PCS officers meet Union Minister

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, January 6

Civil servants of the state services from Punjab today met Union minister Jitendra Singh and requested him to direct the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) to expedite their cases of induction into the Indian Administrative Services (IAS).

Responding to their request, the minister said the DoPT had constantly been striving to expedite the promotions and empanelment of officers, so that each of the officer gets his/her due in time and remains motivated to offer services to the best of his/her potential and ability.

“Speaking to a delegation of senior officers of the Punjab Civil Services (PCS), who called on him with a request to expedite their cases of induction into the IAS cadre, Jitendra Singh said there was a tendency for delay in the past but over the past six years, the processes have been streamlined with optimum utilisation of modern technology,” the DoPT said in an official release.