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Anurag Verma appointed new Chief Secretary of Punjab

Published on 29 Jun 2023

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Anurag Verma appointed new Chief Secretary of Punjab
  • The Punjab government appointed 1993-batch IAS officer Anurag Verma as Chief Secretary. 
  • Verma, who has been serving as the state’s home secretary, succeeds the 1989 batch IAS officer V K Janjua, who retires on June 30.
  • He is the 42nd Chief Secretary of Punjab.
  • Verma has superseded 10 IAS officers, of whom four are on central deputation, and two have already been chief secretaries.
  • The new chief secretary would also hold the additional charge of principal secretary personnel as well as vigilance and would retire on July 31, 2029.
  • He has served as the deputy commissioner of Bathinda, Ludhiana and Jalandhar districts.
Source: SarkariPariksha