The government announced on Tuesday that principal secretary Nripendra Misra and additional principal secretary Pramod Kumar Misra will continue in their positions in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), which sees no major administrative change at the top-most administrative level. The two officers have been given Cabinet ranks, similar to the other top adviser to Prime Minister Narendra Modi — National Security Advisor Ajit Doval. The order for the appointments of Nripendra Misra and PK Misra were signed by the secretary, appointments. Nripendra Misra is 1967-batch UP cadre officer who has also served as a Telecom Regulatory Authority of India chairperson. PK Misra is a 1972-batch Gujarat cadre officer.

Source: Hindustan Times June 11, 2019 16:58 UTC