Uttar Pradesh Government Reshuffles 15 IAS Officers, Anurag Srivastava Appointed as Agriculture Production Commissioner

Lucknow, October 31 (Daily Kiran) : The Uttar Pradesh government has implemented a significant administrative reshuffle, transferring responsibilities among 15 IAS officers. This move includes the transfer of five officers and changes in the roles of ten others. Additionally, seven senior officials have been assigned new responsibilities.

Following the retirement of Deepak Kumar, the Additional Chief Secretary of Finance, Infrastructure, and Industrial Development, the government redistributed departmental duties among senior officials. According to the official order, Chief Secretary Shashi Prakash Goyal will take on the additional charge of Additional Chief Secretary for Civil Aviation. Anurag Srivastava, formerly the Additional Chief Secretary for Namami Gange and Rural Water Supply, has been appointed as the new Agriculture Production Commissioner. He will also oversee the Namami Gange and Rural Water Supply, Minor Irrigation and Groundwater, Rural Drinking Water Mission, and the State Clean Ganga Mission.

Alok Kumar-2 has been appointed as the Infrastructure and Industrial Development Commissioner (IIDC). He will also hold additional responsibilities as Additional Chief Secretary for Infrastructure and Industrial Development, NRI, and chairperson of PICUP. M. Devaraj, the Principal Secretary of Appointment and Personnel, has been given extra responsibilities as the chairperson of the State Vigilance Commission and Administrative Tribunal-1. Principal Secretary for Agriculture Dr. MKS Sundaram will now also serve as Principal Secretary for Coordination and Project Director of UP Dasp.

Ajay Chauhan, Principal Secretary for Public Works, has been named the Chief Executive Officer of the Uttar Pradesh Expressway Industrial Development Authority (UPIDA). Additionally, Pandhari Yadav, Principal Secretary for External Aided Projects and Science and Technology, has been relieved of his duties in the External Aided Projects Department. Yogesh Kumar, Managing Director of the Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam (Rural), has been appointed as the Managing Director of PCDF, while Amit Kumar Singh, the former MD of PCDF, will now lead the Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam (Rural).

Krishna Kumar, Secretary of Irrigation and Water Resources, has been appointed as the Commissioner of the Jhansi Division. Bhupendra S. Chaudhary, Secretary of Administrative Reforms, will now serve as Secretary of the Uttar Pradesh Human Rights Commission. Devendra Singh Kushwaha, who has been awaiting assignment, has been appointed as Special Secretary of Administrative Reforms. Chandrashekhar, Special Secretary of Irrigation and Water Resources, has been named the Chief Executive Officer of the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana and the Administrator of the Greater Sharda Assistant Command Area Development Authority.

Furthermore, Praveen Mishra, Special Secretary for Social Welfare and Secretary of the Uttar Pradesh Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Commission, has been appointed as Managing Director of the Uttar Pradesh Scheduled Caste Finance and Development Corporation and will also oversee the Director of Tribal Development.