AGMUT cadre IAS officer V lalremthanga has been given the post of UT Secretary on Tuesday. lalremthanga is the second AGMUT cadre IAS officer who is given a Secretary-level post in the UT Administration after Prerna Puri, who is holding the charge of UT Secretary Information Technology.
The UT Administration on Tuesday appointed V lalremthanga as Secretary Social Welfare, Cooperation, Animal Husbandry, labour, Employment, Agriculture and chairman of Child and women Development Corporation, chairman of SC, BC and Minorities financial & Development Corporation relieving UT Home Secretary Anil Kumar and UT Finance Secretary Sarvjit Singh of the said charges.
lalremthanga is a 2004 batch IAS officer. In 2011, the Centre had approved two new posts of secretaries for the UT Administration. Earlier, the UT Administration had two secretaries including UT Home Secretary and UT Finance Secretary. The UT Administration had in 2012, given the charge of Secretary, Information Technology to the Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram-Union Territories (AGMUT) cadre, ADMUT cadre IAS officer Prerna Puri.
At present, UT Home Secretary and Deputy Commissioner posts are reserved for Haryana IAS officers while the UT Finance Secretary and Commissioner MCC posts are reserved for Punjab cadre IAS officers. The Adviser and Chairman Housing Board are appointed from the AGMUT cadre officers.