G C Chaturvedi, a 1977 batch IAS officer, joined the finance ministry as an additional secretary on Tuesday and will head the financial services department of the ministry. Arun Ramanathan, who retired as finance secretary last week, was looking after the department dealing with banking, insurance, financial institutions etc. himself.
Vinod Rai of 1972 batch, who joined as Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) was earlier secretary to this department.
With an additional secretary at the helms now, it would no longer be a full-fledged department. The other four departments in the finance ministry, Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), Department of Revenue, Department of Expenditure and Department of Investment are headed by full-fledged secretary level officials.
However, Mr Chaturvedi’s turn to become secretary is not far away as 1975-batche officials are already designated as secretaries to the Government of India.
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Name: G C Chaturvedi
Cadre & Batch: 1977 batch Uttar Pradesh cadre
Date of Birth: 17/01/1953
Place of Domicile: UP
Mother Tongue: Hindi
Indian Languages Known: English, Hindi
Educational Qualification PG, Physics, First division Earlier postings Joint Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs Banking & Insurance, Ministry of Finance (From 26/05/2003 to 19/07/2007) Mission Director & Additional Secretary Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (From 26/12/2007 to 01/05/2009) Foreign Training 1-year course in finance from London School of Economics (LSE), UK, in 1996