Sudhir Kumar to hold addl charge of Dept of Consumer Affairs
Press Trust of India New Delhi Food and Public Distribution Secretary Sudhir Kumar will hold additional charge of the Department of Consumer Affairs.
Kumar, a 1978-batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, will take charge on January 27 for a period of three months or till the appointment of a regular incumbent to the post, a Ministry of Personnel release said today.
The announcement follows the recent death of another 1978-batch UP cadre IAS officer, Pankaj Agarwal, who had been holding charge of the Department of Consumer Affairs.