Dr S Jaishankar appointed External Affairs Minister

Shri Akhilesh Mishra IFS (1989) presently posted as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) – Development Partnership Administration (DPA) has been re-designated as Officer on Special

Shri Prahalad Singh Patel has been appointed as Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Culture; and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of

Shri Rajkumar IES (2014) presently Deputy Director- Ministry of External Affairs (on return from deputation) transferred and posted as Deputy Director- Ministry of External

In order to streamline, liberalize and ease the process of issue of passport, the Ministry of External Affairs has taken a number of steps