The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has appointed six Bureaucrats at the JS Level with immediate effect with Nitin Kumar Yadav IAS (Haryana 2000) is appointed as Joint Secretary- Department of Commerce, Kamlesh Kumar Mishra IRTS (2003) is appointed as Joint Secretary- Sixteenth Finance Commission under the Department of Economic Affairs, Pradeep Kumar IP&TA&FS (1995) is appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Heavy industries, Shersha CSS is appointed as Joint Secretary- Ministry of Minority Affairs, Pankaj Yadav IAS (Haryana 2001) is appointed as Joint Secretary- Department of Rural Development while Vinod Kumar Tripathi IRSE (Civil) (1995) is now appointed as Joint Secretary- Ministry of Steel.
