Secretary to the Government of India Current Affairs, GK & News

Dr PK Mishra takes over as Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister

Dr Pramod Kumar Mishra took charge as the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India. He will replace Nripendra Misra who stepped down recently. Until recently Dr PK Mishra held the position of Additional Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister. His appointment was approved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet. Dr PK Mishra ..

Topics: Appointments Committee of the Cabinet • Government of India • Mishra • Nripendra Misra • Pramod Kumar Misra • Prime Minister's Office • Principal secretary • Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India • Secretary to the Government of India

Ajay Kumar Bhalla appointed as new Union Home Secretary of Government of India

Ajay Kumar Bhalla, the1984-batch Assam Meghalaya cadre IAS officer , has been appointed Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) with immediate effect. He will take over as Home Secretary from incumbent Rajive Gauba. Mr. Bhalla will have a fixed two-year tenure as Union Home Secretary till August 2021. Excerpts ..

Topics: All India Services • Anshu Prakash • Civil Services of India • Government of India • Home Secretary of India • Indian Administrative Service • Joint secretary to the Government of India • Ministry of Home Affairs • Secretary to the Government of India • Subhash Chandra Garg

Subhash Chandra Garg designated as new Finance Secretary (FS) of India

Subhash Chandra Garg , a 1983 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre, has been designated as the new Finance Secretary (FS) of India. He is also the current Union Economic Affairs Secretary. He succeeded Ajay Narayan Jha. As per the convention, the senior-most among the five secretaries in the Finance Ministry is designated as the ..

Topics: Ajay Bhushan Pandey • Ajay Narayan Jha • Civil Services of India • Finance Secretary of India • G. C. Murmu • Government of India • Indian Administrative Service • Ministry of Finance • Secretary to the Government of India • Subhash Chandra Garg

Pramod Chandra Mody appointed as chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)

Pramod Chandra Mody, a 1982 batch Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax cadre), has been appointed as the new chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), the top policy making body of income tax department,. He succeeded Sushil Chandra, who was named as an new Election Commissioner (EC) of India. The CBDT Chairperson is ex-officio ..

Topics: Central Civil Services • Chairperson, Central Board of Direct Taxes • Economy of India • Government of India • Income Tax Department • Income tax in India • India • Indian Revenue Service • Ministry of Finance • Secretary to the Government of India • Taxation in India

Bimal Jalan head of committee to select new Chief Economic Advisor

The Government of India (GoI) has constituted a committee, headed by former Reserve Bank of India governor Bimal Jalan, to select the next Chief Economic Advisor (CEA). Apart from Jalan, secretary of the department of personnel and training C Chandramouli and economic affairs secretary Subhash Chandra Garg will be members of the panel which will ..

Topics: Arvind Subramanian • Bimal • Bimal Jalan • Cea • Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India • Civil Services of India • Government of India • India • Indian Economic Service • Peterson Institute for International Economics • Secretary to the Government of India • Subhash Chandra Garg

TCA Raghavan appointed as Director General of Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA)

Dr. TCA Raghavan, a 1982 batch officer of the Indian Foreign Service (IFS), has been appointed as Director General of Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA) with effect from 24th July 2018. The post is equivalent to the rank of Secretary to the Government of India (GoI). Earlier, Dr. Raghavan has served as India’s High ..

Topics: Foreign relations of India • Government of India • India • Indian Council of World Affairs • Indian Foreign Service • Raghavan • Secretary to the Government of India • TCA Raghavan