Know Your Babu: Manipur cadre IAS AN Jha will be Union finance secretary for 3 months

AN Jha

THE Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) on Monday approved designating AN

Jha, 1982 batch Manipur cadre lAS and secretary in the department of expenditure, as the new finance secretary. Jha will be the finance secretary for  a little less than three months, as he will retire on January 31, 2019. Incumbent Hasmukh Adhia, a 1981 batch Gujarat cadre IAS, retired in the end of the last month. An alumnus of St. Stephens College of Delhi where he did his post-graduation in history before getting selected into IAS, Jha is the…

Secretary Reshuffle: Preeti Sudan appointed new health secretary, Ajay Narayan Jha in expenditure, Injeti Srinivas corporate affairs

THE government on Wednesday made a major administrative reshuffle by appointing new secretaries in the department of expenditure, and in ministries such as health and environment. The orders also included debarring of an 1980 batch IRSEE officer for appointment to any post in the Central Staffing Scheme. Here below are the appointment details: