Senior bureaucrat Tuhin Kanta Pandey has been appointed as the brand new finance secretary, in accordance with an official order launched on Saturday. Pandey, a 1987-batch IAS officer from the Odisha cadre, at present serves because the Secretary of the Division of Funding and Public Asset Administration (DIPAM).
The Appointments Committee of the Cupboard authorised Pandey’s designation as finance secretary, as said by the personnel ministry. This place turned vacant after T.V. Somanathan, the earlier finance secretary, was appointed because the Cupboard secretary final month.
Following conference, the senior-most secretary within the Union finance ministry is usually named the finance secretary. Along with his in depth expertise, together with overseeing essential disinvestment processes and public asset administration in DIPAM, Pandey brings a wealth of data to his new position, the place he’ll information India’s monetary insurance policies and selections.
