Subhash Chandra Garg (born 16 October 1960) is a retired IAS officer from the 1983 batch of Rajasthan cadre who served as the Economic Affairs Secretary, Finance Secretary and Power Secretary of India.
Education Garg has graduate degrees in Law (LLB) and Commerce (BCom) from Rajasthan University from Government College, Ajmer. Garg is a professionally qualified Cost & Management Accountant from Institute of Cost Accountants of India. In addition, Garg is a qualified Company Secretary and received gold medal in 1990.
Career
Garg has served in various key positions for both the Union Government and the Government of Rajasthan, like as Principal Secretary (Finance), Commissioner (Investment and NRIs) Secretary (Budget), Secretary (Expenditure), managing director of Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation (RSRTC), managing director of Rajasthan State Seeds Corporation (RSSCL), Special Secretary (Mines and Energy) and Chief Executive and Director of Rajasthan Energy Development Corporation (REDC), Registrar of University of Rajasthan, and as the District Magistrate and Collector of Rajsamand district in the Government of Rajasthan, and as the Union Economic Affairs Secretary, Additional Secretary in the Cabinet Secretariat, Joint Secretary in the Department of Agriculture and Cooperation in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and
In addition, Garg had a stint with the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, on deputation, as a Principal Consultant.
Executive director for Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Sri Lanka in World Bank Garg was appointed as an executive director in the World Bank by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) for a tenure of three years, Garg assumed the office of executive director on 10 September 2014, and demitted on 21 June 2017, because of his appointment as the Union Economic Affairs Secretary.
Ministry of Finance Gard has served as Joint Secretary to Government of India in the Department of Expenditure of Ministry of Finance for less than five months and also as a Secretary to the Department of Economic Affairs in the Ministry of Finance for about two years in the Union Government.
Economic affairs secretary
Garg was appointed as the Union Economic Affairs Secretary by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) in June 2017, he assumed the office of the Secretary on 12 July 2017 and served there till 26 July 2020.
Finance Secretary The Finance Secretary is the administrative head of the Ministry of Finance.
References
External links Executive Record Sheet as maintained by Department of Personnel and Training of Government of India Officer Service History as maintained by Department of Personnel of Government of Rajasthan Executive Profile on Bloomberg