The Indian Government has made several secretarial appointments in key ministries like Telecommunications, Home Affairs, and Civil Aviation, according to a note by the Department of Personnel and Training housed in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions. A total of 13 ministries have received new secretaries as per the note. These appointments are significant as the secretaries at the various ministries are likely to oversee the implementation of major government policies. Some of the appointments are: K. Rajaraman, Additional Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance replaces Anshu Prakash as the Secretary, Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications post his retirement this month. Anurag Jain, Vice Chairman, Delhi Development Authority, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs will head the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade at the Ministry of Commerce and Industry as its Secretary. He will likely play a key role in ensuring the government is able to meet the ambitions of its FDI, start-up policy, and ease of doing business Sunil Barthwal, Central Provident Fund Commissioner, Employees Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) will be the new Secretary at the Ministry of Labour & Employment. Anuradha Prasad, Special Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment will take over from Sanjeev Gupta as the Secretary, Inter State Council Secretariat, Ministry of Home Affairs upon his retirement at the end of this month. Rajiv Bansal, Chairman and Managing Director, Air India Ltd., Ministry of Civil Aviation, will now be the Secretary at the Ministry of Civil Aviation after…
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Top bureaucracy reshuffled: Rajaraman to head telecom department, DPIIT secretary is Anurag Jain
The government decided to appoint new secretaries since many incumbent department heads are nearing retirement.
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