Bangalore : National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), State Bank of India (SBI), and Department of e-Governance, Government of Karnataka have partnered, for enabling and implementing e-RUPI, a cashless and contactless payment solution to studen
Karnataka has decided to introduce digital payment modes for all online citizen services offered by the Revenue Department. The decision was taken in a meeting chaired by Chief Secretary P Ravi Kumar to implement recommendations made by the Karnataka Administrative Reforms Commission-2. The Revenue Department has been asked to make available online payment options, such as
Bengaluru: Going by seniority, the State Government yesterday appointed Additional Chief Secretary
P. Ravi Kumar, a 1984 batch IAS officer, as the new Chief Secretary of Karnataka.
The incumbent Chief Secretary, T.M. Vijay Bhaskar, will retire today following his supera-nnuation. 58-year-old Ravi Kumar is the second senior-most IAS officer of Karnataka cadre after Bhaskar. Bhaskar took charge of the administration in July 2018 following the retirement of the then Chief Secretary Rathna Prabha.
The Department of Personnel & Administrative Reforms (DPAR) in an official notification appointed Kumar as the Chief Secretary and he is expected to take charge today.
Ravi Kumar has been serving as the Additional Chief Secretary to the Government since September along with the additional charge of Additional Chief Secretary to IT/BT and Science and Technology Department.