Rajiv Kumar will be the next Chief Election Commissioner. A notification has been issued by the Law Ministry regarding the appointment of Rajiv Kumar. Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said that President Ram Nath Kovind has appointed a new Election Commissioner. Raviv Kumar will be the new Chief Election Commissioner of the country. He is going to replace Sushil Chandra. Rajiv Kumar will take over on May 15.
1984 Clump Indian Administrative Service official
Rajeev Kumar is a 1984 clump Indian Administrative Service official of Bihar/Jharkhand unit, who resigned from the Indian Administrative Service in February 2020. Rajiv Kumar joined the Election Commission of India as the Election Commissioner on 1 September 2020. Preceding assuming responsibility in the Election Commission, Rajiv Kumar was the Chairman of the Public Enterprises Selection Board. He had joined as Chairman PESB (Public Enterprises Selection Board) in April 2020.
Extremely experienced Rajeev Kumar
Rajiv Kumar was brought into the world on 19 February 1960. He holds a scholastic degree in B.Sc, LLB, PGDM and MA Public Policy. Rajeev Kumar is profoundly capable, having over 36 years of administration to the Government of India. During this time, he has worked in different services of the Central and State in the social area, climate and timberland, human asset, money and banking area.
Bank accounts of 3.38 lakh shell companies were frozen
Rajiv Kumar came into the limelight when he cracked down on more than three lakh shell companies. According to the Election Commission, Rajiv Kumar supervised the financial services sector. Many reforms in the banking service sector were done by him. He had frozen the bank accounts of around 3.38 lakh shell companies used to create fake equities. Rajeev Kumar has also served as a Director on the Central Board of Reserve Bank of India (RBI), SBI, NABARD. He has been a member of the Economic Intelligence Council (EIC), a member of the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC).
