In a key bureaucratic development, senior IAS officer Amod Kumar (IAS:1995:UP), presently serving as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, has been prematurely repatriated to his parent cadre on personal grounds.
According to an order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) on Monday (October 27, 2025), the competent authority approved his repatriation to the Uttar Pradesh cadre with the imposition of an extended cooling-off condition.
Mr. Kumar had been serving as Joint Secretary since June 2025, with his tenure initially set to continue until December 12, 2026. He had earlier joined central deputation in December 2021 as Deputy Director General, UIDAI, for a five-year term before moving to the Ministry of Electronics & IT in June 2025.
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