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Madhya Pradesh Govt Promotes 82 IAS Officers, P Narhari Elevated to Principle Secy Rank

The promotion list includes 13 district collectors, reflecting the government’s commitment to recognizing and rewarding administrative excellence across various levels
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The Madhya Pradesh government, led by Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, has released a New Year promotion list for 82 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers from the 2009, 2011, 2012, and 2016 batches, granting them benefits of increased pay scales. This decision was finalized in a departmental meeting chaired by Chief Secretary Anurag Jain, a 1989-batch IAS officer, with the promotions effective from January 1, 2025.

Key highlights of the promotion list include:

  • Principal Secretary Promotions: Two IAS officers from the 2001 batch, Dr. Navneet Mohan Kothari and P. Narhari, have been elevated from Secretary to Principal Secretary.
  • Secretary Promotions: Sixteen officers from the 2009 batch have been promoted from Additional Secretary to Secretary.
  • Additional Secretary Promotions: Twenty-nine officers from the 2011 batch have advanced from Deputy Secretary to Additional Secretary in the upper grade pay scale.
  • Junior Administrative Grade: Twenty-six officers from the 2016 batch have been granted this grade.
  • Senior Time Pay Scale: Nine officers from the 2021 batch have been promoted to this scale.

Notably, the promotion list includes 13 district collectors, reflecting the government’s commitment to recognizing and rewarding administrative excellence across various levels.

Promotions for 2009 Batch

A total of 16 officers from the 2009 batch have been promoted. The list features prominent names such as:

  • Priyanka Das
  • Avinash Lavania
  • Supriya Farooqui
  • Abhishek Singh
  • Dhanraju S
  • Ilaya T Raja
  • Preeti Maithil
  • Ajay Gupta
  • Amit Tomar
  • Shrikant Banot
  • Shailbala Anjana
  • Anubha Srivastava
  • Prabal Sipahi
  • Satyendra Singh
  • Manish Singh

Promotions for 2011-2012 Batches

The promotions also extend to officers from the 2011 and 2012 batches, with 29 officers making it to the list. Notable names include:

  • Virendra Kumar
  • Neeraj Kumar Singh
  • Dr. Pankaj Jain
  • Nidhi Nivedita
  • Rohit Singh
  • Praveen Singh
  • Anurag Verma
  • Pratibha Pal
  • Dr. Fitting Rahul Haridas
  • Rajiv Ranjan Meena
  • Deepak Arya
  • Harshika Singh
  • Ashish Bhargava
  • Awadhesh Sharma
  • Kumar Purushottam
  • Subhash Kumar Dwivedi
  • Ratnesh Jha
  • Dharnendra Kumar Jain Additionally, the following officers from the same batch have been promoted:
  • Krishnadev Tripathi
  • Arvind Kumar Dubey
  • Narendra Kumar Suryavanshi
  • Kedar Singh
  • Rajesh Batham
  • Dinesh Kumar Maurya
  • Vivek Kshetriy
  • Rajesh Kumar
  • Arun Kumar Parmar
  • Bharti Jatav

Promotions for 2016 Batch

Officers of the 2016 batch, having completed 9 years of service, have also been included in this promotion list. The promoted officers are:

  • Ashish Tiwari
  • Siddharth Jain
  • Anshul Gupta
  • Jayanti Singh
  • Preeti Yadav
  • Kirori Lal Meena
  • Gaurav Bainal
  • Harendra Narayan Mishra
  • Sunil Dubey
  • Rajesh Kumar Jain
  • Pramod Kumar Shukla
  • Gajendra Singh
  • Pratap Narayan Yadav
  • Anurag Saxena
  • Sapna Pankaj Solanki
  • Sanghmitra Gautam
  • Sanjana Jain
  • Jagdish Kumar
  • Disha Nagvanshi

This move, hailed as a New Year gift, aims to enhance the morale and motivation of the state’s administrative cadre, ensuring continued efficiency and dedication in governance.

Check Official Order Here:


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