The Bihar government has reassigned two IAS officers of secretary rank, appointing Rachna Patil as secretary in the Governor’s Secretariat and Kanwal Tanuj as secretary responsible for expenditure in the Finance Department. The transfers were ordered on November 9.
Rachna Patil had been serving as secretary, Expenditure, in the Finance Department. Her new posting places her in the Governor’s Secretariat at Lok Bhavan in Patna.
Kanwal Tanuj, who had been serving as secretary in the Planning and Development Department, has been moved to the Finance Department as secretary, Expenditure. He will continue to hold additional charge of the Planning and Development Department.
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The expenditure portfolio is significant for the administration of public finances, while the additional planning responsibility means Tanuj will continue to oversee work across two closely related areas of government.
The order represents a targeted reassignment of senior officials rather than a wider district-level reshuffle. The officers’ new responsibilities will take effect in accordance with the state government’s posting directions.