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Quid pro quo

Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa was saved by Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman from boredom during a recent government event that had little to do with his department. Throughout the event, organised to mark the unveiling of an online portal that facilitates government procurement through a digital platform, Lavasa was seen trying to contain his laughter as he chatted with Sitharaman. Shedding light on the matter, the minister later said she was quite happy with the finance ministry for moving fast to change the general financing rules that govern procurement - "something it is not known for", she added with a smile. A joke for jaded nerves perhaps?

Budget has adequate pay panel provision: Ashok Lavasa

Interview with Finance secretary

Dinner with BS: Ashok Lavasa

A bureaucrat can negotiate the crests and troughs of politics if he delivers and has no personal agenda to promote, Lavasa tells Subhomoy Bhattacharjee

Ashok Lavasa takes over as finance secretary

The post of finance secretary has been lying vacant since Ratan Watal retired in April

Lavasa could be next finance secretary

Lavasa became expenditure secretary last week after a 20-month stint as environment secretary

Ashok Lavasa: Getting set for the next challenge

Within a year, Lavasa managed to cut the time required for environment clearances from an average 600 days to 190

Ashok Lavasa to be next expenditure secretary

Lavasa, a 1980 batch IAS officer from the Haryana cadre, will take over the expenditure department from Ratan Watal