IAS officer Ajay Kumar Bhalla appointed as new Home Secretary

The government on Thursday approved the appointment of Ajay Kumar Bhalla, presently the Officer on Special Duty (OSD) for the Ministry of Home Affairs, as the Home Secretary. A 1984-batch IAS officer of the Assam-Meghalaya cadre, Bhalla will succeed Rajiv Gauba. His appointment comes a day after Gauba was appointed as the new Cabinet Secretary.