NEW DELHI: Economic affairs secretary Ajay Seth has been given additional charge of the revenue department, according to an official order on Saturday.
The vacancy at the revenue department was created after former finance secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey was appointed chairman of market regulator – Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi). Pandey held the charge of the revenue department before his appointment as Sebi chairman.
Seth is an officer of the 1987 IAS batch and belongs to the Karnataka cadre. The order said the competent authority has approved the appointment of Seth and it will be till the “appointment of a regular incumbent or until further orders, whichever is earlier.”
Seth has been at the helm of the department of economic affairs since Apr 2021. He has a B tech degree in mechanical engineering and also an MBA.