As many as six IAS officers have been assigned new administrative roles as Secretaries at the Centre.
The Appointment Committee of the Cabinet has approved in-situ upgradation of six IAS officers to the level of Special Secretary in the rank and pay of Secretary to the Government of India.
The appointments are seen as a measure personal to the officers by temporarily upgrading the posts held by them as given below:
IAS Anurag Agarwal, IAS (PB:1990)
Currently: Additional Secretary & Financial Advisor, Ministry of External Affairs
Appointed as: Special Secretary & Financial Advisor, Ministry of External Affairs.
IAS Chandra Sekhar Kumar (OD:1992)
Currently Serving as: Additional Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj
Appointed as: Special Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj.
IAS Punya Salila Srivastava (AGMUT:1993)
Currently serving as: Additional Secretary, Prime Minister’s Office
Appointed as: Special Secretary, Prime Minister’s Office.
IAS Tanmay Kumar (RJ:1993)
Currently serving as: Additional Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change
Appointed as: Special Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change.
IAS Amit Agrawal (CG:1993)
Currently serving as: Chief Executive Officer, Unique Identification Authority of India
Appointed as: Chief Executive Officer, Unique Identification Authority of India in the rank and pay of Secretary to the Government of India.
IAS Deepti Gaur Mukerjee (MP:1993)
Currently serving as: Chief Executive Officer, National Health Authority
Appointed as: Chief Executive Officer, National Health Authority in the rank and pay of Secretary to the Government of India by restoring the post to Secretary level.
