Mayaram transferred from Finance Ministry, made Tourism Secretary

New Delhi In first major Secretarylevel shuffle by the Narendra Modigovernment Finance SecretaryArvind Mayaram has been transfered out of the Finance Ministry to a low profile Tourism MinistryMayaram who was senior most among the four Secretaries in the Ministry of Finance with dual roles as finance andeconomic affairs secretary was appointed by the previous government and has onefull year before he retires on October 31 2015He has now been made the Tourism secretary He has been replaced by his batchmate from 1978batch Rajiv Mehrishi who currently is the Chief Secretary of Rajasthan Mehrishi retires in Augustend and will have just about 10 months at Ministry of FinanceIn all 20 new appointments were made yesterday onethird being at the Secretary levelAnil Swarup a 1981 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre has been appointed as the new Coal Secretary Swarupwho is Additional Secretary in the Cabinet Secretariat has been Officer on Special Duty in the Ministry of Coal and will take over as Coal Secretary when incumbent S K Srivastava retires on October 31In orders issued yesterday Mayaram a 1978batch IAS officer belonging to Rajasthan cadre was made the TourismSecretary in place of Parvez Dewan on his retirement at month endIn his place Rajiv Mehrishi an IAS officer of the same batch as Mayaram and from the same state was appointedSecretary Department of Economic Affairs in the Ministry of FinanceMinistry of Finance has four secretaries Economic Affairs Expenditure Revenue and Financial Services Thesenior most among the four is designated Finance SecretaryPresently Ratan P Watal a 1978 batch IAS officer from Andhra Pradesh is Expenditure Secretary while 1980batch IASofficer of Rajasthan cadre Gurdial Singh Sandhu is the Financial Services Secretary Shaktikanta Das an IAS officerof 1980 batch from Tamil Nadu cadre is Revenue SecretaryMayarams transfer was part of the first major Secretary level reshuffle undertaken by the Modi governmentThe Appointments Committee of Cabinet has approved appointment of Swarup as Officer on Special Duty in the Ministry of Coal in the rank and pay of Secretary a press release issued today by the Department of Personnel and Training saidAlok Rawat a 1977 batch IAS officer of Sikkim cadre has been appointed new secretary in the Department of Administrative Reforms amp Public Grievances and Department of Pensions and Pensioners Welfare Rawat is presently Secretary in Ministry of Water Resources River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation it saidPrabhu Dayal Meena a 1980 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre has been appointed as Secretary in theDepartment of ExServicemen WelfareMeena who is presently Special Secretary in Department of Land Resources will replace Sangita Gairola who retiresthis monthend the release saidAnuj Kumar Bishnoi a 1981 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre has been appointed as Secretary Ministry ofWater Resources River Development amp Ganga RejuvenationBishnoi is presently Additional Secretary in the Department of DefenceAshok Kumar Angurana a 1980 batch IAS officer of Jammu and Kashmir cadre has been appointed as Secretary in Ministry of Panchayati Raj Angurana is presently working as Managing Director TRIFED Ministry of Tribal AffairsThe government has appointed Vinod Agrawal a 1980 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre as Secretary in NationalCommission for Scheduled Castes NCSC Agrawal is presently working as Advisor Inter State Council Secretariat under the Ministry of Home Affairs