Dipam Secretary Tuhin Kanta PandeyThe Secretary to the Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (Dipam) is tasked with finalising the targets for disinvestment and resource mobilisation through dividends of private enterprises.He served as the principal secretary for the Odisha government. He successfully oversaw the sale of Air India and the listing of LIC.This Budget is expected to give some cues on government plans for privatisation, given the role of coalition partner in the process. The sale of the government stake in IDBI Bank, a process initiated two years ago, is expected to be concluded this financial year. Revenue Secretary Sanjay MalhotraRevenue Secretary Sanjay Malhotra is tasked with setting revenue-receipts targets.With India gaining substantial revenue from taxes, Malhotra decides on tax changes with direct and indirect taxes, through the Finance Bill. Malhotra known for taking an orthodox approach to setting revenue targets is responsible for his instrumental role in merging the interests of states and Centres at the Goods and Services Tax (GST) council meetings.He is an IAS batch from 1990-batch from the Rajasthan cadre. He is an alumnus of IIT Kanpur and Princeton University.Secretary of the Department of Financial Services Vivek JoshiVivek Joshi is a new face in the Finance minister’s Budget team. Before this, he joined the finance ministry in November 2022 as secretary to the Department of Financial Services driving major policy changes with his critical inputs concerning banking, insurance, and pension.Previously he had served as Registrar General and Census Commissioner of the Minister of Home Affairs. He is also a member of the board of RBI and SBI.He is an 1989-batch civil servant officer from Haryana.Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha NageswaranThe Chief Economic Advisor, Anantha Nageswaran with his team of economists draft the Economic Survey of India which gmacro-economico-conomic backdrop of the country.It is based on Economic Survey report that budgetary targets are set and money is allocated to various sectors.The report helps analysts gauge the mood of the Budget and by analysing trends from the preceding financial year. Nageswaran holds an MBA from IIM, Ahmedabad with a doctorate from the University of Massachusetts in Empirical Behaviour of Exchange Rates.
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