign assignment,Foreign training and compliant monitoring and settlement for the Indian Administrative Service (IAS),the Provincial Civil Service (PCS) and the Provincial Civil Service-Judicial,whereas,the Department of Personnel provides opinion to the Department of Secretariat Administration and other departments in the matter of condition of service and regulation for recruitment to the subordinate services.
J. Satyanarayana is a retired 1977 batch Indian Administrative Service officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre. Satyanarayana is the current Chairman of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI),the nodal agency of Government of India for implementing Aadhaar. He also served as the Communications and Information Technology Secretary of India.
The State Election Commission Uttar Pradesh,commonly known as the Uttar Pradesh State Election Commission,is an independent constitutional body responsible for conducting elections for urban and rural local bodies—the constitutionally mandated third-tier of government in India—in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh (UP). The commission is headed by the Uttar Pradesh State Election Commissioner,at present,Manoj Kumar.
Anup Chandra Pandey is a retired 1984-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer belonging to the Uttar Pradesh cadre. He currently is the Election Commissioner of India. Pandey had also served as the Chief Secretary of the Government of Uttar Pradesh,in addition to serving as the Infrastructure and Industrial Development Commissioner of Uttar Pradesh,before retiring on 31 August 2019. He was Member,National Green Tribunal Oversight Committee,U.P before joining Election Commission.
Awanish Kumar Awasthi is a retired Indian civil servant and Indian Administrative Services officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre,from the 1987 batch. He is served as Additional Chief Secretary to Government of Uttar Pradesh before his superannuation.He is currently serving as Advisor to Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
Arvind Kumar Sharma is an Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh,Former IAS officer and Bureaucrat. He is currently the Cabinet Minister in Uttar Pradesh. Before joining politics,Sharma was an Indian Administrative Service officer from Gujarat Cadre of the 1988 batch. Sharma is considered a close aide of Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi with whom he had worked for 20 years. He was also CEO,Gujarat Infrastructure Development Board and has also managed multiple Vibrant Gujarat summits. He joined the Prime Minister's Office as a Joint Secretary in 2014 and was elevated to the Additional Secretary rank in 2017. In 2019,he moved out of the PMO to become a secretary in the Ministry of Micro,Small and Medium Enterprises but took voluntary retirement in January 2021.
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