New Delhi (25.01.2022): Lieutenant General Upendra Dwivedi has been appointed as the new Northern Army Commander. He is presently posted as the Deputy Chief of Army Staff and would be succeeding Lt Gen Y K Joshi in Udhampur, Jammu, and Kashmir. Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi assumed the appointment of DCOAS (IS&C) at Integrated HQ of MOD (ARMY) on April 9, 2021.

New Delhi (19.01.2022): Notifications issued by the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) on Wednesday are as follows:-

New Delhi (18.01.2022): The NaMo administration on Tuesday effected major appointments to Additional Secretary level posts in various ministries, departments and organisations as follows:

• Ms. Anuradha Thakur (IAS:1994:HP) was appointed as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs. Presently, she is Additional Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat.
• Ms. B V Umadevi (IFS:1987:CG) was appointed as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs. Presently, she is Additional Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change.
• Shashank Goel (IAS:1990:TG), presently in the cadre, was appointed as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment.
• Shailesh Kumar Singh (IAS:1991:JH), presently in the cadre, was appointed as Additional Secretary and Development Commissioner, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME).
• Manish Kumar Gupta (IAS:1991:AGMUT) was appointed as Vice Chairman, Delhi Development Authority (DDA). Presently, he is Principal Commissioner, Delhi Development Authority.
• Chanchal Kumar (IAS:1992:BH), presently in the cadre, was appointed as Managing Director, National Highways & Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (NHIDCL) under the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways.
• Ashish Srivastava (IAS:1992:MP) was appointed Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare by cancelling the order dated 04.12.2021 regarding his appointment as Additional Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat (SR). Presently, he is Additional Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development.
• Hari Ranjan Rao (IAS:1994:MP) was appointed as Administrator, Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF), Department of Telecommunications (DoT). Presently, he is Additional Secretary, DoT.
• V L Kantha Rao (IAS:1992:MP) was appointed as Additional Secretary, Department of Telecommunications (DoT). Presently, he is Additional Secretary and Director General (Acquisition), Ministry of Defence.
• Pankaj Agrawal (IAS:1992:MP) was appointed as Additional Secretary and Director General (Acquisition), Ministry of Defence. Presently, he is Additional Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat.
• Vikram Dev Dutt (IAS:1993:AGMUT), presently in the cadre, was appointed as Chairman & Managing Director, Air India Ltd.
• Santosh Kumar Sarangi (IAS:1994:OR), was appointed as Director-General, Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) vice Amit Yadav (IAS:1991:AGMUT). Currently, he is Additional Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education.
• Naresh Pal Gangwar (IAS:1994:RJ) was appointed as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change  (MoEF&CC) vice  Ms. B V Umadevi (IFS:1987:CG) upon her appointment as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs. Presently, he is Joint Secretary, MoEF&CC.
• Further, the Central Deputation tenure of Ashutosh Jindal (IAS:1995:TR) was extended for a period of one year beyond 16.02.2022 i.e. upto 16.02.2023. Presently, he is Additional Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat

New Delhi (17.01.2022): Notification issued by the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) on Monday;

• Madnesh Kumar Mishra (IRS IT:1990) was prematurely repatriated to his parent cadre on grounds of availing promotion in the cadre. Currently, he is Joint Secretary, Ministry of Culture.  
• Two Part-Time Members were appointed in the National Monuments Authority (NMA) for a period of three years; Hemraj Ramniklal Kamdar, Proprietor, M/s Earth Consortium (Ahmedabad) & Prof (Dr) M Kailasa Rao, Professor & Dean, School of Planning & Architecture (Vijaywada)