Madhya Pradesh CM exercises first major rejig in 4th term, 50 IAS officers get new postings

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan carried out the primary main bureaucratic reshuffle in his fourth time period because the CM on Saturday evening affecting as many as 50 IAS officers, as per the state authorities’s order.

Of the highest officers, former chief secretary M Gopal Reddy has been posted as chairman of the Revenue Board, Gwalior.

A 1985 batch IAS officer, Reddy was appointed the chief secretary by then chief minister Kamal Nath however incumbent chief minister Chouhan changed Reddy with Iqbal Singh Bains barely per week after he was appointed the chief secretary.

A 1989 batch IAS officer and extra chief secretary (ACS), Anurag Jain continues to stay as the extra chief secretary (Finance) and will get the extra cost of the Planning, Economics and Statistics division.

Another 1989 batch IAS officer, ACS Mohd Suleman who was introduced in to move Health and Family Welfare division to manage Covid state of affairs on April 8, may even take care of Medical Education and Bhopal Gas Tragedy Relief and Rehabilitation departments.

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Another ACS Vinod Kumar (1989 batch) is the top of the General Administration Department (GAD) now. Additional chief secretary JN Kansotia (1989) will take care of Animal Husbandry division whereas principal secretary Dr Rajesh Kumar Rajora (1990), who used to take care of the industries division, will head the labour division instantly after the state authorities’s main labour reforms.

Malay Shrivastava (1990) is the brand new head of Public Health Engineering (PHE) division as a principal secretary whereas Pankaj Rag (1990) has been posted because the principal secretary of Parliamentary Affairs, Sports and Youth Welfare. Ashok Shah (1990) will now head the Woman and Child Development division as a principal secretary. Principal secretary Manoj Govil (1991) has been moved from finance to the industrial tax division.

Principal secretary Manu Shrivastava (1991), who used to move the Energy and Renewable Energy division has been posted as a member of the Revenue Board, Gwalior.

Principal secretary Kalpana Shrivastava (1992) who was commissioner of Bhopal division for greater than a 12 months will now head Horticulture and Food Processing division.

Another principal secretary Sanjay Dubey (1993) who headed Urban Development and Administration and likewise Madhya Pradesh Metro Rail Company Ltd will now head the Energy and Renewable Energy division. Another 1993 batch IAS officer principal secretary Neeraj Mandloi will now head Public Works Department (PWD).

Another 1993 batch IAS officer and principal secretary Anupam Rajan, who was beforehand heading the Woman and Child Development (WCD) division, will now head the upper schooling division.

However, Rajan has been given an extra cost of principal secretary, Department of Public Relations too, a vital place within the authorities so far as picture constructing of the chief minister is worried amid the Covid-19 state of affairs. Rajan has served because the commissioner of Public Relations throughout Chouhan’s earlier tenure.

A 1994 IAS officer Sanjay Kumar Shukla, who headed Public Health Engineering, Medical Education departments and Jal Nigam, is the brand new principal secretary of Industrial Policy and Investment Promotion Department amid the state authorities’s thrust on resuming financial actions and creating extra job alternatives for the youth within the state.

Principal secretary Public Health and Family Welfare Dr Pallavi Jain Govil (1994) who was within the eye of an issue after greater than 100 well being division personnel have been contaminated with coronavirus. She will now head tribal welfare and scheduled castes welfare departments. Another 1994 IAS officer and principal secretary Deepali Rastogi – who was in cost officer for coordination with Maharashtra for bringing again labourers from there when 16 labourers have been killed in a mishap in Aurangabad district on Friday morning – will head Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) division.

Principal secretary Shivshekhar Shkula (1994) will proceed to move Food and Civil Supply however has the tradition division too as well as. Another principal secretary Prateek Hajela (1995), who was moved from the submit of commissioner (well being companies) instantly after a evaluation assembly on the Covid-19 state of affairs will now function principal secretary Social Justice.

Other officers embrace DP Ahuja (1996), Nitesh Kumar Vyas (1996), Faiz Ahmad Kidwai (1996), Amit Rathore (1996), Caralyn Khaongwar Deshmukh (1996) and Sukhvir Singh (1997).