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The ACC has also approved the 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 posts held by them: Ms Jyoti Arora, IAS (HY:87), Additional Secretary & Financial Advisor, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology as Special Secretary & Financial Advisor, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology; B. Anand, IAS (TN:87), Secretary, National Commission for Minorities, Ministry of Minority Affairs as Secretary, National Commission for Minorities, Ministry of Minority Affairs in the rank and pay of Secretary to the Government of India; Ms Neel Kamal Darbari, IAS (RJ:87), Managing Director, Small Farmers’ Agri-Business Consortium, Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare as Managing Director, Small Farmers’ Agri-Business Consortium, Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare in the rank and pay of Secretary to the Government of India;
Bidyut Bihari Swain, IAS (GJ:88), Additional Secretary, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry as Special Secretary, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry; Apurva Chandra, IAS (MH:88), Additional Secretary and Director General (Acquisition), Ministry of Defence as Special Secretary and Director General (Acquisition), Ministry of Defence; Rajiv Bansal, IAS (NL:88), Chairman and Managing Director, Air India Ltd., Ministry of Civil Aviation as Chairman and Managing Director, Air India Ltd., Ministry of Civil Aviation in the rank and pay of Secretary to the Government of India, Ali Raza Rizvi, IAS (HP:88), Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting as Special Secretary and Financial Adviser, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting; Praveen Kr. Srivastava, IAS (AM:88), Additional Secretary, Department of Home, Ministry of Home Affairs as Special Secretary, Department of Home, Ministry of Home Affairs; Arvind Singh, IAS (MH:88), Chairman, Airports Authority of India, Ministry of Civil Aviation as Chairman, Airports Authority of India, Ministry of Civil Aviation in the rank and pay of Secretary to the Government of India; Indevar Pandey, IAS (WB:88), Additional Secretary, Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region as Special Secretary, Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region.