♦ Senior bureaucrat Arvind Shrivastava took charge as the Secretary of the Department of Revenue under the Ministry of Finance on 1 May 2025.

♦ He is a 1994-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the Karnataka cadre.

♦ He served as Joint Secretary and then Additional Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office.

♦ His appointment was approved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet on April 18, 2025.