The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved that Shri Arvind Mayaram, IAS (RJ:78), Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance may be designated as Finance Secretary.

Designation as Finance Secretary: government approved the Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs to hold the finance secretary title. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet authorized that the serving Secretary of the Department of Economic Affairs be designated Finance Secretary, leaving the incumbent's substantive appointment as Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs intact while conferring the additional titular role for purposes of coordination and protocol.