SENIORIndian Administrative Service officer Ashok Barnwal of the 1991 batch officially took charge as the 36th Chief Secretary of Madhya Pradesh on Thursday. He succeeds outgoing Chief Secretary Anurag Jain, who handed over the responsibilities of the State’s top bureaucratic post in the Chief Secretary’s office at Mantralaya.

 

The transition follows formal orders issued by the General Administration Department (GAD) on Wednesday, July 22. The appointment came alongside news from the Central Government, which appointed the outgoing Chief Secretary, Anurag Jain, as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of NITI Aayog on the same day