Economic Affairs Secy Arvind Mayaram replaced

October 16, 2014 12:18

Economic Affairs Secretary Arvind Mayaram (pictured) has been replaced by Rajvi Mehrishi. Mayaram is now new tourism secretary.

Mayaram, has been transferred to the tourism ministry as part of the first major shuffle of bureaucrats since the Narendra Modi government took office in May this year.

Rajiv Mehrishi, a top bureaucrat from Rajasthan, a state that has pushed dramatic free market reforms in recent months, replaces Mayaram, who had twin roles as both finance and economic affairs secretary and was appointed by the previous Congress-led UPA government.

In all, 20 bureaucrats have been moved, many at the level of secretary, the senior most rank in the country's civil service.

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