Major JS-level bureaucratic reshuffle; 29 officers appointed in different departments

NEW DELHI: The Centre on Friday appointed 29 joint secretaries in different Government departments as part of a major bureaucratic reshuffle effected by it.

Of the total officers, thirteen are from Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and the rest from other services like Indian Revenue Service (IRS), Indian Forest Service (IFoS) and Central Secretariat Service (CSS), among others.

Those appointed include Alaknanda Dayal, Punjab-cadre IAS officer, as joint secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, an order issued by the personnel ministry said.

Ashutosh Jindal, joint secretary in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, has been transferred to the Cabinet Secretariat at the same post. (AGENCIES)