The Centre has appointed Siraj Hussain, an Uttar Pradesh cadre Indian Administrative Service (IAS) Officer of the 1979 batch, the new agriculture secretary.
Hussain, who was earlier secretary in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries, takes over from Ashish Bahuguna who retired this month.
The government also appointed Jugal Kishore Mohapatra, secretary in the Department of Fertilizers, the new rural development secretary in place of L C Goyal, who has moved to the home ministry.
Ranglal Jamuda, an Odisha-cadre IAS officer from the 1981 batch, has been appointed the new secretary in the food processing ministry. Till now, Jamuda was special secretary in the Department of Agriculture & Cooperation. Besides, Panchyati Raj secretary Ashok Kumar Angurana has been appointed secretary in the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, in place of Anup Kumar Thakur, who retires this month.
