The Indian Administrative Service (IAS) is the administrative arm of the All India Services of Government of India. The IAS is one of the three All India Services along with the Indian Police Service and 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 and line agencies,auxiliary bodies,public sector undertakings,regulatory bodies,statutory bodies and autonomous bodies.
Gurgaon,officially named Gurugram,is a tier-2 satellite city of Delhi and administrative headquarters of Gurgaon district,located in the northern Indian state of Haryana. It is situated near the Delhi–Haryana border,about 30 kilometres (19 mi) southwest of the national capital New Delhi and 268 km (167 mi) south of Chandigarh,the state capital. It is one of the major satellite cities of Delhi and is part of the National Capital Region of India. As of 2011,Gurgaon had a population of 876,969.
The Aravalli Range is a mountain range in Northern-Western India,running approximately 670 km (420 mi) in a south-west direction,starting near Delhi,passing through southern Haryana,Rajasthan,and ending in Ahmedabad Gujarat. The highest peak is Guru Shikhar on Mount Abu at 1,722 m (5,650 ft). The Aravalli Range is one of the oldest geological features on Earth,having its origin in the Proterozoic era.
Bhupinder Singh Hooda is an Indian National Congress politician,who has served as the Chief Minister of Haryana from 2005 to 2014. He was the Leader of the Opposition in Haryana Legislative Assembly from 2019 to 2024.
Pataudi is a town,a tehsil and one of the 4 sub-divisions of Gurugram district,in the Indian state of Haryana,within the boundaries of the National Capital Region of India. It is located 28 km (17.4 mi) southwest of Gurugram city.
Om Prakash Chautala was an Indian politician who served as the 7th Chief Minister of Haryana from the Indian National Lok Dal. He was the son of 6th Deputy Prime Minister of India,Chaudhary Devi Lal. He held the record for being the oldest prisoner of the Tihar Jail of Delhi,after his sentencing in 2022. He served as the Chief Minister of Haryana for the most (five) terms.
Rohtak is a city and the administrative headquarters of the Rohtak district in the Indian state of Haryana. It lies 70 kilometres (43 mi) north-west of New Delhi and 250 kilometres (160 mi) south of the state capital Chandigarh on NH 9. Rohtak forms a part of the National Capital Region (NCR) which helps the city in obtaining cheap loans for infrastructure development from the NCR Planning Board.
Citibank India was the division of Citigroup that operated in India. In March 2023,the division was sold to Axis Bank.
GSDP of Haryana state is estimated to be US$140 billion in 2023-2034 which had grown at 12.96% CAGR between 2012–17,boosted by the fact that this state on DMIC in NCR contributes 7% of India's agricultural exports and 60% of India's Basmati rice export,with 7 operational SEZs and additional 23 formally approved SEZs. Haryana also produces India's 67% of passenger cars,60% of motorcycles,50% of tractors and 50% of the refrigerators,which places Haryana on 14th place on the list of Indian states and union territories by GDP behind only much bigger states that are significantly larger in both area and population.
NH 248-BB,commonly known as Dwarka Expressway is a 27.6 km (17.1 mi) long,under construction,8-lane (elevated) and 8-lane,total 16-lane elevated grade separated expressway connecting Dwarka in Delhi to Kherki Daula Toll Plaza,Gurgaon in Haryana. The expressway takes off from km 20 milestone of NH 48 at Shiv Murti in Mahipalpur in Delhi and terminate at km 40 of NH 48 near Kherki Daula Toll Plaza in Gurgaon in Haryana. The Dwarka Expressway has been planned as an alternate road link between Delhi and Gurgaon,and is expected to ease the traffic situation on the Delhi–Gurgaon Expressway.
Damdama reservoir in Sohna,near Gurugram city in Gurugram district in the Indian state of Haryana. Damdama Lake is a small lake in Haryana and was formed when a stone and earthen dam constructed by the British was commissioned for rain water harvesting in 1947. The lake,held by an embankment,is fed mainly by monsoon rain pouring into a trough at the base of the Aravali hills. The lake greets visitors with a water level down to 20 ft (6.1 m). During monsoon the water level reaches up to 50 ft (15 m) - 70 ft (21 m).
Rapid Metro Gurgaon is a light metro system serving the city of Gurgaon,Haryana,India. Rapid Metro connects the commercial areas of Gurgaon,and acts as a feeder link to the Delhi Metro with an interchange with its Yellow Line at Sikanderpur metro station.
Ashok Khemka is an Indian civil service bureaucrat and an officer of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) since 1991. As of January 2023,he has been transferred a total of 55 times during his career,making him the second-most transferred bureaucrat in Haryana,surpassed only by retired IAS officer Pradeep Kasni. Khemka is known for his role in addressing alleged irregularities in various departments where he served,including investigations into land deals during the tenure of former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Hooda. He has been associated with inquiries into cases such as the DLF land grab case,the Sonipat-Kharkhoda IMT land case,and the Garhi Sampla Uddar Gagan land case.
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.
Shaktikanta Das is an Indian Bureaucrat official who served as the 25th governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). He was earlier a member of the Fifteenth Finance Commission and India's Sherpa to the G20. Das is a retired 1980 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.
Yudhvir Singh Malik is a retired 1983 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.Currently,he is Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Unitech Group from January 2020 onwards.
T. S. R. Subramanian &Ors. versus Union of India and Ors.,was a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of India in which the Court ruled that civil servants were not bound to follow oral directives. The case began with a public interest civil writ petition filed before the Supreme Court of India and was decided in October 2013.
The Delhi–Mumbai Expressway is a 1,350 km long,8-lane wide under-construction access-controlled expressway connecting India's national capital New Delhi to its financial capital Mumbai. The foundation stone for the project was laid by union minister of Road Transport &Highways Nitin Gadkari in the presence of Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley on 8 March 2019 and it was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The total project value including the land acquisition cost is around ₹1,00,000 crores. It is expected to be completed by 2026.
Haryana Lokayukta is the Parliamentary Ombudsman for the state of Haryana (India). It is a high level statutory functionary, created to address grievances of the public against ministers,legislators,administration and public servants in issues related to misuse of power,mal-administration and corruption. It was first formed under the Haryana Lokayukta and Deputy Lokayukta Act-2002,and approved by the president of India. The passage of Lokpal and Lokayukta's Act,2013 in Parliament had become law from 16 January 2014 and requires each state to appoint its Lokayukta within a year. A bench of Lokayukta should consist of judicial and non-judicial members. An Upa-Lokayukta is a deputy to Lokayukta and assists him in his work and acts in-charge Lokayukta in case the position fells vacant before time.
Sumita Misra is an Indian civil service servant. She is an Indian Administrative Service officer and poet. Currently,she is posted as Home Secretary to Government of Haryana.
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