Archive · 22 Aug 2025
Govt. Announces Major Bureaucratic Reshuffle; New Appointments
The government has shuffled around a lot of top officials.
Rajit Punhani is now the head of food safety.
Another official, Piyush Goyal, will be in charge of mines.
At the Prime Minister's Office, Atish Chandra gets a new special role.
Many other secretaries and officials are also moving to different jobs within the government.
Rajit Punhani appointed CEO of FSSAI.
Piyush Goyal becomes Mines Secretary.
Atish Chandra is appointed Special Secretary at PMO.
Several IAS officers reassigned to new roles.
Multiple departmental secretaries have been changed.
- Who
- Senior IAS officers, including Rajit Punhani, Piyush Goyal, and Atish Chandra.
- What
- Multiple appointments and reassignments of senior IAS officers and secretaries.
- When
- Recent developments.
- Where
- India
- Why
- Administrative changes and regular government procedures.
- FSSAI CEO
- Rajit Punhani
- Mines Secretary
- Piyush Goyal
- Special Secretary, PMO
- Atish Chandra
- Department of Water Resources Secretary
- VL Kantha Rao
Sources
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Bureaucratic rejig: Rajit Punhani appointed FSSAI chief, Piyush Goyal named Mines Secretary
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