Shri. Anurag Jain, IAS

Shri Anurag Jain is an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) Officer of the 1989 Batch in the Madhya Pradesh Cadre. He is the Secretary of the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways. Besides, he is holding additional charge of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. Before this, he was Secretary, of the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, and during that assignment, he led the transformational PM Gati Shakti-National Master Plan, the initiative which received the Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration in April 2023.

As Joint Secretary, he served in Prime Minister’s Office and in the Ministry of Finance, Government of India, where he is credited with conceptualizing and implementing one of the most successful initiatives ‘Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana’, the largest financial inclusion program in the World.

Last Updated On : July 22, 2024