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Not a plum post-retirement role, but a stint in spirituality for Adhia

What changed for Hasmukh Adhia that he's moving back to Gujarat?

FM Arun Jaitley (right), in a farewell blog for Adhia, called him a highly competent, disciplined and no-nonsense civil servant of impeccable integrity | Photo: PTI
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FM Arun Jaitley (right), in a farewell blog for Adhia, called him a highly competent, disciplined and no-nonsense civil servant of impeccable integrity | Photo: PTI

Arup Roychoudhury New Delhi
Hasmukh Adhia, who retired as finance and revenue secretary on Friday, is moving to Ahmedabad —quite unusual for a top bureaucrat who’s been at the centre of things from demonetisation to the goods and services tax (GST). Known to be among the favourite officers of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the 1981 batch Gujarat cadre IAS has surprised many by not sticking around in the capital waiting for a plum post-retirement posting. The man once tipped to be the Cabinet secretary is clearly looking to break away from the past.

People who know him describe Adhia as quiet and dignified. He does

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