Neeraj Mittal has been appointed as the new telecom secretary and S Krishnan as the secretary at the ministry of electronics & information technology. Other key appointments include Arunish Chawla as secretary at the Department of Pharmaceuticals and Vumlunmang Vualnam as the secretary at the ministry of civil aviation. Mittal will be responsible for finalizing the Telecom Bill and making decisions on spectrum allocation modes, while Krishnan will oversee the implementation of India's semiconductor mission and the Digital Personal Data Protection Act.