Eco affairs secy Tarun Bajaj gets extra charge of revenue dep

NEW DELHI: Economic affairs secretary

Tarun Bajaj

has been given additional charge of the department of revenue after the

superannuation

of

Ajay Bhushan Pandey

, an official order said on Saturday.

Pandey, a 1984 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS officer, who was also the finance secretary will retire on February 28. The budget process is still underway with discussions on the finance bill set to begin after

Parliament

reconvenes on March 8. Prior to his appointment as economic affairs secretary, Bajaj was an additional secretary in the PM’s office.

Pandey, who took over as revenue secretary in 2018, undertook

sweeping reforms

in the country’s taxation system and also steered the universalisation of Aadhaar. He was instrumental in bringing reforms in income tax and indirect taxes, including corporate tax reduction, DT abolition and faceless assessment.