Alapan Bandopadhyay, the current Additional Chief Secretary of West Bengal’s Home department has been appointed as the new Chief Secretary of the state. In a major rejig in the West Bengal administration, Alapan Bandopadhyay, the current Additional Chief Secretary of West Bengal’s Home department, was appointed as the new Chief Secretary of the state on Monday. Bandopadhyay will take over his new role from Rajiva Sinha, the current Chief Secretary after he retires on September 30 Apart from Bandopadhyay’s appointment, H K Dwivedi, the current Finance Secretary will be the new Home Secretary. Manoj Pant who is set to take charge as the new Finance Secretary in the state administration is at present the principal secretary of the Land and Land Reforms and Refugee Relief and Rehabilitation Department. Thanking the outgoing Chief Secretary, Mamata Banerjee announced that Sinha is being appointed as the Chairman of West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation on Monday. She said, “I would also like to announce that outgoing Chief Secretary of West Bengal Shri Rajiva Sinha, has now been appointed the Chairman of West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation for a period of 3 years w.e.f 1st October. I thank him for his tireless service to GoWB.”
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee Appoints Alapan Bandopadhyay As New Chief Secretary
