NEW DELHI: The Government has appointed Secretaries in different Ministries and Departments. Arvind Shrivastava has been appointed as Secretary, Department of Revenue, in the Ministry of Finance. He is currently serving as Additional Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office. Samir Kumar Sinha, who is working as Director General (Acquisitions) in the  Ministry of Defence, has been appointed as Secretary, Civil Aviation.

Santosh Kumar Sarangi, who is currently serving as Director General of Foreign Trade, has been appointed as Secretary inthe  Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. Nikunja Bihari Dhal has been appointed as Secretary, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.

Shrivastava, a 1994 batch Karnataka cadre Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, is currently working as Additional Secretary in the Prime Minister's Office. Civil Aviation Secretary Vumlunmang Vualnam has been named as Secretary, Department of Expenditure. He succeeds Manoj Govil, who has been appointed as Secretary (Coordination), Cabinet Secretariat.

Additionally, the Committee has appointed IAS officer Anuradha Thakur as Officer on Special Duty, Department of Economic Affairs.