For improving efficiency and sharpness in working, additional secretary to chief minister Shikhar Agrawal has redistributed work among nine officers working in chief minister office.
While these nine officers have been assigned specific departments to deal with, principal secretary to CM Alok Gupta has not been assigned any specific department. That means the files of all departments will sieve through Gupta to Shikhar Agrawal.
In the order dated September 27, 2024, Shikhar Agrawal has assigned the task public grievance redressal to OSD Rajkumar Singh and deputy secretary Manoj Kumar.
Apart from that other officers have been given charge of different departments.
Sandesh Nayak: SS (SN) –
PHED, GWD, Water Resources, IGNP, CAD, Mines & Petroleum, State Service Delivery War Room, CMIS, Monitoring of important Project, Programmes and Decisions, DIPR.
Sidharth Sihag: JS (SS)-
Industries, MSME, Khadi, BIP, ESIC, PSUs, RIICO, Law & Justice; Finance & Taxation, Excise, Small Saving, SI & GPF, Home, Police, Home Guard, Vigilance, Jail, Civil Defence, RSBI, Energy.
TJ. Kavitha: Pr. OSD(TJK)-
Forest, Environment, State Pollution Control Board, Transport, Civil Aviation, Youth & Sports, PWD, Cabinet, CMRF, Tourism, Art & Culture, Archaeology and Museums, GAD, Motor Garage, Estate General Administration of CMO, RTI Act.
Jagveer Singh:JS(JV)-
Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Watershed & Soil Conservation, Administrative Reforms, Printing & Stationery, Labour, Employment and Skill, Factory-and Boilers, IT, Science & Technology, Food and Civil Sup ply, Agriculture, Agri. Marketing, Horticulture, RSAMB, Animal Husbandry, Gopalan , Dairy, Fisheries.
Anju Rajpal: JS(AR)-
Medical & Health, Medi- cal Education, Ayurved, Family Welfare, Depart- ment of Personnel, Tribal Area Develop- ment, Women and Child Development.
O.P. Bunkar: JS(OPB)-
UDH, LSG, Cooperative, Parliamentary Affairs, Assembly, Election, Disaster Management, Relief & Rehabilitation, Social Justice & Em- powerment, Disabilities, Peace and Non-Violence Department, Minority Affairs, Waqf.
Jai Prakash Narayan:DS(JPN)-
Revenue, Colonisation, Sainik Kalyan, Devasthan, Higher/Tech./ Sanskrit Education, Education ( Primary/Secondary), Language & Library, Planning and Man Power, Economics and Statistics, VIP Reference.
Prakash Bhandari is a veteran journalist with over 50 years of experience. He has worked with The Times of India for 30 years and contributed to leading publications as well as international news agency AFP.
