Patna, Aug 31 (IANS) Senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Amrit Lal Meena has become the new Chief Secretary of Bihar.
According to the notification issued by the General Administration Department, Amrit Lal Meena is posted as Chief Secretary, Bihar after his return from central deputation to the provincial cadre.
The 1989 batch IAS officer had returned to his provincial cadre from central deputation on Friday itself. Prior to this, he was the secretary in the Union Coal Department.
After the notification was issued, Meena has also assumed the charge of Chief Secretary. After that Meena had a formal meeting with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. Outgoing Chief Secretary Deepak Malhotra and Chief Minister’s Principal Secretary Deepak Kumar were present during this meeting.
Before going on central deputation, Meena had held the responsibility of many important posts in Bihar.
Keeping in mind Meena’s seniority, he has been made the Chief Secretary. However, the names of many officers were discussed in the race for the post of Chief Secretary. Later, the name of Amrit Lal Meena was finalized.
Before going on central deputation, he was the Additional Chief Secretary of the Road Construction Department in Bihar. Before this, he has also handled the responsibility of Urban Development and Housing Department and Panchayati Raj Department. At one time, Meena was also the secretary of Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, who was the Rural Development Minister at the Center. As such, Meena is considered a sharp officer.
On Saturday, a major administrative reshuffle was done in Bihar. 16 IAS officers have been transferred in the state. Harjaut Kaur has been made ACS of the Social Welfare Department. Santosh Mall has been appointed as the Principal Secretary of the Water Resources Department. Lokesh Kumar Singh has been made the Secretary of the Finance Department.
Prem Singh Meena has been appointed as the Commissioner of Magadh Division. Pratima Satish Verma has been made the Secretary of Science and Technology. Pankaj Kumar has been appointed Secretary of Energy Department and Virendra Prasad Yadav has been appointed Secretary of Agriculture Department.
Apart from these officers, Dayanidhan Pandey has been made the Secretary of Art and Culture, Ashima Jain has been made the Secretary of Transport Department and Sanjay Kumar Singh has been made the Secretary of Commercial Tax Department.
–IANS
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