Big reshuffle in Finance Ministry, Tarun Bajaj shifted to revenue department

Ajay Seth will replace Tarun Bajaj as the new Economic Affairs Secretary. Bajaj has shifted to the revenue department.

In a major reshuffle in the Finance Ministry, Economic Affairs Secretary Tarun Bajaj has been shifted to the revenue department and Ajay Seth has been appointed in his place. Bajaj has been made the Revenue Secretary. Several other bureaucratic posts were reshuffled on Wednesday as per a notification issued by the government’s Ministry of Personnel after approval by the Appointments Committee of Cabinet. It may be noted that Tarun Bajaj has been the Economic Affairs Secretary since April 30, 2020, and was part of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s core team that drafted the Union Budget 2021-22. Bajaj has previously served the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) from April 2015 to April 2020.