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Ajay Narayan Jha

03 Dec 2018

Expenditure Secretary AN Jha named new Finance Secretary

Fifty-nine-year-old AN Jha is a 1982-batch IAS officer of Manipur Tripura cadre.

08 May 2018

Rahul Gandhi mocks PM Narendra Modi for 'mass-bunk' at Finance Ministry

Both the Finance Minister and the Finance Secretary are out of action for one reason or another.

02 Apr 2018

GST collection on upswing, close to Rs 90,000 cr: Finance Secretary

Last week, the Finance Ministry had released initial figures of the GST collection for February which showed a decline in revenue by Rs 1,144 crore compared to January.

06 Nov 2017

Hasmukh Adhia appointed as new Finance Secretary

"The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved designating Hasmukh Adhia, Secretary, Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance as Finance Secretary," said the order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training.

25 Dec 2016

Demonetisation: Cash withdrawal restrictions likely to continue beyond December 30

Since RBI and printing presses are unable to keep pace with the demand of new currency notes, restrictions on withdrawal of cash from banks and ATMs may likely to continue beyond December 30

17 Dec 2016

7th Pay Commission: Revised allowances for central govt employees to come into effect only after March 2017

Central government employees have been demanding a better monthly pay package under the 7th Pay Commission, and demanding reinstatement of all the allowances abolished or subsumed by the pay panel.

7th Pay Commission

23 Aug 2016

7th CPC: Committee of Secretaries on Allowances to meet on September 1; invites employees' unions for talks

31 Aug 2015

Ratan Watal new Finance Secy, new team takes charge

Ahead of beginning of work on the Budget for 2016-17, government Monday designated Ratan P Watal as new Finance Secretary even as a new team of officials took charge at the finance ministry.

31 Aug 2015

India plans to amend RBI Act by Feb to set up monetary panel: Official

The government plans to change the Reserve Bank of India Act before the end of the fiscal year so it can set up a new committee to direct the country`s monetary policy, retiring Finance Secretary Rajeev Mehrishi told Reuters.

19 Aug 2015

Loans under PMMY to double to over Rs 1 lakh cr by March

Since the launch of the scheme in April by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, about Rs 14,000 crore worth of loans have been disbursed under the scheme to 20 lakh people.

13 Aug 2015

Govt clears FDI proposals worth Rs 10,379 crore

"The government has approved 23 proposals of foreign direct investment amounting to Rs 10,378.92 crore," the Finance Ministry said.

03 Aug 2015

Govt has right to nominate representative on RBI board: FinSecy

Defending the Finance Ministry's decision to nominate Additional Secretary on the board of RBI, Finance Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi Monday said government has the right to decide who will represent it at the board meetings.

03 Aug 2015

Finance secretary says doesn't wants to curb RBI's powers

Rajiv Mehrishi said it was not right to conclude on the basis of the draft bill that the government was trying to clip the central bank`s wings.

31 Jul 2015

Govt names Additional Secretary to RBI board in place of Fin Secy

As per the convention, Economic Affairs Secretary besides the Financial Services Secretary is part of Central Board Directors of RBI.

13 Jul 2015

Impact of Greek developments will be indirect: Finance Secretary

Ongoing developments in Greece have only indirect implications for India and their impact, if any, is difficult to quantify, Finance Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi said on Monday.

20 May 2015

Measures will be in place in case of poor monsoon: FinMin

Government will put in place a combination of measures like offloading rice and wheat stocks to cool down prices in case of a below normal monsoon this year.

08 Mar 2015

Union Finance Secretary releases Rupee 1 notes

Union Finance Secretary Rajiv Mahrishi has released new Rupee 1 notes at Srinathiji temple in Nathdwara after offering prayers, a temple spokesman said.

11 Nov 2014

Rajiv Mehrishi designated as Finance Secretary

The Finance Ministry has four secretaries - Economic Affairs, Expenditure, Revenue and Financial Services.

Arvind Subramanian

16 Oct 2014

Arvind Subramanian appointed CEA; finance secy Mayaram shifted to tourism

Government has brought in a new team at the Finance Ministry shunting out Finance Secretary Arvind Mayaram and inducting US-based economist Arvind Subramanian as Chief Economic Advisor as it prepares the groundwork for its first full-fledged Budget next February.

RBI monetary policy

29 Sep 2014

Economic conditions becoming favourable for rate cut: Mayaram

Mayaram argued that the WPI inflation is at the lowest level since October, 2009 and retail inflation is less than 8 percent which is the target for this year according to a RBI panel report.

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