Ajay Bhushan Pandey appointed finance secretary

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Ajay Bhushan Pandey appointed finance secretary

NEW DELHI: Revenue Secretary A B P Pandey was on Tuesday designated as the finance secretary, according to a Personnel Ministry order.nnThe Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved designating Pandey, a 1984 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre, as finance secretary, it said.nnThe vacancy was necessitated following the superannuation of Rajiv Kumar, financial services secretary, last month.nnKumar, a 1984 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre, was in July last year designated as the finance secretary.nnThe senior-most bureaucrat among all secretaries in the Finance Ministry is designated as the finance secretary.nnAtanu Chakraborty, a 1985 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre, is at present secretary, Department of Economic Affairs.nnTuhin Kant Pandey, a 1987 batch IAS officer of Odisha cadre, is secretary of the Department of Investment and Public Asset Management. His batchmate from Tamil Nadu cadre, T V Somanathan is secretary, Department of Expenditure.nnDebasish Panda, also from the same batch, is financial services secretary.nnSource: Press Trust of India

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