1997 batch IAS officer IAS Subodh Kumar Singh has now been appointed to the post of Additional Secretary Food and Public Distribution at the Centre, the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has issued an order for the promotion of Subodh Kumar Singh. However, his department will remain the Civil Supplies Department as before. Along with Subodh Kumar Singh, many other IAS officers have been given new postings and new responsibilities.
It is noteworthy that that earlier in October itself, apart from Subodh Singh, the central government had empaneled Niharika Barik as additional secretary. He was then Joint Secretary in the Civil Supplies Department. Now he has been promoted as Additional Secretary in the same department. Let us tell you that right now Niharika is on a long vacation.
There are 9 IAS Additional Secretary level officers of Chhattisgarh cadre. Amit Agarwal (1993 Batch), Vikassheel (1994 Batch), Nidhi Chhibber 1995 Batch) Richa Sharma (1995 Batch) Manoj Pingua (1995 Batch), Gaurav Dwivedi (1995 Batch), Maninder Kaur (1995 Batch) Subodh Singh (1997 Batch) , Niharika Barik (1997 batch). M Geetha has passed away.