KATHMANDU, March 27: Finance Minister Barshaman Pun has initiated extensive changes at the Ministry of Finance (MoF). Three weeks after taking over the ministry as the Minister for Finance, Pun changed the directors general of the Inland Revenue Department (IRD) and the Department of Customs (DoC) as well as the heads of the divisions within the MoF.
The government has transferred 38 IAS officers, including 17 district collectors and the chief administrator of Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA), in a massive bureaucratic reshuffle. Get the latest updates on the transfers and appointments in Odisha.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved his appointment as Additional Secretary and Director General (Acquisition), Department of Defence, a Union Personnel Ministry order said. Bharat Harbanslal Khera, a 1995-batch IAS officer of the Himachal Pradesh cadre, has been appointed as Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. Chandra Bhushan Kumar will be Additional Secretary as well as Mission Director for the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation s Jal Jeevan Mission.
In a major bureaucratic reshuffling, Telangana witnessed the transfer and appointment of 26 IAS officers on Wednesday, marking the second major round of IAS transfers since the new government assumed office in December.