P K Mishra, chairman, National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has been transferred from the post. The Orissa cadre IAS officer will take charge as Secretary, Department of Coal. The government has announced that Arun Kshetrapal, Additional Secretary, National Security Council Secretariat has been appointed the new Chairman of NPPA. Kshetrapal is a 68th batch IAS officer of MP cadre.