New Delhi: Senior IAS officer Ajay Seth has been designated as the new Finance Secretary, reports Dynamite News corrspondent.
Seth, a 1987-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Karnataka cadre, is currently serving as the Secretary of the Department of Economic Affairs.
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Senior IAS Ajay Seth (KN:87) Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, designated as Finance Secretary.
— Dynamite News (@DynamiteNews_) March 24, 2025
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has given its consent to designate Seth as the Finance Secretary, according to the official order.
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The position was vacant following the appointment of Tuhin Kant Pandey as the Chairman of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).
Education
Seth holds B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA. He has over three decades of experience in the domains of public finance and social sector administration dealing with matters related to budget, tax policy, foreign investments, bilateral and multilateral financial cooperation, development financing, and public-private-partnerships.
