Budget 2025: Revenue Secy Arunish Chawla moved to DIPAM; DIPAM Secy Tuhin Kanta Pandey new Revenue Secy

Budget 2025: Days before the Union Budget 2025, a major reshuffle was announced in the finance ministry. In a notification on Wednesday, the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet announced that Revenue Secretary Arunish Chawla will be transferred to the Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM), while Secretary of DIPAM Tuhin Kanta Pandey would be the new Revenue Secretary.

The notification stated that Tuhin Kanta Pandey will continue to serve as Finance Secretary.

Meanwhile, Arunish Chawla will also hold additional charge of the post of Secretary, Department of Public Enterprises in the Ministry of Finance, and Secretary, Ministry of Culture until the appointment of a regular incumbent or until further notice, whichever it’s first.

Chawla was appointed the Revenue Secretary in the Ministry of Finance on December 25 last year, while serving as Secretary, Department of Pharmacy in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers. He continued to hold the charge of the Ministry of Culture even then. The post of Revenue Secretary fell vacant after Sanjay Malhotra was appointed as the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

Pandey, a 1987 batch IAS officer of Odisha cadre, was also holding the additional charge of the post of Secretary, Public Enterprises Department.

The changes come days before the presentation of the Union Budget on February 1. This restructuring was seen as the government’s strategic adjustment as it prepares for the crucial financial planning period ahead.