Chanchal Kumar I&B secretary, VV Yadav appointed DGCA

NEW DELHI: Govt on Tuesday appointed Chanchal Kumar, an IAS officer of Bihar cadre, as the new information and broadcasting (I&B) secretary, while designating Sanjay Lohiya as the secretary of department of financial services (DFS). In the bureaucratic reshuffle, Vir Vikram Yadav has been appointed director general of civil aviation (DGCA), replacing Faiz Ahmed Kidwai.

Kidwai, an MP-cadre IAS officer, has been appointed additional secretary in the personnel department. Lohiya will take over as secretary DFS when M Nagaraju retires on May 31.