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ACC appoints UIDAI CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey as new Revenue Secretary
ACC appoints UIDAI CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey as new Revenue Secretary: Details, Other Appointments Highlights
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) on 18th November 2018, appointed UIDAI Ajay Bhushan Pandey as the new Revenue Secretary in the Department of Revenue.
Ajay Bhushan Pandey would replace Finance and Revenue Secretary, Hasmukh Adhia-the Gujarat-cadre IAS officer who is set to retire on 30th November 2018.
Ajay Bhushan Pandey currently holds the position of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) and Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN) Chairman. After the appointment, he will continue to hold these positions.
Ajay Bhushan Pandey is a 1984 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Maharashtra cadre.
Other Key Appointments
1. Girish Chandra Murmu as the Expenditure Secretary.
2. N Sivasailam was appointed as special secretary in the Department of Telecommunications as special secretary (Logistics), Department of Commerce.
3. Anshu Prakash has been posted as additional secretary in the Department of Telecommunications.
4. Punjab cadre IAS officer Chhabilendra Roul has been appointed as officer on special duty (OSD) in the fertilizers department.
5. Food Corporation of India chairman and managing director Yogendra Tripathy has been appointed as secretary in the tourism department
6. Director of Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Upma Chawdhry has been appointed as Secretary in the Department of Youth Affairs
7. West Bengal IAS officer, Sumanta Chaudhuri has been appointed as the Secretary in the Coal Ministry.
8. DoT Special Secretary, N Sivasailam has been appointed as special secretary (logistics), in the department of commerce.
9. Panchayati Raj Special Secretary has been appointed as member Secretary in the Tariff Commission in the department of industrial policy and promotion.
10. Ashok Kumar Singh, additional secretary at Lok Sabha Secretariat, has been appointed as Secretary in the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes.
