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Odisha carries out bureaucratic reshuffle, Chitra Arumugam is new secretary of Labor Party and ESI

Umito November 24, 2024

The Odisha government has carried out a reshuffle within the bureaucracy, changing the portfolios of at least 11 senior officers.

According to a notification issued by the General Administration Department on Saturday evening, Special Secretary Planning and Convergence Chitra Arumugam has been transferred and posted as Principal Secretary Labor and ESI.

She will also hold the additional charge of Principal Secretary, Science and Technology.

Odisha Adarsha Vidyalaya Sangathan Project Director Yamini Sarangi has been appointed as Commissioner for Commercial Taxes and GST. She will continue to hold additional charge of Special Secretary Finance, the notification said.

Additional Finance Secretary Smita Rout will replace her as the project director of Odisha Adarsha Vidyalaya Sangathan. Additional Secretary Water Resources Sudhansu Mohan Samal has been appointed as Managing Director of Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC).

Scheduled Tribes (ST) director Indramani Tripathy will replace Vijay Amruta Kulange as labor commissioner, while holding additional duties as additional secretary, department of ST&SC development, welfare of minorities and backward classes , he indicated.

A 2012-batch IAS officer, Trilochan Majhi was appointed as additional secretary in the Home Ministry. He was previously additional secretary in the revenue and disaster management department.

The notification added that Additional Secretary, Finance Department, Satyabrata Rout, has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Works Department.

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