FORMER
HOME SECY DUGGAL TO BE MANIPUR’S NEW GOVERNOR
Former Home Secretary Vinod Kumar Duggal will be the
new Governor of Manipur. According to the Rashtrapati Bhawan communique, Mr
Duggal's appointment will come into effect from the date when he assumes charge
of his office. He will replace Ashwani Kumar who is the present Governor of the
State.
The post of Manipur Governor had fallen vacant in July this year when former
Jammu and Kashmir Police Chief Gurbachan Singh Jagat's tenure of five years had
ended. Nagaland Governor Ashwani Kumar was given the additional charge till
Duggal appointment.
A serving member Member of National Disaster Management Authority, Mr Duggal
was in charge of relief operations after the natural disaster that had struck
Uttrakhand and Orissa recently. After his retirement as Union Home Secretary in
March 2007, he has been a Member of other Commissions and Committees in the
rank and status of Minister of State.
He has served in various capacities during his tenure in the government
services which included Municipal Commissioner of Delhi from 1996 to 2000,
Special Secretary in the Ministry of Environment and Forests and Secretary in
Water Resources Ministry.
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