Binoy Kumar (IAS:1983:TG) appointed as Special Secretary, Logistics Department; a newly created post under the Department of Commerce. Previously he served as Special Secretary, Directorate General of Supplies and Disposals in the same department.
The nearly 100-year-old procurement arm of the Central Government — the Directorate General of Supplies and Disposals (DGS&D) — will close down on October 31.The closure of the DGS&D follows the government’s shift to the commerce ministry’s e-market platform (GeM) launched last year for public procurement of goods and services.
