The centre on Sunday appointed 23 new secretaries including Tarun Bajaj as the new economic affairs secretary and Rajesh Verma as the corporate affairs secretary triggered by superannuation of existing secretaries in various departments.
Bajaj, a 1988 batch Haryana carde IAS officer, will take over from current economic affairs secretary in the finance ministry Atanu Chakraborty who is set to retire on 30 April.
Bajaj is currently serving as an additional secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office and has earlier served as a joint secretary in the Finance Ministry.
Verma, a 1987 batch Odisha carde IAS officer, is currently serving as special secretary in Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare.