More than half a dozen IAS officers have been given new portfolios in Uttarakhand. Accordingly, B V R C Purushottam has been designated as Secretary, Agriculture and Krishak Kalyan and Sachin Kurvey was posted as Secretary, Revenue and Brijesh Kumar Sant is now Secretary, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs. Similarly, Dipendra Kumar Chaudhary has been appointed as Secretary (Incharge), Urban Development; Ms Sonika as Vice- Chairperson, Mussoorie -Dehradun Development Authority; Savin Bansal as Additional Secretary, Disaster Management and Project Manager, UEAP/UDRP/UDRP; Karmendra Singh as Additional Secretary, Personnel & Vigilance, Social Welfare and Commissioner, Persons with Disabilities; Dr Meharban Singh Bist as Additional Secretary & Commissioner, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs and Banshidhar Tiwari was made Additional Secretary, Information and DG, Information.