PPK Ramacharyulu appointed Rajya Sabha Secretary General

PPK Ramacharyulu appointed Rajya Sabha Secretary General

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Category : Appointment/Resignation Published on: September 04 2021

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·        Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu has appointed Dr PPK Ramacharyulu, who has been Secretary in the Rajya Sabha Secretariat since 2018.

·        He will replace Desh Deepak Verma, who had resigned from the post of general secretary after holding the top post for four years.

·        Ramacharyulu is the first person to rise from the rank of Secretariat to the top post in nearly 70 years of the Rajya Sabha.

Important facts

About Rajya Sabha:

v Chairperson: M. Venkaiah Naidu

v Founded: 3 April 1952;

v Rajya Sabha Term limits: 6 years.

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