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New Delhi, Jan 9: The rank of acting director of the Enforcement Directorate, Rahul Navin, along with 10 other bureaucrats, has been upgraded to the position of Additional Secretary by the Central government.
Navin, a senior IRS officer from the 1993 batch, currently serving as the Special Director in the Enforcement Directorate, took over the position from Sanjay Kumar Mishra. Mishra stepped down in September last year, meeting the deadline set by the Supreme Court for the conclusion of his tenure.
Currently serving as the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) acting director, Navin will continue in this role until a regular director is appointed or until further directives from the government are received.
The Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC), presided over by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, decided on Monday to sanction the in-situ upgrading of these individuals to the rank of Additional Secretary to the government, temporarily elevating their current positions.
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10 other upgraded officers
In addition to Navin, the following officers have been promoted to the rank of Additional Secretary by the government: Shubha Thakur, Sanjukta Mudgal, Anant Swarup, Navaljit Kapoor, Manoj Pandey, Anurag Bajpai, Alok Pande, Sunil Kumar, Hanif Qureshi, and Anandrao Vishnu Patil respectively in the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Culture, Department of Commerce in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Department of Tribal Affairs, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Department of Defence Production, Department of Investment and Public Asset Management in the Ministry of Finance, Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Heavy Industries, and Department of School Education and Literacy.
Seven other officers promoted
In addition, the ACC has promoted seven other officers assigned to various ministries and departments to the position of Additional Secretary.
In the Ministry of Home Affairs, Sanjeev Kumar Jindal was appointed Additional Secretary, Department of Home.
In addition, the ACC promoted Asit Gopal, Tripti Gurha, Samir Kumar Sinha, Bharat Harbanslal Khera, Chandra Bhushan Kumar, and Puja Singh Mandol to the positions of Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Textiles, Ministry of Women and Child Development, Department of Defence, Department of Consumer Affairs, Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation in the Jal Jeevan Mission, and Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation respectively.