IAS officer Somanathan has held important assignments at the Centre like Joint Secretary and Additional Secretary in Prime Minister’s Office. He also served as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs and was deputed as Director.
An official order said, "The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of TV Somanathan, IAS (TN:87) as Cabinet Secretary with a tenure of two years from August 30, 2024".
PM Modi has called the Cabinet Secretary and other important officials and instructed them to expedite the committee formation and process of sub-categorisation in the reservation to Madiga community, government sources have informed.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved extension in service to Shri Rajiv Gauba, IAS (JH:1982) as Cabinet Secy for the period of one year beyond 30.08.2021, read the Govt notification issued late Saturday evening.
Cabinet Secy Rajiv Gauba will hold a video conference at 11 am today with Chief Secretaries and Health Secretaries of all States and Union Territories. Discussion in the meeting is likely to focus on seeking the states' views on easing lockdown regulations and need for strengthening enforcement of stringent measures in the containment zones.
Gauba has wide-ranging experience in senior positions at policy making and programme implementation in both central and state governments and in international organisations.
Cabinet Secretary Pradeep Kumar Sinha was on Friday given a three-month extension, according to an official order, making him the longest-serving bureaucrat in the post in the last seven decades.
He had got a second extension of one year in June last. This way he would have served for four years like his immediate predecessor Ajit Seth who too served for four years.
The Election Commission has told the Centre that it should strictly adhere to the provisions of the Model Code of Conduct to ensure level playing fields in poll-bound states.
The Election Commission today said that photographs of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on hoardings at petrol pumps in poll-bound Goa and on certificates issued by oil companies in Uttarakhand are violation of the Model Code of Conduct.
New Delhi: A Parliamentary panel's sub group examining "irregularities" in Commonwealth Games 2010 today recommended calling Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha and PMO officials from Prime Minister's Office for field surveys of assets created during
New Delhi: Senior IAS officer Pradeep Kumar Sinha on Saturday took over as cabinet secretary succeeding Ajit Seth who retired after serving in the post for four years.Sinha, an IAS officer of 1977 batch from
New Delhi: Pradeep Kumar Sinha, an IAS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre, was on Friday appointed the new cabinet secretary. He will succeed Ajit Seth. "Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the appointment of Pradeep
New Delhi: Identification of criminals behind cyber attacks on government bodies is becoming a tough nut for it to crack.The attacks used to transmit classified information to overseas servers are being found as “structured” and
New Delhi: Cabinet Secretary Ajit Kumar Seth on Thursday chaired a meet of National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) and reviewed the preparedness for the ‘Hudhud' cyclone.The cyclone is likely to hit the coasts of Odisha
New Delhi: Various central government departments are in the process of repealing outdated laws and regulations, Cabinet Secretary Ajit Seth said here on Tuesday."We also need to simplify the grievance redressal and government processes. The
New Delhi: The Central government reviewed the preparedness for tackling the dreaded Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) disease which has claimed hundreds of lives in Western Africa.Union Cabinet Secretary Ajit Seth on Tuesday held a review
New Delhi: Petroleum Secretary Saurabh Chandra may be the next Cabinet Secretary, replacing incumbent Ajit Seth who retires next month.Chandra is a 1978 batch officer from the Uttar Pradesh cadre and previously was Secretary, Department
New Delhi: A government panel has suggested flexible labour laws and simplified taxation system, among other things, to improve manufacturing in small units.The inter-ministerial committee (IMC), headed by Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Secretary
New Delhi: In yet another snub for him, Commonwealth Games Organizing Committee head Suresh Kalmadi, facing charges of corruption in the sporting event, was not invited to a thanks-giving dinner hosted by Cabinet Secretary K
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