Bhopal, October 14, 2026 (Yes Punjab News)
The Madhya Pradesh government has ordered a major administrative reshuffle involving 23 IAS officers, transferring several district collectors and senior officials while reassigning additional responsibilities across key departments.
The late Tuesday night order includes changes in health, public works, education, agriculture, commercial tax, industrial promotion and district administration, along with fresh arrangements for several senior officers holding additional charges.
Rashmi Arun Shami, a 1994-batch IAS officer who was serving as Additional Chief Secretary in the Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Department, has been posted as Additional Chief Secretary in the Public Health and Medical Education Department. She will also retain additional responsibilities for the Bhopal Gas Tragedy Relief and Rehabilitation Department, food security, Madhya Pradesh Bhawan in New Delhi, and the state Secondary Education Board.
Sukhveer Singh, a 1997-batch officer, has been appointed Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister while retaining additional charge of the Public Works Department.
Among the district-level changes, Raghvendra Singh has been moved from Jabalpur to head the Agriculture Marketing Board as Managing Director-cum-Commissioner, Mandi. Arun Kumar Vishwakarma, previously Collector of Raisen, will take over as Collector of Jabalpur.
Other key appointments include Usha Parmar as Additional Secretary in the Horticulture and Food Processing Department; Rajesh Kumar Ogare as Collector of Mau-Ganj; Somesh Mishra as Collector of Narmadapuram; Pawan Kumar Jain as Collector of Bhind; Ashish Vashishtha as Collector of Narmadapuram; Ankit Asthana as Collector of Singrauli; and Aditya Singh as Collector of Balaghat.
Harsh Singh has been posted as Collector of Panna, Rohit Sisodia as Collector of Raisen, Vivek Kumar as Collector of Burhanpur, Parikshit Sanjayrao Jhade as Collector of Shajapur, and Kumar Satyam as Collector of Harda.
Other transfers include Riju Bafna as Additional Commissioner (Revenue), Ujjain Division; Sanjay Kumar Jain as Deputy Secretary in the Farmer Welfare and Agriculture Development Department; Siddharth Jain as Deputy Secretary in the Commercial Tax Department; and Kirodi Lal Meena as Deputy Secretary in the Finance Department.
John Kingsly A.R. has been posted as Secretary of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Department, while Sandeep Kerketta will head the Indore Development Authority as Chief Executive Officer.
The order also redistributes additional responsibilities among senior officials. K.C. Gupta has been assigned additional charge of the Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Department, while Shobhit Jain will take additional charge of the Cottage and Village Industries Department.
Sanket S. Bhonde has been given additional charge as Residential Commissioner at Madhya Pradesh Bhawan in New Delhi. Swatantra Kumar Singh will additionally oversee the Industrial Policy and Investment Promotion Department, and Bharat Yadav has been assigned additional charge of the Public Relations Department.
Abhay Arvind Bedekar will additionally head the Archaeology and Museums directorate, while Anshuman Raj has been assigned additional responsibilities as Managing Director of the Madhya Pradesh State Electronics Development Corporation and Mission Director of the Comprehensive Social Security Mission.
The order also relieves several officers of additional responsibilities following the changes, including Anupam Rajan from the Public Relations Department, Neejan Mandaloi from the MSME Department, Madan Vibhishan Nagargoje from Archaeology and Museums, and Kumar Purushottam from the Agriculture Marketing Board.
The changes are aimed at reorganising administrative responsibilities across the state government, with several officers moving from district postings to departmental and secretariat assignments.
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