Additional Chief Secretary and Industrial Development Commissioner (IDC) Anup Chandra Pandey took over as the new Chief Secretary of UP on Saturday. The 1984 batch officer, who will retire in August, 2019, succeeds Rajiv Kumar, who attained superannuation on Saturday.
Admitting the challenge of taking state on the path of development, Pandey, after assuming office, said in lucknow that the state was moving ahead in attracting huge investments for industrial development.
“The priority of the State Government will remain as per Sankalp Patra of the BJP issued ahead of 2017 Assembly elections. I have picked up the baton from outgoing Chief Secretary Rajiv Kumar and we will take forward the Government’s flagship programmes,’’ said Pandey.
The top bureaucrat said, “We have a plan and strategy to make the State one of the developed states in the country. Though resources are a constraint, we will have to devise a strategy to overcome the hurdle.”