Finance Ministry gets new secretaries; Senior bureaucrat Arvind Shrivastava named Revenue Secy

In a significant bureaucratic reshuffle, IAS officer Arvind Shrivastava has been appointed as the new Revenue Secretary, succeeding his role at the Prime Minister's Office. Vumlunmang Vualnam takes over as Secretary, Department of Expenditure, whi...

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As part of a top-level bureaucratic reshuffle, the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet named three new secretaries to the Finance Ministry with IAS officer Arvind Shrivastava, additional secretary at Prime Minister's Office, as the new Revenue Secretary.

Shrivastava, a 1994 batch Karnataka cadre Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, is currently working as Additional Secretary in the Prime Minister's Office. Civil Aviation Secretary Vumlunmang Vualnam has been named as Secretary, Department of Expenditure. He succeeds Manoj Govil, who has been appointed as Secretary (Coordination), Cabinet Secretariat.

Additionally, the committee has appointed IAS officer Anuradha Thakur as Officer on Special Duty, Department of Economic.


Vivek Aggarwal, a 1994 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre, has been appointed as Secretary, Ministry of Culture. Aggarwal is currently Additional Secretary in the Department of Revenue. He is also holding the charge of Director, Financial Intelligence Unit-India (FIU-IND).

Other senior officers have been appointed to key central government departments as part of the bureaucratic rejig.

Here's full list of the shuffle;
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Name Designation Ministry/Department
Meeta R. Lochan Secretary National Commission for Backward Classes, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment

Manoj Govil Secretary (Coordination) Cabinet Secretariat
Vandana Gurnani Secretary Ministry of Labour & Employment
Rajit Punhani Secretary Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
Vumlunmang Vualnam Secretary Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance
Nikunja Bihari Dhal Secretary Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
Anuradha Thakur Secretary Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance
Rajesh Agarwal Special Secretary Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Arvind Shrivastava Secretary Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance
Vivek Aggarwal Secretary Ministry of Culture
Santosh Kumar Sarangi Secretary Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
Pallavi Jain Govil Secretary Department of Youth Affairs, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Nidhi Chhibber Officer on Special Duty (in rank of Secretary) Ministry of Food Processing Industries
Hari Ranjan Rao Secretary Department of Sports, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports

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