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IFoS Preparation GuideIn , I had just been posted to the ministry of defence. I was a greenhorn joint secretary - the youngest in MOD - and had been assigned the nerve-wracking job of handling all commercial transactions relating to the Army. I had the biggest spending budget in the government as an individual officer.
I suddenly found myself sought after by many powerful individuals straddling the world of business and politics - no one knew how they had acquired their power and wealth.
I shunned them. I did not join the Gymkhana Club, to avoid meeting such people socially. I neither had the time (NN Vohra used to slave-drive us nine to nine or longer 24x7) nor the money to party or dine out.
On one of the rare evenings, however, that I could go out to attend an intimate get together at a relative's house, I was introduced to one of these business tycoons who had been to St Stephen's College. The small talk centred around how I was finding the Delhi posting experience.
I narrated my woes - the terrible working hours, not having been allotted a house (I was still living in transit accommodation in Punjab Bhawan) and the pathetic salaries that we got. I remember telling the person how even buying a new pair of shoes or more expensive fruit like grapes, had become difficult after moving to Delhi.
"Why don't you invest in shares?" he said, "you will get a very decent income." One has to have money to invest, I told him and laughed it off.
Three months later, I met the same gentleman at the same relative's house, who had organised a big do, attended by all the rich and powerful. He took me aside and said he wanted to meet me personally to handover some share certificates he had purchased in my name, whose share value (this was Harshad Mehta boom time) had skyrocketed.
IAS Officer's Salary: After cracking UPSC, how much does an IAS officer earn? Know here
We all know how difficult it is to crack the Union Public Services (UPSC) Exam and become an IAS officer. Many are aware that UPSC is one of the toughest exams to crack. Every year lakhs of students appear in the UPSC exam from India to find a spot in a few seats.
Do you ever wonder how much salary these IAS officers receive after putting in so much hard work to clear the UPSC exam?
Let us help you find out.
IAS officers work in different ministries
Through the Indian Administrative Service i.e. IAS, these officers get a chance to work in India's bureaucratic set-up. It is important to know that IAS work at several different ministries, departments of administration. The senior-most position for an IAS officer is that of cabinet secretary.
How much does an IAS officer earn?
Candidates who pass the exam and become an IAS officer by cracking the UPSC Civil Services Examination get an attractive salary. According to the 7th Pay Commission, the basic salary of an IAS officer is Rs 56,
Apart from the salary, an IAS officer is also given several other allowances, including Travel Allowance and Dearness Allowance.
Reports state that the total salary of an IAS officer is more than Rs 1 lakh per month. On the other hand, if an IAS officer reaches the rank of cabinet secretary, then his salary reaches Rs 2,50, per month. The officer deputed as cabinet secretary gets the highest salary.
What perks do IAS officers enjoy?
There are different kinds of pay bands for IAS officers, including Junior Scale, Senior Scale, Super Time Scale. Given this, the officers are given several other facilities, including a place to reside, cook, and other staff members.
List of Top 10 Most Corrupt IAS Officers in India
Corruption in the Indian bureaucracy is something with which we all are well acquainted. A , report by the Hong Kong-based “Political and Economic Risk Consultancy,&#; termed the Indian bureaucracy worst in Asia. Barring a few honest officers, bureaucrats generally go to any limit appeasing their political masters to gain favors from them. Frequent transfers and sinecure postings, even turn the initially passionate officers into scoundrels. It becomes easier for them to bear the fruits of sycophancy rather than fighting the system. With the rising cases of corruption in the bureaucracy, it seems that the sole motive of joining the services is of wielding power, enjoying the perks, and making easy money. Here are some of the most corrupt IAS officers in India:
1. S. Malaichamy
In December , a year-old former MD at Khadi Gram Udyog was given a five-year jail term and fined Rs. 10 lakh by a Delhi court for possessing disproportionate assets of over Rs. 52 lakh. He was an IAS officer of batch (AGMUT Cadre), who had also worked as Delhi&#;s Chief Electoral Officer. The CBI had alleged that after becoming an IAS officer in , the value of his assets grew from Rs. 46 lakh to Rs. crore, which was highly disproportionate to his known source of income.
2. Nitesh Janardhan Thakur
In March , Anti-Corruption Bureau sleuths conducted a raid on his Duplex flat in Mumbai. It was discovered that he had properties and cash worth more than Rs. crores, that too within 12 years of his service. Apart from properties, he owns 10 luxury vehicles including Land Rover, Mercedes, and BMW. When he was Collector of Alibaug, he tampered with the land records. After that, he got suspended. Nitesh, along with his wife, has been accused of establishing several shell companies, while still in service, and pumping Rs. crores into them. On the basis of a complaint DCB CID Crime Branch of Mumbai registered an FIR against Nitish Thakur and others under Section , , and of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), on the charges of forgery, cheating, and extortion. Nitish Thakur had fled abroad before the initiation of an investigation by the ED and is presently reported to be in Dubai.
3. Arvind Joshi (Husband)
4. Tinoo Joshi (Wife)
This batch IAS couple was dismissed from services for amassing disproportionate assets. Born the same year, these two did their MBA together from an Australian University, were selected for the elite Indian Administrative Services the same year and were allotted the same cadre. However, the couple is currently cooling their heels in jail. Tinoo Joshi tried to take bail on health grounds after surrendering in September , but the court rejected her plea.
5. Neera Yadav
She was convicted by a CBI court in ; however, the Allahabad High Court has upheld her conviction. Neera Yadav passed the UPSC exam in and got her home state, Uttar Pradesh, as the service cadre. She has been named in various land scams, throughout UP and NCR. As the Chairman of Noida, she had allotted land plots to politicians and people in business in posh localities in lieu of huge money. She maintained close political contacts due to which the authorities were reluctant to order an investigation against her. In August , the Supreme Court of India upheld the conviction of the former Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Neera Yadav and awarded her two-year jail imprisonment in connection with the corruption and possessing disproportionate assets case.
6. Babulal Agrawal
The Chhattisgarh Government in , suspended Babulal Agrawal, a batch IAS officer who was then serving as the State Agriculture Secretary. In IT raids, it was found that his total assets were inflated to more than Rs. crores. In his Benami bank accounts, he had Rs. 40 crores. Also, he owned 16 shell companies, which he used for hawala transactions. After a thorough investigation, the Enforcement Directorate attached his properties.
