Satish Jha, Malay Sinha appointed IB special directors

Bihar cadre IPS officer Satish Chandra Jha and Uttar Pradesh cadre IPS officer Malay Kumar Sinha — both additional directors in the Intelligence Bureau — were on Thursday appointed as Special Directors in IB on “in-situ” basis. Both officers are from the 1981-batch. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet also cleared the appointment of 1987-batch UP cadre IAS officer Jiwesh Nandan as Joint Secretary in the Defence Ministry for a five-year tenure.

 
The ACC effected a bureaucratic reshuffle in which Jugal Kishore Mohapatra — currently posted as Secretary, Department of Fertilisers — has been appointed as the Secretary, Department of Rural Development. Mohapatra, however, will continue to hold the charge of Secretary, Department of Fertilizers for a three-month period. In Rural Development Ministry, he will replace L C Goyal after his recent appointment as the Home Secretary.