Arvind Shrivastava named Revenue Secretary

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; 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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