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Geetha Meetina, a 1997-batch IAS officer of the Chhattisgarh cadre, has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare for a tenure of five years
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The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved the appointments and premature repatriation of 43 additional secretary- and joint secretary-level officers.
Geetha Meetina, a 1997-batch IAS officer of the Chhattisgarh cadre, has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare for a tenure of five years.
Rajbir S Panwar, an Indian Forest Officer (IFoS) of the 1991-batch of Gujarat cadre, was appointed as Managing Director (JS level), National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd. (NAFED), Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare.
IFoS officer of 1996-batch Satyendra Singh was appointed as Managing Director (JS level), National Horticulture Board (NHB), Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare.
Chaitanya Murti, an IFoS officer of the 1995-batch, was appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Bio-Technology, from the date of assumption of the charge of the post.
Srikant Nagulapalli, an lAS officer of the 1998-batch of the Andhra Pradesh cadre, was appointed as Joint Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat.
IAS officer of 1996-batch Puneet Kansal was appointed as Joint Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat.
Other officers who have been appointed as Joint Secretary in various departments include M Balaji, Krishan Kumar, Inderdeep Singh Dhariwal, Harpreet Singh, Rajesh Singh among others.
(PTI)