Gandhinagar: Gujarat Chief Secretary and 1983 batch IAS officer Dr J N Singh today retired after making a record. His 3 and a half years of tenure as the Chief Secretary is the longest of any CS in the state. Singh who was first appointed as the Chief Secretary in August 2016 taking over the office from G R Aloria was in May 2019 given a six months extension. 1985 batch IAS officer Anil G Mukim has now replaced Singh as the new Chief Secretary of Gujarat. He w...Read More

Gandhinagar: A 1985 batch Gujarat cadre Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Anil Gopishankar Mukim is all set to become new Chief Secretary of Gujarat with effect from 1st December, replacing Dr. J.N.Singh. The Appointments Committee of Union Cabinet has approved his repatriation to parent cadre (Gujarat) on the request of the State Government with immediate effect today. Anil Mukim is at present Secretary in ministry of mines in the Centre. He was transferred to Centre in Februar...Read More

Gandhinagar:The Gujarat government Friday gave a six-month extension to state Chief Secretary J N Singh. Singh, a 1983-batch Gujarat-cadre IAS officer, was due to retire Friday. He has been chief secretary since July 2016. A notification issued by the General Administration Department said he will serve for another six months, from June 1 to November 30, 2019. The Union government's Department of Personnel and Training has approved the decision, it said.Read More

Gandhinagar: Chief Secretary J N Singh today held a meeting with all the district collectors and SPs via video conference in the wake of the incidents of attacks on north Indians. DGP, Law secretary and Revenue Secretary were also present in the meeting. Later talking to newsmen he said that in the last 48 hours no big incident has taken place and the whole episode was now in waning phase. He informed that so far a total of 431 hooligans have been booked in co...Read More

Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani who left for 6-day Israel tour today in his first foreign visit may next visit Japan in the month of September this year. Chief Secretary Dr. JN Singh speaking at a function at Ahmedabad Management Association(AMA) here today evening said the Chief Minister would like to visit Hyogo province in Japan to attend a festival there in the month of September. Speaking in felicitation function of Indian Ambassador to Japan Mr. Sujan Chinoy, the Chief S...Read More

Surat: Chief Secretary Dr. JN Singh visited the construction site for Surat Dream City (Diamond Research and Mercantile City Ltd) and watched presentation to review the progress of the project. According to Mathur Savani who is associated with this project right from its conception stage, the project of international diamond bourse which is part of Dream city will be completed in next 30-month period. It will include 9 towers, each 16 storey high. Savani said the project so far has consumed 1...Read More

Gandhinagar: Sujalam Sufalam Jal Abhiyaan (SSJA) has taken a form of ‘Jan Abhiyaan’ (Citizens’ campaign). The self generated cooperation and partnership from the voluntary organizations and common mass of people into the SSJA has geared it up into the ‘Mission Mode’, said Dr. J. N. Singh, Chief Secretary of the state, in a statement. Giving further details of the SSJA, Dr. Singh stated that under the SSJA a large scale cleaning and deepening works in lakes, rivers, canals, and o...Read More

Kevadiya (Gujarat): In his second visit to Sardar Sarovar Dam in Kevadiya of Narmada district amid concerns over its continuously lowering water level, Chief Secretary J N Singh today took stock of the actual situation here. Later talking to newsmen he said that though the water level in the all important dam was in fact low yet there won't be any issue with drinking water supply. He said that after the lowering of water level below the minimum mark of 110.6 meter, ...Read More