Consider the following statements Usha Sharma has recently been appointed as the new Chief secretary...........

Rajasthan Polity and Governance

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Consider the following statements:

Usha Sharma has recently been appointed as the new Chief secretary of Rajasthan.
She is the first woman to hold the top bureaucratic post in the state.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

1 only

2 only

Both

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Explanation:

The Department of Personnel (DOP) recently issued an order to appoint 1985-batch IAS officer Usha Sharma as the new chief secretary of Rajasthan, making her the second woman to hold the post.

In addition, the outgoing chief secretary, Niranjan Arya, who retired on Monday, has been appointed as the advisor to chief minister Ashok Gehlot.

Kushal Singh was the first woman chief secretary of the state from February 2009 to October 2009.

The appointments committee of the cabinet has approved the repatriation of Usha Sharma, secretary, department of youth affairs, ministry of youth affairs and sports, to her parent cadre on the request of the state government.