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New Delhi: Senior IAS officer Tuhin Kant Pandey was on Saturday appointed as the new finance secretary.

Tuhin Kant, a 1987 batch IAS officer of Odisha cadre, is currently the Secretary, Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM).

The order issued by the Personnel Ministry said that the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Pandey as Finance Secretary.

It was vacant after the appointment of TV Somanathan as Cabinet Secretary last month. As per convention, the most senior secretary in the Union Finance Ministry is appointed as the Finance Secretary.


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Tuhin Kant Pandey new Finance Secretary