Arunish Chawla Appointed as Revenue Secretary in the Finance Ministry



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Senior IAS officer Arunish Chawla has been appointed as the new Revenue Secretary in the Finance Ministry, filling the vacancy left by Sanjay Malhotra. Chawla, a 1992-batch officer from the Bihar cadre, will also continue to hold additional charge of the Ministry of Culture. This appointment is part of a broader administrative reshuffle involving several other high-level positions across various government departments.

In a significant administrative reshuffle, senior IAS officer Arunish Chawla has been appointed as the new Revenue Secretary in the Finance Ministry. Chawla, a 1992-batch IAS officer from the Bihar cadre, is currently serving as the Secretary of the Department of Pharmaceuticals under the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers. He will also continue to hold additional charge as Secretary of the Ministry of Culture until a regular appointee takes over, according to a notification issued by the App
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Arunish Chawla, a senior IAS officer, has been appointed as the new Revenue Secretary in the Finance Ministry.

The post of Revenue Secretary became vacant after Sanjay Malhotra was appointed as Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

Arunish Chawla will also continue to hold additional charge as Secretary of the Ministry of Culture until a regular appointee takes over.

Amit Agrawal, CEO of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), will replace Arunish Chawla as the Pharmaceuticals Secretary.

Other appointments include Vineet Joshi as Higher Education Secretary, Rachna Shah as Secretary of the Department of Personnel and Training, Sanjay Sethi as Secretary of the National Commission for Minorities, and Neerja Sekhar as Director General of the National Productivity Council.




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