Recently, after a circular issued by the Department of Personnel and Training, the senior IAS officer Ms. Nidhi Khare (1992-batch Jharkhand cadre), the incumbent Secretary in the Department of Consumer Affairs, was mandated to take additional charge as Secretary in the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying from 07.07.2024 to 14.07.2024 during the period of absence on leave of Ms. Alka Upadhyaya (1990 batch IAS officer).