Centre Appoints New Joint Secretaries
- 26 Oct 2024
In October 2024, the Centre appointed 29 joint secretaries to multiple departments, aiming to reinforce leadership and improve efficiency in key sectors.
- The Ministry of Home Affairs has appointed IDAS officers Praveen Kumar Rai and Rakesh Kumar Pandey, and IRSEE officer Rajesh Gupta as new joint secretaries, enhancing administrative oversight within the ministry.
- IA&AS officer Raj Kumar, a 1999-batch officer, has been named Director (Finance) in the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) for a five-year term under the Ministry of Home Affairs.
- Deepak Agarwal, a 2000-batch IAS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre, has taken on the role of Managing Director at the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED), aiming to strengthen agricultural marketing.
- IAS officers Chauhan Sarita Chand and P Bala Kiran have been appointed joint secretaries in the Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances and the Department of Personnel & Training, respectively, focusing on streamlining governance initiatives.
- The Ministry of Women & Child Development has appointed IPS officer Bhavna Saxena, a 1996-batch officer from Andhra Pradesh cadre, as CEO of the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA), prioritizing adoption policies and child welfare.
- Anjan Kumar Mishra, a 1998-batch Indian Ordnance Factories Service officer, has been named Secretary at the Petroleum & Natural Gas Regulatory Board, underscoring the importance of regulatory advancements in India’s energy sector.
- Senior bureaucrats Rajat Agarwal and Ved Prakash Mishra have been assigned joint secretary roles in the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, and strengthening leadership in critical areas of environmental conservation.
