Who has assumed charge as Secretary of the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change?
- A.Keshav Chandra
- B.Narendra Bhooshan
- C.Ashok K. K. Meena
- D.Kamal Kishore Soan
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Explanation
The correct answer is Narendra Bhooshan. He has taken over as Secretary of the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, the ministry that handles forests, wildlife, pollution control and climate policy for the country. He is an Indian Administrative Service officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre and reached this post after serving as Secretary of the Department of Land Resources in the Ministry of Rural Development. Option A, Keshav Chandra, is the Secretary in the Ministry of Mines and not in the environment ministry. Option C, Ashok K. K. Meena, heads the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation in the Ministry of Jal Shakti. Option D, Kamal Kishore Soan, is Additional Secretary and Mission Director of the National Jal Jeevan Mission, again a water sector post rather than an environment one. So only option B names the new environment Secretary correctly.
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Practice Questions
Narendra Bhooshan, the new Secretary of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, belongs to which cadre of the Indian Administrative Service?
- A.Madhya Pradesh
- B.Maharashtra
- C.Uttar Pradesh
- D.Bihar
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Narendra Bhooshan is an Indian Administrative Service officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre, and he belongs to the batch of the year 1992.
Read the full explanation →Immediately before becoming Secretary of the environment ministry, Narendra Bhooshan was Secretary of which department?
- A.Department of Land Resources
- B.Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation
- C.Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances
- D.Department of Science and Technology
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His appointment as Secretary of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change followed his tenure as Secretary of the Department of Land Resources, which works under the Ministry of Rural Development.
Read the full explanation →From which university did Narendra Bhooshan earn his Master’s degree in International Development Policy?
- A.University of Oxford
- B.Harvard University
- C.Duke University
- D.University of Cambridge
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Narendra Bhooshan is a graduate in Electronics, and he went on to earn a Master’s degree in International Development Policy from Duke University.
Read the full explanation →Which appointment did Air Marshal Mehtab Singh Deswal hold immediately before taking over Eastern Air Command?
- A.Vice Chief of the Air Staff
- B.Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters South Western Air Command
- C.Air Attache at the Embassy of India in Pakistan
- D.Director General (Weapon Systems) at Air Headquarters
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That was the post he held just before moving to the Eastern Air Command as its Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief.
Read the full explanation →Who assumed charge as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Eastern Air Command on 1 November 2026?
- A.Air Marshal Mehtab Singh Deswal
- B.Air Chief Marshal Ashutosh Dixit
- C.Air Marshal Paritosh Ahmed
- D.Air Marshal Dinesh Ganvir
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He took over the Eastern Air Command of the Indian Air Force as its Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, moving from the appointment of Senior Air Staff Officer at the headquarters of South Western Air Command.
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