Shri Anurag Jain

Secretary,
Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT)

 

Shri Anurag Jain is an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) Officer of 1989 Batch in Madhya Pradesh Cadre. He assum~d the charge of office of Secretary, Department for Promotion . of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) on 2ih September, 2021.

He has vast experience of Finance Sector, Information Technology, District Administration and Rural Development. He has served as Secretary to Chief Minister, Madhya Pradesh (5½ years) and Joint Secretary to Prime Minister (3½ years). He was Additional Chief Secretary (Finance), Govt. of Madhya Pradesh and was heading Finance Department for 2 years. Before assuming present assignment, he was Vice Chairman of Delhi Development Authority.

He as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Finance is credited with conceptualizing and implementing one of the most successful initiatives ‘Pradhan Mantri Jan Ohan Yojana’, the largest financial inclusion programme in the World. As Secretary to Chief Minister, Madhya Pradesh, he was the prime mover of enactment of Public Service Delivery Management Act, an innovative concept adopted by more than a dozen States in the country. As Secretary, Information Technology, Govt. of Madhya Pradesh, he was instrumental in taking the State to top rungs in e-Readiness Assessment of States and Union Report.