Ashok Lavasa named the new Finance Secretary
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet on Monday approved the appointment of Ashok Lavasa as the Finance Secretary. Lavasa, an IAS officer of 1980 batch from the Haryana cadre, was recently shifted to the Ministry of Finance and was currently serving as the Expenditure Secretary. He replaced Rajan Watal, who was appointed as the Principal Advisor to NITI Aayog.