Jha addressing an event at Gandhinagar, Gujarat in March 2017.
Member of the Sixteenth Finance Commission of India
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 January 2024
Appointed by
Appointments Committee of the Cabinet
Member of the Fifteenth Finance Commission of India
In office 4 March 2019 – 26 November 2023
Appointed by
Appointments Committee of the Cabinet
Preceded by
Shaktikanta Das
Finance Secretary of India
In office 4 December 2018 – 28 February 2019
Appointed by
Appointments Committee of the Cabinet
Minister
Arun Jaitley
Preceded by
Hasmukh Adhia
Succeeded by
Subhash Chandra Garg
Expenditure Secretary of India
In office 31 October 2017 – 28 February 2019
Appointed by
Appointments Committee of the Cabinet
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
Minister
Arun Jaitley
Preceded by
Ashok Lavasa
Succeeded by
G. C. Murmu
Environment, Forests and Climate Change Secretary of India
In office 1 May 2016 – 10 October 2017
Appointed by
Appointments Committee of the Cabinet
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
Minister
Anil Madhav Dave (2016—2017) Dr. Harsh Varhan (2017)
Preceded by
Ashok Lavasa
Succeeded by
C. K. Mishra
Personal details
Born
Ajay Narayan Jha
(1959-01-15) 15 January 1959 (age 65) Bihar, India
Nationality
Indian
Alma mater
Harvard Kennedy School McGill University St. Stephen's College, Delhi University
Occupation
Civil servant
Profession
IAS officer
Ajay Narayan Jha (born 15 January 1959; IAST: Ajaya Nārāyaṇa Jhā) is a 1982 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Manipur cadre. He was the Finance Secretary of India for three months.[1] He was appointed as the member of Fifteenth Finance Commission of India in place of Shaktikanta Das and served there till 26 November 2023.[2] Thereafter, he was appointed as a member of Sixteenth Finance Commission on 1 January 2024.[3]
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^"Mr.Jha replaces Mr.Das". ndtv. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
^"Govt appoints four new members to 16th Finance Commission". The Indian Express. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
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