The NaMo administration on Wednesday elevated (in-situ) to the level of Special Secretary in the rank and pay of Secretary to the Govt of India, as a measure personal to them, by temporarily upgrading the post held by them. They are;

1. S P Singh Parihar (IAS:1986:MP), Chairman, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) under Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change elevated in the rank and pay of Secretary.
2. Rakesh Kumar Gupta (IAS:1986:JK), Secretary, Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), DOPT elevated in the rank and pay of Secretary.
3. Alok Vardhan Chaturvedi (IAS:1986:BH), Director General, Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), Department of Commerce elevated in the rank and pay of Secretary.
4. Ms Satbir Bedi (IAS:1986:UT), Chairperson, National Council for Teacher Education elevated (in-situ) as in the rank and pay of Secretary.
5. Anil Kumar Jain (IAS:1986:MP), Additional Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change elevated (In-situ) in the rank & pay of Special Secretary.
6. Subash Chandra (IAS:1986:KN), Additional Secretary, Department of Defence, Ministry, Ministry of Defence elevated (In-situ) in the rank & pay of Special Secretary.
7. Sanjeev Nandan Sahai (IAS:1986:UT), Additional Secretary, Ministry of Power elevated (In-situ) in the rank & pay of Special Secretary.
8. Shambhu Singh (IAS:1986:MN), Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways elevated (In-situ) in the rank & pay of Special Secretary.
9. Ravi Mittal (IAS:1986:BH), Additional Secretary, Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance elevated (In-situ) in the rank & pay of Special Secretary.
10. Pramod Kumar Das (IAS:1986:MP), Additional Secretary, Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance elevated (In-situ) in the rank & pay of Special Secretary.
11. Sanjeeva Kumar (IAS:1986:AM), Additional Secretary, Department of Health and Family Welfare elevated (In-situ) in the rank & pay of Special Secretary.
12. Umesh Sinha (IAS:1986:UP), Deputy Election Commissioner, Election Commission of India elevated (In-situ) in the rank & pay of Special Secretary.