Lieutenant General N S Raja Subramani PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM (Retd.) has been appointed as the Chief of Defence Staff, who shall also function as Secretary to Government of India, Department of Military Affairs, with effect from the date of assumption of charge and until further orders. 

The present Chief of Defence Staff, General Anil Chauhan, will complete his tenure on 30th May, 2026. Lieutenant General NS Raja Subramani is currently Military Adviser, National Security Council Secretariat since 01st Sep 2025. Prior to that, he was the Vice Chief of the Army Staff from 01st Jul 2024 to 31st July 2025 and was General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Central Command from March 2023 till June 2024.

Vice Admiral Krishna Swaminathan (PVSM, AVSM, VSM)  has been  appointed as the next Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS). He will take over from Admiral Dinesh K. Tripathi on May 31, 2026. Presently he is the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Western Naval Command.

The Spokesperson, MHA, in a WhatsApp has said that no order has so far been issued regarding  UP  cadre IPS officer Ajay Pal Sharma's deputation to West Bengal and other related news.

M N V S Prabhakar, ED, NMDC Steel Limited, has been appointed as Chairman& Managing Director, Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL)

The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has failed to find a suitable candidate for the post of Chairman & Managing Director, Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) at a selection meeting held on May 8, 2026.  Two persons were interviewed for the same.

The ACC has granted ex-post facto approval for entrustment of additional charge of the post of Chairperson (JS level), New Mangalore Port Authority to Sushil Kumar Singh, Chairperson, Deendayal Port Authority for a period of six months w.e.f. December 1, 2025 to May 31, 2026. He is a  1993 batch IRSME officer.

The ACC has granted approval for entrustment of additional charge of the post of Chairperson (JS level), Chennai Port Authority to S Viswanathan, Deputy Chairperson, Chennai Port Authority, for a period of six months w.e.f. December 01, 2025 to May 31, 2026. He is a 2008 batch lAS officer of MP cadre

Dipankar Mahto has been appointed as Jute Commissioner (JS Level), Office of the Jute Commissioner, Kolkata under the Ministry of Textiles, for a period upto the date of superannuation on December 31, 2028. He is a 1998 batch IP&TA&FS officer.

Gopal Meena has been appointed as Development Commissioner (JS level), Noida Special Economic Zone (NSEZ), Noida under the Department of Commerce, for a period of five years. He is a 2007 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre

Jasmeet Singh Bindra has been appointed as Chairperson (JS level), Visakhapatnam Port Authority, Visakhapatnam under the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways for a period of five years. He is a 1997 batch IRTS officer

Kurve Sachin Shardchandra has been appointed as Chairperson (JS level), Chennai Port Authority, Chennai under the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, for a period of five years. He is a 2003 batch IAS officer of UD cadre

Additional charge of the post of Secretary, Ministry of Coal has been assigned to Pankaj Agrawal, Secretary, Ministry of Power from May 9 to May 19 during the period of absence on leave of IAS Vikram Dev Dutt. He is a 1992 batch IAS officer of MP cadre.

Additional charge of the post of Secretary, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan) has been assigned to Sudhansh Pant, Secretary, Department of Social Justice & Empowerment from May 9 to May 24 during the period of absence on leave of IAS Ms V Vidyavathi. He is a 1991 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Anand Madhukar, Additional DG, Archaeological Survey of India under the Ministry of Culture, has been repatriated to his parent cadre to avail the benefit of promotion in the cadre. He is a 1997 batch IRPS officer.

Additional charge of the post of Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj has been assigned to Abhilaksh Likhi, Secretary, Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, with immediate effect till May 20, 2026 during the period of absence on leave of IAS Vivek Bhardwaj. Likhi is a 1991 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

Ms Manish Saxena has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Health Research. She is a 2000 batch IRS-C&IT officer.

Vivek Kumar Daksh has been appointed as Senior Deputy Director General (Admn), Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). He is a 2002 batch IPoS officer.

M Ramachandrudu has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs. He is a 2009 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

P Praveen Siddharth has been appointed as Member (Finance), Delhi Development Authority (DDA). He is a 2001 batch IRS-IT officer.

Ajay Kumar Nema has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Justice. He is a 1994 batch ITS officer

J Saravanan has been appointed as Financial Adviser, KVIC. He is a 2005 batch IRS-IT officer.

Amit Agarwal has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Panchayat Raj. He is a 2002 batch IRSE (Civil) officer

Ms Palka Sahni has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Panchayati Raj. She is a 2004 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Ms Jayasree has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Rural Development. She is a 1998 batch ISS officer.

S Sasikumar has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Rural Development. He is a 2002 batch IFoS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Sandeep Rewaji Rathod has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Social Justice & Empowerment. He is a 2009 batch IAS officer of Tripura cadre. 

