Anoop Mishra, former Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary, will be the new Secretary-General of the Lok Sabha.
Speaker Sumitra Mahajan announced the appointment on Wednesday. Mr. Mishra, a former IAS officer of the 1978 batch, will have the rank and status of Cabinet Secretary with effect from December 1, 2014 to November 30, 2016 or until further orders.
Mr. Mishra has held several important positions at the Centre and in Uttar Pradesh. He had been the Chief Secretary for a year with overall responsibility of the State administration, superintendence of law and order and development and infrastructure schemes.
During his stint at the Centre, Mr. Mishra held, among several, the post of Joint Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat, with the responsibility of strategic Ministries of Home, Defence, External Affairs, Atomic Energy and Space and the economic Ministries of Finance and Commerce, besides the Planning Commission.
