NEW DELHI: In one of the biggest top-desk bureaucratic reshuffles in recent months, government on Friday appointed 18 new secretary-rank officers, including new secretaries for defence, health and expenditure. Kerala cadre IAS officer R K Singh, due to retire later this year, was designated the new defence secretary with a two-year term, while Punya Salia Srivastava will move from the PM’s Office to health ministry.
Singh will work as an officer on special duty in South Block for 10 weeks until Giridhar Aramane retires at the end of Oct, making it one of the longest such postings. Similarly, Srivastava will be OSD in health for 45 days before taking over as health secretary.
Corporate affairs secretary Manoj Govil, who has been named the new expenditure secretary to replace T V Somanathan, who is the cabinet secretary-designate, will however, move to North Block immediately. The appointments were made as several vacancies had existed for several months, including housing and urban affairs, where Gujarat cadre IAS officer K Srinivas will take over.
Similarly, financial services secretary Vivek Joshi will move to the department of personnel. Replacing him will be 1993-batch IAS officer M Nagaraju, who is currently posted as additional secretary in the coal ministry.
His batchmate and Nagaland cadre officer Amardeep Singh Bhatia will be the new secretary for promotion of industry and internal trade, which deals with crucial issues related to FDI policy.
Prashant Kumar Singh, who is the CEO of government e-marketplace, has been designated new and renewable energy secretary, a post that falls vacant at the end of Sept. FCI chairman Ashok Meena will take over from Vini Mahajan as drinking water and sanitation secretary on her retirement at the end of October.
Government also appointed Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officer Deepti Gaur Mukherjee as secretary corporate affairs, while Sanjeev Kumar from Maharashtra will shift from Airports Authority of India to defence production.
Deepti Umashankar, who is currently the establishment officer, responsible for central government appointments, will take over as secretary to president.
Singh will work as an officer on special duty in South Block for 10 weeks until Giridhar Aramane retires at the end of Oct, making it one of the longest such postings. Similarly, Srivastava will be OSD in health for 45 days before taking over as health secretary.
Corporate affairs secretary Manoj Govil, who has been named the new expenditure secretary to replace T V Somanathan, who is the cabinet secretary-designate, will however, move to North Block immediately. The appointments were made as several vacancies had existed for several months, including housing and urban affairs, where Gujarat cadre IAS officer K Srinivas will take over.
Similarly, financial services secretary Vivek Joshi will move to the department of personnel. Replacing him will be 1993-batch IAS officer M Nagaraju, who is currently posted as additional secretary in the coal ministry.
His batchmate and Nagaland cadre officer Amardeep Singh Bhatia will be the new secretary for promotion of industry and internal trade, which deals with crucial issues related to FDI policy.
Prashant Kumar Singh, who is the CEO of government e-marketplace, has been designated new and renewable energy secretary, a post that falls vacant at the end of Sept. FCI chairman Ashok Meena will take over from Vini Mahajan as drinking water and sanitation secretary on her retirement at the end of October.
Government also appointed Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officer Deepti Gaur Mukherjee as secretary corporate affairs, while Sanjeev Kumar from Maharashtra will shift from Airports Authority of India to defence production.
Deepti Umashankar, who is currently the establishment officer, responsible for central government appointments, will take over as secretary to president.
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