Revenue secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey appointed finance secretary

Income Secretary A B P Pandey was on Tuesday designated as the finance secretary, according to a Personnel Ministry purchase.

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has accredited designating Pandey, a 1984 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre, as finance secretary, it stated.

The emptiness was necessitated adhering to the superannuation of Rajiv Kumar, monetary expert services secretary, past thirty day period.

Kumar, a 1984 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre, was in July past year designated as the finance secretary.

The senior-most bureaucrat among all secretaries in the Finance Ministry is designated as the finance secretary.

Atanu Chakraborty, a 1985 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre, is at existing secretary, Department of Financial Affairs.

Tuhin Kant Pandey, a 1987 batch IAS officer of Odisha cadre, is secretary of the Department of Investment and Community Asset Administration. His batchmate from Tamil Nadu cadre, T V Somanathan is secretary, Department of Expenditure.

Debasish Panda, also from the very same batch, is monetary expert services secretary.