R K Sharma Gets Addl Charge Of Odisha Health Secretary

Bhubaneswar: Agriculture Production Commissioner Raj Kumar Sharma will continue as Additional Chief Secretary, Health & Family Welfare, a government notification said on Monday.

The order came two days after his predecessor Pradipta Kumar Mohapatra was shunted out of the department and given an insignificant posting in a minor reshuffle of IAS officers on Saturday.

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Mohapatra has been appointed as Chairman, Odisha Forest Development Corporation, replacing Parag Gupta.

Notably, Sharma had been officiating as the Health Secretary since Mohapatra proceeded on a month-long leave from September 14 on personal grounds.

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