UP Government Transfers 15 IAS Officers; Anurag Appointed APC, Alok Gets IIDC Charge

In a top-level reshuffle of its administrative hierarchy, the Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday reshuffled 15 IAS officers and reshaped the portfolios of some senior bureaucrats, such as agriculture, finance, infrastructure and vigilance.

Chief Secretary Shashi Prakash Goyal has been given the additional charge of additional chief secretary (ACS), Civil Aviation.

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1992-batch IAS officer, Anurag Srivastava, has been appointed as agriculture production commissioner (APC). He will also have the extra responsibility of ACS, Namami Gange, Rural water resources, minor irrigation and ground water departments. He has also been entrusted with the roles of Mission Director, Rural drinking water mission and Project Director, Rajya Swachh Ganga Mission, UP.

Alok Kumar-II, a 1993-batch IAS officer, has been appointed infrastructure and industrial development commissioner (IIDC). He will also have additional charge of ACS, infrastructure and industrial development NRI department and chairman, PICUP. The reshuffle came in the wake of the retirement of Deepak Kumar, a 1990 batch IAS officer on Saturday. He served various significant posts such as APC, IIDC, ACS Finance, chairman, UPEIDA, external aided projects, civil aviation and commissioner, vigilance.

Principal secretary, appointment and personnel, M Devraj, has been given the additional charge of the state vigilance commission and administrative tribunal.

Principal secretary, planning and programme implementation, Alok Kumar-III, has been given the additional charge of the finance department, institutional finance and external aided projects.

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Principal secretary, agriculture, MKS Sundaram has been entrusted an additional charge of coordinating and project director of UP DASP. Principal secretary, PWD, Ajay Chauhan, has been given the additional charge of CEO, UP Expressway Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA).

From among the others transferred, managing director (MD) of PCDF, Yogesh Kumar and UP Jal Nigam (Rural) managing director, Amit Kumar Singh have been appointed. Principal secretary, science and technology Pandhari Yadav has been relieved of the charge of external aided projects.

Krishna Kumar has been appointed divisional commissioner, Jhansi division. Special secretary, irrigation, Chandra Shekhar, has been given the additional charge of CEO, PM agriculture irrigation project, and administrator, Sharda Sahayak Command Area Development Authority.

Bhupendra S Chaudhary has been appointed as a secretary of UP Human Rights Commission. Devendra Singh Kushwaha who had been on the waiting list has been appointed special secretary (administrative reforms).

Special secretary of social welfare Praveen Mishra has been appointed extra ordinary charge at MD, UP SC Finance and Development Corporation and director ST Development.

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