The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet on Monday appointed Rajasthan Chief Secretary Sudhansh Pant as the Union Social Justice and Empowerment Secretary, starting December 1.

Pant will take over from the present Secretary Amit Yadav, who is set to retire on November 30.

“The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of Shri Sudhansh Pant, IAS (RJ:91), presently in the cadre, as Secretary, Department of Social Justice & Empowerment, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment vice Shri Amit Yadav, IAS (AGMUT:91), upon his superannuation on 30.11.2025,” the order said.

After the 2023 Rajasthan Assembly elections and the formation of the BJP government in December that year, Pant, who was the then Union Health and Family Welfare Secretary, was moved to the

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