Major bureaucratic rejig ahead of local body polls

Jaipur: In a major bureaucratic reshuffle, the state government on Tuesday transferred 288 officers, including 21 IAS, 56 IPS, 28 IFS and 183 RAS officers. The transfers came just before the announcement of elections to the remaining 90 local bodies on Tuesday evening.

The government changed three collectors, SPs in 14 districts and five inspector general of police late on Monday night, while the RAS officers were reshuffled on Tuesday.

Additional chief secretary and 199-batch IAS officer Sudhanshu Pant, who had returned to the state after a stint at the Centre has been given charge of public health and engineering department.

Mugdha Sinha has been given the charge of the science and technology department in addition to art and culture.

Ashutosh A T Pednekar will be the whole and sole in-charge of the industry department as secretary.

P C Kishan has been shifted to secretary, rural development.

The collectors of Churu, Baran and Jhalawar were also changed.

Sanwarmal Verma, who was awaiting posting orders, has been made the Churu collector.

The project director-cum-joint secretary of the Employment Guarantee Scheme, Rajendra Vijay, will now be the Baran collector.

Khadi Board secretary Harimohan Meena has been appointed as Jhalawar collector.

Dinesh Kumar Yadav, commissioner of Jaipur Greater, has been replaced by Yagmitra Singh Dev. Yadav has been transferred to the post of secretary, general administration department. Rohit Gupta is the new managing director of Rajasthan Urja Vikas Nigam.


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