Bureaucratic rejig at Centre: Gargi Kaul appointed Secretary, Defence Finance

Senior bureaucrat Gargi Kaul has been appointed as Secretary, Defence Finance, as part of a bureaucratic reshuffle effected Tuesday by the government.

Kaul, a 1984-batch officer of the Indian Audit and Accounts Service, is at present Financial Advisor (Defence Services), Ministry of Defence.

She has been appointed Secretary (Defence Finance), Defence Ministry, an order issued by the Personnel Ministry said.

IAS officer Sumeet Jerath has been named Special Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat. He is Special Secretary and Financial Advisor, Ministry of External Affairs.

Raj Kumar Goyal, a 1990-batch IAS officer of Jammu and Kashmir cadre, has been