Bihar govt gives additional charges to several IAS officers in administrative reshuffle

The Bihar government has made several key transfers and assignments of IAS officers, including appointments to principal secretary and additional charge of the home department.

The Bihar government on Friday transferred and assigned additional responsibilities to several IAS officers.

According to a notification by the general administration department, 1992-batch IAS officer Deepak Kumar Singh has been appointed principal secretary to the governor.

Arvind Kumar Choudhary, a 1995-batch IAS officer and additional chief secretary in the cabinet secretariat department, has been relieved of the additional charge of the home department, the notification said.

Kundan Kumar, a 2004-batch IAS officer currently serving as secretary in the industries department, has been given additional charge of the home department.

Sanjay Kumar Singh (IAS-2007), who is currently holding the post of secretary, finance department, has been given additional charge of vigilance commissioner, general administration department, the notification said.

It said Seema Tripathi, a 2009-batch IAS officer and secretary of the Bihar Human Rights Commission, will also hold additional charge as secretary of the revenue and land reforms department.

Rajeev Kumar Srivastava, a 2013-batch IAS officer, has been appointed additional secretary in the finance department, according to the notification.