Mumbai : Film exhibitors, producers and cinema hall owners on Sunday hailed the Centre's decision to permit movie theatres across the country to operate
The insiders said the move would help the industry recover from the coronavirus pandemic-induced losses. On Sunday, Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar released a new set of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to help functioning of cinema halls with adherence to COVID-19 safety protocols. Adequate physical distancing, mandatory face masks and sanitisation of auditorium after every screening are among the latest SOPs issued by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Sunday, after the government allowed cinema halls to operate at 100 percent occupancy from Monday. Digital booking of tickets and staggered show timings to avoid crowding will be encouraged, the minister said, releasing a set of the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
13 Secretaries get new postings in major bureaucratic rejig
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Sun, Jan 24 2021 14:51 IST |
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New Delhi, Jan 24 : In a major bureaucratic reshuffle at the Centre, 13 Secretaries have been transferred and posted to different Ministries and departments while several senior civil servants have been promoted.
Deepak Khandekar gets the charge as Secretary, Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.
Khandekar, a 1985-batch Madhya Pradesh cadre officer, is currently working as Secretary in Ministry of Tribal Affairs. He will replace his batchmate C Chandramouli of Tamil Nadu cadre.
The government has conducted a major bureaucratic reshuffle exercise ahead of Union Budget 2021-22 PM Narendra Modi | Photo Credit: ANI
With just a week to go for Union Budget 2020-21 to be presented in the Parliament by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, the central government has reshuffled top-level bureaucratic positions.
Among key positions, senior IAS officer Alok Tandon has been appointed mines secretary. He is a 1986-batch IAS officer who is currently serves at his cadre state Uttar Pradesh, as per PTI.
Deepak Khandekar, the Tribal Affairs Secretary has been made Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) Secretary.
Upendra Prasad Singh, Secretary of Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation under the Ministry of Jal Shakti, has-been made secretary, Ministry of Textiles.