Rajiv Takru taking over as new revenue secretary

The government has appointed Rajiv Takru as the new revenue secretary in the ministry of finance, who would have take over from Sumit Bose, who retires on march 31 2014.

Takru, a 1979-batch officer of Gujarat cadre, is currently the secretary in the department of financial services. He was earlier CEO of Prasar Bharti and had worked in the Information and Broadcasting Ministry.

The government has appointed Gurdial Singh Sandhu, a 1980 batch officer of the Rajasthan cadre, to fill up the previous position of Takru as secretary in the department of financial services. Earlier, Sandhu was serving as additional chief secretary to the Rajasthan government.

(Edited by Joby Puthuparampil Johnson)