Dc Gupta Is New Finance Secretary

The government today designated Expenditure Secretary Dinesh Chandra Gupta, a 1967 batch IAS officer of the Orissa cadre, as finance secretary.

This is the first time in recent years an expenditure secretary has been designated the finance secretary.

Finance Secretary S Narayan, who also headed the department of economic affairs and was due to retire on June 30, was yesterday posted as secretary in the Prime Minister