Bhubaneswar: Senior IAS officer Manoj Kumar Sahoo has been appointed as the Private Secretary to Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi.
Sahoo has replaced Arindam Dakua, who was appointed as the Director of Municipal Administration, and the Ex-Officio Additional Secretary of the Housing and Urban Development Department on January 2.
Currently, Sahoo has been working as the Special Secretary to the Chief Minister.
As per a notification issued by General Administration and Public Grievance Department, the post of Private Secretary to the Chief Minister of Odisha is declared equivalent in status and responsibility to the post of Special Secretary provided in the IAS cadre of the state.