Haryana CMO restructured; Rajesh Khullar now handles 16 departments

The Haryana government has recently restructured the administrative setup of the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO), resulting in a significant reshuffle of departmental responsibilities. Chief Principal Secretary Rajesh Khullar (Retd. IAS:1988:HY), who earlier oversaw 21 departments, will now handle 16, with five departments reassigned to other senior officials.

Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, Arun Kumar Gupta (IAS:1992:HY), has been given charge of 11 departments, while Additional Principal Secretary Saket Kumar (IAS:2005:HY) will oversee 9 departments. Deputy Principal Secretary Yash Pal (IAS:2011:HY) has been entrusted with 8 departments.

In addition, three Officers on Special Duty (OSDs) to the Chief Minister have also been allocated departmental responsibilities as part of this restructuring.

Rajesh Khullar (Chief Principal Secretary to CM): Assigned 16 Departments

1. Administration of Justice
2. AYUSH
3. Energy
4. Excise & Taxation
5. Finance, Institutional Finance & Credit Control and Planning
6. General Administration, Personnel & Training, Hospitality and Vigilance
7. Health
8. Home
9. Industries & Commerce
10. Information, Public Relations, Languages and Culture
11. Irrigation & Water Resources
12. Medical Education & Research
13. Parliamentary Affairs, Law & Legislative
14. Raj Bhawan Affairs
15. Revenue and Disaster Management
16. Town & Country Planning and Urban Estates

• Overall In-charge of CM’s Office
• Chief Minister’s Office Estt.
• All Matters relating to legislative Business, including legislative proposals taken before Council of Ministers and issue of Ordinances.
• Subject not allotted to any other officer.

Arun Kumar Gupta (Principal Secretary to CM): Assigned 11 Departments

1. Civil Aviation
2. Co-operation
3. CRID
4. Environment, Forests & Wildlife
5. Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs
6. Jails
7. Mines & Geology
8. Public Works (Building & Roads)
9. Social Justice, Empowerment, SCs & BCs Welfare and Antyodaya (SEWA)
10. Transport
11. Urban Local Bodies

• Works related to implementation of CM Announcements

Saket Kumar ( Additional Principal Secretary to CM)

1. Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
2. Animal Husbandry & Dairying
3. Development & Panchayats
4. Elections
5. Fisheries
6. Foreign Cooperation
7. Housing for All
8. Sainik & Ardh Sainik Welfare
9. Women & Child Development

• Kurukshetra Development Board
• Monitoring of Budget Announcements
• Monitoring of Incomplete Projects
• Monitoring the performance of various departments under CM Window

Yash Pal (Deputy Principal Secretary to CM)

1. Architecture
2. Archives
3. Heritage and Tourism
4. Labour
5. Printing & Stationery
6. Public Health Engineering
7. School Education
8. Sports

• Saraswati Heritage Board

Raj Nehru (OSD to CM)

1. Department of Future
2. Higher Education
3. Youth Empowerment and Entrepreneurship

Vivek Kalia (HCS) (OSD to CM)

1. CM Window
2. Jan Samvaad

Sudhanshu Gautam (HCS) (OSD to CM)

1. Allotment of Govt Houses (except Type-V, Panchkula)
2. CM Announcements
3. CM Relief Fund
4. HRDF and other sanctions
5. HRMS and Online transfer policy
6. Waqf Board

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