7. T. O. Suraj
He is a senior IAS officer of Kerala Cadre. Since , his name has cropped up in many controversies. His name appeared in abetting Hindu-Muslim riots in Marad when he was serving as the District Collector of Kozhikode. Later he was accused of many land grabbing cases and amassing disproportionate assets. While conducting raids at his residence, Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau found Rs. 20 lakh cash and details of assets worth Rs. 30 crores. It is reported that he owns seven luxury flats in Kochi, a flat in Dubai and other such undeclared properties. He is also believed to be involved in Benami transactions.
8. Rakesh Bahadur
Rakesh Bahadur is a tainted senior IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh Cadre. He has very close links with the Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh. He was suspended in by the Mayawati Government when irregularities were detected in the Noida land allotment project. According to the Mayawati Government, he was involved in a land scam worth Rs. crores along with his associates. But after two and half years of suspension, Akhilesh Yadav reinstated him and awarded him with the post of Chairman of Noida Development Authority.
9. Subhash Ahluwalia
Subhash Ahluwalia, a senior IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh, was the Principal Private Secretary of Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh. He and his wife (a college principal) were questioned by the Vigilance Bureau over charges of amassing disproportionate assets. They were later suspended from their service and arrested by the Anti-corruption Bureau. But after some time, the Congress Government cleared him of departmental inquiries and re-instated him.
Rakesh Kumar Jain
While serving as the Director of the Commerce Department, Jain was suspended on charges of corruption in the year and later arrested. For being accused of taking bribes of Rs. lakh, he was also fined a sum of Rs. 2 lakh. His name appeared for misusing his post by taking bribes to assist the transfer of coal linkage that was acquired by a Jharkhand-based company- SISCO (Shivam Iron and Steel Company). Under the IPC and Prevention of Corruption Act, a CBI court held him guilty on charges of conspiracy and other crimes.
List of Top 10 Most Honest IAS Officers In India
Aspirations vs corruption: Anonymous IAS officer’s candid commentary wins fans
Way back in an Indian civil servant gave the country and the world an insider’s account, albeit fictionalized, of a city-bred IAS officer’s initiation into service in one of the country’s small provincial towns. In Agastya Sen and those around him, author and civil servant Upamanyu Chatterjee, had captured not only the sense of disconnect between urban and rural India, but also the ways of those working in the government and administration.
Twenty-eight years later, another civil servant lays bare the life of an IAS officer, in answer to a query on Quora, a question-answer site where questions are posed, answered, edited and organised by users. The response of the anonymous civil servant has attracted over 2,28, views and also been shared on social media. The writer, who says he has “more than a decade’s experience” gives candid details of salary, working hours and even allegations of corruption, but chooses to remain anonymous because “don’t want to do self boast ‘by name’,” and “can’t criticize the system and IAS (for wrong things) openly, myself being a part of govt”.
The writer’s projection of a young IAS’s officer’s salary and the gap between earning and aspirations is almost enough to convince one that they are only justified in accepting bribes. “Salary of young IAS officer SDM is upto Rs. 40k and most DMs get Rs. k per month. That’s simply not enough in present times. We have our aspirations and do feel like going once in a while to say Dubai or Singapore or to some resort in Kerala. Our wives and kids do feel like going to 5 star hotel or resorts. It is not possible for us for the reason of time and money both,” he writes.
His own savings, after more than a decade in the service is not more than Rs 10 lakhs, he says. But even with the comparatively low salary, he insists that it would be wrong to assume that civil servants are more corrupt than others. “Corruption is there in all fields including private sector. In fact, maximum booty of corruption in govt goes to politicians and private parties and govt officers get lesser share,” he writes. He adds, “Percentage of corrupt IAS officers vary statewise but I can say around 10% are extremely corrupt looking for money in each and every file and all these facilities/perks really don’t matter to them. They make a tens of crores every year.”
He does not stop there, but goes on to write in detail about the degree of corruption among IAS officers. “Other % are moderately corrupt with rates fixed for certain types of works (like layout approvals). They also make a few crore rupees every year. Next % are less corrupt as they take money if offered otherwise don’t really harass if bribe not paid. Usually builders, industrialists, etc do offer rather than not as a matter of routine. Others don’t offer as a matter of routine. Another 10% (i.e. total up to 90%) will accept freebies like free cinema ticket, free dining, free vehicle to go somewhere, free hotel stay, etc. Remaining 10% are extremely honest,” he informs.
And by the time one completes reading his piece, one begins to feel that honesty and working by the rules is no mean feat. “I would request corporate honchos or MBAs or technocrats on Quora to imagine if they are reporting to Lalu or Mulayam or Mayawati and still work without breaking the rule. These kinds of characters are usually in all districts from MLAs upward. Usually all ministers are unreasonable. However, must say that all senior ministers (like in top 2 to 5 in the state including CMs), most of the times are reasonable and won’t bother you if they know that you won’t do anything illegal,” writes our anonymous civil servant.
The popularity of his article has inspired the writer to answer some of the comments in a follow-up edit. On Twitter, economist Ajit Ranade expressed his appreciation with the tweet, “Excellent eye-opening post. Do read.” Navin Kabra, co-founder of www.oldyorkcellars.com, a platform for job-seekers to showcase their skills by solving problems, completing programming challenges and where required, submitting the software code, wrote, “What is the lifestyle of an IAS officer? Great answer by an anonymous IAS officer on Quora”. Many of his followers retweeted his post. Another Twitter user, Vinayak Naik supported the anonymous civil servant and wrote, “As compared to people in corporates, some govt officials work harder for lesser pay”.
And in case you are about to point out that the officer must have taken time off to write the lengthy piece on Quora, hold your horses. “This answer was written as I was travelling from state capital to my place. And yes, I have good typing speed. Almost 50 wpm”, says the anonymous civil servant in his parting shot.
(Quotes from the anonymous civil servant’s response have not been edited and no changes of even language or grammar have been made to maintain authenticity)
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Beyond the resignations: Why anxiety among IAS is only growing
This led to a flurry of resignations of officers of the elite Indian Administrative Service(IAS). Most were middle-level bureaucrats aspiring to fast-track their careers and earn more. So they quit the safety of a government job to join corporate India.
