Counted among PM’s trusted officers; Know who is the new Chief Secretary of UP Durga Shankar Mishra
Mishra, of 1984 batch, was posted for the first time in Varanasi on 3 July 1985 as Assistant Magistrate. He was the District Magistrate only twice in his entire career.
Uttar Pradesh has got new chief secretaries just before the 2022 assembly elections. Two days before his retirement, the Center approved the repatriation of 1984-batch Uttar Pradesh cadre IAS Durga Shankar Mishra as UP chief secretary for “proposed appointment” to his parent cadre. Rajendra Kumar Tiwari, a 1985 batch IAS officer, was the chief secretary of the state.
In the corridors of bureaucracy, Durga Shankar Mishra is counted among the very fast-paced officers. At present, he also holds an important position in the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC). He is the chairman of DMRC. Let us know in detail about IAS officer Durga Shankar Mishra…
Has been DM in many districts: Mishra, an IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, has been the Vice Chairman of Kanpur Development Authority, Food and Drug Administration, Agriculture and Agriculture Education and Research, Stamp and Registration Department, Minor Irrigation, Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister. Apart from this, he has held the responsibility of many important posts including Sonbhadra and Agra DM. Later on deputation, he has also been posted in several departments including the Ministry of Urban Development at the Centre.
Such is the family: Durga Shankar Mishra has three brothers and four sisters. The eldest in his house is Durga Shankar. His younger brother Satyakam is an IRS officer and is currently posted in the Income Tax Department as Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Tax in Delhi. At the same time, younger brother Vinay Kumar Mishra is PCS and is on the post of Secretary. Please tell that Mishra’s father Madan Mishra has died about ten years ago.
Prime Minister Modi counted among close officers: Just before the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, the appointment of Mishra is also being seen by linking it to politics. It is being said that this is the first major change after the meeting of the top BJP leadership with Brahmin ministers and leaders in the state. Durga Shankar Mishra is counted among the trusted officers of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Also popular before: According to media reports, the name of Durgashankar Mishra for the post of Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh was also being discussed in the month of August. Apart from this, during the retirement of the then Chief Secretary Anoop Chandra Pandey in February 2019, the name of Durga Shankar Mishra was at the top of the list.
5 metro running record: Senior IAS Durga Shankar Mishra is the second ‘Metro Man’. This is the first Secretary of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, during whose tenure not one or two but the entire five metro rail projects were completed. In which Lucknow Metro 2017, Hyderabad Metro 2017, Noida Metro 2019, Ahmedabad Metro 2019, Nagpur Metro 2019 and Kanpur Metro were inaugurated before the year 2021 ended.
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