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Prime Minister Narendra Modi (File photo: PTI)
In the first major bureaucratic reshuffle of its third term, Narendra Modi's government on Friday appointed new ministers for public expenditure, banking, corporate affairs and defence, among others.
The 1991 batch Secretary in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs and Cadre Officers, Madhya Pradesh, Manoj Govil has been appointed as Secretary in the Expenditure Department, Ministry of Finance.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) also approved the appointment of Nagaraju Maddirala, a 1993-batch IAS officer from Tripura, as the new Secretary, Department of Financial Services (DFS). Maddirala will replace the current DFS Secretary Vivek Joshi, a 1989-batch IAS officer from Haryana, who has been transferred to the Personnel and Training Ministry as Secretary.
The post of Secretary of State Expenditure fell vacant after TV Somanathan, a 1987-batch IAS officer from Tamil Nadu and currently Finance and Secretary of State Expenditure, was appointed as the next Cabinet Secretary. Somanathan, a veteran bureaucrat, will take over India's top bureaucratic post from August 30, when the extended term of incumbent Rajiv Gauba ends.
Deepti Gaur Mukherjee, a 1993-batch IAS officer from Madhya Pradesh and currently Managing Director of the National Health Authority, will be the new Secretary of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA).
The ACC also approved the appointment of RK Singh, a 1991-batch IAS officer from Kerala, as the new Defence Secretary. K Srinivas, a 1989-batch officer from Gujarat, was appointed Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs from his current post as Secretary, Minority Affairs.
The government has appointed Punya Salila Srivastava as the next Health Minister. She will take over the office after the retirement of current Health Minister Apurva Chandra on September 30, 2024.
Sanjeev Kumar, a 1993 batch IAS officer from Maharashtra and current Chairman, Airports Authority of India, has been appointed Secretary, Department of Defence Production by the ACC.
First published: 16 August 2024 | 21:51 IS
