Names of 8 new GoI secretaries announced; LBSNAA director Upma Chawdhry and FCI CMD figure in the list

THE government on Saturday appointed eight senior officers at the rank of secretary or secretary-equivalent positions. Whereas director of Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA), Ms Upma Chawdhry, will be the new secretary in the department of youth affairs on December 31, another officer -- 1984 batch IAS, ABP Pandey, will take over as new revenue secretary at the end of this month when incumbent Hasmukh Adhia retires. Here below is the eight new appointments:

7 additional secretaries appointed; Girish Chandra Murmu shifted to financial services dept; UP Singh to water resources

THE government on Thursday appointed seven additional secretaries in various ministries, four of whom being laterally shifted from one ministry to another. Significantly, all powerful additional secretary in petroleum ministry and 1985 batch Odisha cadre IAS UP Singh has been shifted to the water resources ministry whereas Gujarat cadre IAS Girish Chandra Murmu has been shifted from expenditure to financial services department. Here are the 7 additional secretaries: