Major Bureaucratic Reshuffle with New Secretaries

Current Context: On 31st March, The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) approved a top‑level reshuffle involving 12 Secretaries and 27 Additional Secretaries.

• Chanchal Kumar (IAS:1992) became Secretary, Information & Broadcasting (I&B), moving from the Ministry of DoNER.
• Rohit Kansal (IAS:1995) was appointed Secretary, Rural Development, earlier Additional Secretary in Textiles.
• Nivedita Shukla Verma took charge as Secretary, Administrative Reforms (DARPG), with prior role in Chemicals & Petrochemicals.
• Sanjay Lohiya became Secretary, Financial Services (DFS), previously Additional Secretary in Mines.
• Other key postings include Bhuvnesh Kumar (Tourism), Srivatsa Krishna (Minority Affairs), Tejveer Singh (Chemicals & Petrochemicals), and Narendra Bhooshan (Land Resources).

Question:

Q.1 Identify the officer who became Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development in the March 2026 ACC reshuffle.
a) Srivatsa Krishna
b) Rohit Kansal
c) Narendra Bhooshan
d) Tejveer Singh

Answer: b) Rohit Kansal was appointed Secretary, Rural Development.