The salary structure of government officers have improved a lot since then, leading to a drastic reduction in IAS officials resigning to join companies. But the recent resignations of a few IAS officers, albeit for various reasons, have again turned the spotlight on the much preferred branch of the bureaucracy.
Take the example of Subhash Chandra Garg, 58, who sought early retirment after the government in July transferred him from the post of finance secretary to the relatively lowprofile ministry of power.
Then came three more resignations of IAS officers in quick successions, all within a month and a half. Kannan Gopinathan, 33 — who was serving as the secretary of power, urban development and town & country planning in the Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli — resigned from government service over the clampdown in Kashmir. S Sasikanth Senthil, 40 — deputy commissioner of Dakshina Kannada district — resigned alleging “fundamental building blocks of diverse democracy are being compromised”. Then came the resignation of Kashish Mittal, 30 — who was additional principal secretary to NITI Aayog vice-chairman — because he was unhappy at being transferred to Arunachal Pradesh.
The resignations of four of the 5, serving IAS officers wouldn’t have been news in Delhi’s corridors of power but for a growing sense of anxiety among the IAS cadre, considered the elite among the two dozen-odd central services. And the reason for the concern has nothing to do with Kashmir Valley or democracy.
Half a dozen bureaucrats ET Magazine spoke to said they were unhappy that the role of IAS officers was diminishing at the Centre. There is no guarantee now of an IAS officer becoming a Union joint secretary even after she gets empanelled, they say. Empanellment is a process of shortlisting civil servants so that they can be made joint secretary, additional secretary or secretary. Earlier, IAS officers had a greater chance of being selected for these posts. But now, the Centre is looking for officials from other services as well.
The first shift away from reliance on IAS officers was noticed in mid when the Modi government appointed a large number of non-IAS officers — income tax, railways, forest officers, etc — as joint secretaries in one go. Other services have had a long-standing grudge that the government always gave preferential treatment to the IAS cadre. Then came a blow from states such as West Bengal and Chhattisgarh, which blocked IAS officials from their cadre from joining the central government services on deputation.
“You can imagine the frustration of an IAS officer if she is to retire without even getting one posting outside the state. What is the point of then calling the IAS an all-India service?” asks one officer.
If that wasn’t enough, career IAS officials, particularly the younger and midlevel ones, consider the recent government move allowing lateral entry of nine private sector executives as joint secretaries as an early sign of the IAS getting marginalised.
Their concern is what will happen if non-IAS and lateral entrants eventually capture a sizeable number of berths in the higher bureaucratic echelons, such as additional secretaries and secretaries, which are now dominated by IAS officials.
“Resignations of IAS officers to join politics, civil society or the corporate sector have happened in the past too. There is still tremendous interest in civil services. Look at the training academies that have sprouted all over Kerala. They are all flourishing" --KM Chandrasekhar, former cabinet secretary.
The worry is not entirely unfounded. In the past few years, IAS has lost at least two key traditional posts — as heads of the Enforcement Directorate(ED) and the Central Vigilance Commission. Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer Sanjay Kumar Mishra was made chief of the ED and Indian Police Service officer Sharad Kumar was made the interim chief vigilance commissioner.
The government had also appointed a former IRS official, Sushil Chandra, as Election Commissioner in February. Going by conventions, all three election commissioners are usually IAS officials.
The IAS is still a much favoured career path, says former cabinet secretary KM Chandrasekhar. “Resignations from the IAS to join politics or civil society or the corporate sector have happened in the past too.” He points to the mushrooming of IAS coaching centres in Kerala, where he currently resides, to argue why the IAS has not lost its sheen.
Every year, about a million graduates register for the civil servicesexamination and the top preference of almost everyone is the IAS. After all, the clout of the premier administrative arm in the bureaucracy is widely known.
“The first change you feel after leaving the IAS is that you lack the authority that had come with the post,” says OP Agarwal, who resigned from IAS in and is now CEO of World Resources Institute India. Agarwal was a joint secretary in the urban development ministry when he quit and later joined the World Bank’s headquarters in Washington DC as a specialist in urban transport systems. “No one comes to you anymore once you leave IAS. Instead, you struggle to get into government offices. But there are positives too. You no longer need permission to attend a seminar abroad!” he adds.
The grass is not necessarily greener on the other side.
“The first change you feel after resigning from the IAS is the lack of authority. No one comes to you anymore. You struggle to get into government offices. But there are positives too. You no longer require permissions to attend seminars abroad!” OP Agarwal, CEO of WRI India, who resigned from IAS in
( Originally published on Sep 14, )
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InI had just been posted to the ministry of defence. I was a greenhorn joint secretary - the youngest in MOD - and had been assigned the nerve-wracking job of handling all commercial transactions relating to the Army. I had the biggest spending budget in the government as an individual officer.
I suddenly found myself sought after by many powerful individuals straddling the world of business and politics - no one knew how they had acquired their power and wealth.
I shunned them. I did not join the Gymkhana Club, to avoid meeting such people socially. I neither had the time (NN Vohra used to slave-drive us nine to nine or longer 24x7) nor the money to party or dine out.
On one of the rare evenings, however, that I could go out to attend an intimate get together at a relative's house, I was introduced to one of these business tycoons who had been to St Stephen's College. The small talk centred around how I was finding the Delhi posting experience.
I narrated my woes - the terrible working hours, not having been allotted a house (I was still living in transit accommodation in Punjab Bhawan) and the pathetic salaries that we got. I remember trio flagello money maker the person how even buying a new pair of shoes or more expensive fruit like grapes, had become difficult after moving to Delhi.
"Why don't you invest in shares?" he said, "you will get a very decent income." One has to have money to invest, I told him and laughed it off.
Three months later, I met the same gentleman at the same relative's house, who had organised a big do, attended by all the rich and powerful. He took me aside and said he wanted to meet me personally to handover some share certificates he had purchased in my name, whose share value (this was Harshad Mehta boom time) had skyrocketed.
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Beyond the resignations: Why anxiety among IAS is only growing
This led to a flurry of resignations of officers of the elite Indian Administrative Service(IAS). Most were middle-level bureaucrats aspiring to fast-track their careers and earn more. So they quit the safety of a government job to join corporate India.
