Know About P K Mishra, Principal Secretary of PM

Being a re-employed 1972 batch IAS officer belonging to Gujarat Cadre, Pramod Kumar Mishra, Ph.D., is often abbreviated to as PK Mishra. In recent times, he has attained the office of Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi as Additional Principal Secretary. In 2019 appointed as Principal Secretary of PMO, Narendra Modi.

Education

Pramod Kumar Mishra holds a degree of graduate, postgraduate, and Ph.D. in Economics. He also holds a postgraduate degree in Development Economics.

Career

Pramod Kumar Mishra has served in various positions for both governments Union and Gujarat State as Principal Secretary (Agriculture and Cooperation), Addition Chief Secretary (Revenue), Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister of Gujarat, Member of the Gujarat Electricity Board, and as the District Magistrate and Collector of Mahesana and Banaskantha districts on the Gujarat Government, the Additional Secretary in Ministry of Urban Development, Union Agriculture Secretary, and as the Member Secretary of National Capital Region Planning Board in the Union Government, and Special Secretary in Ministry of Home Affairs, apart from serving as the Additional Principal Secretary in the PMO.

After retired from the Indian Administrative Service, He was appointed as the Chairman of the Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission (GERC) by the Chief Minister of Gujarat. It was on 11th August 2013 his term as the Chairman of GERC can to an end when he attained the age of 65.

The Man Pramod Kumar Mishra who knows the Desire of Prime Minister Modi

When PK Mishra joined the PMO in 2014, Mishra on the other hand was unknown to Modi and since Modi was new to Delhi, he was chosen due to his familiarity with the Capital’s power structure. He intuitively knew what his boss desires and seldom imposes his own opinion is what the strength of PK is.

PK Mishra had worked pretty closely with PM Narendra Modi earlier with PK’s advantage. When he was Gujarat Chief Minister, he was Modi’s first principal Secretary. PK had continues to work for the Gujarat government, after retiring as agriculture secretary in Delhi.

Super-Fast Track

President Ram Nath Kovind was accompanied by three full secretaries to the Government of India on his recent State visit to Iceland, Slovenia, and Switzerland. He was accompanied by Sanjay Kothari, the President’s secretary, and E L S N Bala Prasad apart from the concerned secretary from the IFS. Prasad rose in position to a full secretary from an additional secretary. Prasad has had probably the most rapid series of promotions of any senior civil servant being a 1986 Bihar cadre IAS officer. In less than a year, he was elevated from director-level rank to joint secretary to additional secretary and secretary. It goes back to the time when he was principal secretary to Ram Nath Kovind when the latter was Bihar governor with Prasad’s proximity to the president.

Slanging Match

Recently, there was a slanging match at the CPI office in Ajoy Bhavan. In the last Lok Sabha, Atul Anjan, national secretary of the CPI, demanded that Kanhaiya Kumar, the much-publicized candidate from Begusarai submitted a detailed report of his election expenses that was long overdue. It at being ticked off, Kanhaiya was furious.

Seven-star Style

One of the more run-down states Bhawan in the Capital, Gujarat Bhawan in Chanakyapuri was one of the more run-down states. With its new Bhawan in Delhi, Garvi Gujarat which Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated this month since Gujarat has now outdone every state in India. In the style of an old Gujarat haveli with the modern touches to resemble a boutique seven-star hotel, the six-story marble mansion is designed accordingly.

It tastefully showcases Gujarat’s artisanship built at a cost of Rs 128 crore. There are old-style arches, delicately carved jalis, and a smoked skylight that changes the color. They provide some modern touch, with well-equipped conference halls, as well as a solar power plant, and sewage treatment plant for conserving water.

With any swanky hotel, the suites for the government officials are on a par. To the private parties, the Gujarat government has sensibly outsourced the housekeeping and kitchen.

A Bhawan is built on 7066 square meters of land, Located in the Delhi land and development office, . It is of course a debatable point whether it is a multi-story building that should have permitted in the heritage Lutyens zone. To look to be rather dilapidated in contrast, this is the Bhawan that is across the road from the Congress headquarters.

His Master’s Voice

Over Kashmir, some mistakenly attribute the sudden departure of the Prime Minister’s principal secretary Nripendra Mishra to his differences with Ajit Doval. It would step down was evident in June itself when Narendra Modi granted Cabinet rank status to not just Mishra but also additional principal secretary Pramod Kumar Mishra with the indication that Mishra 74. Although Mishra was the senior of the two secretaries, it was the low-key PK who held the important portfolios, such as appointments even during Modi’s first tenure as PM.

Still Another Mile of Promod Kumar Mishra

With nearly two dozen criminal cases that are filed against Kobad Ghandy from all over the country mostly under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, he was in jail for 10 years. Despite his serious medical conditions that require hospitalization, he has been shuttled around as a non-political prisoner to various jails. It felt that the ordeal of Ghandy was about to end. He had been acquitted or have obtained bail in several cases that are against him.

It was in our criminal justice system that the matters got complicated. Even after his release order, the Jharkhand authorities refused to free Ghandy as a sudden word was sent out by the Surat police that there was a production warrant for a case that was pending against him. He received no response though Ghandy wrote repeatedly starting November 2016 to the Surat court asking that the production warrant in Gujarat matter be forwarded to expedite the case. Claiming that there was no escort available to take him to Surat, the Hazaribagh police kept Ghandy in prison for several months.

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