The Jharkhand government is set to promote three IAS officers of 1999 batch to the position of Principal Secretary besides few other promotions.
The state government has announced three vacancies for promotion to position of Principal Secretary.
The IAS officers are qualified for this promotion include chief minister's secretary Vinay Kumar Choubey, road construction secretary Sunil Kumar and higher technical education secretary Rahul Purwar. These offices will be elevated to the Super Time Scale for the Central Government cadre.
Apart from that principal secretary Rajiv Arun Ekka is set to be promoted to the rank of chief secretary. The government has initiated the process by requesting a vacancy for this significant role.
In addition to that, seven IAS officers, who currently hold the position of special secretary will be promoted to the post of secretary, with the effective date for all these promotions slated for January 1, 2024.
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