Ajay Kumar Bhalla appointed new DGFT

The Dollar Business Bureau (with inputs from PTI)

Senior IAS officer Ajay Kumar Bhalla was today appointed as Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT). On enquiry, The Dollar Business learnt from officials at DGFT that Bhalla hasn’t assumed charge yet and outgoing Director General of Foreign Trade (Anup Wadhawan) is on dual charge (as Wadhawan has now been appointed as Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Commerce). Bhalla is expected to join office in a day or two.

Bhalla, a 1984 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre, is presently Additional Secretary in Commerce Ministry. He has been appointed to the post in place of Anup Wadhawan, who has been appointed as Additional Secretary in the Commerce Ministry, an order issued by Department of Personnel and Training said. 

The Directorate General of Foreign Trade is entrusted with responsibilities for formulating and implementing the foreign trade policy with the main objective of promoting India’s exports. 

Another senior bureaucrat Inder Jit Singh has been appointed as Additional Secretary in the Commerce Ministry. He is presently working in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.

On 26th September, The Dollar Business was first to carry the news that the present DGFT, Anup Wadhwan was on his way out. For more information on the same read https://in.thedollarbusiness.com/news/dgft-likely-to-have-a-new-chief-soon/48066