Snehlata Shrivastava

Snehlata Shrivastava, a 1982-batch retired IAS officer of the Madhya Pradesh cadre, was on Wednesday appointed the first woman Secretary General of the Lok Sabha. The appointment was made by Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan. Ms Shrivastava will replace Anoop Mishra, who is retiring on November 30.

Senior IAS officers Ashok Lavasa and Ajay Mittal were on Tuesday appointed as Expenditure and Information and Broadcasting secretaries respectively in a top-level bureaucratic reshuffle.

Banks have collected over Rs 6,000 crore by opening 7.9 crore accounts under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY), according to a senior Finance Ministry official.

Snehlata Shrivastava, a 1982-batch retired IAS officer of the Madhya Pradesh cadre, was on Wednesday appointed the first woman Secretary General of the Lok Sabha. The appointment was made by Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan. Ms Shrivastava will replace Anoop Mishra, who is retiring on November 30.

Senior IAS officers Ashok Lavasa and Ajay Mittal were on Tuesday appointed as Expenditure and Information and Broadcasting secretaries respectively in a top-level bureaucratic reshuffle.

Banks have collected over Rs 6,000 crore by opening 7.9 crore accounts under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY), according to a senior Finance Ministry official.