Former petroleum secretary Tarun Kapoor appointed advisor to PM
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- India
Former petroleum secretary Tarun Kapoor has been appointed as an advisor to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Personnel Ministry said in an order issued on Monday.
Kapoor, a 1987-batch IAS officer of the Himachal Pradesh cadre, superannuated as the secretary of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas on November 30, 2021.
“The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Kapoor, as an advisor to the Prime Minister, in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), in the rank and scale of Secretary to Government of India, initially for a period of two years from the date of joining,'' it said.
Senior bureaucrats Hari Ranjan Rao and Atish Chandra have been appointed as additional secretaries in the PMO.
Rao, a 1994-batch lAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre, is currently Administrator, Universal Services Obligation Fund in the Department of Telecommunications.
His batchmate from the Bihar cadre, Chandra is currently Chairman and Managing Director (CMD), Food Corporation of India, Department of Food and Public Distribution.
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- Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
- Narendra Modi
- Atish Chandra
- Tarun Kapoor
- Food Corporation of India
- Madhya
- Department of Food and Public
- Himachal
- Government of India
- Kapoor
- Prime Minister's Office
- Universal Services Obligation Fund
- Chandra
- Bihar
- The Appointments Committee of Cabinet
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