Important decisions were taken in the cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday, December 9, and 48 departments were reduced from 45. In which three new departments were created and two departments were expanded. After getting the seal of approval from the Governor, the government has also transferred officers to work on the new departments smoothly, and now a minister has also been selected for that department.

Now, on the instructions of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, in the selection of ministers for all the departments, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has kept the newly created Civil Aviation Department with himself. Apart from the post of Chief Minister, he already had four departments which included General Administration, Cabinet Secretariat, Surveillance and Election departments. Now Civil Aviation will also remain with the Chief Minister, so a total of five departments will be with him. Education Minister Sunil Kumar has been given the responsibility of the new Higher Education Department. They already had the Education Department and the Technical Education Department of Science and Technology, now they have got three departments instead of two.

Sanjay Singh Tiger had already got the responsibility of Labor Resources and Migrant Workers Welfare Department, but now that department was also divided into a new department for youth and its name was given as Youth Employment and Skill Development Department. The responsibility of this new department has also been given to Sanjay Singh Tiger. Now he will have both Labor Resources and Migrant Workers Welfare Department and Youth Employment and Skill Development Department. The Art Cultural Department has been newly expanded and Arun Shankar Prasad has got the responsibility for it. Earlier he was given the responsibility of Tourism Department. Then Surendra Mehta has got the charge of Fisheries and Animal Resources Department and Dairy Department. Dairy department has also been expanded separately.

IAS officers have been transferred in Nitish government. The order has been issued by the General Administration Department on Thursday (December 11, 2025). Along with this, secretaries for the three new departments formed recently in the Nitish cabinet meeting have also been found.

Rajiv Roshan is an IAS officer of 2020 batch. He was currently holding the post of Commissioner, Saran Division. Now he has been made the Secretary of Higher Education Department. Kaushal Kishore is a 2010 batch IAS officer and was currently holding the post of Commissioner, Darbhanga Division. While transferring him, he has been given the responsibility of Secretary Youth, Employment and Skill Development Department till further orders.

Whereas Nilesh Ramchandra Devre (2011 batch), Special Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat Department, Bihar, Patna (Additional charge Managing Director, Bihar Medical Services and Infrastructure Corporation Limited, Patna) has been transferred and posted as Special Secretary, Civil Aviation Department till further orders. Devre will continue to hold the additional charge of Managing Director, Bihar Medical Services and Infrastructure Corporation Limited, Patna.

Ajay Yadav relieved from responsibilities of education department

Secretary of Prohibition, Excise and Registration Department, Ajay Yadav, who is a 2005 batch IAS officer, has been relieved of all responsibilities/charges of the Education Department. Avnish Kumar Singh, I.P.S. (2010), Commissioner, Munger Division, Munger will hold the additional charge of Commissioner, Bhagalpur Division, Bhagalpur till further orders.

Himanshu Kumar Rai, I.P.S. (2010), Commissioner, Bhagalpur Division, Bhagalpur has been transferred and posted as Commissioner, Darbhanga Division, Darbhanga till further orders. Also, till further orders, Commissioner, Tirhut Division, Muzaffarpur and Commissioner, Saran Division, Chapra will remain in additional charge.

Let us tell you that after the formation of NDA government again in the state, the process of transfer-posting is also going on. Just last month, on November 30, the state government had transferred several senior IAS officers.

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