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In bureaucratic shuffle, govt transfers 10 IAS officers

The top officers include Vijay Kumar Gautam, principal secretary of IT department

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After the fiasco over the farm loan waivers in Maharashtra, the state government has transferred Vijay Kumar Gautam as the principal secretary of the Information Technology (IT) department. Gautam will now be the Principal Secretary (Accounts and Treasuries) in the state finance department.

The charge of the IT department will now be vested with SVR Srinivas, who was the officer on special duty (slum development). The state government transferred 10 IAS officials on Tuesday.

Earlier, Gautam was sent on leave in a move which raised eyebrows after huge technical glitches in the loan waiver process. This included dummy and incorrect Aadhaar numbers and duplication of names of beneficiaries. Lok Sabha MP and farmer leader Raju Shetti had also claimed irregularities in the scheme, though this was denied by the state government.

A total of 56.59 lakh farmer families comprising of 77 lakh individuals had applied for the loan waiver named after Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. Despite the loan waiver being announced on June 24, just 15.42 lakh people have been covered under the Aadhaar linked amnesty scheme of which 3.25 lakh farmers have received Rs 9,284.71 crore in their bank accounts.

Additional chief secretary Vandana Krishna, who was in charge of accounts and treasuries, will hold charge of reforms, while R.A Rajeev, will be the principal secretary (expenditure). Rajeev was earlier the principal secretary (reforms).

Other IAS officials who have been transferred include director (disaster management) Rajiv Niwatkar, who will be the joint secretary of the chief secretary's office. Suraj Mandhare, who was posted in the chief secretary's office will now be the chief executive officer of the Pune zilla parishad, while D.B Desai, who held the charge earlier will be transferred in Niwatkar's previous position.

Dr Manik Gursal, who was the CEO of the Latur zilla parishad will be the Commissioner of the Mahatma Gandhi National Employment Guarantee Scheme and his earlier post will be held by Vipin Itankar.

MORE CHANGES

  • Dr Manik Gursal, who was the CEO of the Latur zilla parishad, will be the commissioner of the Mahatma Gandhi National Employment Guarantee Scheme
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