Overview
- Rajit Punhani moves from Skill Development to become CEO of FSSAI, as Debashree Mukherjee shifts from Water Resources to head the Skill Development ministry.
- Piyush Goyal, previously CEO of NATGRID, is appointed Secretary, Mines, while V. L. Kantha Rao moves to lead the Department of Water Resources.
- Atish Chandra is elevated to the rank of Special Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office.
- Trishaljit Sethi becomes Secretary of the Central Vigilance Commission, Alka Upadhyaya shifts to Secretary at the National Commission for Minorities, and Naresh Pal Gangwar takes over Animal Husbandry & Dairying.
- A slate of OSD placements sets up timed handovers: Vijay Kumar to lead Ports, Shipping & Waterways after September 30, Niraj Verma to head Justice after August 31, Sukriti Likhi to Ex-Servicemen Welfare after October 31, Ranjana Chopra to Tribal Affairs after October 31, and Sanjay Garg to BIS after October 31 as Roli Singh takes charge of the chemical weapons authority.