48 IAS officers transferred in major administrative shake-up in Rajasthan
Jaipur (PTI) The Rajasthan government has carried out a major administrative reshuffle, transferring 48 IAS officers including Chief Minister's Additional Chief Secretary (ACS).
The administrative reshuffle was carried out on Friday night and is the first transfer list after Chief Secretary V Srinivas took charge recently.
ACS Shikhar Agrawal has been moved out of the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) and posted as ACS-Industries. Meanwhile, Akhil Arora, who was the ACS-Public Health and Engineering Department (PHED), has been appointed as the new ACS to the Chief Minister.
Praveen Gupta will continue as ACS-Public Works Department and has been given additional responsibilities. He will now also serve as ACS for Tourism, Art and Culture; Chairperson of RTDC, and CEO of the Amer Development Authority.
Alok Gupta, who was serving as Principal Secretary, Industries and BIP, has been appointed Chairman of the Rajasthan Pollution Control Board.
Shikhar Agrawal will take over the Industries Department from him.
Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation (RSRTC) Managing Director Purushottam Sharma has also been given the additional charge of Transport Commissioner.
Rajesh Yadav, Principal Secretary, Tourism and Art and Culture, has been shifted as Director General of HCM RIPA.
Principal Secretary Medical and Health Gayatri Rathore will now also hold the charge of Principal Secretary, Medical Education, in addition to Medical and Health. Dinesh Kumar has been shifted from Principal Secretary, Revenue, to the Administrative Reforms Department.
Naveen Jain has been transferred from Finance (Expenditure) and posted as Secretary, General Administration Department, Cabinet Secretariat, Protocol, and as Resident Commissioner in New Delhi.
Other IAS officers transferred in the list issued by the department of personnel include Ravi Jain, Manju Rajpal, Bhawani Singh Detha, Jogaram, Suchi Tyagi, Rajan Vishal, Archana Singh, Rohit Gupta and Gaurav Saini.
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Rupee falls 9 paise to all-time low of 90.58 against US dollar in early trade
Mumbai (PTI): Rupee depreciated 9 paise to an all-time low of 90.58 against US dollar in early trade on Monday, weighed down by uncertainty over an India-US trade deal and persistent foreign fund outflows.
Forex traders said rupee is trading with a negative bias as investors are in wait and watch mode and awaiting cues from the India-US trade deal front.
At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee opened at 90.53 against the US dollar, then fell further to an all-time intraday low of 90.58 against the greenback, registering a fall of 9 paise over its previous close.
On Friday, the rupee had slipped 17 paise to close at an all-time low of 90.49 against the American currency.
Meanwhile, the dollar index, which gauges the greenback's strength against a basket of six currencies, was trading 0.05 per cent lower at 98.35.
Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, was trading higher by 0.52 per cent at USD 61.44 per barrel in futures trade.
On the domestic equity market front, the 30-share benchmark index Sensex was trading 298.86 points lower at 84,968.80, while the Nifty was down 121.40 points at 25,925.55.
Foreign Institutional Investors sold equities worth Rs 1,114.22 crore on Friday, according to exchange data.
"FPIs continue to be in selling mode in equity and debt while RBI has been selling dollars to fund their long positions," said Anil Kumar Bhansali, Head of Treasury and Executive Director Finrex Treasury Advisors LLP.
