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New Delhi, Jan 9: The Central Government has announced the appointment of senior IAS officer Samir Kumar Sinha as the Additional Secretary and Director General (Acquisition) in the Defence Ministry.
This appointment is part of a major bureaucratic reshuffle. Sinha, a 1994-batch IAS officer, was previously serving as the Principal Secretary to Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved his new role. Other significant appointments include Bharat Harbanslal Khera, a 1995-batch IAS officer, as Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; Chandra Bhushan Kumar as Additional Secretary and Mission Director for the Jal Jeevan Mission;
Puja Singh Mandol as Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation; Sanjeev Kumar Jindal as Additional Secretary; Asit Gopal as Additional Secretary and Financial Advisor in the Ministry of Textiles; and Tripti Gurha as Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Women and Child Development.