List of Finance Secretaries of Government of India

This index gives you the list of Finance Secretaries of Government of India to improve your banknote collection of Republic of India. This list will be updated periodically.
 

Period	Finance Secretary
1949 – 1950	KRK Menon
1950 – 1955	K G Ambegaokar
1955 – 1958	H M Patel
1959 – 1960	A K Roy
1960 – 1964	Lakshmi Kant Jha
1964 – 1966	S Bhootilingam
1966 – 1968	S Jagannath
1968 – 1972	Indraprasad Gordhan Patel
1972 – 1976	M G Kaul
1976 – 1980	Manmohan Singh
1980 – 1982	Ram Narayan Malhotra
1982 – 1983	M Narshimham
1983 – 1985	Pratap Kishen Kaul
1985 – 1989	S Venketramanan
1989	Gopi Kishan Arora
1990	Bimal Jalan
1990 – 1991	S P Shukla
1991 – 1998	Montek Singh Ahluwal
2014 – 2015	Rajiv Meherishi
2015 – 2016	Rattan P Watal
2016 – 2017	Shaktikanta Das
2017 – 2019	Subhash Chandra Garg
2019 – 2021	Atanu Chakraborty

The ₹1 banknote holds a unique position in Indian currency history. Unlike banknotes issued by the Reserve Bank of India, the ₹1 note is issued by the Government of India and bears the signature of the Finance Secretary rather than the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India. This distinction reflects its status as a Government of India currency note, with the denomination being issued directly under the authority of the Ministry of Finance. The ₹1 note was first introduced by the Government of India in 1949 after Independence and was later reintroduced in 2015. The modern ₹1 banknotes continue to carry the signature of the Finance Secretary and remain legal tender.