Dehradun, Jan. 1 -- Abhinav Kumar to be promoted as DG

Dehradun, 30 Dec: Uttarakhand is set to have eight new secretaries from 1 January, 2026 following a meeting of the Departmental Promotion Committee for IAS and IPS officers held yesterday in which many promotions were cleared. The DPC meeting was held under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary Anand Bardhan. A separate meeting of the DPC for Indian Forest Service officers was also due to be held today, in which five IFS officers are expected to be granted the junior administrative grade, while three officers are being promoted to the senior grade.

As part of the decisions taken by the DPC, eight IAS officers have been promoted, of whom five have been awarded the selection grade.

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