Senior bureaucrat Devesh Chaturvedi has been appointed as the Agriculture Secretary, according to an order from the Personnel Ministry.
Chaturvedi, an IAS officer from the 1989 batch, is currently serving in his home state of Uttar Pradesh.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved Chaturvedi’s appointment as Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, said the order dated August 6.
