5 IAS, 1 each from IRTS, IRS, IDAS get appointed as joint secretaries; railway officer given role in textiles ministry

ON SATURDAY, the appointments committee of the cabinet headed by prime minister Narendra Modi cleared decks for appointing eight officers as union joint secretaries, the key highlight being five of them are IAS, and one each from the railways, defence accounts and IRS-IT service. An Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) officer Madhukumar Reddy Anam was appointed as joint secretary in textile ministry, and joint secretaries of the ministries of science and technology and department of electronics were swapped. Know more about these eight appointments: