(THE NEWSMAN OF INDIA)
The ACC has further approved in-situ upgradation of the following officers to the level of Special Secretary in the rank and pay of Secretary to the Government of India, as a measure personal to them, by temporarily upgrading the post held by them:

Anil Kumar Jain, IAS (MP:86), Additional Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest
and Climate Change as Special Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate
Change.

S.P. Singh Parihar, IAS (MP:86), Chairman, Central Pollution Control Board, Ministry of
Environment, Forest and Climate Change as Chairman, Central Pollution Control Board,
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in the rank and pay of Secretary

Rakesh Kumar Gupta, IAS (JK:86), Secretary, Union Public Service Commission,Department of Personnel and Training as Secretary, Union Public Service Commission,Department of Personnel and Training in the rank and pay of Secretary.

Subash Chandra, IAS (KN:86), Additional Secretary, Department of Defence, Ministry
of Defence as Special Secretary,Department of Defence, Ministry of Defence.

Alok Vardhan Chaturvedi, IAS (BH:86), Director General, Directorate General of
Foreign Trade, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industry as Director
General, Directorate General of Foreign Trade, Department of Commerce, Ministry of
Commerce & Industry in the rank and pay of Secretary.

Sanjeev Nandan Sahai, IAS (UT:86),Additional Secretary, Ministry of Power as Special Secretary, Ministry of Power.

Shambhu Singh, IAS (MN:86), Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser, Ministry of
Road Transport and Highways as Special Secretary & Financial Adviser, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.

Ravi Mittal, IAS (BH:86),. Additional Secretary, Department of Financial Services,
Ministry of Finance as Special Secretary, Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance.

Pramod Kumar Das, IAS (MP:86), Additional Secretary, Department of Expenditure,
Ministry of Finance as Special Secretary, Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance.

Ms. Satbir Bedi, IAS (UT:86), Chairperson, National Council for Teacher Education as
Chairperson, National Council for Teacher Education in the rank and pay of Secretary.

Sanjeeva Kumar, IAS (AM:86), Additional Secretary, Department of Health and
Family Welfare, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare as Special Secretary, Department of Health and Family Welfare, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

Umesh Sinha, IAS (UP:86), Deputy Election Commissioner, Election Commission of
India as Deputy Election Commissioner, Election Commission of India in the rank and pay of Secretary.