Ms Deepa Chawla, has been appointed as Joint Secretary, O/o Secretary (Security), under the Cabinet Secretariat, for an overall tenure of five years upto December 28, 2028. She is a 1998 batch IRAS officer.

Gopal Singh has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Coal, for a tenure of five year. He is a 2003 batch IFoS officer of Bihar cadre.

Amit Kumar has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Commerce, for a combined tenure of five years upto May 04, 2030. He is a 2010 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

Shiv Pal Singh has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Cooperation for an overall tenure of seven years upto March 15, 2029. He is a 1997 batch IFoS officer of UP cadre.

Ms Neha Bansal has been appointed as Additional Director General (ADG) (Records Management) (RM) (JS level), National Archives of India (NAI), New Delhi under the Ministry of Culture, for an overall tenure of five years upto April 14, 2030. She is a 2010 batch IAS officer of UT cadre

Vijay Namdeorao Zade has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Defence Production, for a tenure of five years. He is a 2002 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre

Prakash Rajpurohit has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Defence Production for a combined tenure of five years upto April 08, 2030. He is a 2010 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

D Senthil Pandiyan has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Drinking Water & Sanitation, for an overall tenure of seven years upto May 23, 2028, by temporarily upgrading a vacant post of DS/ Director, for an initial period of two years. He is a 2002 batch IAS officer of UD cadre.

Sreenivasa Rao Gangi Reddy has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences, for a tenure of five years. He is a 2004 batch IRPS officer.

Ms Surabhi Rai has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Fisheries, for an overall tenure of five years upto May 19, 2028. She is a 2005batch IFoS officer of UT cadre.

Kulveer Singh Yadav has been appointed as Govt Nominee Director, HCL. He is an IOFS officer. 

Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited has advertised the post of General Manager (Safety). Applications must reach latest by May 31, 2026. 

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has advertised the post of General Manager- Rolling Stock. Applications must reach latest by May 21, 2026. 

Last date to apply for the post of Executive Director in REC Limited on deputation basis has been extended. The revised date is May 18, 2026. 

Member (Traffic & Logistics) post in the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAl) under the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways on deputation basis has been advertised. Applications must reach latest by June 4, 2026. 

Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has advertised the post of Executive-Finance for Digital India BHASHINI Division-DIC. Details can be availed from MeitY, DIC, BHASHINI &NeGD viz. www.meity.gov.in & www.dic.gov.in, www.Bhashini.gov.in and www.negd.gov.in.

Institute of Secretariat Training & Management, New Delhi has advertised the post of Additional Director. The post has been lying vacant since December 2024. Details can be availed from the ISTM website. 

Ravi Mittal, who is presently serving in Southern Railway (SR), has been transferred to Railway Board and posted as Deputy Director (Land & Acquisitions) [Dy. Director (L&A)]. He is an Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE) officer.

Abhishek Swami, an Indian Railway Accounts Service (IRAS) officer, has been permanently absorbed in Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation Limited (MRVC) as Director (Finance) with effect from April 1, 2026 (FN).

Sandeep Khandelwal, presently serving as Chief Engineer (CE), TS, Western Railway (WR), has been selected for deputation to Rail Land Development Authority (RLDA) as Chief Project Manager (CPM) at Jaipur for a period of three years. He is an Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE) officer.

Rohit Parashar, presently serving as Assistant Divisional General Manager/HQ (ADGM/HQ), Northern Railway (NR), has been selected for deputation to Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) as Deputy General Manager (Human Resource Development) [DGM (HRD)] at New Delhi for a period of three years. He is a Personnel Department officer of Indian Railways.

IAS officers have been reshuffled in Delhi. Navin Kumar Choudhary has been appointed as ACS (I & FC) with additional charge of ACS, GAD, while Sandeep Kumar is now PS, PWD and Ms Dilrak Kaur MD, DCHFC with additional charge of MD, DSFDC. Similarly, Vikas Anand is posted as Secretary to CM with additional charge of Secretary, I&P and Director, UTCS; Ms Nandini Paliwal as Secretary, Vigilance, with additional charge of Secretary, Services and Chairman, DSSSB; Niraj Kumar as Special Secretary, SC/ST/OBC, with additional charge of Director, Social Welfare and ED, DSFDC; G Sudhakar as Director, WCD, with additional charge of MD, SULM; Kishore Kshirsagsr Lakshman as Deputy Commissioner/DM, Old Delhi with additional charge of MD, SRDC; Yash Chaudhary as Special Secretary, Health; Cheemala Siva Gopal Reddy as Special Secretary to the Lt. Governor and Rajeev Singh was made Member, DUSIB with additional charge of Special Secretary, L&B.

