CM's PS Arindam Dakua shifted in minor IAS reshuffle
The New Indian Express Bhubaneswar|January 03, 2025
The state government on Thursday effected a reshuffle among the IAS officers by shifting the private secretary to the chief minister, Arindam Dakua, as director of Municipal Administration and ex-officio additional secretary in the Housing and Urban Development department.
Express News Service @Bhubaneswar

Dakua was appointed as the private secretary to Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on July 17 last year. A 2011 batch IAS officer, he will replace Debasis Singh, an OAS officer, who has been transferred and posted as special secretary in the Housing and Urban Development department.

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