Sep 01 2017
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The Times of India
(NaviMumbai)
Outgoing home secy is new CAG; Sunil Arora to be 3rd EC
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17 New Secys, Under Secys Also Appointed
The government on Thursday
designated outgoing home secretary Rajiv Mehrishi as the new Comptroller
& Auditor General, while former information and broadcasting
secretary Sunil Arora was appointed as the third election commissioner.
This came along with the appointment of 17 new secretaries and
additional secretaries.
Mehrishi got a new job within hours of
demitting office as home secretary and will take over as CAG once Shashi
Kant Sharma's tenure ends on September 24. The 1978-batch IAS officer
from the Rajasthan cadre was finance secretary. On the day
he was to superannuate from service, he was given a twoyear term as home
secretary .He will have a three year term as CAG.
Arora, his colleague from Rajasthan, will fill the vacancy in Nirvachan Sadan and will restore Election Commission 's status to a full Commission, with A K Joti as CEC and O P Rawat as the other Election Commissioner. Arora's arrival may lead EC to initiate hearing in the office of profit case against 20 AAP MLAs from Delhi. After Rawat recused himself from the case and Zaidi retired, there was a view in the Commission that a fresh hearing date may be given only after the second election commissioner is in, ensuring that the case is heard by a two-member Bench comprising CEC and the new EC.
Among the 17 senior level appointments, the government designated Asha Ram Sihag, an IAS officer from the Himachal Pradesh cadre, as the new heavy industry secretary . Jharkhand's Rajiv Kumar, a 1984-batch officer will be the new financial services secretary. Kumar is currently establishment officer, in-charge of key government appointments. He has had a long stint in the finance ministry, handling state finances.
Anita Karwal named CBSE chairperson
Anita Karwal, additional secretary in the ministry of human resource development, was named chairperson of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Thursday. She will replace Rajesh Kumar Chaturvedi, who has been named director general of the National Skill Development Agency. At the HRD ministry, Karwal, a Gujarat cadre IAS officer, was responsible for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan. Chaturvedi, a Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officer, was appointed CBSE chief in July 2016 till 2020. In his one-year tenure, the board did away with Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation system as well as made the Class X board mandatory once again. Another controversial CBSE decision was doing away with the provision of re-evaluation which resulted in a number of students approaching court.The Board had to reopen the re-evaluation process following a court order. TNN
Arora, his colleague from Rajasthan, will fill the vacancy in Nirvachan Sadan and will restore Election Commission 's status to a full Commission, with A K Joti as CEC and O P Rawat as the other Election Commissioner. Arora's arrival may lead EC to initiate hearing in the office of profit case against 20 AAP MLAs from Delhi. After Rawat recused himself from the case and Zaidi retired, there was a view in the Commission that a fresh hearing date may be given only after the second election commissioner is in, ensuring that the case is heard by a two-member Bench comprising CEC and the new EC.
Among the 17 senior level appointments, the government designated Asha Ram Sihag, an IAS officer from the Himachal Pradesh cadre, as the new heavy industry secretary . Jharkhand's Rajiv Kumar, a 1984-batch officer will be the new financial services secretary. Kumar is currently establishment officer, in-charge of key government appointments. He has had a long stint in the finance ministry, handling state finances.
Anita Karwal named CBSE chairperson
Anita Karwal, additional secretary in the ministry of human resource development, was named chairperson of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Thursday. She will replace Rajesh Kumar Chaturvedi, who has been named director general of the National Skill Development Agency. At the HRD ministry, Karwal, a Gujarat cadre IAS officer, was responsible for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan. Chaturvedi, a Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officer, was appointed CBSE chief in July 2016 till 2020. In his one-year tenure, the board did away with Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation system as well as made the Class X board mandatory once again. Another controversial CBSE decision was doing away with the provision of re-evaluation which resulted in a number of students approaching court.The Board had to reopen the re-evaluation process following a court order. TNN
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