Reshuffling in PMO- former HP cadre bureaucrat made advisor to PM in election bound year
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in
The appointment committee of the cabinet has approved the appointment of Tarun Kapoor, IAS (Retd.) of Himachal Pradesh cadre (1987) . Elections in Himachal Pardesh are due by the end of this year.
“The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved appointment of Kapoor, as an advisor to the Prime Minister, in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), in the rank and scale of Secretary to Government of India, initially for a period of two years from the date of joining,” the personnel ministry order said.
Kapoor, a 1987-batch IAS officer of the Himachal Pradesh cadre, superannuated as the secretary of the ministry of petroleum and natural gas on November 30, 2021.
Senior bureaucrats Hari Ranjan Rao and Atish Chandra have been appointed as additional secretaries in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO).
May 2,2022
