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The ACC has also 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 posts held by them:

S. Kishore, lAS (WB:89), Additional Secretary, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry as Special Secretary, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

V. Srinivas, lAS (RJ:89), Additional Secretary, Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions as Special Secretary, Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.

Manoj Joshi, lAS (KL:89), Additional Secretary, Ministry of Food Processing Industries as Special Secretary, Ministry of Food Processing Industries.

Vivek Joshi, lAS (HY:89), Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs as Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs in the rank and pay of Secretary to the Government of India.

Chandan Sinha, lAS (WB:89),Director General, National Archives of India, Ministry of Culture as Director General, National Archives of India, Ministry of Culture in the rank and pay of Secretary to the Government of India.

Katikithala Srinivas, lAS (GJ:89), Director, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration as Director, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration in the rank and pay of Secretary to the Government of India.

Ms. Anita Praveen, lAS (TN:89), Additional Secretary, Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications as Special Secretary, Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications.

Rajeev Ranjan, lAS (MP:89), Additional Secretary,Department of Expenditure,Ministry of Finance as Special Secretary, Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance.

Arun Kumar, lAS (HY:89), Director General in the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, Ministry of Civil Aviation as Director General in the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, Ministry of Civil Aviation in the rank and pay of Secretary to the Government of India.