West Bengal govt effects bureaucratic reshuffle
On Friday night, the West Bengal government announced a significant reorganisation of its bureaucracy, assigning new duties to three senior IAS officials.
Under the new arrangement, Prabhat Kumar Mishra, a 1993 batch IAS officer and Additional Chief Secretary, has been tasked with overseeing the Finance Department and has been given additional responsibilities for the Department of Planning and Statistics.
Previously, Mishra held the position of Additional Chief Secretary for the Irrigation and Waterways Department and also oversaw the Water Resources Investigation and Development Department, as well as serving as the Project Director for AIDM.
Manoj Pant, a 1991 batch IAS officer, has been appointed as the new Additional Chief Secretary for the Irrigation and Waterways.
Pant was earlier the Additional Chief Secretary, Finance, with additional charge of the Department of Planning and Statistics. He was also the Officer on Special Duty and ex-officio Additional Chief Secretary of the Cabinet Secretariat at New Delhi.
Additional Chief Secretary Roshni Sen, a 1993 batch officer, is the new Additional Chief Secretary of the Water Resources Investigation and Development Department and Project Director ADMI, earlier looked after by Mishra.
Sen will continue to look after Fisheries, Aquaculture, Aquatic Resources and Fishing Harbour in the capacity of Additional Chief Secretary and discharge responsibilities as the Chairman and Managing Director of West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation.
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