16 October 2026
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ACC Empanels 16 Bureaucrats From Various Services To Joint Secretary-equivalent Posts

The officers have been drawn chiefly from the Indian Ordnance Factories Service (IOFS), Indian Defence Accounts Service (IDAS), Indian Audit & Account Service (IA&AS), Indian Economic Service (IES), and Indian Revenue Service (IRS)
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The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of 16 senior bureaucrats from various services, namely — Indian Ordnance Factories Service (IOFS), Indian Defence Accounts Service (IDAS), Indian Audit & Account Service (IA&AS), Indian Economic Service (IES), and Indian Revenue Service (IRS), to hold Joint Secretary-equivalent rank posts in the Government of India.

The names of the bureaucrats are:

  • Ms. Mudita Mishra (2001-batch IOFS officer);
  • Mr. Praveen Kumar Rai (2003-batch IDAS officer);
  • Mr.. Satya Pratap Singh (2003-batch IDAS officer);
  • Mr. Rakesh Kumar Pandey (2003-batch IDAS officer);
  • Mr. Balram Kumar (2004-batch IDAS officer);
  • Mr. Sangeet (2004-batch IDAS officer);
  • Ms. Smriti (2004-batch IA&AS officer);
  • Mr. Abhijit Phukon (2004-batch IES officer);
  • Mr. Samar Nanda (2004-batch IRS-C&IT officer);
  • Mr.. Sunil Kumar Singh (2004-batch IRS-C&IT officer);
  • Mr. Abhinav Gupta (2004-batch IRS-C&IT officer);
  • Mr. Ravi Prakash (2004-batch IRS-IT officer);
  • Mr.. Parveen Kumar (2004-batch IRS-IT officer);
  • Ms. Mrinalini Kaur Sapra (2004-batch IRS-IT officer);
  • Mr. Ved Prakash Mishra (2004-batch IRS-IT officer);
  • Ms. Riddhi Mishra (2004-batch IRS-IT officer).

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