New Delhi: Tarun Kumar Pithode, an officer of the 2009 batch of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Madhya Pradesh Cadre, on Thursday took charge as the new full-time Member Secretary of the Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR and Adjoining Areas (CAQM).

Serving as the Joint Secretary in the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Pithode has now assumed the role of the Member-Secretary of the Commission, said an official statement.

He has been appointed for a tenure of five years up to September 8, 2029, or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

Pithode succeeds Arvind Kumar Nautiyal in this key position.

After Delhi recorded a daily average Air Quality Index (AQI) of 296 – ‘Poor’ category – on October 19, the Sub-Committee on the Graded Response

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