In an important development, the Appointments Committee of the Union Cabinet has promoted 13 administrators including senior IAS officers to Joint Secretary, joint secretary equivalent level.
Himachal-cadre senior IAS officer Meera Mohanty named as joint secretary in the PMO. While 2005-batch IAS officer Vipul Bansal has been appointed as joint secretary, Department of Commerce, according to the official circular released by the government.
Former bureaucrat and 1985 batch Jharkhand cadre IAS officer Amit Khare has been appointed as the Advisor to the Prime Minister. Khare had superannuated on September 30.
1993-batch Indian Forest Service officer of the Odisha cadre, Uma Nanduri appointed as the joint secretary in the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav secretariat under the Ministry of Culture. While Pawan Kumar Sain has been named as Joint Secretary, Economic Advisory Council to Prime Minister, Niti Aayog.
The full list is given below-
