Question : According to an order of the Ministry of Personnel issued recently(August 2021), who has been appointed as the Secretary of Information and Broadcasting ?
a. Apurva Chandra
b. Durgesh Bansal
c. G Ganeshan
d. La Ganesan
Ans. a.
Related facts —
- Senior bureaucrat Apurva Chandra has been appointed Information and Broadcasting secretary, a Personnel Ministry order said recently(August 2021).
- He is a 1988 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre and is presently Secretary in the Ministry of Labor and Employment.
- It is notable that Higher Education Secretary Amit Khare was holding the additional charge of the post of Information and Broadcasting secretary for over a year now.
Link:
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/apurva-chandra-new-ib-secy/articleshow/85467057.cms