[caption id="attachment_1280" align="aligncenter" width="258"] PMO[/caption] In the ever biggest decision on bureaucracy Narendra Modi Government has appointed 26 IAS officers of 1981 batch (empanelled for secretary rank post) as Special Secretary by upgrading their posts to the rank of Special Secretary. Officers with new designation are; A K Bishnoi (UP)- Special Secretary, Dept of Ex-Servicemen (MoD) S M Vijayanand (KL)- Spl Secy, Dept of Rural Development (MoRD) Ms Anjuly Chib Duggal (PB)- Spl Secy, Dept of Expenditure (MoF) Rajive Kr (UP)- Spl Secy, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas Sunil Soni (MH)- DG, Bureau of Indian Standards in the rank of Secretary Madhusudan Prasad (HY)- Spl secy, Dept of Comerce Bhanu Pratap Sharma (BH)- Spl Secy & EO, DoPT Balvender Kr (UP)- Vice Chairman DDA in the rank of Secretary Vrinda Sarup (UP)- Spl Secy, Dept of School Education (MoHRD) Arun Jha (BH)- Spl Secy, Dept of ARPG (MoPG&P) V S Madan (UT)- DG & MD UIDAI in the rank of Secretary Subhash Chandra Khuntia (KN)- Spl Secy & FA (MoP&NG) C Vishwanath (AP)- CMD, FCI in the rank of Secretary P K Pujari (GJ)- Spl secy & FA, Dept of Agricultural Research & Education Rajiv Yadav (AM)- Spl Secy & FA, Dept of Fertilizers (MoC&F) Ashok Kr Gupta (TN)- Spl Secy, Dept of Defence Production (MoD) Ms Rita A Teotia (GJ)- Spl Secy, Ministry of Telecommunication (MoC&IT) Anil Kr Agrawal (WB)- DG, ESIC in the rank of Secretary (MoL&E) Anoop Kr Srivastava (AM)- Spl Secy, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment Shashi Shekhar (TN)- Spl Secretary, MoEF & Climate Change R N Choubey (TN)- Spl Secy, Ministry of Power Devendra Chaudhary (UP)- Spl Secretary, Ministry of Power Ameising Luikham (MT)- Spl Secy, North Eastern Council (MoDONER) Ravinder Kr Jain (HP)- Secretary, NDMA Suresh Chandra Panda (AM)- Spl Secretary & FA Tuk Tuk Kumar (WB)- Spl Secy & FA, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways