Dr K M Abraham appointed new Kerala Chief Secretary

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM (INDIA): The Kerala government has appointed senior IAS officer Dr K M Abraham as the new Chief Secretary in place of Nalini Netto, retiring on August 31.nnDr Abraham is presently the Additional Chief Secretary in the Finance department. He would remain in office till December 31, 2017, an official release said here.nnA decision in this regard was taken at a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.nnThe cabinet meeting decided to post Netto as principal secretary to the chief minister.nnThe Rural Development Corporation Commissioner B S Thirumeni will be the new Kottayam district collector, according to the release.