New Delhi, Nov. 3 -- Recently, the Centre has directed changes in the secretary-level administration by assigning additional duties to three senior IAS officers and also approved the posting of one Tripura cadre officer in the Department of Financial Services under the Central Staffing Scheme.
The orders issued by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) were issued on October 30. They will take effect after two secretaries retire on October 31.
Starting with Sandeep Pondrik, 1993-batch Bihar cadres IAS Secretary to the Ministry of Steel, has been given additional charge of Secretary to the Ministry of Heavy Industries to serve instead of Kamran Rizvi, 1991-batch Uttar Pradesh cadres officer retiring on October 31. He will serve in the post till a regular official is appointed or till further orders.
In another order, Rajendra Kumar, 1992-batch Tamil Nadu cadres IAS officer, has been given additional charge of Secretary, Inter-State Council Secretariat, in addition to his role as Secretary, Department of Border Management.
This will take effect after Ashish Srivastava, 1992-batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officer, retires.
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