In a recent bureaucratic reshuffle, the Madhya Pradesh government has reassigned roles to several IAS officers to streamline administrative functioning and improve departmental coordination:
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K C Gupta has been appointed as Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Cottage and Village Industries.
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Dr Navneet Mohan Kothari will now serve as Principal Secretary (PS) to the Governor of Madhya Pradesh.
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Ashok Barnwal, currently ACS, Forest, will additionally hold the charges of ACS, Environment, Environment Commissioner, and Director General, EPCO.
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Chandramauli Shukla, MD, MP Industrial Development Corporation, has been given additional charge as Additional Secretary to the Chief Minister.
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Deepak Arya, CEO of the Rural Road Development Authority, will now also take over as Executive Director (ED), EPCO.
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Amit Rathore, PS, Commercial Tax and PS, Cottage & Village Industries, will be relieved of the additional charge of PS, Cottage & Village Industries.
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Mrs Uma Maheshwari has been relieved of her additional responsibility as ED, EPCO.
This reshuffle aims to enhance administrative efficiency ahead of key developmental and policy rollouts in the state.
