Ground Reporting on Demonetization: List of officers, and the states that they are visiting

A NUMBER of officers, mostly IAS, are currently on field visits to various states to get the first-hand account on the Centre’s demonetization policy and prepare reports on it, suggesting corrective measures. For example, Raghavendra Singh, additional secretary in the department of agriculture, on Tuesday visited Koley Market in Sealdah, West Bengal. According to media reports, during his visit, he was flooded with complaints by traders who had a turbulent time after the Centre announced Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes caused to be legal tenders. The West Bengal government requested Singh to pay visits to Burdwan, Hooghly etc. where farmers have been hit hard. Here is the full list of officers and the states that they are visiting to report on the status of demonetization.

Uttar Pradesh
1. DS Misra, additional secretary, ministry of urban development 
2. Arun Singhal, joint secretary, department of health and family welfare
3. Jayachandran KS, deputy secretary, department of justice

Bihar
1. Ravi Kant, additional secretary, ministry of defence
2. Sandeep Podrik, joint secretary, ministry of petroleum and natural gas
3. Ms Palka Sahni, deputy secretary, DIPP

Madhya Pradesh
1. Alok Shrivastava, additional secretary, ministry of shipping
2. Anil Kumar Jain, Adviser, NITI Aayog
3. Diwakar Nath Misra, director, petroleum

Karnataka
1. Sivasailam, additional secretary, department of telecom
2. BH Anil Kumar, joint secretary, MSME
3. Ajay Yadav, deputy secretary, deputy secretary, department of commerce

Maharashtra1. Sameer Kumar Biswas, joint secretary, department of chemicals and petrochemicals 
2. Rajesh Aggarwal, joint secretary, ministry of tribal affairs
3. Ms Vijayalakshmi Bidari, DoPT

West Bengal
1. Raghavendra Singh, additional secretary, department of agriculture, cooperation and farmers welfare
2. Vivek Bhardwaj, joint secretary, ministry of coal
3. Ms Debjani Chakrabarty, director, ministry of road transport and highways 

Himachal Pradesh
1. Sanjeev Gupta, additional secretary, DIPP
2. Subhashish Panda, joint secretary, department of food and public distribution
3. Sameer Verma, director, ministry of rural development

Odisha
1. Ashok MR Dalawani, additional secretary, department of agriculture, cooperation and farmers welfare
2. Suresh Kumar Vashist, joint secretary, department of food and public distribution

Tamil Nadu
1. T Jacob, additional secretary, DoPT
2. Praveen Kumar, joint secretary, department of higher education
3. Ms M Janaki, deputy secretary, department of urban development

Andhra Pradesh
1. AP Sawhney, additional secretary, ministry of petroleum and natural gas
2. Atul Chaturvedi, joint secretary, DIPP
3. Tapish Chandra Nuyatial, deputy secretary, department of rural development 

Punjab
1. Arun Goel, additional secretary, ministry of labour and employment
2. Ms Ranveer Kaur, joint secretary, DIPP 
3. Ms Mandeep Kaur, deputy secretary, department of revenue

Telangana
1. R.Subramanium, additional secretary, department of higher education
2. Ms Anamika Singh, deputy secretary, department of school education and literacy

Kerala
1. Ajay Kumar, additional secretary, ministry of electronics and IT
2. C.Paulrasu, executive director, Tea Board, department of commerce

Uttarakhand
1. RK Sudhanshu, joint secretary, ministry of electronics and IT
2.  Ms Samyukta Samaddar, director, department of heavy industry
3. Vikramajit Singh, deoputy secretary, ministry of power

Jammu and Kashmir
1. Suresh Kumar, additional secretary, ministry of coal
2. Monoj Kumar Dwivedi, joint secretary, department of commerce
3. Rakesh Kumar, deputy secretary, department of rural development

Gujarat
1. Guru Prasad Mohapatra, chairman, Airport Authority of India, ministry of civil aviation
2. RP Gupta, joint secretary, ministry of coal
3. Nipun Vinayak, director, ministry of drinking water and sanitation 

Haryana
1. Rajiv Arora, joint secretary, ministry of labour and employment
2. Priyank Bharti, director, ministry of road transport and highways

Chhattisgarh
1. Monoj Kumar Pingua, joint secretary, ministry of tribal affairs
2. Anand Singh, director, ministry of urban development

Jharkhand
1. Ms Alka Tiwari, adviser, NITI Aayog
2. Devesh Deval, deputy secretary, department of health and family welfare

Goa
1. Santosh Vaidya, joint secretary, ministry of new and renewable energy
2. Sorabh Babu, director, department of atomic energy

Assam 
1. Aok Kumar, additional secretary, Niti Ayaog
2. Abhishek Chandra, deputy secretary, department of shipping

Mizoram
1. Jalaj Srivastava, additional secretary, department of agriculture, cooperation and farmers welfare

Arunachal Pradesh
1. MM Kutty, additional secretary, ministry of environment, forests and climate change

Tripura
1. Alok Kumar, joint secretary, ministry of home affairs

Meghalaya
1. Sumeet Jerath, additional secretary, ministry of external affairs

Manipur
1. Barun Mitra, joint secretary, ministry of shipping

Sikkim
Arun Kumar Yadav, joint secretary, ministry of statistics and programme implementation.

The department of economic affairs has decided the dates and duration of the filed visits of the above-mentioned officers.