OSD postings need PM's clearance.

A lot of officers are trying to get posting as OSD(officer on special duty) to various ministers. However, for the first time the ministers will not simply have power to decide upon this. All OSD appointments will have to get clearance from the Prime Ministers’ Office. the grapevine says Prime Minister Manmohan Singh wants to personally know who is posting whom as an OSD. A Gujarat IAS officers who was keen to go to Delhi as an OSD is disappointed at this diktat for it means it might take a while for clearance.