Patna: Pratyay Amrit, a 1991-batch Bihar cadre IAS officer has been elevated to the rank of chief secretary.
As per a notification issued by the general administration department on Wednesday, as Pratyay, a 1991-batch Bihar cadre IAS officer, has now been promoted in the fixed pay scale of Rs 2,25,000 (chief secretary rank), his post has been renamed as ‘additional chief secretary (health).
He has also been asked to hold the additional charge of the additional chief secretary (disaster management department).Amrit was brought in the health department in July, 2020 to streamline the department to fight against the spread of covid-19 which was going out of control in those days.
Before Pratyay, two principal secretary rank officers in the health department were changed in a few months and the 1991-batch officer was brought in the department to control the fast spread of the pandemic. Before being shifted to health department at the time of crisis, Pratyay was heading the energy department where he played a crucial role in ensuring uninterrupted power supply to each household across the state under the Har Ghar Bijli Lagataar, one of the seven components of CM Nitish Kumar’s Saat Nischay (seven resolves) programme.