The salary structure of government officers have improved a lot since then, leading to a drastic reduction in IAS officials resigning to join companies. But the recent resignations of a few IAS officers, albeit for various reasons, have again turned the spotlight on the much preferred branch of the bureaucracy.
Take the example of Subhash Chandra Garg, 58, who sought early retirment after the government in July transferred him from the post of finance secretary to the relatively lowprofile ministry of power.
Then came three more resignations of IAS officers in quick successions, all within a month and a half. Kannan Gopinathan, 33 — who was serving as the secretary of power, urban development and town & country planning in the Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli — resigned from government service over the clampdown in Kashmir. S Sasikanth Senthil, 40 — deputy commissioner of Dakshina Kannada district — resigned alleging “fundamental building blocks of diverse democracy are being compromised”. Then came the resignation of Kashish Mittal, 30 — who was additional principal secretary to NITI Aayog vice-chairman — because he was unhappy at being transferred to Arunachal Pradesh.
The resignations of four of the 5, serving IAS officers wouldn’t have been news in Delhi’s corridors of power but for a growing sense of anxiety among the IAS cadre, considered the elite among the two dozen-odd central services. And the reason for the concern has nothing to do with Kashmir Valley or democracy.
Half a dozen bureaucrats ET Magazine spoke to said they were unhappy that the role of IAS officers was diminishing at the Centre. There is no guarantee now of an IAS officer becoming a Union joint secretary even after she gets empanelled, they say. Empanellment is a process of shortlisting civil servants so that they can be made joint secretary, additional secretary or secretary. Earlier, IAS officers had a greater chance of being selected for these posts, black money earned by ias officers. But now, the Centre is looking for officials from other services as well.
The first shift away from reliance on IAS officers was noticed in mid when the Modi government appointed a large number of non-IAS officers — income tax, railways, forest officers, etc — as joint secretaries in one go. Other services have had a long-standing grudge that the government always gave preferential treatment to the IAS cadre. Then came a blow from states such as West Bengal and Chhattisgarh, which blocked IAS officials from their cadre from joining the central government services on deputation.
“You can imagine the frustration of an IAS officer if she is to retire without even getting one posting outside the state. What is the point of then calling the IAS an all-India service?” asks one officer.
If that wasn’t enough, career IAS officials, particularly the younger and midlevel ones, consider the recent government move allowing lateral entry of nine private sector executives as joint secretaries as an early sign of the IAS getting marginalised, black money earned by ias officers.
Their concern is what will happen if non-IAS and lateral entrants eventually capture a sizeable number of berths in the higher bureaucratic echelons, such as additional secretaries and secretaries, which are now dominated by IAS officials.
“Resignations of IAS officers to join politics, civil society or the corporate sector have happened in the past too. There is still tremendous interest in civil services. Look at the training academies that have sprouted all over Kerala. They are all flourishing" --KM Chandrasekhar, former cabinet secretary.
The worry is not entirely unfounded. In the past few years, IAS has lost at least two key traditional posts — as heads of the Enforcement Directorate(ED) and the Central Vigilance Commission. Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer Sanjay Kumar Mishra was made chief of the ED and Indian Police Service officer Sharad Kumar was made the interim chief vigilance commissioner.
The government had also appointed a former IRS official, Sushil Chandra, as Election Commissioner in February, black money earned by ias officers. Going by conventions, all three election commissioners are usually IAS officials.
The IAS is still a much favoured career path, says former cabinet secretary KM Chandrasekhar. “Resignations from the IAS to join politics or civil society or the corporate sector have happened in the past too.” He points to the mushrooming of IAS coaching centres in Kerala, where he currently resides, to argue why the IAS has not lost its sheen.
Every year, about a million graduates register for the civil servicesexamination and the top preference of almost everyone is the IAS. After all, the clout of the premier administrative arm in the bureaucracy is widely known.
“The first change you feel after leaving the IAS is that you lack the authority that had come with the post,” says OP Agarwal, black money earned by ias officers, who resigned from IAS in and is now CEO of World Resources Institute India. Agarwal was a joint secretary in the urban development ministry when he quit and later joined the World Bank’s headquarters in Washington DC as a specialist in urban transport systems. “No one comes to you anymore once you leave IAS. Instead, you struggle to get into government offices. But there are positives too. You no longer need permission to attend a seminar abroad!” he adds, black money earned by ias officers.
The grass is not necessarily greener on the other side.
“The first change you feel after resigning from the IAS is the lack of authority. No one comes to you anymore. You struggle to get into government offices. But there are positives too, black money earned by ias officers. You no longer require permissions to attend seminars abroad!” OP Agarwal, CEO of WRI India, who resigned from IAS in
( Originally published on Sep 14, )
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The 'Steel Frame': Why the top political establishment doesn’t seem to be too unhappy about the declining clout of IAS lobby
This is not a new trend. But the pattern has become so consistent since that IAS officers holding critical JS rank have now become a minority in almost all central government offices. According to data available with the department of personnel and training (DoPT), IAS officers in the rank of a GoI joint secretaryare only one -third, a dramatic fall from five years ago when almost all posts of JS and above were unofficially reserved for the prestigious cadre.
A JS in GoI is a senior officer with a mandatory experience of 16 years, a post deemed important because of the power and independence it wields. Plus, it is a stepping stone to the upper echelons of civil services: additional secretary and secretary. “IAS is no longer a premier service,” says a serving additional chief secretary-ranked IAS officer, requesting anonymity.
“Other services have lobbied far too well. The Seventh Central Pay Commission has damaged us a lot, both in terms of pay and seniority,” he adds, referring to its refusal to accept the IAS’ demand for faster promotion. The outcome is clear. The “IAS lobby” is on the wane, losing its swagger and power, and the political establishment at the Centre does not seem to be unhappy about it. Small wonder that when Alapan Bandyopadhyay, a batch IAS officer and the then chief secretary of West Bengal, was in the dock recently for failing to attend PM Narendra Modi’s review meeting regarding Cyclone Yaas, none of his comrades in the service, not even his batchmates, made any backroom bid to rescue him, say officials in the know.
