Government names Hasmukh Adhia as Finance Secretary of India
The government on Monday designated Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia as the Finance Secretary. Adhia was appointed as Revenue Secretary in the Ministry of Finance in September 2015.
Hasmukh Adhia is an IAS officer of 1981 batch, and has worked as Additional Chief Secretary, Finance Department, Government of Gujarat.
The vacancy was caused following the superannuation of Ashok Lavasa last month. There are five departments under the Finance Ministry - Expenditure, Economic Affairs, Financial Services, Revenue and Department of Investment and Public Asset management (DIPAM).
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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