NEW DELHI: Union revenue secretary Tarun Bajaj was given charge of the Department of Economic Affairs as the incumbent official, Ajay Seth, has gone on a leave till the end of the month.
In an order issued late on Tuesday, the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet said it approved additional charge of the post to Bajaj with immediate effect till April 30 during the period of absence on leave of Ajay Seth.
Life has come full circle for Bajaj who was replaced by Seth as the secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs last year. Seth, a 1987 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre, has been an old hand in the Ministry
of Finance. The senior bureuacrat had earlier served as Deputy Secretary and Director in the Department of Expenditure and Department of Economic Affairs between 2000 and 2004, according to government admnistrative watchers.