Petroleum Secy Kutty given additional charge of Secretary, Steel Ministry

Petroleum Secretary M M Kutty has been given additional charge of Secretary, Steel Ministry from Saturday, an official order said on Friday. Kutty, a 1985-batch IAS officer of the Union Territory cadre, is presently serving as the Secretary of Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.

He will be holding the additional charge from August 10 to 19, the period when Steel Secretary Binoy Kumar will be on leave, according to the order. "The Competent Authority has approved assignment of additional charge of the post of Secretary, Ministry of Steel to Dr. M M Kutty...Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas from 10.08.2019 to 19.08.2019 during the period of absence on leave of Binoy Kumar...," the official order said.