"Nidhi Khare Takes Additional Charge as Secretary of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE)"

Appointment

In January 2025, Nidhi Khare, Secretary of the Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA), Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (MoCAF&PD), was given the additional charge as Secretary of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE).


      - The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) approved her assignment with immediate effect, and she will hold the position until a regular incumbent is appointed or further orders are issued.

      - Nidhi Khare replaced Prashant Kumar Singh, who was appointed as the Chief Secretary (CS) of Manipur.

     

Main Point :-   (i) Nidhi Khare, a 1992-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer from the Jharkhand cadre, brings over 30 years of administrative experience and has held several prominent positions throughout her career.

      (ii) From 2015 to 2018, she served as the Special/Additional Secretary in DCA, MoCAF&PD.

(iii) In Jharkhand, she served as Secretary of Commercial Taxes from 2015 to 2016 and Principal Secretary of Personnel, Administrative Reforms, and Rajbhasha from 2016 to 2018.
About MNRE

secretary : Prashant Kumar Singh
Headquarters : New Delhi
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