IEP Chandigarh, March 13
In a major administrative reshuffle, the Punjab government on Monday transferred 16 IAS and 3 PCS officers. Anurag Agarwal, IAS, who is currently posted as Additional Chief Secretary-cum-Financial Commissioner, Cooperation and in addition Additional Chief Secretary, Elections, has now been posted as Additional Chief Secretary-cum-Financial Commissioner, Cooperation and in addition Additional Chief Secretary, Elections, and in addition Additional Chief Secretary, Medical Education and Research in place of Alaknanda Dayal, IAS.
Also, Raji P. Shrivastava, IAS, currently posted as Additional Chief Secretary-cum-Financial Commissioner, Forest and Wildlife Preservation has been posted as Additional Chief Secretary, Freedom Fighters, in place of Veerendra Kumar Meena, IAS.
Vivek Pratap Singh, Principal Secretary, Local Government has been posted as Principal Secretary, Local Government and in addition, Principal Secretary, Health and Family Welfare relieving Veerendra Kumar Meena, IAS of additional charge.
Rahul Bhandari, Principal Secretary, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs and in addition Principal Secretary, Civil Aviation and in addition Principal Secretary, Information and Public Relations and in addition Principal Secretary Resident Commissioner, Punjab Bhawan, New Delhi has been posted as Principal Secretary Resident Commissioner, Punjab Bhawan, New Delhi.
Veerendra Kumar Meena, Principal Secretary, Freedom fighters and in addition Principal Secretary Printing and Stationary and in addition Principal Secretary, Health and Family welfare has been posted as Principal Secretary Printing and Stationary.
Vikas Garg, Principal Secretary, Transport has been posted as Principal Secretary, Transport and in addition Financial Commissioner, Forests, Wildlife Preservation in place of Raji P Srivastava.
Sumer Singh Gurjar, Principal Secretary, Social Security, Women and Child Development and in addition Commissioner, Rupnagar Division, Rupnagar has been posted as Principal Secretary, Agriculture and Farmer’s welfare and in addition Principal Secretary, Horticulture and in addition Principal Secretary Soil and Water Conservation in place of Rahul Tiwari.
Gurkirat Kirpal Singh, Secretary, Tourism and Culture affairs and in addition Secretary Mines and Geology has been posted as Secretary, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs in place of Rahul Bhandari and in addition Tourism and Culture affairs, and in addition Secretary Mines and Geology.
Arshdeep Singh Thind, Secretary, Agriculture and Farmer’s welfare has been posted as Secretary, Agriculture and Farmer’s welfare and in addition Secretary Horticulture.
Ritu Aggarwal, Secretary, Home Affairs and Justice has been posted as Secretary Cooperative.
Malwainder Singh Jaggi, Chief Executive officer, Punjab water Supply and Sewerage Board has been posted as Secretary, Information and Public Relations and in addition Civil Aviation relieving Rahul Bhandari and in addition water Supply and Sewerage Board.
Other officers include IAS Abhinav, IAS Pradeep Kumar Agrawal, IAS Babita Singh, IAS Devinder Singh, IAS Puneet Singh, PCS Rajesh Kumar Sharma, PCS Vikas Hira, PCS Amardeep Singh Thind were transferred by the government.