MUMBAI: The Supreme Court has sought an explanation from the Uttar Pradesh government for granting tax exemption to the company organising Formula 1 event in Greater Noida.

The event takes place on 30 October.

A bench headed by Justice D K Jain also issued a notice to Jaypee Group, who is organising the event, and asked them to file their response by Friday on why the event was given exemption from entertainment tax.

The court passed the order on a PIL challenging the state government decision to grant tax exemption to the event.

NEW DELHI: Arvind Kumar, Joint Secretary (Broadcasting) in the Information and Broadcasting Ministry, has been asked to stay on ?until further orders?.

Earlier, he had been asked to take over as the chief vigilance officer in the National Buildings Construction Corporation from 1 October.

Arvind Kumar, an Indian Administrative Service officer from Uttar Pradesh from the 1988 batch, had been elevated from the post of director in August last year. He succeeded the slot vacated by Zohra Chatterji.

Kumar completed his five-year term with the Central Government in May but his term had been extended in view of some incomplete projects of the Ministry relating to broadcasting.

Under IAS rules, an officer can serve for five years at the Centre and should then either be sent back to his home cadre or posted in a designation technically not termed as deputation.

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NEW DELHI: Arvind Kumar is moving out of the Information and broadcasting Ministry.

Presently Joint Secretary (Broadcasting) in the I&B Ministry, Kumar is to take over as the Chief Vigilance Officer in the National Buildings Construction Corporation from 1 October.

Arvind Kumar, an Indian Administrative Service officer from Uttar Pradesh from the 1988 batch, had been elevated from the post of Director in August last year. He succeeded the slot vacated by Zohra Chatterji.

Kumar completed his five-year term with the Central Government in May but his term had been extended in view of some incomplete projects of the Ministry relating to broadcasting.

Under IAS rules, an officer can serve for five years at the Centre and should then either be sent back to his home cadre or posted in a designation technically not termed as deputation.