New Delhi: Former CBDT chief K.V. Chowdary and information commissioner Vijai Sharma were on Monday appointed central vigilance commissioner (CVC) and chief information commissioner (CIC) respectively, two key posts that were lying vacant for over nine months on which the government came under attack.
T.M. Bhasin, chairman and managing director of Indian Bank, has also been appointed as vigilance commissioner while Sudhir Bhargava, a former social justice and empowerment secretary, has been named as information commissioner, according to news agency reports.
Their appointments were approved on Monday by President Pranab Mukherjee, a Rashtrapati Bhavan spokesperson said, a week after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and leader of the Congress in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge recommended their names.
With Mr Chowdary’s appointment, the government has for the first time broken away with the tradition of appointing an Indian Administrative Service officer as chief of the anti-corruption watchdog .
