Ranchi: The state government of Jharkhand has announced the transfer of eight Indian Administrative Service (IAS) personnel, with Rajiv Arun Ekka taking on the crucial position of Member Revenue Board. This represents a huge administrative reform. With immediate effect, the reorganisation includes new duties and responsibilities for a number of officers in several departments.
Rajiv Arun Ekka has been assigned the roles of Additional Chief Secretary to the Chief Minister, Backward Class Welfare Department, and Additional Chief Secretary of Panchayati Raj Department in addition to his job as Member Revenue Board.
The Health Department has been given an extra task by Ajay Kumar Singh, Principal Secretary of the Rural Affairs Department. This means that the Women and Child Development Department will now be under the direction of Vandana Dadel, Principal Secretary of the Cabinet Secretariat.
The Principal Secretary of the Planning Development Department has been appointed, replacing Mast Ram Meena, who served as the Principal Local Commissioner. The Land Revenue Department has been placed under the supervision of Manish Ranjan, Secretary of the Drinking Water Department.
The Labour Department’s head, Rajesh Sharma, has been moved to the Drinking Water Department as the Secretary. The Finance Department Secretary, Prashant Kumar, has been named.
Furthermore, K Srinivasan, the Advanced Training Institute (ATI) Director, would now take up the dual responsibilities of ATI Director and Local Commissioner for Jharkhand Bhawan.