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Centre Tuesday promoted 26 IAS officials to Special Secretary level and shifted 35 Joint Secretaries.

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In a major late-night bureaucratic reshuffle, the Centre Tuesday promoted 26 IAS officials to Special Secretary level and shifted 35 Joint Secretaries.

While senior IAS officers Rajiv Nayan Choubey and Devendra Chaudhary have been made Special Secretaries in the Ministry of Power, Anjuly Chib Duggal has been appointed as Special Secretary in Department of Expenditure in Finance Ministry.

Uttar Pradesh-cadre IAS officer Rajive Kumar has been appointed as Special Secretary in Petroleum and Natural Gas ministry while Haryana-cadre officer Madhusudan Prasad as Special Secretary in Commerce and Industry ministry. Uttar Pradesh-cadre officer Vrinda Sarup has been appointed as Special Secretary, Department of School Education in HRD Ministry. Gujarat-cadre officer Rita A Teaotia will now be Special Secretary in Department of Telecommunications. Tamil Nadu-cadre officer Shashi Shekhar is now Special Secretary in ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change.

Haryana-cadre IAS officer Rajiv Arora, currently Joint Secretary in the Department of Commerce, has been shifted to the national intelligence grid or NATGRID in the same capacity. Himachal Pradesh-cadre officer Ram Subhag Singh who was current serving as Joint Secretary in Department of Defence has been posted as the Managing Director of NAFED.

Puneet Kansal, currently a Director in Power ministry, has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Information & Broadcasting Ministry. Tamil Nadu-cadre officer R Jaya, currently Member Secretary in NCTE under Department of School Education & Literacy, has also been appointed as a JS in I&B Ministry.

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