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The Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, took the decision on Monday to approve the in-situ upgradation of these officers to the level of Additional Secretary to the government as a measure personal to them by temporarily upgrading the posts held by them. Central Government Upgrades Post of Acting ED Director Rahul Navin, 10 Other Bureaucrats to Additional Secretary.

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.

Acting Director of the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) Rahul Navin will now be director of the investigative agency after the retirement of Sanjay Kumar Mishra in September last year.