Rajeev Topno was on central government deputation posted as the Deputy Secretary at Prime Minister's office, Delhi from the year 2009 to 2014. And on 19 July 2014 he was appointed as the Private Secretary of the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi. Rajeev Topno Rajeev Topno (Hindi: राजीव टोपनो); born on 28 May 1974 in Ranchi, Jharkhand) is an Indian Civil Servant as a member of Indian Administrative Service of Gujarat Cadre and as director to the Prime Minister's office New Delhi. On 16 July 2014 he was appointed private secretary to the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi. Rajeev Topno
Premiership of Narendra Modi budget was moved from 28 February to 1 February and financial cycle was changed from July to April. Further, the artificial distinction between planned and non-planned expenditure was removed. Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB), considered as a hurdle in FDI, was scrapped by Modi government. Modi government put in place the Goods and Services Tax, the biggest tax reform in the country since independence. It subsumed around 17 different taxes and became effective from 1 July 2017. Modi launched Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) in August 2014. The initiative aimed to create bank accounts and debit cards for 150