About Shri Swadheen S. Kshatriya
 
Shri Swadheen S. Kshatriya, IAS (born January 26, 1957) :

Hon. Chairman, IIPA / MRB
is an Indian Administrative Service officer of 1980 batch. He is a post graduate in Political Science, M.Phil in Public Administration.
Shri Swadheen Kshatriya, Chief Commissioner RTS, Maharashtra belongs to the 1980 batch of Indian Administrative Service. During initial years of service, he held various assignments like Assistant Collector at Pusad & Washim, CEO Zilla Parishad, Ahmednagar & Collector, Nanded. Thereafter, he was on deputation to Government of India in the Ministry of Steel, Power & Ministry of Home Affairs.
On return from Government of India, he held other important assignments in Maharashtra including Vice President & CEO MHADA, Commissioner, Sales Tax, General Manager BEST, Principal Secretary, Housing Department, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Municipal Commissioner of Mumbai and then, Additional Chief Secretary (Revenue).
As Commissioner, Sales Tax he was Chairman of the Committee for classification of Commodities and use of Harmonized System of Nomenclature and drafted the law for Value Added Tax system. As Principal Secretary of Housing Department he wrote the Housing Policy for the state focusing on affordable housing. As ACS(Revenue) he prepared the policy for renewal of leases, carried out re-organisation of sub-division and introduced the Suvarna Jayanti Rajaswa Abhiyan which received tremendous response.
He was the Chief Secretary to the Government of Maharashtra from l-'t August, 2Ot4 to 28th February 2017. As Chief Secretary of Maharashtra State he has played an important role in formulating the Right to Services Act and its"implementation. The Make in India event and BRICS Conference organized in Mumbai were very successful. For Ease of Doing Business large number of permissions were reduced and simplified by introducing Single Window System. For mitigating the drought conditions more than 5000 villages were covered every year under the Jalyukta Shivar Scheme which emphasizes Watershed development, Area treatment and creating water bodies in these villages. Similarly, an ambitious programme for constructing farm ponds was undertaken. Farmers in the worst drought affected Districts were provided subsidized- wheat at Rs.2 per Kg & rice at Rs.3 per Kg. Drinking water was transported by train over ,300 Kms for city of Latur. Despite the drought conditions, Maharashtra State recorded growth rate of 8% during the year 2015-16.
As a Chief Secretary of the State and Chairman of Various High Power Committees, he gave momentum to various ambitious projects like Narri Mumbai International Project, Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL), Metro Projects. A very long pending project of GCTV in Mumbai and pune got commenced only after he sorted out issues through consistent follow-up and reviews.
On 1't March 2017 Shri Swadheen Kshatriya was sworn in as the first State Chief Commissioner for Right to Service for a Five Year Term. He has been entrusted with the responsibility to insure that the Maharashtr,a Right to Public Services Act is implemented in letter and spirit.
 
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