Finance Secretary Hasmukh Adhia to retire on November 30

Finance Secretary Hasmukh Adhia to retire on November 30

New Delhi: Hasmukh Adhia, the Gujarat cadre IAS officer who had an eventful stint as Finance Secretary during the days of demonetisation and the ushering in of the GST regime, is set to retire on November 30, the government announced on Saturday - putting to rest all speculation about his getting an extension.

Adhia, who turned 60 earlier this month, worked in the Finance Ministry for four years including the last three years as Revenue Secretary. He was expected to get an extension, going by the past practice when tenure of Secretaries in the ministry was usually extended if it ended close to the Union Budget’s presentation.

Announcing Adhia’s retirement in a Facebook post, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the government wanted him to continue in some “alternate” capacity but he declined to do so. “He (Adhia) had informed me earlier this year that he would not work for a single day after November 30. His time thereafter belongs to his favourite passion (spirituality and yoga) and of course his son,” Jaitley said in the post. (IANS)

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