The Union Government has appointed senior IAS officer Amit Khare as secretary in the Information and Broadcasting Ministry.
b) M M Kutty will be the new Petroleum secretary
c) Binoy Kumar will be the new Steel secretary
d) Rina Ray will serve as Secretary, the Department of School Education & Literacy.
- He would succeed incumbent N K Sinha who will superannuate on 31st May 2018.
- Amit Khare is credited with having exposed the fodder scam in Bihar and Jharkhand.
- He exposed the multi-crore fodder scam involving the then Chief Minister of Bihar Lalu Prasad Yadav which eventually led to the resignation of Lalu Prasad Yadav.
- This lead to one of the biggest raids in the country which brought into limelight Mr. Amit Khare.
- He is currently serving as the development commissioner in Jharkhand.
- Apart from him other bureaucratic reshuffles include –
b) M M Kutty will be the new Petroleum secretary
c) Binoy Kumar will be the new Steel secretary
d) Rina Ray will serve as Secretary, the Department of School Education & Literacy.
