New Delhi: The government on Friday nominated VL Kantha Rao as the new Water Resources Secretary, who replaces Debashree Mukherjee, who will move to the Ministry of Skill Development. Natgrid CEO Piyush Goyal will replace Rao in the Ministry of Mines. Bihar-cadre officer Rajit Punani was transferred as the chairman of FSSAI. The appointment committee of the Cabinet (ACC) headed by the PM approved the appointment of 1994 batch officer Niraj Verma as a new OSD in the Department of Justice.Agmut-Cadre officer Vijay Kumar was named OSD in the Ministry of Port, Shipping and Waterways. Another Bihar officer, Atish Chandra, was rushed to the post of Special Secretary in the PMO. Ranjana Chopra, an Odisha-Kadre officer, has been appointed as the OSD in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. News network
