The Centre on Monday appointed new chiefs for the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), National Security Guards (NSG) and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF). The 1983 batch IPS officers OP Singh, Sudhir Pratap Singh and RK Pachnanda have been appointed as Directors General of CISF, NSG and NDRF respectively by the Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC).
The ACC also appointed RK Kini, a 1981 batch Bihar cadre IPS officer, as Secretary (Security) in the Cabinet Secretariat.
UP cadre officer OP Singh, appointed as head of CISF, is presently working as DG of NDRF. The DG of NDRF is a ADG level post. Rajasthan cadre officer Sudhir Pratap Singh is currently working as ADG of CRPF and West Bengal cadre officer RK Pachnanda is currently ADG of CISF.