Shri Subhash Chandra Garg, IAS (RJ:1983) today assumed office as the new Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance. Shri Garg was Executive Director, World Bank, Washington D.C. in his immediate preceding posting. Shri Garg has widespread administrative experience in more than 30 years of service during which he held various important assignments including the Administrative postings in his home State of Rajasthan. Shri Garg has also worked in the Central Government in various capacities. He was posted as Director, Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), Ministry of Finance from May, 2000 to September, 2003. Later he took over as Joint Secretary, Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance and continued to hold that position till May, 2005.He has also worked in the Cabinet Secretariat where he held the position of Joint Secretary/Additional Secretary from February, 2012 to December, 2013.

Administrative appointment: New Secretary of the Department of Economic Affairs assumes office, bringing extensive central and state administrative experience. Shri Subhash Chandra Garg has assumed the role of Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, effecting an administrative appointment to the department's senior executive post. The appointment is supported by over three decades of public service including central government economic and expenditure roles, senior bureaucratic postings in a state administration, and experience in international financial representation, indicating continuity of senior leadership and policy administration capacity within the department.