Cabinet Approves 2nd Round of Key Bureaucratic Changes

In a release earlier on Friday key secretarial level changes were announced (See: Central Govt Announces Major Bureaucratic Reshuffle). 

Second Reshuffle

Among the prominent appointments in this second wave of changes were:

Keshav Kumar Pathak, IAS (BH:90), has been appointed Additional Secretary in the Cabinet Secretariat by temporarily upgrading a Joint Secretary post.

Abhishek Singh, IAS (NL:95), will serve as Director General, National Informatics Centre (NIC), while retaining additional charge as Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY).

Bhuvnesh Kumar, IAS (UP:95), has been named Chief Executive Officer of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), in the rank of Additional Secretary.

Suman Billa, IAS (KL:96), will now also serve as Director General (Tourism) alongside his role as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Tourism.

Vir Vikram Yadav, IAS (OR:96), returns from the cadre as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change.

Sanoj Kumar Jha, IAS (SK:97), is appointed Additional Secretary, Ministry of Coal.

M.S. Srikar, IAS (KN:99), will replace Puneet Kansal as Additional Secretary in the Cabinet Secretariat after the latter’s tenure ends on April 26, 2025.

Mugdha Sinha, IAS (RJ:99), moves to India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) as Managing Director.

Hirdesh Kumar, IAS (AGMUT:99), Deputy Election Commissioner, has been appointed Managing Director, TRIFED under the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.

Ashish Chatterjee, IAS (TN:99), has been appointed Additional Secretary & Financial Advisor, Ministry of Steel.

In the energy sector, Jitendra Srivastava, IAS (BH:2000), will now head REC Ltd. under the Ministry of Power, while N. Saravana Kumar, IAS (BH:2000), takes over as Vice Chairman, Delhi Development Authority.

Finance and internal affairs have also seen key shifts:

Solomon Arokiaraj, IAS (AP:2000), and Abhijit Sinha, IAS (NL:2000), have been elevated as Additional Secretaries in the Departments of Economic Affairs and Home, respectively.
Amitabh Kumar, IRS (C&IT:92), becomes Additional Secretary, Department of Commerce.

Other Appointments

Other appointments included:

Yatinder Prasad, IA&AS:93, is the new Additional Secretary & Financial Advisor, Department of Science & Technology.

Prabhat, IRPS:93, will serve in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

Sanjiv Shankar, IRS (IT:93), is the new Additional Secretary & Financial Advisor, Ministry of Consumer Affairs.

Roop Rashi, IA&AS:94, takes charge as CEO, Khadi and Village Industries Commission.

Vinod Kotwal, IP&TA&FS:94, will serve in the Health Ministry.

Mihir Kumar, IDAS:96, becomes CEO of Government e-Marketplace (GeM).

Amitesh Kumar Sinha, IRAS:97, joins MeitY as Additional Secretary.

Hoveyda Abbas, IA&AS:97, replaces Jaideep Kumar Mishra in the Health Ministry.

In-Situ Upgradations 

The ACC also approved in-situ promotions for several officers by temporarily upgrading their existing posts:

Sonal Mishra, IAS (GJ:97), Ministry of Skill Development.
Manish Thakur, IAS (AM:98), Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
Indra Mallo, IAS (MH:99), Cabinet Secretariat.
D. Anandan, IAS (SK:2000), Department of Expenditure.
Deepak Agarwal, IAS (UP:2000), NAFED.
P. Hemalatha, IAS (KN:2000), Cochin SEZ.
Piyush Singh, IAS (MH:2000), Ministry of Power.
Manmeet Kaur Nanda, IAS (WB:2000), Ministry of Social Justice.
Aparna Sachin Sharma, CSS:89, Department of Fertilizers.
Nirupama Kotru, IRS (IT:92), Ministry of Coal.
Amita Prasad Sarbhai, IRAS:93, Ministry of Culture.
Biswaranjan Sasmal, IRS (IT:93), Ministry of Social Justice.
Amrit Raj, IPoS:94, Ministry of Textiles.
Rama Shankar Sinha, IFoS (AGMUT:95), Department of Animal Husbandry.
G. Madhumita Das, IPoS:96, Ministry of Labour & Employment.

This latest wave of appointments, officials said, reflects the government’s push to streamline administrative leadership across critical sectors, from digital governance and tourism to tribal affairs, power, and finance.