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MUMBAI:
Sushma Singh is to take over as secretary in the Information
and Broadcasting ministry.
Singh
is expected to take charge tomorrow.
An
Indian Administrative Service officer from Jharkhand of the
1972 batch, Singh is presently secretary in the ministry for
Panchayati Raj.
Prior
to that, Singh has served as secretary in the ministry for
North East affairs.
Singh
told indiantelevision.com that it was too early for her to
talk about her priorities in her new ministry.
In
a move in the middle of the last month, the Appointments Committee
of the Cabinet announced repatriation of then secretary Asha
Swarup to her parent cadre in Himachal Pradesh.
Ashok
Chawla, secretary in the Civil Aviation ministry,was given
additional charge as secretary of the I&B ministry for
a period of three months or until further orders, whichever
is earlier. Chawla belongs to the Gujarat cadre of the IAS.
Both belong to the 1973 batch of the IAS.
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