13 Secretaries get new postings in major bureaucratic rejig
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New Delhi, Jan 24 : In a major bureaucratic reshuffle at the Centre, 13 Secretaries have been transferred and posted to different Ministries and departments while several senior civil servants have been promoted.
Deepak Khandekar gets the charge as Secretary, Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.
Khandekar, a 1985-batch Madhya Pradesh cadre officer, is currently working as Secretary in Ministry of Tribal Affairs. He will replace his batchmate C Chandramouli of Tamil Nadu cadre.
The government has conducted a major bureaucratic reshuffle exercise ahead of Union Budget 2021-22 PM Narendra Modi | Photo Credit: ANI
With just a week to go for Union Budget 2020-21 to be presented in the Parliament by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, the central government has reshuffled top-level bureaucratic positions.
Among key positions, senior IAS officer Alok Tandon has been appointed mines secretary. He is a 1986-batch IAS officer who is currently serves at his cadre state Uttar Pradesh, as per PTI.
Deepak Khandekar, the Tribal Affairs Secretary has been made Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) Secretary.
Upendra Prasad Singh, Secretary of Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation under the Ministry of Jal Shakti, has-been made secretary, Ministry of Textiles.
Centre effects major secretary-level bureaucratic reshuffle
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Tandon, a 1986-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, is at present serving in his cadre state Uttar Pradesh.
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The Centre has undertaken a major bureaucratic reshuffle.
Senior IAS officer Alok Tandon has been appointed mines secretary as part of a major top-level bureaucratic reshuffle effected by the Centre.
Tandon, a 1986-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, is at present serving in his cadre state Uttar Pradesh.
Tribal Affairs Secretary Deepak Khandekar has been appointed Secretary, Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT).
Upendra Prasad Singh, Secretary of Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation under the Ministry of Jal Shakti, will now be secretary, Ministry of Textiles, according to a Personnel Ministry order.
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