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2019

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Union Government appoints ____ pvt sector experts as joint secretaries.
A
4
B
6
C
9
D
12
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -New Delhi: The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the number of appointments of officers at joint Secretary and Joint Secretary equivalent level on Monday.

Detailed explanation-2: -Joint secretary is mostly a career civil servant and is a government official of high seniority. The civil servants who hold this rank and post are either from All India Services (on deputation; on tenure, after empanelment) or Central Civil Services (Group A; on empanelment).

Detailed explanation-3: -Joint Secretary salary in Government of India ranges between ₹ 25.7 Lakhs to ₹ 46.0 Lakhs per year.

Detailed explanation-4: -The three joint secretaries from the 2021 batch of lateral entrants are Samuel Praveen Kumar, who is on deputation, and Balasubramanian Krishnamurthy and Manish Chadha who are on a three-year contract.

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