Chandigarh, March 4 -- In a major bureaucratic reshuffle, the Punjab government on Monday transferred 36 IAS officers and seven PCS officers, including 1995-batch IAS officer Jaspreet Talwar who was posted as additional chief secretary, planning, in place of Amit Dhaka.

Talwar has been given the additional charge of chief secretary-cum-financial commissioner taxation, relieving 1997-batch officer Krishan Kumar of the extra charge. Kumar has been transferred as principal secretary, water resources, and given the additional charge as principal secretary, finance, replacing Ajoy Kumar Sinha. He will take full charge of principal secretary, finance, on April 1. Till then, Kumar will remain associated with finance department to be in touch wi...