♦ Arunish Chawla was appointed as the Revenue Secretary in Ministry of Finance on 25 December 2024. He is a 1992 batch Bihar cadre Indian Administrative Service officer. He is currently the Pharmaceuticals Secretary in Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers. Chief executive officer of Unique Identification Authority of India Amit Agrawal has been appointed as new Pharmaceuticals Secretary. 

♦ The post of Revenue Secretary had fallen vacant, earlier this month (DEcember 2024), after Sanjay Malhotra was appointed the RBI Governor to replace Shaktikanta Das whose extended tenure came to an end.