20 October 2026
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Reshuffle in Secretariat by Government of India

The Centre effected a significant bureaucratic reshuffle Monday, appointing nine secretary-level officers in multiple ministries and departments, and promoting eight additional secretaries to special secretaries by upgrading their posts
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The officers who have received the new postings are:

  • Senior IAS officer Pankaj Jain has been appointed secretary in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. The 1990-batch officer is currently an additional secretary in the Department of Financial Services.
  • Leena Nandan, 1987-batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, has been moved to the Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change as secretary from the Department of Consumer Affairs.
  • Vini Mahajan, currently in cadre, has been named secretary, Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Ministry of Jal Shakti.
  • Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officer Sanjay Kumar Singh appointed secretary, Ministry of Steel. Currently, he serves in the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances and Department of Pensions and Pensioners Welfare.
  • Rajeev Ranjan, special secretary at Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, will now be secretary, National Commission for Backward Classes in the rank and pay of secretary to the Government of India.
  • Bharat Lal, serving as additional secretary in the Ministry of Jal Shakti, has been appointed secretary, Lokpal.
  • Rohit Kumar Singh has been named secretary, Department of Consumer Affairs. He serves as special secretary, Ministry of Culture, appointed.
  • V Srinivas appointed as secretary, Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances and Department of Pensions and Pensioners’ Welfare.
  • Manoj Joshi names officer on special duty, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. He will take over as secretary from Dec. 31.

Meanwhile, IAS officers Sanjay Malhotra (Rajasthan cadre), Alka Kumar Sharma (Kerala cadre), Raj Kumar Goyal (J&K) and Manoj Ahuja (Orissa cadre) have been promoted as Secretary in their respective posts by upgrading the same. IFoS officer Rajesh Kumar Chaudhry (Punjab), IAAS officers Annie George Mathew and Meera Swarup and IRS officer Shashank Priya have also been promoted as Secretary in their respective posts.


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