As many as 23 IAS officers have been assigned new portfolios in Chhattisgarh. Accordingly, Pardeshi Siddharth Komal has been appointed as Secretary, Higher Education and Public Health and Family Welfare while Sanjay Kumar Alang was made Commissioner, Raipur Division and Bhuvnesh Yadav will now be Secretary, Public Works Department. Similarly, Yashwant Kumar has been appointed as Secretary, Commercial Taxes (Registration) with additional charge of MD, Chhattisgarh State Beverage Corporation; Bhim Singh as Commissioner, Bilaspur division; Ms Shikha Rajput Tiwari as Commissioner, Sarguja Division; K D Kunjam gets additional charge of Bhaumik and Khanikarm and MD, Chhattisgarh Mineral Development Corporation; Jai Prakash Maurya as Special Secretary, Mineral Resources with additional charge of Director, Health Services; Ms Ranu Sahu gets additional charge of Director, Town and Country; Saransh Mittar gets additional charge of Urban Administration and Development, Industry, and Public Enterprises; Nilesh Kumar Mahadev Kshirsagar as Joint Secretary, Chhattisgarh, GAD; Ritesh Kumar Agrawal as Commissioner, Commercial Taxes with additional charge of Joint Secretary, Electronics and IT; Ranbir Sharma gets additional charge of Joint Secretary, Women and Child Development; P S Dhruv gets charge of Joint Secretary, Urban Administration and Development; Indrajit S Chandrawal gets charge of MD, Chhattisgarh Textbook Corporation with additional charge of Joint Secretary, PWD; Prabhat Malik as Collector, Mahasamund; Ms Padmini Bhoi as Mission Director, NRLM; Akash Chhikara as Collector, Gariyaband; Sambit Mishra as CEO, Panchayat Jashpur; Abinash Mishra as CEO, Panchayat Raipur and Jitendra Yadav was made CEO, Panchayat Raigarh.