India's revenue secretary Hasmukh Adhia was today appointed as the finance secretary after Ashok Lavasa retired at the end of October.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved designating Adhia as the finance secretary, the order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training said. As per convention, the seniormost secretary in the finance ministry is designated as the finance secretary.
An Indian administrative services officer of the 1981 batch from the Gujarat cadre, Adhia has held several key posts within state governments before his role at the Centre. As a part of the Goods and Services Tax Council, Adhia has also been instrumental in the rollout and transition to the new sales tax regime.
There are five departments under the finance ministry – expenditure, economic affairs, financial services, revenue, and department of investment and public asset management. IAS officer Rajiv Kumar of 1984 batch is the financial services secretary. Ajay Narayan Jha is expenditure secretary and Neeraj Kumar Gupta Secretary, Dipam. Both are 1982 batch IAS officers. Subhash Chandra Garg, a 1983 batch IAS officer, is economic affairs secretary.
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