Rare Shake-Up: 3 Top Aides of Bhupender Yadav Removed in One Go by Environment Ministry

In a rare move, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has simultaneously relieved three members of Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav's personal staff. Through separate orders issued on July 3, the Ministry removed Yadav's Private Secretary, prematurely repatriated an Additional Private Secretary, and terminated the appointment of another Additional Private Secretary.Among those relieved is Amar Singh, an Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax) officer of the 2010 batch, who was serving as Bhupender Yadav's Private Secretary. According to the ministry's order, Amar Singh has been repatriated to his parent cadre, the Department of Revenue, on "administrative grounds", in pursuance of a Department of Personnel and Training

(DoPT) Office Memorandum dated July 2 and with the approval of the competent authority.The order states, "Shri Amar Singh, IRS (IT:2010), Private Secretary to the Hon'ble Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, is repatriated to his parent cadre, i.e. Department of Revenue, on administrative ground and relieved of his duties with immediate effect."In a separate order, Shailesh Kumar Singh of the Central Secretariat Service (CSS), who was serving as an Additional Private Secretary to the Minister, has been "prematurely repatriated" to the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), his parent cadre, under the provision of "extended cooling off". He has also been relieved of his duties with immediate effect and directed to report to the DoPT.Another Additional Private Secretary, Ayush Sharan, has also been relieved with immediate effect. According to the official order, his appointment has been terminated.The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has not publicly disclosed the reasons behind the simultaneous removal of the three officers beyond the administrative grounds cited in the official orders.