(THE NEWSMAN OF INDIA.COM) The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the following appointments at the Joint Secretary/Joint Secretary equivalent level (Level 14 of the Pay Matrix):

1. Muktanand Agarwal (IAS, RJ:2008) – CEO, Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna (PMFBY)
2. Prajakta L Verma (IAS, MH:2001) – Joint Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy
3. Lakhpat Singh Choudhary (IRSS:1997) – Joint Secretary, Ministry of Coal
4. Saket Kumar (IAS, BH:2009) – Joint Secretary, Department of Commerce
5. Satinder Kumar Bhalla (ITS:1992) – Secretary, North Eastern Council Secretariat (JS Level)
6. Madhup Vyas (IAS, UT:2000) – Deputy Election Commissioner, Election Commission of India
7. Ajay Kumar (IP&TA&FS:1993) – Joint Secretary, Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare
8. Devesh Deval (IAS, MN:2004) – Joint Secretary, Ministry of Food Processing Industries
9. Raghav Langer (IAS, UD:2009) – Secretary, National Medical Commission (JS Level)
10. Jyoti Yadav (IAS, UD:2009) – Joint Secretary, National Health Authority (NHA)
11. Prem Chandra Maurya (IRS, IT:1995) – Joint Secretary, Ministry of Heavy Industries
12. Armstrong Pame (IAS, MN:2009) – Joint Secretary, Department of Higher Education
13. Prasana R. (IAS, CG:2004) – Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs
14. Sushma Chauhan (IAS, UT:2009) – Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs
15. Samir Kumar (IRTS:1999) – Joint Secretary, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)
16. M Ramachandrudu (IAS, BH:2009) – Director (Census Operations) (JS Level), Bihar
17. T Mithra (IAS, KL:2009) – Director (Census Operations) (JS Level), Kerala
18. Pradeep Kumar Jha (IAS, MN:2006) – Joint Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
19. Isha (IAS, PB:2009) – Joint Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
20. Ashish Kumar (IOFS:1996) – Joint Secretary, Department of Investment & Public Asset Management
21. Satya Pratap Singh (IDAS:2003) – Joint Secretary, Department of Justice
22. Vatsalya Saxena (IRS, IT:1994) – Premature repatriation as CEO, KVIC
23. Javvadi V Naga Subramanyam (IAS, AM:2009) – Joint Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
24. Rajesh Kulhari (IRSEE:1996) – Joint Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
25. Kamala Kant Tripathy (IES:1999) – Joint Secretary, Economic Advisory Council to PM (EAC-PM), NITI Aayog
26. Mukta Shekhar (IRAS:1994) – Joint Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj
27. Sushil Mansing Khopde (IPS, BH:1995) – Addl. DG (JS Level), Directorate General of Shipping
28. Venkatesapathy S (IAS, KL:2009) – Joint Secretary (Shipping), Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways
29. Aditi Singh (IAS, UP:2009) – Joint Secretary, Department of Rural Development
30. Prabhat Tyagi (IFoS, UT:1995) – CMD, National Scheduled Castes Finance & Development Corporation (NSFDC)
31. H Kam Suanthang (CSS) – Joint Secretary, National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC)
32. Padmini Singla (IAS, UT:2002) – Joint Secretary, Ministry of Textiles
33. Anant Prakash Pandey (IFoS, HY:1999) – Joint Secretary, Ministry of Tribal Affairs
34. Karan Singh (IRTS:1999) – Joint Secretary, Department of Water Resources, RD & GR
35. Sanjeev Kumar Sharma (ITS:1990) – Member Secretary (JS Level), National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR)

These officers will assume charge on their respective dates and serve for specified tenures or until further orders.