"“I have always held the view that public administration is a specialised skill and that anyone picked up from outside the system cannot make any signi cant impact”"
— KM CHANDRASEKHAR, FORMER CABINET SECRETARY
Bandyopadhyay has been served a notice under the Disaster Management Act,and if the case is doggedly pursued and the officer’s explanation not found satisfactory, he could end up in jail for a year, a harsh punishment for any officer of such seniority, black money earned by ias officers. It will, however, be wrong to claim that IAS, a legacy of the British-era Indian Civil Service (ICS), has lost its sheen entirely. Even today, most of the 90 GoI secretaries are IAS officers, barring those in a few specialised ministries and departments such as science and technology, space and external affairs (the last is always an IFS officer). As on March 24, the actual strength of IAS and IPS officers, excluding those from state services and promoted later, were 3, and 2, respectively, with IAS having vacant posts, according to a reply to a Lok Sabha question.
ET spoke to half a dozen serving IAS officers, two officers belonging to other central services and a few retired bureaucrats to outline the emerging trends in the premier civil service. First, a unique situation has arisen where the secretary of a GoI ministry is still an IAS officer, but the majority of joint secretaries hails from diverse backgrounds like tax collection and ordnance factories and have little experience of working in state civil departments. “IAS officers as joint secretary have a clear advantage over others in almost all ministries, barring a few such as defence, civil aviation, commerce and industry that don’t need to deal much with states,” says Satyananda Mishra, former DoPT secretary.
"“Let’s be honest, when a joint secretary, who is an income-tax of cer, calls up a senior state of cer who will invariably be an IAS, the response is likely to be far less enthusiastic”"
— SATYANANDA MISHRA, FORMER SECRETARY, DOPT
“Let’s be honest, when a joint secretary, who is an income-tax officer, calls up a senior state officer, who will invariably be an IAS, the response is likely to be far less enthusiastic,” he adds. VK Yadav, black money earned by ias officers, a former railway board chairman who belonged to the Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers (IRSEE), disagrees: “Railway officers are well-trained to meet any challenge. That’s why they excel when they join any ministry on deputation. Also, they bring back the black money earned by ias officers to the railways.” The second trend has been the Centre’s tightening of norms for empanelment under the “ degree” evaluation process since (Empanelment refers to preparing a list of officers for positions under the Central Staffing Scheme at the level of joint secretary and above.)
Unlike in the past when % of a particular IAS batch got empanelled, the share has slipped to %, says an officer who has recently managed to scrape through the process. The selection process has become more inclusive but it is also somewhat opaque, as the review allows an expert panel to independently verify the credentials, integrity and, some allege, the ideology of an applicant beyond what the boss has written in the appraisal papers, better known as ARC (annual confidential report).
"“Many IAS of cers nowadays simply don’t want to join the central government. Many say they are finding Delhi not so conducive”"
— GK PILLAI, FORMER UNION HOME SECRETARY
A railway officer, requesting anonymity, asks: “Why should the entire administration be left to the whims and fancies of one service? The government is empanelling a smaller number of IAS officers to accommodate more from other services. The government is right as it is breaking the IAS monopoly.” No government functionary wants to come on record, but many say the present political establishment does not want to hand over the reins to only one service.
Third, there is a genuine shortage of mid-career IAS officers because of fewer number of recruitments in the past as well as a growing reluctance among officials to come to Delhi. In the mids, the government’s focus on downsizing its operations had resulted in at least half a dozen smaller IAS batches, with just recruits, as against now. Its fallout is felt currently when officers of those batches are eligible for a JS posting. “Inour batch had IAS officers. In the late s, black money earned by ias officers, the intake got reduced to
That has its impact now. Also, many IAS officers nowadays simply don’t want to join the central government. Many say they are finding Delhi not so conducive,” says GK Pillai, who black money earned by ias officers as Union home secretary inafter serving at the Centre and in his home state, Kerala. Fourth, the clout of IAS could diminish further if officers from other services fast-track their empanelment process. This depends, among others, on how proactive the cadre-controlling authorities are; for instance, the Department of Revenue controls the cadre of the Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Central Excise) officers.
As of now, batch IRS (C&CE) officers are empanelled for joint secretary as against batch IAS officers — a gap of five years. When more and more young non-IAS officers become joint secretaries, black money earned by ias officers, there will always be a greater probability of their moving up to the next level. Since the government seems to have put in the deep freeze its experiment with lateral entry for joint secretaries, IAS officers won’t have to face an avalanche of private CEOs in the corridors of power, but the challenge from officers in other services is real. On the debate of deputation of IAS versus non-IAS officers, former cabinet secretary, KM Chandrasekhar, tells ET, “I have always held the view that public administration is a specialised skill and that anyone picked up from outside the system cannot make any significant impact.”
Should the IAS or any other service be protected? “What happens to a section of officers of any service is less important than the transformation of administration into a results-oriented system,” he says, giving make money redirecting traffic example of UK and Australia’s corporatestyle, customer-centric New Public Management.
( Originally published on Jun 12, )
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List of Top 10 Most Corrupt IAS Officers in India
Corruption in the Indian bureaucracy is something with which we all are well acquainted. Areport by the Hong Kong-based “Political and Economic Risk Consultancy,&#; termed the Indian bureaucracy worst in Asia. Barring a few honest officers, bureaucrats generally go to any limit appeasing their political masters to gain favors from them. Frequent transfers and sinecure postings, even turn the initially passionate officers into scoundrels. It becomes easier for them to bear the fruits of sycophancy rather than fighting the system. With the rising cases of corruption in the black money earned by ias officers, it seems that the sole motive of joining the services is of wielding power, enjoying the perks, black money earned by ias officers, and making easy money. Here are some of the most corrupt IAS officers in India:
1. S. Malaichamy
In Decembera year-old former MD at Khadi Gram Udyog was given a five-year jail term and fined Rs. 10 lakh by a Delhi court for possessing disproportionate assets of over Rs. 52 lakh. He was an IAS officer of batch (AGMUT Cadre), who had also worked as Delhi&#;s Chief Electoral Officer. The CBI had alleged that after becoming an IAS officer inthe value of his assets grew from Rs. 46 lakh to Rs. crore, which was highly disproportionate to his known source of income.
