IAS, IPS officers receive promotions, pay hikes

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: As a new year gift of sorts, a slew of Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officers and Indian Police Service (IPS) officers received pay upgrades, others were promoted while still others were transferred and some given additional charges.

Notifications by the State government revealed that the increase in salary scales would come into effect from January.

As many as 46 IAS officers would receive increased pay on an upgraded scale while nine of them were promoted to higher posts as well.

Among the recipients of upgraded pays were Deputy Commissioners (DCs) of five districts.

Meanwhile, one bureaucrat without charge was posted to service.

Prominent names among the promoted IAS officers were Arvind Srivastava, the Additional Secretary to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) Managing Director (MD) Anjum Parvez.

Pant, Alok get additional charges

On the other hand, big names IPS officers like Kamal Pant and Alok Kumar were given concurrent charges.

Pant, who is the Director General of Police (DGP) recruitment, was given the additional charge to the post of DGP and DG Fire and Emergency Services, Commandant General, Home Guards, State Disaster Response Force, Director and Civil Defence.

Alok Kumar, the Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Training is now also the Special Commissioner, Karnataka State Road Safety Authority (KSRSA).

Two other police officers got concurrent charges. As many as 24 IPS officers, including Pant and Alok received pay upgrades.

As many as six of the 24 officers were promoted to senior posts. Meanwhile, 10 police officers were transferred.