Ministry of Finance (India)

Ministry of Finance

Branch of Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Agency overview
Formed	29 October 1946; 78 years ago (1946-10-29)
Jurisdiction	Government of India
Headquarters	Cabinet Secretariat Raisina Hill, New Delhi
Minister responsible	Nirmala Sitharaman, Cabinet Minister
Deputy Ministers responsible	Pankaj Choudhary, Minister of State
Agency executives	Tuhin Kanta Pandey, IAS, Finance Secretary & Secretary (Investment and Public Asset Management) Manoj Govil, IAS, Expenditure Secretary Sanjay Malhotra, IAS, Secretary (Revenue Secretary) Nagaraju Maddirala, IAS[1], Secretary (Financial Services) Ajay Seth, IAS, Economic Affairs Secretary Ali Raza Rizvi,IAS, Secretary (Department of Public Enterprises) V. Anantha Nageswaran, Chief Economic Adviser
Child agencies	Department of Economic Affairs Department of Expenditure Department of Revenue Department of Financial Services Department of Investment and Public Asset Management Department of Public Enterprise
Key documents	Union Budget Economic Survey
Website	finmin.nic.in

The Ministry of Finance (IAST: Vitta Maṃtrālaya) is a ministry within the Government of India concerned with the economy of India, serving as the Treasury of India. In particular, it concerns itself with taxation, financial legislation, financial institutions, capital markets, currency regulation, banking service, centre and state finances, and the Union Budget.^[2]

The Ministry of Finance is the apex controlling authority of four central civil services namely Indian Revenue Service, Indian Audit and Accounts Service, Indian Economic Service and Indian Civil Accounts Service. It is also the apex controlling authority of one of the central commerce services namely Indian Cost and Management Accounts Service.