Union Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba was on Wednesday appointed as the next Cabinet Secretary for a tenure of two years. Gauba, a 1982-batch IAS officer of the Jharkhand cadre, will initially join as the Officer on Special Duty in the Cabinet Secretariat, before he takes over the charge of the country’s top bureaucratic from the incumbent P K Sinha.
“The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Rajiv Gauba, IAS (JH:1982) as Cabinet Secretary with a tenure of two years from 30.08.2019 or until further orders, whichever is earlier. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has also approved the appointment of Rajiv Gauba as Officer on Special Duty in the Cabinet Secretariat from the date of his assumption of charge till he takes over as Cabinet Secretary,” according to an official order.
Besides 1985 Batch IAS of Kerala cadre Ajay Kumar, will take over as Defence Secretary following the completion of term of Sanjay Mitra, IAS of 1982 batch West Bengal cadre. Kumar was presently serving as Secretary Department of Defence Production. Further Brij Kumar Agarwal, IAS (HP:85), presently in the Cadre was appointed as Secretary to the Lokpal in the rank and pay of Secretary to the Government of India.
Subash Chandra, IAS (KN:86), Special Secretary, Department of Defence, Ministry of Defence was appointed as Secretary, Department of Defence Production, after Ajay Kumar was appointed as Secretary, Ministry of Defence, according to the separate orders issued by the Government.