Jharkhand : Sukhdev Singh appointed as Chief Secretary

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The Jharkhand government on Saturday appointed Senior IAS officer Sukhdev Singh (IAS:1987:JH) as the new chief secretary of the state. He will take charge from April 1, 2020.

Presently, he is serving as posted as Development Commissioner with additional charge of Additional CS of Home, Prisons and Disaster Management and Commercial Taxes departments along with MD of GRDA.

According to the notification the posting will be effective from April 01, 2020, when incumbent Chief Secretary Dr DK Tiwari (IAS:1986:JH) will retire from his post.

The government also transferred and posted IAS officer Rajeev Arun Ekka (IAS:1994:JH) as Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister.