41 IAS empanelled for secy, equivalent-level posts; 28 as additional secys | India News

New Delhi: In a major bureaucratic exercise, Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) on Saturday empanelled 41 IAS officers for appointment as secretaries or on equivalent-level posts, and another 28 IAS officers for additional secretary or equivalent-level positions.According to the list, 21 IAS officers from the 1990, 1991, 1993 and 1995 batches have been empanelled as secretaries, while another 20 officers have been placed in the secretary-equivalent category.The list of empanelled secretaries includes Nagaland cadre IAS officer and CEO of AI Mission Abhishek Singh; Gujarat cadre officer D Thara, who has been overseeing the Central Vista revamp project and urban missions; and Uttar Pradesh cadre officer Santosh Yadav, currently serving as chairman of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).Others on the list include Himachal Pradesh cadre IAS officer Bharat Khera, Rajasthan cadre officer Rajeev Singh Thakur, Telangana cadre IAS officer Sanjay Kumar, Odisha cadre officer Sushil Kumar Lohani and Tripura cadre IAS officer Ashutosh Jindal.Officials said the empanelment of over three dozen secretaries will give govt many options in the next round of top-level reshuffle in bureaucracy.