Financial services secretary Rajiv Kumar is on leave; 2 North Block secretaries given additional charge

THE union finance ministry will see some adhoc arrangements when the secretary of the department of financial services, Rajiv Kumar, is on leave for 18 days, according to a DoPT order issued on Thursday. The additional charge of the post of secretary, department of financial services, has been bestowed on Subhash Chandra Garg, 1983 batch Rajasthan cadre lAS, for a period between November 29 and December 16 when incumbent secretary and 1984 batch Jharkhand cadre IAS Rajiv Kumar, is on leave. But Garg, secretary of the department of economic affairs (DEA), will also be on an official tour between November 29 and December 2, and hence, during that tour period,…

Know more about 17 secretaries, addl secretaries appointed in key ministries, PSUs

THE Centre last week appointed 17 senior bureaucrats in various key ministries and PSUs, the highlight being the appointment of Himachal Pradesh cadre IAS  Dr Asha Ram Sihag as secretary in the department of heavy industry and current establishment officer in DoPT and 1984 batch IAS Rajiv Kumar as secretary in the department of financial services. Meanwhile, N Baijendra Kumar of 1985 batch IAS will be the new CMD of National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC). Here are the details of 17 new appointments:

Late Night Reshuffle: 10 additional secretary-ranked officers appointed; full list

CONTINUING the trend of late night release of the list of major bureaucratic reshuffle, the government on Monday night announced key appointments including swapping of ministries for officers at the level of additional secretaries. The appointments included Jharkhand IAS Rajiv Kumar as Establishment Officer under DoPT, 1983 batch Odisha cadre IAS Injeti Srinivas as Director General of Sports Authority of India (SAI) and BK Tripathi as Member Secretary in NCR Planning Board. Also, the additional secretaries of the ministries of information and broadcasting and steel have been swapped. Here are the 10 new appointments: