Minor reshuffle in Central bureaucracy
The Hindu
Renuka Kumar and Sanjay Kumar Singh appointed as Secretaries.
In a minor reshuffle in the top bureaucracy in the central administration, the Modi government on Thursday appointed senior bureaucrats Renuka Kumar and Sanjay Kumar Singh as Secretaries for Minority Affairs and Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances respectively. Mr. Singh, a 1987 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre, succeeds Indevar Pandey, who has been appointed as Women and Child Development Secretary. Mr Pandey, a 1988 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre, has been appointed as Secretary, Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) in April. Mr. Singh, now Special Secretary, Department of Agricultural Research & Education & Secretary, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, will also be the Secretary, Department of Pensions & Pensioners Welfare in the Ministry of Personnel.
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