New Delhi: The appointments committee of the cabinet, comprising Prime Minister Narendra Modi and home minister Amit Shah, has approved a clutch of appointments and promotions of senior bureaucrats in various government ministries and departments, the ministry of personnel said in a notification on Saturday.
Apurva Chandra, who previously served as information and broadcasting secretary, has been appointed as health and family welfare secretary. In another key appointment, Sukhbir Singh Sandhu has been appointed as secretary to the Lokpal, the anti-corruption ombudsman, on a contract basis for one year. He is a 1988 batch retired IAS officer of Uttarakhand cadre.
