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Senior IAS officer Vikram Dev Dutt assumes charge as new coal secretary

Dutt, a 1993-batch IAS officer of the AGMUT (Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territory) cadre, earlier served as the Director General of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)

Vikram Dev Dutt

Dutt succeeds V L Kantha Rao who currently serves as the mines secretary. | Photo: PIB

Press Trust of India New Delhi

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Vikram Dev Dutt on Monday assumed the charge as the coal secretary.

Dutt succeeds V L Kantha Rao who currently serves as the mines secretary.

Dutt, a 1993-batch IAS officer of the AGMUT (Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territory) cadre, earlier served as the Director General of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), the coal ministry said in a statement.

Prior to Rao, Amrit Lal Meena served as the coal secretary.

Meena was repatriated to his home cadre Bihar, where he was appointed as the chief secretary.

Meena is a 1989-batch officer of the Indian Administrative Service.

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet had approved Meena's repatriation to his parent cadre on the request of the Bihar government, said a personnel ministry order dated August 30.

 

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First Published: Oct 21 2024 | 3:34 PM IST

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