As many as seven IAS officers have been assigned new portfolios in Uttar Pradesh. Therefore , Mrs Amrita Soni has been designated as Chief Staff Officer, in Chief Secretary office, where Pranjal Yadav was made Secretary, Small Scale Industries, Khadi and Gramodhyag and Dr Arvind Kumar Chaursia is Special Secretary, Irrigation and Water Resources. Similarly, Gurrala Sriniwasulu has been appointed as Special Secretary, Revenue; Mrs Kritika Sharma as Additional Commissioner, Industries , Kanpur City; Anand Kumar Singh –II as Special Secretary, Minority Welfare and Sharma Parashant was posted as Special Secretary, Fisheries.