DANICS officers have been reshuffled in Delhi. Prashant Kumar has been appointed as Addl Secretary, PGC, CMO, with addl charge of Director, DIP, while Puneet Kumar Patel is now ADM, Central, Revenue Dept and Ankit Kumar Agarwal will take charge as Secretary to Home Minister. Similarly, Atul Pandey was shifted as Secretary to PWD Minister; Kamlesh Kumar as Joint Secretary to Lt. Governor; Sanjay Sondhi as Jt Director, education; Mohan Kumar as Jt Commissioner, Development; Asheesh Kumar and Aditya Kumar Asthana as Asst Commissioner, F&S; Anuj Kumar Bharti as Superintendent, Prisons and Vijay Singh Malik was made Deputy Secretary, UD.

Three IAS officers have been given new assignments in Chhattisgarh. Ms Pushpa Sahu is posted as Secretary, Board of Secondary Education, while Ms Roktima Yadav will join as Collector, District Koriya and Rita Yadav was appointed as Commissioner, Higher Education, and additionally entrusted with the charge of Managing Director, Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA).

MoD signed a ?1,476 crore contract with BEL for five Ground-Based Mobile Electronic Systems for the Indian Army.

Sharad Sharma, Whole-Time Director, has been appointed as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Asian Hotels (North) Limited.

Naresh Kumar Jain has been re-appointed as Independent Director of Asian Hotels (North) Limited.

Ramaswami Krishnan has been appointed as Additional Director (Non-Executive Independent) of Amrutanjan Health Care Limited.

Sunil Surve has been appointed as Additional Director (Independent) of Lynx Machinery & Commercials Limited.

Mrs Ambika Sharma has been re-appointed as Non-Executive Independent Director of Indo Count Industries Limited with effect from May 27, 2026.

KP Krishnan has been re-appointed as Independent Director of Tata Consumer Products Limited.

Rakesh Bhartia has been appointed as Additional Non-Executive Independent Director of Polyplex Corporation Limited.

Hitesh Gajaria has been appointed as Additional Non-Executive Independent Director of Datamatics Global Services Limited.

Navnit Singh has been appointed as Additional Non-Executive Independent Director of Datamatics Global Services Limited.

Ms Sneh Lata has been appointed as Non-Executive Independent Woman Director of PCBL Chemical Limited.

Arun Kumar Sharma has been appointed as an Additional Director (Non-Executive Independent) of Ramgopal Polytex Limited.

Vishnu Agarwal has been appointed as an Additional Non-Executive Independent Director of Sueryaa Knitwear Limited.

Tapan Mitra has been appointed as Additional Director (Independent) of Artemis Medicare Services Limited.

Arun Kumar Modi has ceased to be an Independent Director of Ramgopal Polytex Limited on completion of his term.

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Good for TN

They will decide BJP support government. If not possible. Then they move to president rule. After election. In sixth month TVK take more than 210 seats. It is very good for TN.

Diwakar

Good for TN

They will decide BJP support government. If not possible. Then they move to president rule. After election. In sixth month TVK take more than 210 seats. It is very good for TN.

Diwakar

Is any Fee payable for information required to be provided under section 4?

The appellant sought information about the number of personnel sanctioned, vacant and available posts in Municipal Corporation of Delhi and related information. The PIO asked the appellant to deposit Rs. 376/- for providing a copy of Scheduled for the year 2023-24 (Schedule contains a total of 188 pages @ Rs 2 per page). The Respondent submitted that the Appellant has not deposited the additional fee till the date of hearing. The CIC observed that the information sought pertains to sanctioned, filled and vacant posts in MCD, which directly relates to its organizational structure and public appointments. Such information falls within Section 4(1) (b)(i) and (ii) of the RTI Act and is mandatorily required to be disclosed on a suo motu basis by the Public Authority. Hence, the insistence on charging photocopying fees in this case is not justified, as the denial of free access runs contrary to the spirit of proactive disclosure. The CIC noted that the MCD is not complying with the provisions of section 4 (1) (b) of the RTI Act in letter and spirit and counseled that every Public Authority shall make constant endeavour to take steps in accordance with the requirements of Section 4 (1) (b) of the RTI Act to provide as much information suo moto to the public at required intervals through various means of communications, including internet, so that public does not have to resort to the use of RTI Act to obtain basic information. The MCD was advised to expedite updating of information in compliance with provisions of Section 4 of the RTI Act, 2005.

Comments

The question of further fee to be demanded in case of information which is required to be disclosed pro-actively has been categorically dealt in this case. The public authorities should provide the information as required under section 4 on their website.

Citation: Pooja Verma v. Municipal Corporation of Delhi, File No: CIC/MCDND/A/2024/112338; Date of Decision : 11.09.2025

Dr Anuradha Verma (dranuradhaverma@yahoo.co.in) is a RTI Consultant currently working with IIM Vishakhapatnam. She has co-authored the books PIO’s Guide to RTI and Right to Information – Law and Practice. Her weekly article is being published since 2008 on this site. She offers consultancy on RTI matters and third party audit to individuals / organisations. Her other articles can be read at the website of RTI Foundation at the link https://www.rtifoundationofindia.com

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