Chandigarh, November 22, 2017: Haryana Cabinet which met under the chairmanship of Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Lal here today, has given approval for renaming the post of Assistant Secretary as Additional Director in the Sainik and Ardh Sainik Welfare Department, in the same pay and scale as admissible to the post of Assistant Secretary.
On creation of the Sainik and Ardh Sainik Welfare Department as per guidelines of the Ministry of Defence dated December 26, 2013, the post of Secretary, Rajya Sainik Board was re-designated as Director, Sainik and Ardh Sainik Welfare Department. Similarly there was a need to re-designate the post of Assistant Secretary, Rajya Sainik Board to Additional Director, Sainik and Ardh Sainik Welfare Department for better ease of functioning, organisational requirement and smooth command and control.