Arunish Chawla has been appointed as new Revenue Secretary

Arunish Chawla has been appointed as new Revenue Secretary.
He will succeed Sanjay Malhotra. Malhotra was appointed as RBI Governor earlier in December 2024.
After appointment of Malhotra, Economic Affairs Secretary Ajay Seth was given Revenue Department’s additional charge.
Finance Secretary and Secretary in the Department of Investment & Public Asset Management (DIPAM) will continue to have additional charge of Department of Public Enterprises.
Chawla is an IAS officer from the Bihar cadre. He was working as Pharmaceutical Secretary, before his appointment as the Revenue Secretary.
He would also be ex-officio Secretary to the GST Council. He will superannuate in July 2028.
Chawla will be replaced by Amit Agrawal as Pharmaceutical Secretary.
Agarwal is currently Chief Executive Officer at Unique Identification Authority of India.
Neeraj Shekhar has been appointed as Director General in National Productivity Council.