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Bureaucrat Kshatrapati Shivaji takes up India's top statistical post

But he has only been given additional charge, and govt has not appointed a full-time chief statistician yet

Kshatrapati Shivaji
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Kshatrapati Shivaji was executive director at the Asian Development Bank for three years till January 2020

Abhishek Waghmare Pune
The Government of India has appointed Kshatrapati Shivaji, a 1986-batch Maharashtra cadre IAS officer, as secretary in the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) from September 1. The secretary at this ministry is, by design, known as the chief statistician of India.

But he has only been given additional charge to head India’s statistical system, and the government has not appointed a full-time chief statistician yet. Shivaji will continue to lead the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions as his main charge until his superannuation at the end of March 2021.

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved

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