Pratyay Amrit, 1991-batch Bihar-cadre IAS officer PATNA: Bihar’s principal secretary (health) Pratyay Amrit was on Wednesday promoted in the rank of chief secretary. He was promoted to a 'cadre post' in the chief secretary rank, which fell vacant on April 30 after the untimely death of former chief secretary Arun Kumar Singh. The state has six cadre posts in the rank of chief secretary. As per a notification issued by the general administration department on Wednesday, as Pratyay, a 1991-batch Bihar cadre IAS officer, has now been promoted in the fixed pay scale of Rs 2,25,000 (chief secretary rank), his post has been renamed as ‘additional chief secretary (health). He has also been asked to hold the additional charge of the additional chief secretary (disaster management department).