Bric-a-brac: New CVC and CIC

Sanjay Kothari, a 1978-batch IAS officer of the Haryana cadre, Secretary to the President of India, has been appointed as the new Chief Vigilance Commissioner of India. The new Central Information Commissioner is Bimal Julka, a 1979-batch IAS officer of the Madhya Pradesh cadre and former I&B Secretary. He is currently an information Commissioner. The 90-minute meeting to select the CVC and CIC was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah; MoS, PMO and DoPT, Jitendra Singh, Cabinet Secretary Rajeev Gauba and DoPT Secretary C Chandramouli. The selection meeting got into rough weather when it was found out that Finance Secretary Rajiv Kumar was also one of the 126 applicants who got shortlisted. Lone Opposition member Adhi Ranjan Chowdhury objected that Finance Secretary Rajiv Kumar, a member of the search...

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