The State Government on Friday nominated ten bureaucrats as Secretaries-in-Charge of 10 Aspirational Districts.
The Secretary-level officers have been directed to closely follow up on the 49 indicators across five sectors, viz., health and nutrition, education, agriculture and water resources, financial inclusion and skill upgradation and basic infrastructure like irrigation, rural electrification, potable drinking water and access to toilets in these districts.
While Agriculture Production Commissioner PK Mohapatra was nominated as Secretary-in-Charge for Dhenkanal district, Women and Child Development and Mission Secretary Anu Garg was given the charge for Rayagada, Agriculture and Farmers’ Empowerment Secretary Sourabh Garg for Koraput, Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water Secretary KRK Singh for Kalahandi, Home Secretary Sanjeev Chopra for Kandhamal, Industries and MSME Secretary Hemant Sharma for Nabarangpur, Higher Education Secretary Saswat Mishra for Nuapada, SD and TE Secretary SK Singh for Gajapati, Health and Family Welfare Secretary Pramod Meherda for Balangir and FS and CW and Cooperation VV Yadav for Malkangiri. 0
