Delhi gets new Principal Secretary Home to oversee Covid-19 affairs

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Bhupinder Singh Bhalla (IAS:1990:AGMUT) was on Tuesday appointed as Principal Secretary of the Delhi government’s Home Department by Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal. Bhalla will also work as the nodal officer for the “overall management of COVID-19” in the capital.

Bhalla, who was working as Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry was repatriated back to Delhi government last week.

According to the L-G’s orders, Bhalla would exercise “required supervision in all the matters related to the prevention and management of COVID-19” in the Delhi government.

Bhalla is the most senior officer to be posted in Delhi as per the Centre’s directions over the last week

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