The Appointment Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) cleared the appointment of 17 Joint Secretaries as follows: C K Khetan (IAS:1987:CG) appointed as Additional Registrar General (JS level) in the office of Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India under the Ministry of Home Affairs. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Devender Kumar Singh (IAS:1989:KL) appointed as Chairman, APEDA (Dept of Commerce) vice Krishan Kumar (IAS:1997:PB). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gopal Krishna Dwivedi (IAS:1993:AP) appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Land Resources vice Sandeep Dave (IAS:1987:KN). Currently Dwivedi has been waiting for posting. Prior to this he served as JS (Foreigners) MHA. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Subrat Gupta (IAS:1990:WB) appointed as JS, Textiles vice Ms Anu Garg (IAS:1991:OR) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pravin Kumar Srivastava (IAS:1988:AM) appointed as Jt Secretary, Ministry Home Affairs vice Rajit Punhani (IAS:1991:BH). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mukesh Jain (IPS:1989:MP) replaces C K Khetan as JS & CEO, National Trust for Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation & Multiple Disabilities under the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Maninder Kaur Dwivedi (IAS:1995:CG) appointed as Adviser (JS) level NITI Aayog by upgrading the  newly created post of DS/Director to JS level. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ms Dolly Chakrabarty (IA&AS:1987) appointed as Jt Secretary, Dept of Empowerment of Persons with Disability vice Mukesh Jain (IPS:1989:MP). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rakesh Singh Lal (IOFS:1988) appointed as Additional DG, Archaeological Survey of India under Ministry of Culture vice Shharat Sharma (IDAS:1988). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Khushwant Singh Sethi (IFoS:1990:TR) replaces Ms Sadara G Muraleedharan (IAS:1990:KL) as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ms Alka Bhargava (IFoS:1987) appointed as Jt Secretary, Dept of Agriculturre, Cooperation & Farmers' Welfare vice Utpal Kumar Singh