Govt Appoints 2 OSDs, 1 Private Secretary to Union Ministers Pradhan, RK Singh and Gadkari
The order said that the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet. led by PM Modi, has appointed Jitendra Asati, a 2009-batch IES officer, as OSD to Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel Dharmendra Pradhan.
New Delhi: The government has appointed two officers on special duty and one private secretary to Union ministers Dharmendra Pradhan, R K Singh and Nitin Gadkari, according to official orders on Wednesday.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC), led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has appointed Jitendra Asati, a 2009-batch IES officer, as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel Pradhan for a period up to October 20, 2021, the order said.
Nishant Kumar Tiwary, a 2005-batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre, has been appointed as OSD to Minister of State for Power, New and Renewable Energy R K Singh, it said.
Sanket S Bhondve, a 2007-batch lAS officer from Madhya Pradesh cadre, will be the Private Secretary to Road Transport and Highways Minister Gadkari, it said.
Source: PTI
