CM Pema Khandu seeks separate civil services cadre for Arunachal Pradesh

ITANAGAR: Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Pema Khandu on Thursday requested Union home minister Amit Shah to work out modalities for creating a separate cadre of IAS, IPS and IFS officers for the state to ensure speedy development.
The state is currently manned by IAS, IPS and IFS officers from the AGMUT cadre, a common cadre for Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram and Union Territories.
Addressing the 34th Statehood Day at Indira Gandhi park in Itanagar in presence of Shah, Khandu said despite 33 years of statehood, the state is deprived of having its own cadre of civil services officers.
"We want a dedicated team of administrative officers who will help the state realise the dream of Prime Minister Narendra Modi of a 'New India'," Khandu said.
The chief minister said posting of non-permanent IAS and IPS officers at higher bureaucracy in the state causes institutional memory loss that slows down the pace of development. tnn