With three more IAS officers recently relieved for central deputation, the number of Rajasthan cadre IAS officers serving in the central government has risen to 21. These officers are currently posted across various ministries and departments of the Government of India.
The latest officers to be relieved by the Rajasthan government are Ashutosh Pednekar, Bhanu Prakash Ettru, and Bhagwati Prasad Kalal. Their exit comes at a time when the state’s administrative machinery is already stretched due to a limited number of available officers.
Out of a total sanctioned strength of 264 IAS officers in Rajasthan, 35 are either undergoing training or are posted as Sub-Divisional Officers (SDOs). This leaves only about 208 officers to manage the core functions of the state bureaucracy.
Senior Rajasthan cadre officers on central deputation include:
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V. Srinivas (IAS: 1989) – Secretary, Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, and Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare (since December 2021)
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Rajat Kumar Mishra (IAS: 1992) – Special Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (since June 2023)
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Naresh Pal Gangwar (IAS: 1994) – Additional Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (since January 2022)
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Roli Singh (IAS: 1994) – Additional Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (since December 2021)
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Rajeev Singh Thakur (IAS: 1995) – Adviser, NITI Aayog (since February 2025)
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Rohit Kumar Singh – Additional Secretary, Central Secretariat (since November 2022)
Other IAS officers from Rajasthan serving in central roles include:
Mugdha Sinha (1999 batch), Dr. Pritam B. Yashwant (2003), Siddharth Mahajan (2003), P.C. Kishan (2005), Gaurav Goyal (2006), Bishnu Charan Malik (2007), Muktanand Agrawal (2008), Prakash Rajpurohit (2010), Abhimanyu Kumar (2011), Ashish Gupta (2013), and Anshdeep (2013).
With 21 officers now on deputation and one on extended leave, many departments within the state have been redistributed among the remaining officers. Currently, around 45 IAS officers are managing over 70 departments under additional charge—reflecting the mounting administrative burden across Rajasthan’s governance structure.
