Who has been appointed as the Finance Secretary by the Committee of Cabinet (ACC) headed by PM Narendra Modi

2016

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A	Hasmukh Adhia
B	Prashant M. Wadnere
C	Ratan Watal
D	Ashok Lavasa

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Malhotra takes over as the top bureaucrat in the revenue department at a time when the government is preparing for the Union Budget 2023-24 to be tabled in Parliament on February 1. He would be looking into various tax-related proposals for the Budget and would also be the ex-officio Secretary to the GST Council.

Detailed explanation-2: -T. V. Somanathan is the incumbent Finance Secretary. Two years, term can be extended.

Detailed explanation-3: -He is a 1990-batch IAS officer of THE Rajasthan cadre and is an IIT-Kanpur alumnus. Malhotra has a Masters degree in public policy from the Princeton University. Senior bureaucrat Sanjay Malhotra on Thursday took charge as the secretary in Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance.

Detailed explanation-4: -Somanathan, Finance Secretary & Secretary, Department of Expenditure; Shri Tuhin Kanta Pandey, Secretary, Department of Investment and Public Asset Management; Shri Sanjay Malhotra, Secretary, Department of Revenue and Dr. V. Anantha Nageswaran, Chief Economic Advisor.

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