New Delhi, March 31 (PTI): Senior IAS officer Chanchal Kumar has been appointed as Information and Broadcasting Secretary as part of a top-level bureaucratic reshuffle effected by the Centre on Tuesday.
Kumar, a 1992 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Bihar cadre, is currently Secretary, Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER).
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved Kumar’s appointment as Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I & B) in place of Sanjay Jaju. Jaju will be the new Secretary, DoNER Ministry.
Sanjay Lohiya, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Mines has been appointed as Special Secretary, Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance.
He will take over as Secretary, Department of Financial Services, after the superannuation of incumbent Nagaraju Maddirala on May 31, an order issued by the Personnel Ministry said.
Abhishek Singh, Director General, National Informatics Centre, has been named as Director General, National Testing Agency, Ministry of Education. Singh is a 1995 batch IAS officer of the Nagaland cadre.
Tourism Secretary Srivatsa Krishna has been appointed as Secretary, Ministry of Minority Affairs. He succeeds Chandra Sekhar Kumar, who has now been appointed as Chief Executive Officer, National Rainfed Area Authority, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare.
Bhuvnesh Kumar, Chief Executive Officer, Unique Identification Authority of India, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, has been appointed as the new Tourism Secretary.
Rohit Kansal, Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Textiles, will be Secretary, Department of Rural Development.
Narendra Bhooshan, a 1992 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, has been appointed as Secretary, Department of Land Resources.
Tejveer Singh, a 1994 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre, will be Secretary, Department of Chemicals and Petro-Chemicals, in place of Nivedita Shukla Verma, who has been appointed as Secretary, Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances.
Verma will also hold the additional charge of the post of Secretary, Department of Pensions and Pensioners Welfare.
Bharat Harbanslal Khera, Additional Secretary, Department of Consumer Affairs, has been appointed as Officer on Special Duty, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
The officer will take over as Secretary, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises after the superannuation of Subhas Chandra Lal Das on April 30, the order said.
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Who is the new Secretary of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting?
Chanchal Kumar, a 1992 batch IAS officer of the Bihar cadre, has been appointed as the Secretary of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. He moves to this role from his previous position as Secretary of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), succeeding Sanjay Jaju.
What significant changes were made in the Ministry of Tourism and Minority Affairs?
Bhuvnesh Kumar has been appointed as the new Tourism Secretary, transitioning from his role as CEO of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). He replaces Srivatsa Krishna, who has been reassigned as the Secretary for the Ministry of Minority Affairs.
Who will lead the National Testing Agency (NTA) following the reshuffle?
Abhishek Singh, a 1995 batch IAS officer of the Nagaland cadre, has been named the Director General of the National Testing Agency. Singh previously served as the Director General of the National Informatics Centre (NIC) and now moves to the Ministry of Education’s testing wing.
How are the upcoming retirements affecting the Department of Financial Services and MSME?
The Centre has appointed “successors-in-waiting” to ensure smooth transitions following upcoming superannuations. Sanjay Lohiya will take over as Secretary of Financial Services on May 31, while Bharat Harbanslal Khera will become Secretary of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) on April 30.
