The Appointment Committee of Cabinet approves the appointment of eight Secretary in the Government of India. The names of the officers with their departments are:
1. The 1979 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre, Ms. Gauri Kumar,who was serving Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment now appointed as Secretary, (Co-ordination & Public Grievances), Cabinet Secretariat vice Shri S.B. Agnihotri, IAS (OR:80).
2. The 1980 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, Shri Shankar Agarwal who was serving as Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development, as now posted as Secretary, Ministry of Labour & Employment vice Ms. Gauri Kumar, IAS (GJ:79), on her relinquishing the charge of the post.
3. Shri Madhusudhan Prasad, IAS (HY:81), Special Secretary, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry as Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development vice Shri Shankar Agarwal, IAS (UP:80), on his relinquishing the charge of the post.
4.The 1978 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, Shri Lov Verma, was serving as Secretary, Department of Health and Family Welfare, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare now appointed as Secretary, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment in the vacancy of Ms. Stuti Narayan Kacker, IAS (UP:78) (Retired).
5. The 1980 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre, Ms. Anita Agnihotri was serving as Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation now appointed as Secretary, Department of Social Justice and Empowerment, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment vice Shri Sudhir Bhargava, IAS (RJ:79).
6. The 1980 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre, Ms. Nandita Chatterjee who was serving as Member Secretary, National Commission for Women, Ministry of Women and Child Development now appointed as Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation vice Ms. Anita Agnihotri, IAS (OR:80), on her relinquishing the charge of the post.
7. The 1981 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre, Shri Bhanu Pratap Sharma, who was serving as Establishment Officer and Special Secretary, Department of Personnel and Training, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, as Secretary, Department of Health and Family Welfare vice Shri Lov Verma, IAS (UP:78), on his relinquishing the charge of the post.
8. The retired 1977 batch IAS officer of UP cadre, Shri Dinesh Kumar Mittal, appointed as Mission Director, Direct Benefits Transfer Scheme for a period of three months from the date of his assuming charge.