Ajay Kumar Bhalla (IAS:1984:AM), Addl Secretary, Dept of Commerce has been appointed as Director General, Foreign Trade; vice: Dr Anup Wadhawan (IAS:1985:UK). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Anup Wadhawan (IAS:1985:UK), Director General, Foreign Trade has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Department of Commerce; vice: Ajay Kumar Bhalla (IAS:1984:AM). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Inder Jit Singh (IAS:1985:KL), Addl Secretary, Ministry of New & Renewable Energy has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Department of Commerce; vice: Arvind Mehta (IAS:1984:RJ). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The appointment of S N Sahai (IAS:1986:UT) as Additional Secretary, Department of Commerce has been cancelled. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bhanu Pratap Sharma (IAS:1981:BH), Secretary, DoPT gets the additional charge of Secretary, Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances during the absence on leave of C Vishwanath (IAS:1981:AP) from 13 Oct 2016 to 20 Oct 2016. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The central deputation tenure of Onkarmal Kedia (IIS:1985), Joint Secretary, Dept of Sports has been extended till 24 January 2017. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------