2. Nitesh Janardhan Thakur
In MarchAnti-Corruption Bureau sleuths conducted a raid on his Duplex flat in Mumbai. It was discovered that he had properties and cash worth more than Rs. crores, that too within 12 years of his service. Apart from properties, he owns 10 luxury vehicles including Land Rover, Mercedes, and BMW. When he was Collector of Alibaug, he tampered with the land records. After that, he got suspended. Nitesh, along with his wife, has been accused of establishing several shell companies, while still in service, and pumping Rs. crores into them, black money earned by ias officers. On the basis of a complaint DCB CID Crime Branch of Mumbai registered an FIR against Nitish Thakur and others under Section black money earned by ias officers,and of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), on the charges of forgery, cheating, and extortion. Nitish Thakur had fled abroad before the initiation of an investigation by the ED and is presently reported to be in Dubai.
3. Arvind Joshi (Husband)
4. Tinoo Joshi (Wife)
This batch IAS couple was dismissed from services for amassing disproportionate assets, black money earned by ias officers. Born the same year, these two did their MBA together from an Australian University, were selected for the elite Indian Administrative Services the same year and were allotted the same cadre. However, the couple is currently cooling their heels in jail. Tinoo Joshi tried to take bail on health grounds after surrendering in Septemberbut the court rejected her plea.
5. Neera Yadav
She was convicted by a CBI court in ; however, the Allahabad High Court has upheld her conviction. Neera Yadav passed the UPSC exam in black money earned by ias officers got her home state, Uttar Pradesh, as the service cadre. She has been named in various land scams, throughout UP and NCR. As the Chairman of Noida, she had allotted land plots to politicians and people in business in posh localities in lieu of huge money. She maintained close political contacts due to which the authorities were reluctant to order an investigation against her. In Augustthe Supreme Court of India upheld the conviction of the former Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Neera Yadav and awarded her two-year jail imprisonment in connection with the corruption and possessing disproportionate assets case.
6. Babulal Agrawal
The Chhattisgarh Government insuspended Babulal Agrawal, a batch IAS officer who was then serving as the State Agriculture Secretary. In IT raids, it was found that his total assets were inflated to how to make a money box at home than Rs. crores, black money earned by ias officers. In his Benami bank accounts, he had Rs, black money earned by ias officers. 40 crores. Also, he owned 16 shell companies, which he used for hawala transactions. After a thorough investigation, the Enforcement Directorate attached his properties.
7. T. O. Suraj
He is a senior IAS officer of Kerala Cadre. Sincehis name has cropped up in many controversies. His name appeared in abetting Hindu-Muslim riots in Marad when he was serving as the District Collector of Kozhikode. Later he was accused of many land grabbing cases and amassing disproportionate assets. While conducting raids at his residence, Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau found Rs. 20 lakh cash and details of assets worth Rs. 30 crores. It is reported that he owns seven luxury flats in Kochi, a flat in Dubai and other such undeclared properties. He is also believed to be involved in Benami transactions.
8. Rakesh Bahadur
Rakesh Bahadur is a tainted senior IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh Cadre. He has very close links with the Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh. He was suspended in by the Mayawati Government when irregularities were detected in the Noida land allotment project. According to the Mayawati Government, he was involved in a land scam worth Rs. crores along with his associates. But after two and half years of suspension, Akhilesh Yadav reinstated him and awarded him with the post of Chairman of Noida Development Authority.
9. Subhash Ahluwalia
Subhash Ahluwalia, black money earned by ias officers, a senior IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh, was the Principal Private Secretary of Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh. He and his wife (a college principal) were questioned by the Vigilance Bureau over charges of amassing disproportionate assets. They were later suspended from their service and arrested by the Anti-corruption Bureau. But after some time, the Congress Government cleared him of departmental inquiries and re-instated him.
Rakesh Kumar Jain
While serving as the Director of the Commerce Department, Jain was suspended on charges of corruption in the year and later arrested. For being accused of taking bribes of Rs. lakh, he was also fined a sum of Rs, black money earned by ias officers. 2 lakh. His name appeared for misusing his post by taking bribes to assist the transfer of coal linkage that was acquired by a Jharkhand-based company- SISCO (Shivam Iron and Steel Company). Black money earned by ias officers the IPC and Prevention of Corruption Act, a CBI court held him guilty on charges of conspiracy and other crimes.
I wanted to be a brain surgeon but in north India it is customary to ask children to join the IAS, black money earned by ias officers. After a long discussion with my doctor uncle and bureaucrat father, I was successfully persuaded to skip medicine and go for the IAS. I did tell my father that I would stay in the IAS for only 10 years. I ended up staying for 18 years. But since six of these years were spent abroad in studies and two years in training, I suppose I did stay for just about 10 years.
In the end, my decision to leave the IAS was not made because black money earned by ias officers this earlier plan. It became the only option after seeing how rotten the system is from within.
Virtually within days of joining IAS in September I had come to understand that this may not be a place for good people. Many probationers were using their IAS “badge” as a dowry extracting tool. Rumours were rife of crores of rupees being extracted in dowry at a time when our monthly salary was Rs
Some fresh IAS recruits had previously worked in other central services. In a private moment one of them told me how he had already bought two flats in Mumbai in just two years in the income tax department. He had high expectations of the potential for money making in the IAS.
Later, inwhen I was Deputy Director at the National Academy in Mussoorie, one of the academics who teaches there told me that the ethical standards of probationers had dropped even further, with a good proportion now in the IAS purely for corruption.
Upon reaching the district in a vast number of instances of corruption quickly came to my notice – corruption at the highest level. I was told by one of the room-bearers of the Guwahati Circuit house that he had seen a suitcase full of cash in the room of a very senior Central Minister who was accompanying Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi for his Assam Accord discussions. And I personally saw hundred rupee notes being doled out at Chief Minister Hiteswar Saikia’s residence to all visitors from the villages: no receipts were being taken. How was so much cash floating around?
It didn’t take long before I was directly offered cash – this was in in Hojai, black money earned by ias officers. The offer was from a middleman representing a businessman whose foodgrains had been seized because these black money earned by ias officers being illegally smuggled out of the PDS system for the general market. The fact that I not only rejected this offer but took strong action against anyone indulging in corruption in my jurisdiction put a dramatic end to such offers, but then the demand for corruption came from the Chief Minister.
