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15 Senior IAS Officers transferred in UP, Shashi Prakash Goyal gets additional charge of Civil Aviation

Lucknow, Oct 31 (UNI) The Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday reshuffled the state’s administrative machinery, changing the responsibilities of 15 senior IAS officers through a fresh transfer and posting order. Several Additional Chief Secretaries, Principal Secretaries and departmental heads have been assigned new responsibilities, while some officers have been relieved of their current responsibilities.
According to the government order, Chief Secretary Shashi Prakash Goyal has been given the additional charge of Additional Chief Secretary, Civil Aviation. Additional Chief Secretary Anurag Srivastava has been appointed Agriculture Production Commissioner (APC).
He will continue to oversee Namami Gange, Rural Water Supply, Minor Irrigation, Groundwater, the Rural Drinking Water Mission and the State Clean Ganga Mission.
Additional Chief Secretary Alok Kumar-II, who is handling Infrastructure and Industrial Development, has been assigned additional responsibilities relating to the NRI Department and PICKUP.
M. Dev Raj, Principal Secretary, Appointments and Personnel, and Director General of the Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Academy of Administration and Management, has been given the additional charge of Chairman, State Vigilance Commission and Administrative Tribunal-I.
Dr M.K.S. Sundaram, Principal Secretary, Agriculture, has been assigned additional charge of Coordination and Project Director, UPSRDP.
Alok Kumar III, Principal Secretary, Planning and Program Implementation, and IT and Electronics Department, has been given the additional charge of Finance, Institutional Finance, and Externally Aided Projects.
Ajay Chauhan, Principal Secretary, Public Works Department (PWD), and CEO of UPSHA, has been assigned the additional charge of CEO, Uttar Pradesh State Industrial Development Authority (UPIDA).
Meanwhile, Pandhari Yadav has been relieved of the additional charge of Externally Aided Projects. He will continue to head the Science and Technology Department.
Yogesh Kumar, Managing Director of Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam (Rural), has been given the additional charge of Managing Director, PCDF. Amit Kumar Singh, Managing Director of PCDF, has been assigned the responsibility of Managing Director, Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam (Rural).
In another key change, Krishna Kumar, Secretary, Irrigation and Water Resources Department, has been appointed Divisional Commissioner of Jhansi Division. He was also holding responsibilities as Administrator of the Prime Minister's Agricultural Irrigation Scheme and the Greater Sharda Sahayak Command Area Development Authority.
Chandrashekhar, Special Secretary, Irrigation and Water Resources and Special Secretary, Fallow Land Development, has been given additional charge as CEO of the Prime Minister's Agricultural Irrigation Scheme and Administrator of the Greater Sharda Sahayak Command Area Development Authority.
Bhupendra S. Chaudhary, Secretary, Administrative Reforms, has been assigned the additional charge of Secretary, Uttar Pradesh Human Rights Commission. Devendra Singh Kushwaha, who was on the waiting list, has been appointed Special Secretary, Administrative Reforms.
Similarly, Praveen Mishra, Special Secretary, Social Welfare, and Secretary, Uttar Pradesh Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Commission, has been given additional charge of Managing Director, Uttar Pradesh Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation, along with Tribal Development.
The reshuffle brings changes in the allocation of responsibilities across several key departments, commissions and government institutions in Uttar Pradesh.
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