Overview
- Rajit Punhani becomes CEO of the FSSAI as Debashree Mukherjee moves to Skill Development & Entrepreneurship and V. L. Kantha Rao shifts to Water Resources.
- Piyush Goyal, previously NATGRID chief, is appointed Mines Secretary, replacing V. L. Kantha Rao.
- Atish Chandra is elevated to Special Secretary in the PMO, while Trishaljit Sethi becomes Secretary to the Central Vigilance Commission and Roli Singh takes over the National Authority Chemical Weapons Convention.
- Naresh Pal Gangwar is named Secretary of Animal Husbandry & Dairying as Alka Upadhyaya moves to the National Commission for Minorities.
- Succession postings take effect on set dates, including Vijay Kumar to Ports–Shipping on 30 September, Niraj Verma to Justice on 31 August, Sukriti Likhi to Ex-Servicemen Welfare on 1 October, and Sanjay Garg to BIS on 31 October.