Bihar: Four IAS Officers given additional charges, three shifted to new posts

The Bihar government on Thursday (19.09.2024) made minor changes in the state’s bureaucracy by assigning new responsibilities to seven IAS officers. Of these, four officers have been given additional charges, while three have been transferred to new posts.

The names of the officers and their postings are as follows;

1. Mihir Kumar Singh (IAS:1993:BH), Additional Chief Secretary, Panchayati Raj Department with additional charges of Additional Chief Secretary-cum-Mining Commissioner, Mines & Geology Department; MD, Bihar State Minerals Development Corporation Limited, Patna; MD, Bihar State Mining Corporation Limited and Mines & Geology Department, has been given additional charge of Chief Enquiry Commissioner, GAD.
2. Sanjay Kumar Agrawal (IAS:2002:BH), Secretary, Agriculture with additional charge of Enquiry Commissioner, GAD, has been given additional charge of Secretary, Transport Department.
3. Deepak Anand (IAS:2007:BH), Secretary (Expenditure), Finance Department with additional charge of Secretary, Labour Resources Department, has been transferred and posted as Secretary, Labour Resources Department.
4. Ashima Jain (IAS:2008:BH), Secretary, Urban Development & Housing Department, has been transferred and posted as Secretary (Expenditure), Finance Department with additional charge of Enquiry Commissioner, GAD.
5. B Kartikey Dhanji (IAS:2008:BH), State Project Director, Bihar Education Project Council with additional charge of MD, Bihar State Educational Infrastructure Development Corporation, has been given additional charge of Enquiry Commissioner, GAD.
6. Pranav Kumar (IAS:2008:BH), Secretary, Home Department with additional charge of IG, Prisons and Correctional Services, has been given additional charge of Enquiry Commissioner, GAD.
7. Laxman Tiwari (IAS:2021:BH), OSD, Revenue and Land Reforms Department, Patna, has been transferred and posted as SDO, Chapra Sadar.