New Delhi, April 26 : The Centre has decided to appoint Tarun Bajaj as the Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), under the Finance Ministry, on Atanu Chakrabarty's retirement on April 30. Bajaj, a 1988 batch IAS officer of the Haryana cadre, is the Additional Secretary at Prime Minister's Office. A Gujarat cadre officer of the 1985 batch, Chakarborty was appointed the DEA Secretary in July 2019 when then Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg was shifted to the Power Ministry. Another major appointment announced on Sunday was of Rajesh Verma as the next Secretary in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA). He will take over on retirement of Injeti Srinivas. Srinivas, a 1983 batch IAS officer of the Odisha cadre, will retire on May 31 after over two-year tenure as the Corporate Affairs Secretary. Verma is the Special Secretary at the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare. Aramane Giridhar, the Additional Secretary at the Cabinet Secretariat, will take over as the Secretary in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways as Sanjeev Ranjan will move to the Ministry of Shipping as its new Secretary. /IANS