6 Indian Bureaucrats have been given in-situ upgradation to the level of Special Secretary (in the rank and pay of Secretary to the Government of India) with Anuradha Prasad IDAS (1986) presently Additional Secretary- Ministry of Labour and Employment as Special Secretary- Ministry of Labour and Employment, Pramod Kumar Pathak IFoS (Kerala 1986) presently Additional Secretary- Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy as Special Secretary- Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy, Jivesh Nandan IAS (Uttar Pradesh 1987) presently Additional Secretary- Department of Defence, Ministry of Defence as Special Secretary- Department of Defence, Ministry of Defence, Sanjay Kumar Singh IAS (Madhya 1987) presently Additional Secretary- Department of Agricultural Research & Education & Secretary, Indian Council of Agricultural Research as Special Secretary- Department of Agricultural Research & Education & Secretary, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, K Rajeswara Rao IAS (Tripura 1988) presently Additional Secretary- NITI Aayog as Special Secretary- NITI Aayog while S K Dev Verman IAS (Manipur 1988) presently Additional Secretary- Ministry of Minority Affairs is upgraded as Special Secretary- Ministry of Minority Affairs.