Indian Forest Service Current Affairs, GK & News
Ramesh Pandey selected for UNEP’s Asia Environmental Enforcement Award
Ramesh Pandey, the 1996-batch Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer, has been selected for the prestigious UNEP’s Asia Environmental Enforcement Award for his excellent work in combating transboundary environmental crime. He will receive the award on November 13 at the United Nations Conference Centre (UNCC) in Bangkok. Pandey is posted as Chief Conservator Forests (CCF) in ..
Topics: Cities in Asia • Environmental crime • Geography of India • Government of India • Indian Forest Service • Lucknow • Poaching
Indian Forest Service to be renamed as Indian Forest and Tribal Service
The Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions has initiated an inter-ministerial consultation note to rename the Indian Forest Service as Indian Forest and Tribal Service. The consultation note also contains the proposal to train the cadre to be more receptive towards tribals and forest dwellers. Why the proposal has been made? The proposal has ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2019
Topics: All India Services Act 1951 • Imperial Forest Service • Indian Forest and Tribal Service • Indian Forest Service • Ministry of Personnel • National Commission for Scheduled Tribes • National Forest Policy
Ruchi Ghanashyam appointed as India’s new High Commissioner to UK
Ruchi Ghanashyam, the 1982 batch IFS officer, has been appointed India’s new High Commissioner to United Kingdom (UK). She succeeded Y K Sinha. Prior to this post, she was the Secretary (West) in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). Ghanashyam was the first Indian woman diplomat to be posted in Islamabad when the harassment of ..
Topics: A. Gitesh Sarma • All India Services • Diplomats • Foreign relations of India • Government of India • Indian Forest Service • Ministry of Environment and Forests • Ministry of External Affairs • Ruchi Ghanashyam • Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha
Subrata Bhattacharjee appointed as next Ambassador of India to Republic of Serbia
Subrata Bhattacharjee, an IFS officer of 1989 batch, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Serbia. Currently, he is Joint Secretary in Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). He is expected to take up his assignment shortly.
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2018
Topics: All India Services • Civil Services of India • Government of India • Indian Forest Service • Ministry of Environment and Forests • Ministry of External Affairs • Neelam Deo
Sangeeta Bahadur appointed as new Ambassador of India to Republic of Belarus
Sangeeta Bahadur, an IFS officer of 1987 batch, has been appointed as the new Ambassador of India to the Republic of Belarus. Currently, she is Additional Secretary in Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).
Topics: All India Services • Civil Services of India • Foreign relations of India • Government of India • Indian Foreign Service • Indian Forest Service • Ministry of Environment and Forests • Ministry of External Affairs • Neelam Deo