Ajay Bhushan Pandey, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) will replace Hasmukh Adhia as Finance Secretary upon his retirement on November 30.
Ajay Bhushan Pandey, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) will replace Hasmukh Adhia as Finance Secretary upon his retirement on November 30.
The appointment was made by the committee of the Cabinet.
"Shri ABP Pandey, IAS (MH:84), CEO Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology as Secretary, Department of Revenue on superannuation of Shri Hasmukh Adhia, IAS (GJ:81) on 30.11.2018," reads the appointment release.
The release also said that Pandey will continue to hold the additional charge of CEO, UIDAI, and Chairman, Goods, and Services Tax Network until further orders.
Adhia, a 1981-batch Gujarat cadre officer of the Indian Administrative Services (IAS), moved to Delhi in November 2014 as secretary in the Department of Financial Services after Narendra Modi became the Prime Minister.
During his four-year stint in the Finance Ministry, Adhia spearheaded rollout of the historic Goods and Services Tax (GST) besides implementing a host of laws to unearth black money.
In a series of tweets, Adhia thanked Modi and Jaitley for their guidance and expressed gratitude to his officers and staff.
"I am indeed privileged to have worked in Finance Ministry for 4 years under the guidance and leadership of Hon Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and Hon Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley," Adhia tweeted.
"I retire on 30th November with a sense of great satisfaction for what I could do for the country. I am grateful to all those officers and staff who worked with me.
"My special gratitude to Hon Prime Minister for his guidance and to Shri Arun Jaitley ji for having acknowledged my contribution publicly," Adhia added.
Showering praise Adhia, Arun Jaitley Saturday said he was a no-nonsense civil servant who performed his job with professionalism.
Giving credit to Adhia for implementing GST, Jaitley said, "It was his efforts supported by his team of officers of centre and state governments, which made it possible to hit the deadline of 1st July 2017. Rate reductions and smoothening of the rough edges were also achieved in a record time." Recalling Adhia's tenure as Revenue Secretary, Jaitley said tax base and tax realisation saw an "exponential increase".
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