20 officers from other services to be promoted to IAS cadre

Jaipur: The process of selection through promotion in IAS from other service has been sped-up as Screening Committee chaired by ACS Veenu Gupta, which also includes Principal Secy T Ravikanth & Principal Secretary Vaibhav Galriya met on Monday. The Committee deliberated on ACR & other aspects and twenty names have reportedly been approved against four vacant posts. Now the names will be sent to UPSC after approval at CM level, and after board meeting, four officers can be promoted to IAS from other services. Thus, first 16 officers will be selected from RAS to IAS and then 4 officers from other services will be able to become IAS. In this way, 20 new names will be added to IAS civil list of Rajasthan cadre by end of June or July. Meeting on selection via promotion from RAS to IAS is to be held today & approval is possible on 16 names in proposed meeting in UPSC at 11 am.