Govt names Economic Affairs Secy Ajay Seth as finance secretary
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--Govt names Econ Secy Ajay Seth as finance secretary
NEW DELHI – The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet named Economic Affairs Secretary Ajay Seth as finance secretary, Department of Personnel and Training said in a notice on Monday. The senior-most officer among all secretaries in the Ministry of Finance is designated as the finance secretary.
Seth replaces Tuhin Kanta Pandey who was appointed as the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India in February. He currently also holds the additional charge of the revenue department.
Seth is a 1987-batch Indian Administrative Service officer from the Karnataka cadre and has been the economic affairs secretary since April 2021. End
Reported by Krity Ambey
Edited by Nishant Maher
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