10 November 2026
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Central Prabhari Officers Appointed for 10 Aspirational Districts

The Government of India announced the appointment of Central Prabhari Officers (CPOs) for 10 districts under the Aspirational District Programme.
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Newly appointed CPOs for 10 districts are as follows:

  1. Deepak Agrawal (IAS:2000:UP), Joint Secretary, MoHUA, has been appointed as CPO of Chitrakoot in UP.
  2. Mukesh Kumar Bansal (IAS:2005:CG), Joint Secretary, Department of Financial Services has been appointed as CPO of Bastar in Chhattisgarh.
  3. Pankaj Yadav (IAS:2001:HY), Joint Secretary, D/o Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has been appointed as CPO of Mewat in Haryana.
  4. Krishna Kumar (IAS:2002:OR), Joint Secretary, D/o Commerce has been appointed as CPO of Rayagada, Odisha.
  5. K Manicka Raj (IAS:2005:TG), Joint Secretary, D/o Economic Affairs has been appointed as CPO of Asifabad, Telangana.
  6. Rahul Singh (IAS:1996:BH), Additional Secretary, DoP&T, has been appointed as CPO of Katihar in Bihar.
  7. Rajneesh (IAS:1997:HP), Additional Secretary & Development Commissioner, Ministry of MSME, has been appointed as CPO of Chamba in Himachal Pradesh.
  8. Rajat Kumar (IAS:2005:CG), Joint Secretary, DoPT, has been appointed as CPO of Korba in Chhattisgarh.
  9. Ms. Maninder Kaur (IAS:1995:CG), MD, SFABC, D/o Agriculture & Farmers Welfare has been appointed as CPO of Rajnandgaon in Chhattisgarh.
  10. Kamal Kishore Soan (IAS:1998:JH), Joint Secretary, M/o Labour and Employment has been appointed as CPO of Lohardaga, Jharkhand.

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