Narendra Bhooshan Takes Charge as Secretary of Environment Ministry

What Happened

Shri Narendra Bhooshan has assumed charge as Secretary of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC). He belongs to the 1992 batch of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and is from the Uttar Pradesh cadre. Before this posting, he served as Secretary of the Department of Land Resources in the Ministry of Rural Development. His career in government spans more than thirty years.

The MoEFCC looks after the country's environment, forests and climate policy. The person heading this ministry shapes rules on pollution, forest cover and climate action. So Shri Bhooshan's experience matters to every citizen who breathes the air or depends on forests.

His background cuts across many sectors. He has worked in energy, infrastructure, industry, agriculture, urban development, finance and land-resource management. He also has training in public finance, infrastructure and climate-change preparedness. This mix could help him handle both environmental protection and development needs.

Key Points

• Shri Bhooshan is a 1992-batch IAS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre.
• He served as Additional Chief Secretary for Energy, Additional Energy Source and Technical Education in Uttar Pradesh.
• He was Principal Secretary for PWD, Infrastructure and Industries Development, I.T. and Electronics, Science and Technology, and Panchayati Raj.
• He worked as Chief Executive Officer of the Greater Noida Authority.
• As a district officer, he was District Magistrate of Mathura, Firozabad and Udham Singh Nagar.
• At the Centre, he was Deputy Director General at UIDAI and Joint Secretary in the Department of Agriculture and Cooperation.
• He also served as Mission Director for National Food Security Management and as Officer on Special Duty at ITPO under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
• He holds a graduate degree in Electronics and a Master's degree in International Development Policy from Duke University, USA.