RAJIV MEHRISHI NAMED NEW ECO AFFAIRS SEC
Rajiv Mehrishi, currently Chief Secretary with Rajasthan Government, is the new Economic Affairs Secretary.The 1978 batch IAS officer is his predecessor Arvind Mayaram’s batchmate and both of them are from Rajasthan cadre.Mehrishi will have a 10-month long tenure as Economic Affairs Secretary as he is due to retire on August 31, 2015. He had been appointed Rajasthan Chief Secretary in December 2013 by the Vasundhara Raje Government. Prior to that appointment, Mehrishi was on deputation at the Centre as Secretary with the Department of Fertilisers.
He was earlier posted as Resident Commissioner to Rajasthan Government in New Delhi.Mehrishi retires in August-end and will have just about 10 months at Ministry of Finance. In all, 20 new appointments were made yesterday, one-third being at the Secretary level.
ARVIND SUBRAMANIAN APPOINTED CHIEF ECONOMIC ADVISOR
Rajiv Mehrishi, currently Chief Secretary with Rajasthan Government, is the new Economic Affairs Secretary.The 1978 batch IAS officer is his predecessor Arvind Mayaram’s batchmate and both of them are from Rajasthan cadre.Mehrishi will have a 10-month long tenure as Economic Affairs Secretary as he is due to retire on August 31, 2015. He had been appointed Rajasthan Chief Secretary in December 2013 by the Vasundhara Raje Government. Prior to that appointment, Mehrishi was on deputation at the Centre as Secretary with the Department of Fertilisers.
MAYARAM SHIFTED TO TOURISM MINISTRY
Having been handpicked by former Finance Minister P Chidambaram in August 2012 in the Finance Ministry as Economic Affairs Secretary, the 59 year old Arvind Mayaram, a 1978 Rajasthan cadre IAS officer, who later also became the Finance Secretary, has been replaced by his batchmate Rajiv Mehrishi in the Finance Ministry.
Mayaram, who has been appointed as Tourism Secretary as part of the first major Secretary-level reshuffled undertaken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is still left with one year of service before he retires on October 31, 2015.Prior to his stint in North Block, Mayaram was posted in the Rural Development Ministry.