Mr Mohan has additionally served within the Ministry of Dwelling Affairs up to now.
The Centre introduced on Wednesday that Govind Mohan, who’s the secretary of the Ministry of Tradition, would be the subsequent Dwelling Secretary.
Mr Mohan has been appointed as an Officer on Particular Obligation within the Ministry of Dwelling Affairs with speedy impact and can take over from the present Dwelling Secretary, Ajay Kumar Bhalla, when his time period ends on August 22.
Mr Bhalla, a 1984-batch IAS officer of the Assam-Meghalaya cadre, was appointed the Union Dwelling Secretary in August 2019 and remained within the put up for practically half a decade.
“Mr Bhalla is among the longest-serving Dwelling Secretaries on the Centre. As per guidelines, he couldn’t have given one other extension,” a senior official advised NDTV.
The official stated that the tenures of the Dwelling Secretary, the director of the Intelligence Bureau, the CBI Director, Defence Secretary, Overseas Secretary and Cupboard Secretary have been fastened for 2 years however the Narendra Modi authorities amended this and added two extra years, after which an extra 12 months.
“So, if one other extension was to be given to Mr Bhalla, one other administrative order can be wanted,” he defined.
Mr Mohan, who turns 59 subsequent month, is taking up at an important time, forward of the Meeting elections in Jammu and Kashmir, that are prone to be introduced quickly. {An electrical} engineer from IIT(BHU) Varanasi, Mr Mohan has been the Union Tradition Secretary since October 2021 and has additionally labored within the Ministry of Dwelling Affairs (MHA) up to now – as a Joint Secretary from Might to September 2018 and as Extra Secretary from September 2018 to September 2021
Hailing from Uttar Pradesh, he has been on Central Deputation since August 2017.
