New Delhi/April,26 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday ordered a massive bureaucratic reshuffle amid the coronavirus crisis with 1985-batch Jharkhand cadre officer Amit Khare returning as secretary, information and broadcasting ministry, health secretary Preeti Sudan given a three-month extension, additional secretary PMO Tarun Bajaj taking over as secretary, department of economic affairs and Jammu & Kashmir Chief Secretary B V R Subrahmanyam getting empanelled as Secretary to Government of India.
While the Jammu & Kashmir Chief Secretary B V R Subrahmanyam has been empanelled as Secretary to Government of India, top key slots have been also given to two J&K cadre IAS officers P K Tripathi and Sudhanshu Pandey. While Pradip Kumar Tripathi, special secretary and establishment officer, department of Personnel and Trainings has been posted as secretary Ministry of Steel upon superannuation of present incumbent Binoy Kumar on 31.05.2020, another J&K cadre IAS Officer Sudhanshu Panday, additional secretary, department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industries has been posted as secretary Department of Food and Public Distribution, Ministry of Consumer Affairs , Food and Public Distribution
In view of the serious challenges being faced by the news media, be it print or TV, as also the advertising and film industry in face of the coronavirus crisis, the charge of I&B has been entrusted to Amit khare, who retains charge as higher education secretary in the HRD ministry.Khare has earlier headed the I&B ministry and is well versed with the issues involved. His earlier charge as secretary, schools, has been given to Anita Karwal, who was CBSE chairperson. Karwal is a 1988-batch Gujarat cadre officer.Other important postings are Arvind Kumar Sharma, the powerful additional secretary at the PMO, who has been appointed as secretary, micro, small and medium enterprises ministry.
Rajesh Bhushan, who was secretary, rural development, has been appointed as OSD, health and family welfare ministry. He will succeed Preeti Sudan after she completes her extended tenure at the health ministry.Tarun Kapoor, vice chairman Delhi Development Authority, will take over as petroleum secretary. Apurva Chandra will take over as Special Secretary and Director General (Acquisitions) at the defence ministry.
Aramane Giridhar, an Andhra Pradesh cadre officer of the 1988 batch, who was additional secretary at the Cabinet Secretariat, has been elevated as secretary, ministry of road transport and highways.Nagendra Nath Sinha will be the new secretary of rural development department. He is at present secretary, department of border management in the Home Ministry.
