jaipur seven new ias officers joined the rajasthan cadre and have been posted as assistant collectors under the district magistrate in different districts of the state the appointments will bring some relief as the state is facing paucity of ias officers according to the department of personnel dop field posting orders issued on tuesday ias officers haulianlal guite will be posted in udaipur shivangi swarnkar in jodhpur nakate shivprasad madan in bharatpur abhimanyu kumar in ajmer sandesh nayak in bikaner bhagwati prasad kalal in pali and anupama jorwal in alwar currently there are 141 ias officers working in the state despite the recent appointment of officers rajasthan still has 112 vacant ias positions rajasthan ranks fourth in the country facing shortage of bureaucrats the issue has been raised at highest levels and we are constantly pursuing this matter with the centre being the largest state we were hoping that the centre will release more officers for the state a source said dop also transferred kumar pal gautam ias subdivisonal officer alwar as special officer dop1 rakesh srivastav principal secretary and commissioner tourism department has been given the additional responsibility of principal secretary arts and culture department as the current incumbent gurjot kaur is away attending the world heritage meet