Rajasthan Govt Transfers Over 100 IAS Officers. Details Inside
Jaipur: In a significant reshuffle, the Rajasthan government led by Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma has transferred over 100 Indian Administrative Service(IAS) Officers, including the divisional commissioners of Jaipur and Banswara. As per a personnel department order late on Thursday, a total of 96 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers were transferred while 10 awaiting orders have got a new posting.
It is to be noted that Additional Chief Secretary (Finance) Akhil Arora and Principal Secretary (Home) Anand Kumar, however, have retained their positions. Arora was also the additional chief secretary in the finance department during the previous Congress government. Since 2022, Kumar has been in the home department.
Among those transferred in the reshuffle are the divisional commissioners of Jaipur and Banswara, besides the collectors of 13 districts, including Jaipur. Shubhra Singh, who was posted as additional chief secretary (health), will take over as roadways chairperson. There had been discussions about replacing her for a long time.
Speaking of the reshuffle, prominent names that are gaining major attractions are IAS Officer Tina Dabi and her husband Pradeep Gawande. Previously, Dabi served as the Commissioner of the Employment Guarantee Scheme (EGS) in Jaipur. With the latest reshuffle, Dabi has been appointed as the District Collector of Barmer. She even served as the District Collector of Jaisalmer. Meanwhile, Pradeep Gawande will now assume the role of District Collector in Jalore.
Gayatri A Rathore has been transferred from the tourism department and will take charge as principal secretary in the health department. Bhaskar Sawant will be the principal secretary of the public health engineering department. Samit Sharma has been transferred to the animal husbandry department.
Shreya Guha, the additional chief secretary in the transport department, has been transferred to the rural development department.
Vaibhav Galaria, who was the principal secretary in the agriculture department, will take charge as the principal secretary in the urban development and housing department. He replaces T Ravikant, who has been posted as principal secretary in the mines and petroleum department.
Bhanu Prakash Eturu, the chairperson of all three power companies in the state, will take over as secretary in the tribal development department. He has been replaced by Aarti Dogra as the discoms chief. Dogra was posted in the Chief Minister’s Office during the previous Ashok Gehlot dispensation. Neeraj K Pawan, the Banswara divisional commissioner, has been appointed as administrative secretary in the sports department. Rashmi Gupta will take charge as Jaipur divisional commissioner in place of Aarushi Ajay Malik. Jitendra Soni, the new Jaipur collector, was given additional charges as collector of Dudu and Jaipur Rural.