CLOSE ON the heels of the Centre sending a proposal to states to amend All India Service Rules that would allow it to call any IAS, IPS or IFoS officer on central deputation with or without the state’s consent, the government has issued another order on DIG-level IPS officers that may not be palatable to the states.
In an order issued on February 10, the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has said that those IPS officers coming to the Centre at DIG-level would no longer be required to be empanelled at that level with the Union government. The move is aimed at increasing the pool of DIG-level IPS officers for central deputation in the backdrop of massive vacancies in central police organisations (CPOs) and the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs).
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the proposal of Ministry of Home Affairs for dispensing with the empanelment at the level of DIG with immediate effect and carrying out the corresponding stipulated amendments, in the existing IPS Tenure Policy,” the order said.
