Question : Who has recently(January 2022) been appointed as Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs as part of a major bureaucratic reshuffle ?
a. Shashank Goel
b. B V Umadevi
c. Shailesh Kumar Singh
d. None of the above
Ans. b.
Related Facts —
- Senior bureaucrat B V Umadevi(1987-batch IFS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre) has been appointed as Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs as part of a major bureaucratic reshuffle brought into effect by the Centre on January 18, 2022.
- She is currently Additional Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
- Other reshufflements —
- Shashank Goel(1990-batch IAS officer presently in the cadre) has been named as Additional Secretary, MoLE. MoLE stands for — Ministry of Labour and Employment.
- Shailesh Kumar Singh, presently in Jharkhand cadre, appointed as Additional Secretary and Development Commissioner, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
- Manish Kumar Gupta, Principal Commissioner of Delhi Development Authority under Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, has been appointed as Vice Chairman in the same department in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary.
- Chanchal Kumar has been appointed as MD, National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary.
- Ashish Srivastava, Additional Secretary in Ministry of Women and Child Development, has been appointed as Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser in Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
- Hari Ranjan Rao, Additional Secretary in the Department of Telecommunications, has been appointed as Administrator in Universal Service Obligation Fund under the Department of Telecommunications in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary.
- V L Kantha Rao, Additional Secretary and Director General (Acquisition) in Ministry of Defence have been appointed as Additional Secretary, Department of Telecommunications vice Hari Ranjan Rao upon his appointment as Administrator, Universal Service Obligation Fund.
- Pankaj Agrawal, Additional Secretary in Cabinet Secretariat, will be Additional Secretary and Director General (Acquisition) in Ministry of Defence vice V. L. Kantha Rao upon his appointment as Additional Secretary, Department of Telecommunications.
- Anuradha Thakur, Additional Secretary in Cabinet Secretariat, has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
The ACC has also approved an extension in the central deputation tenure of Ashutosh Jindal, Additional Secretary in Cabinet Secretariat for a period of one year.
ACC stands for — Appointments Committee of the Cabinet.
By – Pankaj Pandey