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Dr Ashok Kumar Panda takes charge as Chairman & Managing Director of SAIL

The Steel Ministry said on 11 May 2026 that Dr Ashok Kumar Panda, earlier Director (Finance), assumed charge as Chairman & Managing Director of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) on 9 May 2026.

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Government appoints Lt Gen N. S. Raja Subramani (Retd) as CDS and Vice Adm Krishna Swaminathan as Chief of the Naval Staff

On 9 May 2026 the Government appointed Lt Gen N. S. Raja Subramani (Retd) as the next Chief of Defence Staff, succeeding Gen Anil Chauhan, and Vice Admiral Krishna Swaminathan as the next Chief of the Naval Staff, succeeding Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi.

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Shashi Shekhar Vempati appointed Chairperson of the Central Board of Film Certification

On 6 May 2026 the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting appointed Shashi Shekhar Vempati as Chairperson of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) for three years, after Prasoon Joshi stepped down on becoming Chairman of Prasar Bharati.

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Lyricist Prasoon Joshi appointed Chairman of Prasar Bharati

The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting on 2 May 2026 appointed lyricist and communications expert Prasoon Joshi, Chairperson of the Central Board of Film Certification since August 2017, as Chairman of Prasar Bharati.

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R. Balasubramaniam and Joram Aniya appointed full-time Members of NITI Aayog

Dr. R. Balasubramaniam and Dr. Joram Aniya were appointed full-time Members of NITI Aayog, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated them on 2 May 2026.

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Anugraha Narayana Das becomes CGDA; Vishvajit Sahay takes over as Secretary (Defence Finance)

Anugraha Narayana Das, a 1991-batch Indian Defence Accounts Service officer, took charge as Controller General of Defence Accounts on 1 May 2026, the same day his predecessor Vishvajit Sahay assumed charge as Secretary (Defence Finance) in the Ministry of Defence.

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Bharat Khera assumes charge as Secretary, Ministry of MSME

Bharat Khera, a 1995-batch IAS officer of the Himachal Pradesh cadre, assumed charge as Secretary of the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, the Ministry said on 1 May 2026.

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Dr K.S. Somashekhar appointed Secretary in the Rajya Sabha Secretariat

Rajya Sabha Chairman C.P. Radhakrishnan appointed Dr K.S. Somashekhar as Secretary in the Rajya Sabha Secretariat with effect from 18 April 2026.

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Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti takes charge as Chairperson of the National Commission for Backward Classes

Former Union Minister of State Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti assumed charge as Chairperson of the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) on 18 March 2026; former Amravati Mayor Kiran Umesh Mahalle joined as Member on 20 March.

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Dr Partha Biswas takes charge as Member of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes

Dr Partha Biswas assumed charge as a Member of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC), the constitutional body under Article 338, on 10 March 2026.

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UPSC declares Civil Services Examination 2025 result; Anuj Agnihotri tops, 958 recommended

The Union Public Service Commission declared the final result of the Civil Services Examination 2025 in New Delhi on 6 March 2026; Anuj Agnihotri secured the first rank and 958 candidates were recommended.

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Hardeep Singh Gill and Karm Singh Karma take charge as Members of National Commission for Safai Karamcharis

Hardeep Singh Gill and Karm Singh Karma assumed charge as Members of the National Commission for Safai Karamcharis (NCSK) on the afternoon of 23 February 2026, the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment said.

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Sunetra Pawar sworn in as Maharashtra's first woman Deputy Chief Minister

On 31 January 2026 NCP leader Sunetra Pawar took oath at Lok Bhavan, Mumbai, as the first woman Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, after the death of her husband Ajit Pawar.

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Praveen Vashista sworn in as Vigilance Commissioner in the CVC

Praveen Vashista, a 1991-batch IPS officer of the Bihar cadre, took oath as Vigilance Commissioner in the Central Vigilance Commission on 16 January 2026.

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Raj Kumar Goyal takes over as Chief Information Commissioner; eight new Information Commissioners sworn in

Raj Kumar Goyal assumed office as Chief Information Commissioner of the Central Information Commission on 15 December 2025 and administered the oath of office to eight new Information Commissioners.

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Vice Admiral Sanjay Sadhu takes charge as Controller of Warship Production & Acquisition

Vice Admiral Sanjay Sadhu, AVSM, NM, assumed charge as Controller of Warship Production & Acquisition (CWP&A) of the Indian Navy on 28 November 2025.

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Justice Surya Kant sworn in as 53rd Chief Justice of India

Justice Surya Kant was sworn in as the 53rd Chief Justice of India by President Droupadi Murmu at the Ganatantra Mandap, Rashtrapati Bhavan, on 24 November 2025, succeeding Justice B.R. Gavai.

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Sanjay Garg takes charge as Director General of Bureau of Indian Standards

Sanjay Garg, a 1994-batch IAS officer of the Kerala cadre, assumed charge as Director General of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), India's National Standards Body, with effect from 1 November 2025.

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New Navy Chief of Personnel and Chief of Materiel, and new CGDA take charge

Vice Admiral Gurcharan Singh took charge as the Indian Navy's Chief of Personnel and Vice Admiral B. Sivakumar as its 40th Chief of Materiel on 1 November 2025, while Vishvajit Sahay assumed charge as Controller General of Defence Accounts (CGDA) the same day.

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Vice Admiral Sameer Saxena takes over as Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Naval Command

Vice Admiral Sameer Saxena took charge as Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Southern Naval Command at Kochi on 31 October 2025.

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Cabinet approves Terms of Reference of 8th Central Pay Commission headed by Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai

The Union Cabinet approved the Terms of Reference of the 8th Central Pay Commission on 28 October 2025; the Commission, headed by Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai, must report within 18 months.

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Tarun Kumar Pithode takes charge as full-time Member Secretary of CAQM

IAS officer Tarun Kumar Pithode took charge as the full-time Member Secretary of the Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR and Adjoining Areas on 23 October 2025.

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Lt Gen CG Muralidharan takes over as Director General of Medical Services (Army)

Lt Gen CG Muralidharan took over as Director General of Medical Services (Army) from Lt Gen Sadhna S Nair, who superannuated on 30 September 2025 (PIB, 18 October 2025).

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