Rajeev Kumar retires as Finance Secretary

Rajeev Kumar retires as the Finance Secretary at the Ministry of Finance.

Hyderabad: Rajeev Kumar, Finance Secretary (FS) on Saturday completed his tenure and is serving his last day at the Ministry of Finance.

In a tweet on 28th February he said,"I superannuate after a civil servant (always conscious of being civil & servant of public)38 yrs journey of scarcity to surplus, despair to aspirations; informed & transparent society, fair elections led democracy, social equity taking deep roots."

• Thank you for being a pillar, source of strength, non demanding and remaining the same through the years; down to earth. Leaving office before sunset that too with you is a well awaited pleasure. Looking forward to many more drives together. pic.twitter.com/0LbGAW6dbb

  — Rajeev kumar (@rajeevkumr) February 28, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="

  Thank you for being a pillar, source of strength, non demanding and remaining the same through the years; down to earth. Leaving office before sunset that too with you is a well awaited pleasure. Looking forward to many more drives together. pic.twitter.com/0LbGAW6dbb

  — Rajeev kumar (@rajeevkumr) February 28, 2020

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  Thank you for being a pillar, source of strength, non demanding and remaining the same through the years; down to earth. Leaving office before sunset that too with you is a well awaited pleasure. Looking forward to many more drives together. pic.twitter.com/0LbGAW6dbb

  — Rajeev kumar (@rajeevkumr) February 28, 2020

In July, 2019, he succeeded Subhash Chandra Garg to become the Finance Secretary.

He took to twitter saying that this would be his last tweet as the FS & Secy Department of Financial Services (DFS).

• This will be my last tweet as the FS & Secy DFS. Gratitude to one & all in 38 yrs of civil service. Gurudev's words continue to drive my next inning of serving society (which has so overwhelmingly supported me) of higher आध्यात्मिक यात्रा। Over to NextGen #NewIndia जय हिंद (2/2) pic.twitter.com/CpHdP2XaI0

  — Rajeev kumar (@rajeevkumr) February 28, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="

  This will be my last tweet as the FS & Secy DFS. Gratitude to one & all in 38 yrs of civil service. Gurudev's words continue to drive my next inning of serving society (which has so overwhelmingly supported me) of higher आध्यात्मिक यात्रा। Over to NextGen #NewIndia जय हिंद (2/2) pic.twitter.com/CpHdP2XaI0

  — Rajeev kumar (@rajeevkumr) February 28, 2020

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  This will be my last tweet as the FS & Secy DFS. Gratitude to one & all in 38 yrs of civil service. Gurudev's words continue to drive my next inning of serving society (which has so overwhelmingly supported me) of higher आध्यात्मिक यात्रा। Over to NextGen #NewIndia जय हिंद (2/2) pic.twitter.com/CpHdP2XaI0

  — Rajeev kumar (@rajeevkumr) February 28, 2020

Uttar Pradesh cadre IAS officer Debashish Panda will replace Rajeev Kumar as Secretary in the Department of Financial Services (DFS).

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) approved Panda’s appointment on February 13.

At present, Panda is working as an Additional Secretary in the DFS and looks after financial inclusion aspect.

(Input from Agencies)