Apurva Chandra assumes charge as Secretary, Ministry of I&B | Daily Current Affairs Dose

Apurva Chandra assumes charge as Secretary, Ministry of I&B | Daily Current Affairs Dose

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Apurva Chandra assumes charge as Secretary, Ministry of I&B | Daily Current Affairs Dose

Senior IAS officer Apurva Chandra assumed charge as Secretary in the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. Apurva Chandra has earlier served as Secretary, Ministry of Labour & Employment.

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Apurva Chandra who belongs to the 1988 batch of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Maharashtra Cadre assumed charge as new Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting in New Delhi.

About as Senior IAS officer Apurva Chandra 

A Civil Engineer by education, Apurva Chandra obtained his Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering and Masters in Structural Engineering from IIT Delhi.

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Apurva Chandra has earlier served as Secretary, Ministry of Labour & Employment since 01.10.2020 with the mandate to implement the Labour Codes passed by the Parliament in September, 2020 expeditiously.

Apurva Chandra has also worked as Director General (Acquisition) in the Ministry of Defence.

Apurva Chandra has worked for over four years between 2013 and 2017 as Principal Secretary (Industries) in the Government of Maharashtra. Maharashtra led the country in attracting FDI and other investments over the period.

About The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting is one among the early Ministries set up after India’s Independence and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was India’s first Minister for Information and Broadcasting.

Important facts for upcoming exams from the above Current Affairs Topic

• Headquarters of Ministry of I&B: New Delhi
• Union Cabinet Minister of I&B: Anurag Thakur, Minister of Information and Broadcasting
• Union Minister of State in Ministry of I&B: L. Murugan, Minister of State