{"id":314789,"date":"2019-08-31T06:33:56","date_gmt":"2019-08-31T06:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=314789"},"modified":"2019-08-31T06:33:56","modified_gmt":"2019-08-31T06:33:56","slug":"nripendra-misra-steps-down-as-pms-principal-secretary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/nripendra-misra-steps-down-as-pms-principal-secretary\/","title":{"rendered":"Nripendra Misra steps down as PM\u2019s Principal Secretary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-314790 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Nripendra.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"463\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/08\/Nripendra.jpg 463w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/08\/Nripendra-300x277.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/08\/Nripendra-455x420.jpg 455w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 463px) 100vw, 463px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Nripendra Misra, Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed his intention to be relieved of his assignment, the statement said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Nripendra will continue in his post for two weeks on the Prime Minister\u2019s request.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">PM Modi has requested him to continue for two weeks and appointed P.K. Sinha, IAS (Retd.) UP:77, as Officer on Special Duty in the PMO.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">In his farewell note, Misra thanked PM Modi for the opportunity to serve the country and the complete confidence he has placed in me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cIt has been a privilege to serve the country under Hon\u2019ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi.\u00a0 I am deeply grateful to him for this opportunity and the complete confidence he has place in me,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cI have enjoyed working committing my every hour and thought for more than five years, towards this satisfying journey.\u00a0 It is now time for me to move on, even as I remain devoted to public causes and national interests.\u00a0 I thank all colleagues, within and outside the Government, friends and my family for this support.\u00a0 I wish Narendra Modi, our Prime Minister, success as he leads our country into a bright future,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">PM Modi in a tweet described Misra as among the most outstanding officers, who has a great grasp of public policy and administration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cAfter serving the PMO assiduously and diligently for over five years and making an indelible contribution to India\u2019s growth trajectory, Shri Nripendra Misra Ji will be embarking on a new phase of his life. My best wishes to him for his future endeavours,\u201d Modi said in a tweet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cShri Nripendra Misra is among the most outstanding officers, who has a great grasp of public policy and administration. When I was new to Delhi in 2014, he taught me a lot and his guidance remains extremely valuable,\u201d Modi added.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nripendra Misra, Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed his intention to be relieved of his assignment, the statement said. Nripendra will continue in his post for two weeks on the Prime Minister\u2019s request.\u00a0 PM Modi has requested him to continue for two weeks and appointed P.K. Sinha, IAS (Retd.) UP:77, as Officer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":314790,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[11767],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314789"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314789"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":314791,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314789\/revisions\/314791"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/314790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}