Almost sixty days ahead of
retirement Union Expenditure Secretary Ajay Narayan Jha (IAS:1982:MT) was, on
Monday, designated as Finance Secretary. Conventionally, the senior most
Secretary of a department under the Ministry of Finance is designated as FS. It may be mentioned that the NaMO
administration has already announced G C Murmu (IAS:1985:GJ) as his successor
who will take over from Jha on 31 January 2019. Following the retirement of Hasmukh Adhia (Retd IAS:1981:GJ) it was expected that NaMo administration would announce Jha as FS. 
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Jha designated as Finance Secretary
By IndianMandarins - 2018-12-03 21:32:22
Almost sixty days ahead of retirement Union Expenditure Secretary Ajay Narayan Jha (IAS:1982:MT) was, on Monday, designated as Finance Secretary. Conventionally, the senior most Secretary of a department under the Ministry of Finance is designated as FS.
It may be mentioned that the NaMO administration has already announced G C Murmu (IAS:1985:GJ) as his successor who will take over from Jha on 31 January 2019.
Following the retirement of Hasmukh Adhia (Retd IAS:1981:GJ) it was expected that NaMo administration would announce Jha as FS.
