Information and Broadcasting Secretary Apurva Chandra was appointed the Health Secretary as part of a top-level bureaucratic reshuffle effected by the Centre on Saturday. Chandra is a 1988-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the Maharashtra cadre.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved Chandra's appointment as the Secretary, the Department of Health and Family Welfare, an order issued by the Personnel Ministry said. Senior bureaucrat Sanjay Jaju has been appointed as the new Information and Broadcasting Secretary in place of Chandra.
Jaju, a 1992-batch IAS officer, is currently serving in his cadre state of Telangana. Sukhbir Singh Sandhu, a 1988-batch (retired) IAS officer of Uttarakhand cadre, has been named Secretary to the anti-corruption ombudsman Lokpal on a contract basis for a period of one year, it said.
Ashish Kumar Bhutani, a 1992-batch IAS officer of the Assam-Meghalaya cadre, will be Secretary, of the Ministry of Cooperation. Senior bureaucrat Raj Kumar Goyal has been appointed as Secretary, of the Department of Border Management.
Legal Affairs Secretary Niten Chandra will now be Secretary, of the Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare, and K Moses Chalai has been named Secretary of the Inter-State Council Secretariat under the Ministry of Home Affairs. Chalai is currently Secretary, of the North Eastern Council Secretariat, Ministry of Development of the North Eastern Region.
Niten Chandra, who was the first IAS officer to be appointed to the post of legal affairs secretary, is also the secretary to the high-level committee on "One Nation, One Election". Senior IAS officer Anil Malik has been appointed as Officer on Special Duty (OSD), Ministry of Women and Child Development. He will take over as Secretary, of the Ministry of Women and Child Development after the superannuation of incumbent Indevar Pandey on February 29, the order said.
Sumita Dawra, Special Secretary (Logistics) in the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, will now be an Officer on Special Duty in the Ministry of Labour and Employment. She will take over as Secretary of the Ministry of Labour and Employment after the retirement of Arti Ahuja this month-end.
Vijay Kumar, Special Secretary in the Ministry of Cooperation, has been named as Chairman, of the Inland Waterways Authority of India. The ACC has also approved in-situ upgradation of posts held by four officers.
Accordingly, P Daniel will now be the Secretary of the Central Vigilance Commission in the rank and pay of Secretary. Rashmi Chowdhary will be Secretary of the Central Information Commission in the rank and pay of Secretary to the government of India. A Neeraja will be the Special Secretary in the Department of Fertilizers and Shyam Bhagat Negi has been appointed as the Special Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat.
The ACC has also approved the appointment of Reeta Vasishta, in charge of Central Agency Section, Ministry of Law and Justice, as the Member Secretary, 22nd Law Commission of India, the order added.
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