Vikram Dev Dutt Appointed as Coal Secretary - Latest News
Vikram Dev Dutt has assumed charge as the coal secretary, succeeding V L Kantha Rao. Dutt, a 1993-batch IAS officer, previously served as the DGCA Director General.
Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters
New Delhi, Oct 21 (PTI) Vikram Dev Dutt on Monday assumed the charge as the coal secretary.
Dutt succeeds V L Kantha Rao who currently serves as the mines secretary.
Dutt, a 1993-batch IAS officer of the AGMUT (Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territory) cadre, earlier served as the Director General of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), the coal ministry said in a statement.
Prior to Rao, Amrit Lal Meena served as the coal secretary.
Meena was repatriated to his home cadre Bihar, where he was appointed as the chief secretary.
Meena is a 1989-batch officer of the Indian Administrative Service.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet had approved Meena's repatriation to his parent cadre on the request of the Bihar government, said a personnel ministry order dated August 30.
Dutt succeeds V L Kantha Rao who currently serves as the mines secretary.
Dutt, a 1993-batch IAS officer of the AGMUT (Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territory) cadre, earlier served as the Director General of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), the coal ministry said in a statement.
Prior to Rao, Amrit Lal Meena served as the coal secretary.
Meena was repatriated to his home cadre Bihar, where he was appointed as the chief secretary.
Meena is a 1989-batch officer of the Indian Administrative Service.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet had approved Meena's repatriation to his parent cadre on the request of the Bihar government, said a personnel ministry order dated August 30.
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