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The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved his appointment as Additional Secretary and Director General (Acquisition), Department of Defence, a Union Personnel Ministry order said. Bharat Harbanslal Khera, a 1995-batch IAS officer of the Himachal Pradesh cadre, has been appointed as Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. Chandra Bhushan Kumar will be Additional Secretary as well as Mission Director for the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation's Jal Jeevan Mission.

Centre has elevated 12 bureaucrats, including Rahul Navin, the acting director of the ED, to the position of Additional Secretary.

Recent government appointments include Samir Kumar Sinha as DG (Acquisition) in Defence Ministry and others in crucial roles across departments.

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