Govind Mohan, a 1989-batch IAS officer from the Sikkim cadre, has been appointed Union Home Secretary, succeeding Ajay Kumar Bhalla. Previously Union Culture Secretary, Mohan holds engineering and management degrees and has a strong background in both state and central government roles.
Govind Mohan holds an electrical engineering degree from BHU-IIT Varanasi. He has been serving as the Union Culture Secretary since October 2021. His extensive career in government includes two previous stints in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).
Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla distributed citizenship certificates under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) to the first 14 individuals in New Delhi. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) confirmed this noteworthy event.
Under the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS), which replaced the colonial-era Indian Penal Code, drivers who cause a serious road accident by negligent driving and run away without informing the police or any official from the administration, can face punishment of up to 10 years or a fine of Rs 7 lakh.
Gauba has wide-ranging experience in senior positions at policy making and programme implementation in both central and state governments and in international organisations.
In a major reshuffle in the senior bureaucracy effected by the ACC, 1985-batch Gujarat cadre IAS officer Atanu Chakraborty was appointed the new Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs in Finance Ministry to succeed S C Garg, 1983-batch IAS officer from Rajasthan cadre, who has been sent to Power Ministry in the same capacity, a government order said.
A Border Security Force (BSF) plane carrying the Home Minister landed at the technical area of Srinagar airport at 3.15 p.m. Shah is accompanied by a high-ranking team of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), which includes Union Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba.
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New Delhi, June 30: G K Pillai hangs up his boots with his stint as the Union Home Secretary making this mild mannered and fearless bureacrat one of the popular top rung officials during the
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