The Department of Personnel & Training is seeking applications from serving and retired Central Government officers to develop e-training modules for Central Secretariat Service (CSS) officers. Currently, no online training modules exist, and the initiative aims to enrich existing training programs at the Institute of Secretariat Training and Management (ISTM). The modules should cover...
This Office Memorandum clarifies the rules regarding the successful completion of mandatory CSS (Central Secretariat Service) training programmes, specifically the CSS-CTP. It addresses the issue of officers failing to qualify the written/theory component of the training, outlining that they will be given a maximum of two additional opportunities by the ISTM to clear the exam. However, no further...
This office memorandum clarifies the age criteria for exemption from mandatory training under the CSS-CTP (Central Secretariat Service – Capacity Building Programme). It states that officers who are 58 years or older as of July 1st of the financial year in which the training is held are exempt from the training requirement. All ministries and departments are instructed to inform their...
This Office Memorandum from the Department of Personnel and Training addresses the incomplete information received from various Ministries/Departments regarding the details of incumbency in the grades of CSS (Central Secretariat Service). It pertains to a Lok Sabha Unstarred Question answered on August 10, 2011, concerning the Rotational Transfer Policy. The memorandum urgently requests the...
This document details an order for the inter-cadre transfer of two Section Officers, Shri Saurabh Agarwal from Civil Aviation to Home Affairs (Cabinet Secretariat), and Shri George Deepak Toppo from Cabinet Secretariat to report to the CS-I Division of the Department of Personnel & Training (DOP&T) for further posting. The order is issued under the Central Secretariat Service Rules, 2009...
This document is a corrigendum issued by the Department of Personnel & Training, Government of India, addressing an error in a previous Office Memorandum (OM) dated 31.8.2015. The corrigendum clarifies that the Ministry of Urban Development (S.No. 228 to 240) was incorrectly listed as Group ‘A’ in the Annexure of the original OM and should be correctly identified as Group...
This office memorandum clarifies the rules regarding rotational transfers of Section Officers within the Central Secretariat Service (CSS). It addresses concerns raised by officers regarding opting for main cadre units during transfers, particularly when their current sub-cadre unit belongs to a different group. The key takeaway is that transfers will be based on the officer’s current...
This document details the relieving of 21 Section Officers who had not joined their transferred posts by the stipulated date of June 16, 2017. It clarifies that these officers are considered relieved from their original departments as of August 1, 2017, and are directed to report to their new ministries/departments without waiting for formal relieving orders. The order emphasizes that salaries...
This office memorandum addresses the slow implementation of a previous order (dated 09.08.2019) transferring 211 Section Officers under the Rotational Transfer Policy (RTP). Ministries and Departments are urged to immediately relieve the transferred officers and submit the necessary documentation – relieving orders and joining reports – to the Department of Personnel and Training. The memorandum...
This order addresses the delayed relieving of Section Officers following a previous directive on rotational transfers. Despite reminders, some officers hadn’t been relieved by the stipulated date. Requests for retention were denied, and all remaining Section Officers are now deemed relieved effective September 30, 2019, with exceptions for those undergoing mandatory training at ISTM. The...