Mehrishi takes charge as Economic Affairs Secy

Rajiv Mehrishi has taken charge as Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, replacing Arvind Mayaram, who was abruptly shunted out.
Mehrishi, a 1978 bath IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre, is a batchmate of Mayaram.
"Rajiv Mehrishi took over as Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance ... With effect from the afternoon of October 30, 2014 and until further orders," a Finance Ministry statement said.
Mehrishi, considered pro-reforms, has pushed amendments to Rajasthan labour laws as the state Chief Secretary.
Mayaram (59) was brought into the Finance Ministry by the previous UPA government. Within the last fortnight, he was first transferred to the Tourism Ministry and then yesterday a fresh government order said he has been given charge of the Minority Affairs Ministry.

The Finance Ministry has five secretaries - Economic Affairs, Expenditure, Revenue, Disinvestment and Financial Services. The senior most among the four is designated as the Finance Secretary.

At present, Ratan P Watal, a 1978 batch IAS officer from Andhra Pradesh is the Expenditure Secretary, while 1980-batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre Gurdial Singh Sandhu is the Financial Services Secretary.
Shaktikanta Das, an IAS officer of 1980 batch from Tamil Nadu cadre, is the Revenue Secretary and Aradhana Johri, a 1980 batch IAS officer from Uttar Pradesh is the Disinvestment Secretary.
Meanwhile, Subash Chandra Garg, a Rajasthan cadre IAS officer of 1983 batch, who was OSD in the Department of Economic Affairs, has taken up his new assignment of Executive Director of the World Bank.