Bhopal Senior IAS officer Veera Rana (1988 batch) assumed additional charge of Chief Secretary of Madhya Pradesh.

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Bhopal Senior IAS officer Veera Rana (1988 batch) assumed additional charge of Chief Secretary of Madhya Pradesh at Vallabh Bhawan here. She is the second woman IAS officer to hold the post of Chief Secretary of the state after late Nirmala Buch. Rana will retire in March 2024, which means he has four months of service left, unless he is given an extension. Former CS Iqbal Singh Bains, who retired, was earlier given two extensions of six months each. This is probably the first time that MP has separate CS for polling day and counting day. CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan had called a cabinet meeting without any formal agenda to bid farewell to retired CS Iqbal Singh Bains at Vallabh Bhawan. According to the order of the General Administration Department (GAD), after the retirement of Bains, Veera Rana will hold the additional charge of Chief Secretary of Madhya Pradesh till further orders. She is currently the Chairperson of the MP Board of Secondary Education and also the State Agricultural Production Commissioner.


     

     

     

 

     


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