🔄 Uttarakhand Government Transfers 33 IAS & 24 PCS Officers

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Late Thursday night, the Uttarakhand government under CM Pushkar Singh Dhami ordered a significant bureaucratic reshuffle, transferring a total of 33 IAS officers and 24 PCS officers 

🏙️ Key District-Level Assignments:

• Pauri Garhwal:

  • Ashish Chauhan (former DM) → now CEO, Uttarakhand Tourism Development Council (UCADA) & Director of Sports & Youth Welfare.

  • Swati S. Bhadauria → new District Magistrate of Pauri.

    
    

• Champawat:

  • Navneet Pandey → reassigned as Additional Secretary (Personnel).

  • Manish Kumar (former CDO, US Nagar) → newly appointed DM, Champawat.

  
  

• Rudraprayag:

  • Saurabh Gaharwar → appointed MD, SIDCUL & DG – Industries.

  • Prateek Jain (former MD, SIDCUL) → named DM, Rudraprayag.

    
    

• Uttarkashi:

  • Meharban Singh Bisht → named Additional Secretary (Energy & Cooperation) & Director, UREDA.

  • Prashant Kumar Arya → new DM, Uttarkashi.

    
    

🏛️ Other Notable IAS Position Changes:

• Anand Bardhan relieved from the Water Resources Department.

• Sachin Kurve moved out of Tourism & CEO, Tourism Development Council.

• Dilip Jawalkar shifted from Cooperation to Water Resources.

• Dr. B.V.R.C. Purushottam now oversees Cooperation along with Animal Husbandry.

• Dr. Pankaj Pandey off the Labour portfolio.

• Chandresh Yadav becomes Food Commissioner, relieved of Urban Development.

• Plus multiple other realignments across Secretaries and Additional Secretaries.

  
  

🔹 PCS Officers Reassignments (Sample):

• Bharat Singh Firmal → Additional Secretary, Secretariat Service.

• Shiv Kumar Barnwal → now Secretary, UKSSSC.

• Ramji Sharan Sharma → CDO, Almora.

• Ashok Kumar Joshi → Director, Milk Development & Women’s Dairy.

• Other reassignments include roles in labour, municipal administration, skill development, etc.

  
  

✍️ Purpose & Context:

This is the second major transfer round this year, following a similar reshuffle on May 11 (25 IAS & 12 PCS moved). The move clearly reflects the Dhami government's intent to refresh leadership, improve governance, and inject new administrative strategies across key regions and departments.