Rajiv Kumar appointed as new Finance Secretary

Rajiv Kumar, Secretary in the Department of Financial Services, was named the new Finance Secretary to take the place of Subhash Chandra Garg, who was shunted to the Power Ministry.

New Delhi:Rajiv Kumar, currently serving as Financial Services Secretary, was on Tuesday designated as the new Finance Secretary.

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the designation of Kumar as the new Finance Secretary, according to an official order.

Kumar is a 1984 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

The designation of Kumar as the Finance Secretary comes in the backdrop of transfer of Subhash Chandra Garg as the power secretary.

Garg has already sought voluntary retirement from service.

Earlier this week, the governement had reshuffled top bureaucrats across 12 ministries, departments, and agencies.

The rejig came less than three weeks after the Union Budget was presented in the Lok Sabha and a day after it was passed by Parliament.

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