The Bhupesh Baghel Government transferred the following district collectors on Saturday:
- Topeshwar Verma, a 2005 batch IAS officer presently posted as Rajnandgaon collector was transferred as secretary, Food, Civil Supplies, and Consumer Protection Department with an additional charge of secretary of Transport Department, transport commissioner, and commissioner of Food, Civil Supplies, and Consumer Protection.
- Taran Prakash Sinha, who was posted as joint secretary to the chief minister with an additional charge of commissioner-cum-director of Public Relations has been appointed as Rajnandgaon collector.
- Raipur collector S Bharathi Dasan has been appointed special secretary to the CM with an additional charge of special secretary, Agriculture Department, nodal officer of ‘Narva, Ghurva, Garuva and Baari’ scheme, Chhattisgarh Gordhan Nyay Scheme, and commissioner-cum-director of Public Relations.
- Commissioner of Raipur Municipal Corporation (RMC) Saurabh Kumar will be the new Raipur collector.
- Janjgir-Champa collector Yashwant Kumar has been posted as director of Agriculture, with additional charge as managing director, Chhattisgarh Tourism Board, and sugarcane commissioner.
- Dhamtari collector Jai Prakash Maurya has been posted as Director, Geology, and Mining, with an additional charge of managing director, Chhattisgarh State Mineral Development Corporation and director, Town and Country Planning.
- Korea collector Satyanarayan Rathore has been shifted as registrar, Firms, and Societies, with an additional charge of mission director, Swachh Bharat Mission (Rural).
- Balrampur-Ramanujganj collector Shyam Lal Dhawde has been appointed as Korea collector.
- Korba collector Kiran Kaushal has been posted as Director, Food, Civil Supplies, and Consumer Protection, with the additional charge of managing director, Chhattisgarh State Cooperative Marketing Federation (Markfed), Raipur.
- Korba collector Kiran Kaushal has been posted as Director, Food, Civil Supplies, and Consumer Protection, with an additional charge of managing director, Chhattisgarh State Cooperative Marketing Federation (Markfed), Raipur.
- Bemetara collector Shiv Anant Tayal will be joint secretary, Agriculture Department, with additional charge as managing director, Chhattisgarh State Agriculture Marketing (Mandi) Board, Raipur.