Rajiv Kumar appointed as new DFS Secretary

Senior bureaucrat Rajiv Kumar has been appointed Secretary in the Department of Financial Services, DFS, while Anita Karwal would be the next Chairperson of Central Board of Secondary Education, CBSE.

A 1984 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre, Rajiv Kumar, was appointed in place of Anjuly Chib Duggal, who superannuated. At present, Kumar is Special Secretary and Establishment Officer in the Ministry of Personnel. The DFS looks after the functioning of banks, financial institutions, insurance companies and the national pension system. Rajiv Kumar has spearheaded several reforms in



Indian bureaucracy including an online system for recording of the bureaucrats annual performance appraisal reports. 

Anita Karwal, a Gujarat-cadre IAS officer, who is Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Human Resources Development, was named chairperson of CBSE in place of Rajesh Kumar Chaturvedi who has been moved to the National Skill Development Agency as Director General.

As many as 17 civil servants were appointed as secretaries and additional secretaries in various central government departments in the recent appointments.