Search For "preeti sudan"
Former Defence Secretary Ajay Kumar appointed as UPSC chairperson
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Kumar, a 1985-batch retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) succeeded Preeti Sudan, a former Union Health Secretary and 1983 batch IAS officer, whose tenure as the UPSC chairperson ended on April 29 this year. She was appointed in August 1, 2025.
Read More
Former IAS officer Preeti Sudan takes oath as member of UPSC
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Former IAS officer Preeti Sudan on Tuesday took the oath of office and secrecy as a member of the Union Public Service Commission in the Central Hall of the Commission.
Read More
COVID-19: Union Health Secy, ICMR ask states, UTs to ramp up testing capac
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 21 (ANI): Union Health Secretary Preeti Sudan and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Director-General, Dr Balram Bhargava, have written to all states and union territories (UTs) to ramp up COVID-19 testing capacity.
Read More
Union Health Secy holds discussion over reduction of COVID-19 fatality rat
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): The Union Health Secretary Preeti Sudan on Friday chaired a video conference meeting with States and Union Territories, Centres of Excellence and Dr Randeep Guleria, Director, AIIMS, New Delhi and discussed the clinical case management to reduce fatality rat
Read More
Health Ministry asks chief secretaries to ensure salaries of doctors, heal
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 18 (ANI): The Health Ministry has sent an order to chief secretaries of states and union territories asking them to ensure that salaries of doctors and health workers doing COVID-19 related duties are released on time by all concerned and any violation will be treate
Read More
Health Secretary directs states to make district-wise prospective plan to
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): In view of the lockdown being eased and curbs being lifted, Union Health Secretary Preeti Sudan has directed all states to make a "district-wise prospective plan" for the coming months to combat COVID-19.
Read More
Initiate necessary action for categorisation of red, orange, green zones:
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 18 (ANI): The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has directed all States and Union Territories (UTs) to initiate necessary action in terms of categorisation of red, orange and green zones, and delineation of containment and buffer zones.
Read More
West Bengal calls Centre's assessment of 10 red zones in state 'erroneous'
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 1 (ANI): West Bengal Principal Secretary (Health) Vivek Kumar has written to Union Health Secretary Preeti Sudan, calling the Centre's assessment of 10 red zones in the state "erroneous".
Read More
Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai among 130 Red Zones designated by Centre
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 1 (ANI): In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the Health Ministry has classified districts across all states and Union Territories as Red, Orange and Green zones with 130, 284 and 319 such zones respectively across the country, as on April 30.
Read More
Health Ministry seeks ban on export of anti-TB drug amid delayed productio
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 22 (ANI): With pharmaceutical companies operating with a smaller workforce and limited resources amid the nationwide lockdown forced by the coronavirus pandemic, the production of several key medicines, including the anti-TB drugs, has been affected.
Read More
Facilitate unhindered movement of blood mobile vans amid COVID-19 lockdown
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 20 (ANI): To ensure that there is no hindrance in the movement of mobile blood vans and no shortage of blood transfusion to the needy persons amid the COVID-19 lockdown period, the Ministry of Home Affairs directed all Chief Secretaries of States and Union Territorie
Read More
Centre directs states, union territories to provide for redressal of migra
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 2 (ANI): Amid movement of migrant workers during the coronavirus pandemic, Preeti Sudan, Secretary at Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has written to Chief Secretaries of all states and Union territories asking them to assure redressal of migrant labourers grievan
Read More