The Centre has carried out a secretary-level reshuffle across various ministries, appointing senior bureaucrat Neeraj Mittal as Petroleum and Natural Gas secretary.

Mittal, a 1992-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Tamil Nadu cadre, is currently serving as secretary, Department of Telecommunications.

Mittal has been appointed in place of Pankaj Jain, who was earlier appointed as member secretary, Eighth Central Pay Commission, a Personnel Ministry order said.

Amit Agrawal, secretary, Department of Pharmaceuticals, has been appointed as Telecommunications secretary, in place of Mittal.

Manoj Joshi, secretary, Department of Land Resources, will be Pharmaceuticals secretary in place of Agrawal.

Tourism secretary V Vidyavathi will now be secretary, Department of Empowerm

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