Guwahati: Dispur effected a bureaucratic reshuffle on Monday.

It transferred additional chief secretary M.G.V.K. Bhanu from the panchayat and rural development department to the labour and welfare department. Commissioner J.B. Ekka was appointed principal secretary of the transformation and development department. The principal secretary of the home and political department, L.S. Changsan, was given additional charge as principal secretary of the cultural affairs department.

The commissioner and secretary of the cultural affairs department, Preetam Saikia, was transferred to the handloom and textiles department.

The commissioner and secretary of the finance department, Shyam Jagannathan, was given additional charge of the animal husbandry and veterinary department.

M. Angamuthu, commissioner and secretary of Guwahati development department, was given additional charge of the department of welfare of plains tribe and backward classes. Goalpara deputy commissioner Ghanshyam Dass will be replaced by Barnali Deka. Dass was appointed joint secretary of the GDD.