New Delhi, Sep 7 (PTI) Senior bureaucrat Tuhin Kanta Pandey was on Saturday designated as the new finance secretary, according to an official order.

Pandey, a 1987-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Odisha cadre, is currently the secretary of the Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM).

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The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved designating Pandey as the finance secretary, the order issued by the personnel ministry said.

The vacancy was created following the appointment of T V Somanathan as the Cabinet secretary last month.

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As per the convention, the senior-most secretary in the Union finance ministry is designated as the finance secretary.

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