In an effort to streamline administrative operations, the Uttar Pradesh government reorganized the responsibilities of 15 Indian Administrative Service officers on Saturday. The bureaucratic reshuffle includes allocating critical additional departments to several high-ranking officials alongside strategic reassignments across key state corporations, regional divisions, and commissions.
Crucial Portfolios Handed to Senior Bureaucrats
At the apex of the administrative hierarchy, Chief Secretary Shashi Prakash Goyal received the additional responsibility of Additional Chief Secretary for Civil Aviation. To advance agricultural and rural infrastructure priorities, Anurag Srivastava was appointed Agriculture Production Commissioner. Srivastava retains his present positions as Additional Chief Secretary for Namami Gange and Rural Water Supply, Additional Chief Secretary for Minor Irrigation and Ground Water, Mission Director of the Rural Drinking Water Mission, and Project Director of the State Clean Ganga Mission.
Industrial Development and Vigilance Appointments
To support major infrastructure projects and overseas investment, Alok Kumar-2 was assigned the role of Infrastructure and Industrial Development Commissioner. He continues to serve as Additional Chief Secretary for Infrastructure and Industrial Development as well as NRI affairs, with the supplementary role of PICUP Chairman. Overseeing administrative vigilance, M. Devraj, currently Principal Secretary for Appointments and Personnel and Director General of the Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Academy of Administration and Management, was granted the additional charges of Chairman of the State Vigilance Commission and Administrative Tribunal-1.
Updates Across Finance, Agriculture, and Highway Agencies
Agriculture Principal Secretary Dr. M.K.S. Sundaram, overseeing agricultural education, research, marketing, foreign trade, and export promotion, took on additional responsibilities as Principal Secretary for Coordination and Project Director of UPDASP. Managing long-term fiscal targets, Alok Kumar-3, who leads Planning, Programme Implementation, and IT and Electronics while steering the One Trillion Dollar Economy and Zero Poverty initiatives, received supplementary charges as Principal Secretary for Finance, Institutional Finance, and Externally Aided Projects.
Public Works Department Principal Secretary and UPSHA Chief Executive Officer Ajay Chauhan assumed the additional charge of Chief Executive Officer of UPEIDA. Simultaneously, Science and Technology Principal Secretary Pandhari Yadav was relieved of his additional post as Principal Secretary for Externally Aided Projects.
Changes Across Regional Administration and Corporations
A direct swap occurred at key state utilities. Yogesh Kumar, Managing Director of Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam (Rural), transitioned to Managing Director of PCDF. Reciprocally, Amit Kumar Singh moved from PCDF to become Managing Director of Jal Nigam Rural. In field administration, Krishna Kumar, who served as Secretary for Irrigation and Water Resources, was posted as Divisional Commissioner of Jhansi Division.
Chandra Shekhar, Special Secretary for Irrigation, Water Resources, and Wasteland Development, took additional charge as Chief Executive Officer of the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana and Administrator of the Greater Sharda Sahayak Command Area Development Authority. Bhupendra S. Chaudhary moved from Secretary of Administrative Reforms to Secretary of the Uttar Pradesh Human Rights Commission. Devendra Singh Kushwaha, who was awaiting posting, became Special Secretary in Administrative Reforms. Meanwhile, Praveen Mishra, Special Secretary for Social Welfare and Secretary of the SC/ST Commission, added the roles of Managing Director of the Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation and Director of Tribal Development to his duties.
