Overview
- The Finance Ministry announced her appointment on September 1, noting she has assumed charge in the Department of Expenditure.
- She succeeds S.S. Dubey, a 1989-batch ICAS officer who was appointed to the post in March 2023.
- Before this role, Kalyani served as Principal Chief Controller of Accounts in the Ministry of Home Affairs, overseeing budgeting and accounting for one of the government’s largest ministries.
- The Controller General of Accounts is the government’s top accounting authority, responsible for the central accounting system, internal audits, and preparing consolidated accounts for Parliament.
- The ministry highlighted her leadership in initiating Direct Benefit Transfer for fertilizer purchase assistance to farmers and said she is expected to strengthen public financial management and drive innovation in government accounting.