Bureaucracy Watch

IAS officer Dr Niten Chandra has been appointed as Secretary in the Department of Legal Affairs under the Ministry of Law & Justice

Alkesh Kumar Sharma (IAS) has assumed charge as Secretary of Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) on Thursday

The government has appointed former Petroleum Secretary Tarun Kapoor (Retd IAS:1987:HP) as Adviser to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) in the rank and scale of Secretary to the Government of India

A 2010-batch IAS officer K Balaji has been appointed as Private Secretary to the Union Minister G Kishan Reddy in the Ministry of Tourism

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointments of IRS (C&CE) officer Pankaj Kumar to the post of Director in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries

Synopsis: The Ministry of Power has recommended the names of 10 former bureaucrats, including former Power Secretary Sanjiv Sahai, former Secretary of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) Anand Kumar and former Telecom Secretary Anshu Prakash for the position of the Chairman of CERC

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC), headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the appointments/premature repatriation of as many as 43 bureaucrats on Wednesday

The Central government has selected Yuvraj Ravindra Patil (IRTS) for appointment as Deputy Secretary in Lokpal under the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT)

The Central government has selected Ashok Kumar Jayapal (IAS) for appointment as Director in the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT)

Dr Shalia Shah (IFS) has been selected for appointment as Deputy Secretary in the Department of Higher Education under the Ministry of Education