Traditionally, the seniormost bureaucrat in the Finance Ministry is named Finance Secretary. Watal, 59, is a 1978-batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS officer while Das belongs to 1980 batch from Tamil Nadu cadre. Das is an old economic affairs hand, having worked as joint secretary in-charge of budget.
Concerned over doubling of fertiliser prices within a year, government today discussed ways to control the input cost of farm nutrients, ahead of Rabi (winter) crop season.
The planning commission has put forward their recommendations for the fertiliser policy and more importantly, for the Nutrient-Based Subsidy (NBS) policy. In an interview with CNBC-TV18, Sutanu Behuria, Fertiliser Secretary, talked about how much headway has happened on that front.
In an interview with CNBC-TV18, Satish Chandra, CMD, Madras Fertilisers gave his perspective and expectations on the fertiliser secretary's revival proposal for the company.