Around ten years after joining the IAS I was Assam’s Director of Rural Development. As part of my job, I had to purchase cement for schools, roads and other infrastructure. When the tenders came in, Hiteswar Saikia called me. He took me behind his office into the Cabinet room, sat me next to him and whispered into my ear, asking me to give the contract to a private cement company which didn’t have the lowest bid.
I went back to my office, had a how much bitcoin for 200 look at the papers and issued the contract to Cement Corporation of India, Bokajan, black money earned by ias officers, which had not only bid the lowest but to which I was required under existing preferential rules for public sector undertakings to give a price preference.
Within days I was transferred into a role that had no office. Thereafter, I was dumped into another role where the office had no facilities. This didn’t bother me because I was able to learn many new things in this job as State Inquiry Officer – about how the system allows corrupt IAS and IPS officers to escape accountability. That’s when I began to learn about the damage being caused by Part 14 of cryptocurrency to invest in may 2022 Indian Constitution.
I had started researching into the causes of India’s misgovernance fromtwo years after I joined the IAS. It took me 13 years of study (till mid), including higher studies towards a PhD in the USA, to become clear about the causes of India’s problems. The answer in one word is: socialism.
Even then I didn’t think of leaving the IAS. But in February I was having a chat with a South Korean fellow student at the University of Southern California. He asked: how is it that you people are so intelligent (we were a handful of IAS officers studying for our PhD, and we all performed well in academics) and you also hold senior black money earned by ias officers in India, so why is India in such a bad shape?
I instinctively pointed my finger at our politicians and said that they are extremely corrupt.
Later that night I realised that I can’t make such excuses to a foreigner. To my Korean friend, we are all Indians, after all. That night I decided that I had no choice but to fight these politicians through a political party that offers a dramatically black money earned by ias officers system – based on the principles of liberty. I had to become the politician I wanted others to be.
I also became grateful that night to the corrupt politicians who are running our system. At least we are not a Syria, Pakistan or Afghanistan. The Hiteswar Saikias of India are doing the best they can within the constraints of our badly designed system.
And so that night I put out a couple of paragraphs on the black money earned by ias officers “creating” a hypothetical “Victory of India” party. Just that act led to a series of events, including my leaving IAS, which finally led to a real liberal party – Swarna Bharat Party – being registered in June As the saying goes, “What you can do, or dream you can, begin it; boldness has genius, power and magic in it”.
Till I used to think that the IAS could be salvaged, and that’s what I wrote in an opinion piece in the Times of India. But further thought has persuaded me that the IAS must go. We need an entirely new and modern bureaucracy that is paid well but is fully accountable.
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Beyond the resignations: Why anxiety among IAS is only growing
This led to a flurry of resignations of officers of the elite Indian Administrative Service(IAS). Most were middle-level bureaucrats aspiring to fast-track their careers and earn more. So they quit the safety of a government job to join corporate India.
The salary structure of government officers have improved a lot since then, leading to a drastic reduction in IAS officials resigning to join companies. But the recent resignations of a few IAS officers, albeit for various reasons, have again turned the spotlight on the much preferred branch of the bureaucracy.
Take the example of Subhash Chandra Garg, 58, who sought early retirment after the government in July transferred him from the post of finance secretary to the relatively lowprofile ministry of power.
Then came three more resignations of IAS officers in quick successions, all within a month and a half. Kannan Gopinathan, 33 — who was serving as the secretary of power, urban development and town & country planning in the Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli — resigned from government service over the clampdown in Kashmir. S Sasikanth Senthil, 40 — deputy commissioner of Dakshina Kannada district — resigned alleging “fundamental building blocks of diverse democracy are being compromised”. Then came the resignation of Kashish Mittal, 30 — who was additional principal secretary to NITI Aayog vice-chairman — because he was unhappy at being transferred to Arunachal Pradesh.
The resignations of four of the 5, serving IAS officers wouldn’t have been news in Delhi’s corridors of power but for a growing sense of anxiety among the IAS cadre, considered the elite among the two dozen-odd central services. And the reason for the concern has nothing to do with Kashmir Valley or democracy.
Half a dozen bureaucrats ET Magazine spoke to said they were unhappy that the role of IAS officers was diminishing at the Centre. There is no guarantee now of an IAS officer becoming a Union joint secretary even after she gets empanelled, they say. Empanellment is a process of shortlisting civil servants so that they can be made joint secretary, additional secretary or secretary. Earlier, IAS officers had a greater chance of being selected for these posts. But now, the Centre is looking for officials from other services as well.
The first shift away from reliance on IAS officers was noticed in mid when the Modi government appointed a large number of non-IAS officers — income tax, railways, forest officers, etc — as joint secretaries in one go. Other services have had a long-standing grudge that the government always gave preferential treatment to the IAS cadre. Then came a blow from states such as West Bengal and Chhattisgarh, which blocked IAS officials from their cadre from joining the central government services on deputation.
“You can imagine the frustration of an IAS officer if she is to retire without even getting one posting outside the state. What is the point of then calling the IAS an all-India service?” asks one officer.
If that wasn’t enough, career IAS officials, particularly the younger and midlevel ones, consider the recent government move allowing lateral entry of nine private sector executives as joint secretaries as an early sign of the IAS getting marginalised.
Their concern is what will happen if non-IAS and lateral entrants eventually capture a sizeable number of berths in the higher bureaucratic echelons, such as additional secretaries and secretaries, which are now dominated by IAS officials.
“Resignations of IAS officers to join politics, civil society or the corporate sector have happened in the past too. There is still tremendous interest in civil services. Look at the training academies that have sprouted all over Kerala. They are all flourishing" --KM Chandrasekhar, former cabinet secretary.
The worry is not entirely unfounded. In the past few years, IAS has lost at least two key traditional posts — as heads of the Enforcement Directorate(ED) and the Central Vigilance Commission. Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer Sanjay Kumar Mishra was made chief of the ED and Indian Police Service officer Sharad Kumar was made the interim chief vigilance commissioner.
The government had also appointed a former IRS official, Sushil Chandra, as Election Commissioner in February. Going by conventions, all three election commissioners are usually IAS officials.
The IAS is still a much favoured career path, says former cabinet secretary KM Chandrasekhar. “Resignations from the IAS to join politics or civil society or the corporate sector have happened in the past too.” He points to the mushrooming of IAS coaching centres in Kerala, where he currently resides, to argue why the IAS has not lost its sheen.
