Ajay Bhushan Pandey, the CEO of UIDAI will take charge as new Revenue Secretary after the superannuation of current Finance and Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia on November 30.
Ajay Bhushan Pandey
Chennai:
ABP Pandey will continue to hold additional charge of CEO of UIDAI and also Chairman of GST Network.
He will replace Gujarat cadre IAS officer Hasmukh Adhia, a Gujarat cadre IAS officer who had an eventful stint as Finance Secretary during the days of demonetisation and the ushering in of the GST regime
Hasmukh Adhia is set to retire on November 30, the government announced on Saturday - putting to rest all speculation about his getting an extension.
Adhia, who turned 60 earlier this month, worked in the Finance Ministry for four years including the last three years as Revenue Secretary. He was expected to get an extension, going by the past practice when tenure of Secretaries in the ministry was usually extended if it ended close to the Union Budget's presentation
Ajay Bhushan Pandey appointed as Revenue Secretary after the retirement of Hasmukh Adhia on 30 November. Girish Chandra Murmu appointed as Officer on Special duty (OSD) of Dept of Expenditure. He'll take charge as Secretary after the retirement of current Expenditure Secy AN Jha.
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Announcing Adhia's retirement in a Facebook post, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the government wanted him to continue in some "alternate" capacity but he declined to do so.
As Revenue Secretary, Adhia's term witnessed the introduction of the GST uniform tax regime, evolving a Centre-states consensus on the multiple GST laws and drafting the rules and fixing tariffs that made it possible to meet the deadline of July 1, 2017 for the GST roll-out, Jaitley said.
Rate reductions and smoothening of the rough edges were also achieved in a record time during Adhia's tenure, he added.