The Punjab government on Monday (18.07.2022) named Ajoy Kumar Sinha (IAS:1995:PB) as Principal Secretary, Finance in place of Ajoy Sharma (IAS:1999:PB). Sinha has been relieved from the charge of Principal Secretary, Housing and Urban Development. This is the fifth time in three months that the Finance Secretary has been changed. With the formation of the Aam Admi Party government, incumbent KAP Sinha (IAS:1992:PB) was replaced by Vikas Pratap (IAS:1994:PB) as Principal Secretary, Finance.
After this, KAP Sinha was appointed as Additional Chief Secretary of the Finance Department in place of Vikas Pratap. Recently, Ajoy Sharma has been appointed as the Secretary of the Finance Department in place of KAP Sinha. It is now time for yet another change in the Finance Department.
