E.K. Bharat Bhushan to retire as Chief Secretary on January 31

January 29, 2015 12:00 am | Updated 05:44 am IST - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:

B:LINE:For Index only:  DG, DGCA, Mr. E. K. Bharat Bhushan at the India-US Aviation Summit ,in the capital on 17-11-11. Pic-Ramesh Sharma

B:LINE:For Index only: DG, DGCA, Mr. E. K. Bharat Bhushan at the India-US Aviation Summit ,in the capital on 17-11-11. Pic-Ramesh Sharma

The Cabinet on Wednesday expressed its satisfaction and appreciation of the services of E.K. Bharat Bhushan, who is retiring as Chief Secretary on January 31. Jiji Thomson, who is now Additional Chief Secretary in the General Administration Department, is to replace him. Mr. Thomson, who was on Central deputation as Director General of the Sports Authority of India, had returned to the State as wanted by the State government. The Cabinet decided to appoint Saju George, who is now Controller of the Public Service Commission, as the Secretary to the commission. Secretary (Expenditure) Rajesh Kumar Sinha was given additional charge of the Secretary (Planning).

Director of the KSUDP U.V. Jose and Deputy Secretary (Planning) R. Girija, who were conferred IAS recently, will continue in their present posts.

Ms. Girija will get additional charge of the Central Plan Monitoring Unit, an official release said.

0 / 0
Sign in to unlock member-only benefits!
  • Access 10 free stories every month
  • Save stories to read later
  • Access to comment on every story
  • Sign-up/manage your newsletter subscriptions with a single click
  • Get notified by email for early access to discounts & offers on our products
Sign in

Comments

Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments.

We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of The Hindu and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.