Expenditure secretary TV Somanathan appointed as Finance Secretary
NEW DELHI: Expenditure Secretary TV Somanathan has been designated as the Finance Secretary, a Personnel Ministry order issued on Wednesday said. He is a 1987-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the Tamil Nadu cadre. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved designating Mr Somanathan, Secretary, Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance as the […]
Clear picture of April GST collections will come by June-end: Finance Secretary
NEW DELHI: Finance Secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey on Wednesday said the clear picture regarding GST collections for April would emerge only by June 30 — the deadline by which businesses with up to Rs 5 crore turnover can file returns without any late fee and interest. The government had in March extended the deadline to […]
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. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved designating Pandey, a 1984 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre, as finance secretary, it said. The vacancy was necessitated following the superannuation of Rajiv Kumar, […]
Rajiv Kumar appointed Finance Secretary after Subhash Garg’s exit
NEW DELHI: Rajiv Kumar, currently serving as Financial Services Secretary, was on Tuesday designated as the new Finance Secretary. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the designation of Kumar as the new Finance Secretary, according to an official order. Kumar is a 1984 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand […]
Fuel price hike to have very marginal impact on inflation: Finance Secretary
NEW DELHI: Finance Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg said on Saturday increased petrol and diesel prices after the duty hike will have “very marginal impact” on inflation and any worry on that front is immaterial. He also said the government expects Rs 90,000 crore from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) as dividend during the current […]
Dip in oil prices, stable rupee indicate signs of growth: Finance Secretary
NEW DELHI: Declining global oil prices, stable rupee and falling interest rate are sure signs of high growth in coming months, said Finance Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg. India’s growth rate has declined to 5-year low of 5.8% in the fourth quarter of the previous fiscal and 6.8% for the full financial year 2018-19. “Turn around […]
Subhash Chandra Garg appointed as Finance Secretary
NEW DELHI: The government of India on Friday appointed Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg as the Finance Secretary, the Ministry of Personnel said. Garg succeeded Ajay Narayan Jha, who superannuated on February 28. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved designating Garg as the Finance Secretary, […]
Finance Secretary AN Jha gets one-month extension, named Finance Commission member
NEW DELHI: India’s Finance Secretary Ajay Narayan Jha has been given one-month extension in service and appointed as the member of the 15th Finance Commission, according to a Personnel Ministry order. He is a 1982 batch Indian Administrative Service officer of Manipur cadre. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved extension in service of […]
A.N. Jha appointed India’s new finance secretary
NEW DELHI: A N Jha, Secretary, Expenditure, has been appointed as India’s new Finance Secretary, a government order said on Monday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi led Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has cleared Jha’s appointment to the post after incumbent Hasmukh Adhia, a 1981-batch Gujarat cadre officer of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), retired on […]
India’s finance secretary Hasmukh Adhia to retire on November 30
NEW DELHI: Showering praises on finance secretary Hasmukh Adhia, who retires on November 30, finance minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said he was a no-nonsense civil servant who performed his job with professionalism. In a Facebook post titled ‘Dr. Hasmukh Adhia retires’, Jaitley said “he was unquestionably a highly competent, disciplined, no-nonsense civil servant and […]