Govt appoints private secretaries to Nadda, Javadekar

Amandeep Garg will serve Nadda and Vinay Srivastava will serve Javadekar

IAS officer Amandeep Garg has been appointed as Private Secretary to Health and Family Welfare Minister J P Nadda.

Garg, a 1999 batch IAS officer, is presently serving in his cadre -- Himachal Pradesh. He has been appointed for a period of five years or on co-terminus basis with the Minister's tenure, said an order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT).

Vinay Srivastava, 1992 batch officer of Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers (IRSME), has been appointed as Private Secretary to Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Environment, Forests and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar.

Srivastava was in July appointed as PS to Javadekar, when he was Information and Broadcasting minister. His appointment as PS will be till April 30, 2018 or on co-terminus basis with the Minister's tenure, the DoPT said.