New Delhi (31.07.2021): The NaMo administration on Friday cleared the appointment of private secretaries to as many as nine newly inducted union ministers. The list of newly appointed private secretaries are as follows;

• Dr Ajay Kumar (lAS:2006:GJ) was appointed Private Secretary to Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister for Education for the balance period of his tenure of five years as Private Secretary i.e. up to 14.07.2024 or on a co-terminus basis.
• Girish Kumar (DIG, CRPF) was appointed as Private Secretary to Arjun Ram Meghwal Union Minister of State for Culture for a period up to 30.06.2022 or on co-terminus.
• Sachin Shinde (lAS:2008:AGMUT) was appointed as Private Secretary to Kiren Rijiju, Union Minister for Law & Justice for the balance period of his tenure of five years as Private Secretary i.e. up to 18.06.2023 or on a coterminous basis.
• Rasaal Dwivedi (IRS C&CE:2011) was appointed as Private Secretary to Hardeep S Puri, Union Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas for the balance period of his tenure of five years as Private Secretary i.e. up to 15.03.2026 or on a co-terminus basis.
• Mukesh Kumar Bansal (IAS:2005:CG) was appointed as Private Secretary to Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers for the balance period of his tenure of five years as Private Secretary i.e. up to 10.03.2025 or on a co-terminus basis.
• Raj Kumar Digvijay (IRS C&CE:2004) was appointed as Private Secretary to Giriraj Singh, Union Minister of State for Rural Development & Panchayati Raj for the balance period of his tenure of five years as Private Secretary i.e. up to 15.05.2023 or on a co-terminus basis.
• Rakesh Kumar Mishra (IRPS:2001) was appointed as Private Secretary to Parshottam Rupala, Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying for the period of 2 years 6 months & 17 days (i.e. balance period of his tenure of five years as Private Secretary) or on co-terminus basis.
• Shukracharya K Jadhav (lRS IT:2005) was appointed as Private Secretary to Raosaheb Patil Danve, Union Minister of State for Railways for the balance period of his tenure of five years as Private Secretary i.e. up to 30.09.2024 or on a co-terminus basis
• Virendra Mittal (lAS:2007:AM) was appointed as Private Secretary to Rameshwar Teli, Union Minister of State for Petroleum & Natural Gas for the balance period of his tenure of five years as Private Secretary i.e. up to 13.11.2024 or on a co-terminus basis.