Every year, about a million graduates register for the civil servicesexamination and the top preference of almost everyone is the IAS. After all, the clout of the premier administrative arm in the bureaucracy is widely known.
“The first change you feel after leaving the IAS is that you lack the authority that had come with the post,” says OP Agarwal, who resigned from IAS in and is now CEO of World Resources Institute India. Agarwal was a joint secretary in the urban development ministry when he quit and later joined the World Bank’s headquarters in Washington DC as a specialist in urban transport systems. “No one comes to you anymore once you leave IAS. Instead, you struggle to get into government offices. But there are positives too. You no longer need permission to attend a seminar abroad!” he adds.
The grass is not necessarily greener on the other side.
“The first change you feel after resigning from the IAS is the lack of authority. No one comes to you anymore. You struggle to get into government offices. But there are positives too. You no longer require permissions to attend seminars abroad!” OP Agarwal, CEO of WRI India, who resigned from IAS in
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List of Top 10 Most Corrupt IAS Officers in India
Corruption in the Indian bureaucracy is something with which we all are well acquainted. A , report by the Hong Kong-based “Political and Economic Risk Consultancy,&#; termed the Indian bureaucracy worst in Asia. Barring a few honest officers, bureaucrats generally go to any limit appeasing their political masters to gain favors from them. Frequent transfers and sinecure postings, even turn the initially passionate officers into scoundrels. It becomes easier for them to bear the fruits of sycophancy rather than fighting the system. With the rising cases of corruption in the bureaucracy, it seems that the sole motive of joining the services is of wielding power, enjoying the perks, and making easy money. Here are some of the most corrupt IAS officers in India:
1. S. Malaichamy
In December , a year-old former MD at Khadi Gram Udyog was given a five-year jail term and fined Rs. 10 lakh by a Delhi court for possessing disproportionate assets of over Rs. 52 lakh. He was an IAS officer of batch (AGMUT Cadre), who had also worked as Delhi&#;s Chief Electoral Officer. The CBI had alleged that after becoming an IAS officer in , the value of his assets grew from Rs. 46 lakh to Rs. crore, which was highly disproportionate to his known source of income.
2. Nitesh Janardhan Thakur
In March , Anti-Corruption Bureau sleuths conducted a raid on his Duplex flat in Mumbai. It was discovered that he had properties and cash worth more than Rs. crores, that too within 12 years of his service. Apart from properties, he owns 10 luxury vehicles including Land Rover, Mercedes, and BMW. When he was Collector of Alibaug, he tampered with the land records. After that, he got suspended. Nitesh, along with his wife, has been accused of establishing several shell companies, while still in service, and pumping Rs. crores into them. On the basis of a complaint DCB CID Crime Branch of Mumbai registered an FIR against Nitish Thakur and others under Section , , and of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), on the charges of forgery, cheating, and extortion. Nitish Thakur had fled abroad before the initiation of an investigation by the ED and is presently reported to be in Dubai.
3. Arvind Joshi (Husband)
4. Tinoo Joshi (Wife)
This batch IAS couple was dismissed from services for amassing disproportionate assets. Born the same year, these two did their MBA together from an Australian University, were selected for the elite Indian Administrative Services the same year and were allotted the same cadre. However, the couple is currently cooling their heels in jail. Tinoo Joshi tried to take bail on health grounds after surrendering in September , but the court rejected her plea.
5. Neera Yadav
She was convicted by a CBI court in ; however, the Allahabad High Court has upheld her conviction. Neera Yadav passed the UPSC exam in and got her home state, Uttar Pradesh, as the service cadre. She has been named in various land scams, throughout UP and NCR. As the Chairman of Noida, she had allotted land plots to politicians and people in business in posh localities in lieu of huge money. She maintained close political contacts due to which the authorities were reluctant to order an investigation against her. In August , the Supreme Court of India upheld the conviction of the former Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Neera Yadav and awarded her two-year jail imprisonment in connection with the corruption and possessing disproportionate assets case.
6. Babulal Agrawal
The Chhattisgarh Government in , suspended Babulal Agrawal, a batch IAS officer who was then serving as the State Agriculture Secretary. In IT raids, it was found that his total assets were inflated to more than Rs. crores. In his Benami bank accounts, he had Rs. 40 crores. Also, he owned 16 shell companies, which he used for hawala transactions. After a thorough investigation, the Enforcement Directorate attached his properties.
7. T. O. Suraj
He is a senior IAS officer of Kerala Cadre. Since , his name has cropped up in many controversies. His name appeared in abetting Hindu-Muslim riots in Marad when he was serving as the District Collector of Kozhikode. Later he was accused of many land grabbing cases and amassing disproportionate assets. While conducting raids at his residence, Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau found Rs. 20 lakh cash and details of assets worth Rs. 30 crores. It is reported that he owns seven luxury flats in Kochi, a flat in Dubai and other such undeclared properties. He is also believed to be involved in Benami transactions.
8. Rakesh Bahadur
Rakesh Bahadur is a tainted senior IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh Cadre. He has very close links with the Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh. He was suspended in by the Mayawati Government when irregularities were detected in the Noida land allotment project. According to the Mayawati Government, he was involved in a land scam worth Rs. crores along with his associates. But after two and half years of suspension, Akhilesh Yadav reinstated him and awarded him with the post of Chairman of Noida Development Authority.
9. Subhash Ahluwalia
Subhash Ahluwalia, a senior IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh, was the Principal Private Secretary of Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh. He and his wife (a college principal) were questioned by the Vigilance Bureau over charges of amassing disproportionate assets. They were later suspended from their service and arrested by the Anti-corruption Bureau. But after some time, the Congress Government cleared him of departmental inquiries and re-instated him.
Rakesh Kumar Jain
While serving as the Director of the Commerce Department, Jain was suspended on charges of corruption in the year and later arrested. For being accused of taking bribes of Rs. lakh, he was also fined a sum of Rs. 2 lakh. His name appeared for misusing his post by taking bribes to assist the transfer of coal linkage that was acquired by a Jharkhand-based company- SISCO (Shivam Iron and Steel Company). Under the IPC and Prevention of Corruption Act, a CBI court held him guilty on charges of conspiracy and other crimes.
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