The Modi government on Wednesday upgraded (in-situ) 12 IAS officers to the level of Special Secretary in the rank and pay of Secretary to the Govt of India, as a measure personal to them, by temporarily upgrading the post held by them.
Their names are as follows :
- Anil Kumar Jain (IAS:1986:MP), Additional Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has been upgraded (In-situ) to the level of Special Secretary in the rank & pay of Secretary.
- S P Singh Parihar (IAS:1986:MP), Chairman, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) is designated as Central Pollution Control Board under Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in the rank and pay of Secretary.
- Rakesh Kumar Gupta (IAS:1986:JK), Secretary, Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), DoPT, is designated as Secretary, Union Public Service Commission in the rank and pay of Secretary.
- Subash Chandra (IAS:1986:KN), Additional Secretary, Department of Defence, Ministry, Ministry of Defence has been upgraded (In-situ) to level of Special Secretary in the rank & pay of Secretary.
- Alok Vardhan Chaturvedi (IAS:1986:BH), Director General, Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), is designated as Director General, Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), Department of Commerce in the rank and pay of Secretary.
- Sanjeev Nandan Sahai (IAS:1986:AGMUT), Additional Secretary, Ministry of Power has been upgraded (In-situ) to the level of Special Secretary in the rank & pay of Secretary.
- Shambhu Singh (IAS:1986:MN), Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has been upgraded (In-situ) to the level of Special Secretary in the rank & pay of Secretary.
- Ravi Mittal (IAS:1986:BH), Additional Secretary, Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance has been upgraded (In-situ) to the level of Special Secretary in the rank & pay of Secretary.
- Pramod Kumar Das (IAS:1986:MP), Additional Secretary, Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance has been upgraded (In-situ) to the level of Special Secretary in the rank & pay of Secretary.
- Ms Satbir Bedi (IAS:1986:AGMUT), Chairperson, National Council for Teacher Education is designated as Chairperson, National Council for Teacher Education in the rank and pay of Secretary.
- Sanjeeva Kumar (IAS:1986:AM), Additional Secretary, Department of Health and Family Welfare elevated (In-situ) in the rank & pay of Special Secretary.
- Umesh Sinha (IAS:1986:UP), Deputy Election Commissioner, Election Commission of India designated as Deputy Election Commissioner, Election Commission of India in the rank & pay of Secretary.
