Centre effects major Secretary level reshuffle, Sanjay Jaju is posted as Secretary, M/o Information & Broadcasting

The Central government has implemented a significant reshuffling at the secretary level, reassigning responsibilities to ten officers across various ministries and departments. Additionally, five officers have been promoted (in-situ) to the secretary level.

The appointed officers and their new assignments are outlined below:

1. Apurva Chandra (IAS:1988:MH), Secretary of the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, is now the Secretary of the Department of Health and Family Welfare.
2. Sukhbir Singh Sandhu (Retd.IAS:1988:UK) has been designated as the Secretary to the Lokpal on a contractual basis for one year.
3. Raj Kumar Goyal (IAS:1990:AGMUT) is appointed as the Secretary of the Department of Border Management, Ministry of Home Affairs.
4. Niten Chandra (IAS:1990:OR), Secretary of the Department of Legal Affairs, Ministry of Law & Justice, has been appointed as the Secretary of the Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare, Ministry of Defence.
5. K Moses Chalai (IAS:1990:MN), Secretary of the North Eastern Council Secretariat, Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region, is now the Secretary of the Inter State Council Secretariat, Ministry of Home Affairs.
6. Anil Malik (IAS:1991:HY) has been appointed to the position of Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development, succeeding Indevar Pandey (IAS: 1988: WB) upon his retirement on 29.02.2024.
7. Sumita Dawra (IAS:1991:AP) is appointed as the Secretary of the Ministry of Labour and Employment, succeeding Arti Ahuja (IAS: 1990: OR) upon her retirement on 29.02.2024.
8. Vijay Kumar (IAS: 1992: AGMUT), Special Secretary of the Ministry of Cooperation, has been appointed as the Chairman of the Inland Waterways Authority of India, Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, with a temporary upgrade to the rank and pay of Secretary to the Government of India.
9. Ashish Kumar Bhutani (IAS: 1992: AM) has been appointed as the Secretary of the Ministry of Cooperation.
10. Sanjay Jaju (IAS: 1992: TG) has been appointed as the Secretary of the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting

Additionally, the following officers have been in-situ upgraded to the level of Special Secretary:

1. P Daniel (IDES: 1989), Secretary of the Central Vigilance Commission, is now appointed as the Secretary of the Central Vigilance Commission, holding the rank and pay of Secretary to the Government of India.
2. Rashmi Chowdhary (IRPS: 1989), Secretary of the Central Information Commission, Department of Personnel and Training, has been appointed as the Secretary of the Central Information Commission, Department of Personnel and Training, with the rank and pay of Secretary to the Government of India.
3. A Neeraja (IFoS: 1990: UP), Additional Secretary of the Department of Fertilizers, is now the Special Secretary of the Department of Fertilizers.
4. Shyam Bhagat Negi (IPS: 1990: HP), Additional Secretary of the Cabinet Secretariat (SR), has been appointed as the Special Secretary of the Cabinet Secretariat (SR).

Furthermore, the ACC has approved additional appointments:

Reeta Vasishta, previously In-charge of the Central Agency Section, Ministry of Law & Justice, has been appointed as the Member Secretary of the 22nd Law Commission of India.