Information and Broadcasting Secretary Apurva Chandra was appointed the Health Secretary as a part of a top-level bureaucratic reshuffle effected by the Centre on Saturday.

Mr. Chandra is a 1988-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Maharashtra cadre.

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has accepted Mr. Chandra’s appointment because the Secretary, Department of Health and Family Welfare, an order issued by the Personnel Ministry mentioned.

Senior bureaucrat Sanjay Jaju has been appointed as the brand new Information and Broadcasting Secretary instead of Mr. Chandra.

Mr. Jaju, a 1992-batch IAS officer, is at the moment serving in his cadre State of Telangana.

Sukhbir Singh Sandhu, a 1988-batch (retired) IAS officer of Uttarakhand cadre, has been named Secretary to the anti-corruption ombudsman Lokpal on contract foundation for a interval of 1 yr, it mentioned.

Ashish Kumar Bhutani, a 1992-batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre, will likely be Secretary, Ministry of Cooperation.

Senior bureaucrat Raj Kumar Goyal has been appointed as Secretary, Department of Border Management.

Legal Affairs Secretary Niten Chandra will now be Secretary, Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare, and Ok. Moses Chalai has been named Secretary of Inter State Council Secretariat below the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Mr. Chalai is at the moment Secretary, North Eastern Council Secretariat, Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region.

Mr. Niten Chandra, who was the primary IAS officer to be appointed to the publish of Legal Affairs Secretary, can be the secretary to the high-level committee on “One Nation, One Election”.

Senior IAS officer Anil Malik has been appointed as Officer on Special Duty (OSD), Ministry of Women and Child Development. He will take over as Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development after superannuation of incumbent Indevar Pandey on February 29, the order mentioned.

Sumita Dawra, Special Secretary (Logistics) within the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, will now be Officer on Special Duty within the Ministry of Labour and Employment.

She will take over as Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment after the retirement of Arti Ahuja this month-end.

Vijay Kumar, Special Secretary within the Ministry of Cooperation, has been named as Chairman, Inland Waterways Authority of India.

The ACC has additionally accepted in-situ upgradation of posts held by 4 officers.

Accordingly, P Daniel will now be Secretary, Central Vigilance Commission within the rank and pay of Secretary. Rashmi Chowdhary will likely be Secretary, Central Information Commission within the rank and pay of Secretary to the federal government of India.

A. Neeraja will likely be Special Secretary within the Department of Fertilizers and Shyam Bhagat Negi has been appointed as Special Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat.

The ACC has additionally accepted appointment of Reeta Vasishta, in-charge of Central Agency Section, Ministry of Law and Justice, because the Member Secretary, twenty second Law Commission of India, the order added.