The country's top bureaucracy is going through a major shake-up. The government on Wednesday appointed and reshuffled 16 senior officials as secretaries.
Sanjay Kumar IAS (Bihar 1990) presently Secretary, Department of Youth Affairs, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports as Officer on Special Duty, Department of School Education & Literacy, Ministry of Education. The officer will take over as the new Secretary, Department of School Education & Literacy vice Anita Karwal, IAS upon her superannuation on November 30, 2022.
The country's top bureaucracy is going through a major shake-up. The government on Wednesday appointed and reshuffled 16 senior officials as secretaries. While Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS Giridhar Aramane will take charge as the new defence secretary next month, Haryana cadre IAS Vivek Joshi has been named the new financial services secretary. Sanjay Malhotra, the current financial services secretary, has been appointed as the new revenue secretary and he will replace Tarun Bajaj, retiring in November.
In what is being seen as the first such order by the Cabinet Committee on Appointment (ACC), six of these 16 officers will take charge as secretaries in new departments in December, January and February. For example, current rural development secretary NN Sinha will take charge of steel secretary on January 1, 2023. Jharkhand cadre IAS, Sailesh Kumar Singh will replace Sinha. Similarly, in December, Sanjay Malhotra of the Rajasthan cadre will take charge of the revenue department. Rajasthan cadre IAS, from 1991 batch, who has been designated as officer on special duty in the shipping ministry, will take over as shipping secretary in February after the superannuation of current secretary, Sanjeev Ranjan. Uttar Pradesh cadre IAS, Kamran Rizvi will take charge as heavy industries secretary in January.
The ACC also approved the appointment of current NHAI chairperson Alka Upadhyaya as new road transport secretary and Amrit Lal Meena of Bihar cadre as the new coal secretary. Odisha cadre IAS Sanjeev Chopra will be the new food secretary and MP cadre IAS Manoj Govil will be the new corporate affairs secretary.
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