Praveen Kumar Srivastava appointed as the acting Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC)

Praveen Kumar Srivastava appointed as the acting Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC)

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Category : Appointment/Resignation Published on: December 31 2022

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  • Vigilance Commissioner Praveen Kumar Srivastava has been appointed as the acting Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC).
  • Srivastava’s appointment comes after Suresh N Patel completed his term as the chief of the anti-corruption watchdog Central Vigilance Commission on December 24.
  • Srivastava is a 1988-batch (retired) Indian Administrative Service officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre. He superannuated as Secretary (Coordination), Cabinet Secretariat on January 31 this year.
  • The commission is headed by a CVC and can have a maximum of two Vigilance Commissioners.
  • Besides Srivastava, former Intelligence Bureau (IB) chief Arvind Kumar is the other Vigilance Commissioner.
  • CVC was set up by the Government in February, 1964 on the recommendations of the Committee on Prevention of Corruption, headed by Shri K. Santhanam.
  • It consists of a Chairman and two vigilance commissioners.
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