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21 Rajasthan IAS Officers Now on Central Deputation; Remaining Bureaucrats Shoulder Additional Workload

Out of 264 total IAS officers in Rajasthan, 35 are either under training or serving as Sub-Divisional Officers, leaving around 208 officers actively working within the state bureaucracy.
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With three more IAS officers recently relieved for central deputation, the total number of Rajasthan cadre IAS officers serving in the central government has now risen to 21. These officers are currently posted in various departments of the Government of India.

The three officers who have just been relieved by the Rajasthan government are Ashutosh Pednekar, Bhanu Prakash Ettru, and Bhagwati Prasad Kalal. Their departure comes at a time when the state bureaucracy is already managing with limited administrative resources.

Out of 264 total IAS officers in Rajasthan, 35 are either under training or serving as Sub-Divisional Officers, leaving around 208 officers actively working within the state bureaucracy.

Senior Rajasthan cadre IAS officers currently on central deputation include:

  • V. Srinivas (IAS:1989) – Secretary, Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, and Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare (since December 2021)
  • Rajat Kumar Mishra (IAS:1992) – Special Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (since June 2023)
  • Naresh Pal Gangwar (IAS:1994) – Additional Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (since January 2022)
  • Roli Singh (IAS:1994) – Additional Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (since December 2021)
  • Rajeev Singh Thakur (IAS:1995) – Adviser, NITI Aayog (since February 2025)
  • Rohit Kumar Singh – Additional Secretary, Central Secretariat (since November 2022)

Other IAS officers from Rajasthan currently serving in central roles include:

Mugdha Sinha (1999 batch), Dr. Pritam B. Yashwant (2003 batch), Siddharth Mahajan (2003 batch), P.C. Kishan (2005 batch), Gaurav Goyal (2006 batch), Bishnu Charan Malik (2007 batch), Muktanand Agrawal (2008 batch), Prakash Rajpurohit (2010 batch), Abhimanyu Kumar (2011 batch), Ashish Gupta (2013 batch), and Anshdeep (2013 batch).

With 21 officers now on deputation and one officer on extended leave, many departments have been reassigned to other officers. Approximately 45 IAS officers in the state are currently managing over 70 departments under additional charge, highlighting the increasing workload within Rajasthan’s administrative framework.


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