Various appointments have been done in the month of March. From Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh to Chief Information commissioner of Government of India, March has seen many new names. These appointments are essential from an exam point of view. Questions of 1 to 2 marks can be asked from this topic. It is advised to make proper notes and keep revising it regularly in order to gain a grip over this topic. The following are the Latest Appointments that took place in the month of March 2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prashant Kumar takes over as administrator of private sector lender YES Bank. Kumar was earlier inducted as a chief financial officer (CFO) at State Bank of India (SBI).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SBI stepped in to salvage the ailing YES Bank at the behest of the Centre and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to ensure stability in the banking system. This plan is being managed by a small team of senior bankers headed by SBI chairman Rajnish Kumar and group executives. SBI will need to infuse Rs 2,450 crore for 49 percent stake in YES Bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Central Government has set up a Delimitation Commission for the purpose of delimitation of Assembly and the Parliamentary constituencies Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and the States of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, and Nagaland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The primary function of a Delimitation Commission is to fix the limits\/ boundaries of the various assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Commission will also consist of two members, viz. an\nElection Commissioner (presently Mr. Sushil Chandra) and the State Election\nCommissioners of the concerned states\/UT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Commission will delimit the constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir in accordance with the provisions of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, and of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, and Nagaland in accordance with the provisions of the Delimitation Act, 2002.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tyre major MRF\u2019s chairman and managing director K.M. Mammen\nhas been unanimously re-elected<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chairman of the Automotive Tyre Manufacturers\u2019 Association (ATMA).Anshuman Singhania, deputy MD, JK Tyre & Industries, is the vice-chairman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Founded in 1975, ATMA represents 11 large tyre companies\ncomprising Indian and international tyre majors, representing over 95% of the\ntyres produced in India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bimal Julka swore as Chief Information Commissioner by President Ram Nath Kovind, more than two weeks after he was selected by a committee chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Senior diplomat Sanjay Kumar Panda has been appointed as\nIndia’s Ambassador to Turkey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Panda, a 1991 Indian Foreign Service officer, is presently\nConsul General, Consulate General of India, San Francisco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Panda’s appointment to the post comes at a time when\nIndia-Turkey relations are under strain. Last month, India had asked Turkey to\nrefrain from commenting on the internal affairs of the country and also\ncautioned Ankara against encouraging cross-border terrorism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
India’s reaction came after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticized the country after communal riots in Delhi left at least 42 people dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additional Secretary at the Department of Commerce Sudhanshu\nPandey has assumed additional charge as Chairman and Managing Director of MMTC\nLtd, India’s largest trading company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His predecessor Ved Prakash superannuated last month-end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pandey is from Indian\nAdministrative Service (IAS)<\/strong> and has experience of over 32 years in different\nsenior positions in state governments, the Centre and the Indian embassy in Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He led many high-level government and trade delegations to\nvarious countries. Pandey currently discharges functions as the Chief\nNegotiator of India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n MMTC — earlier known as Metals and Minerals Trading\nCorporation — is the single largest trader for product lines like minerals,\nmetals and precious metals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Government of India appointed the current Revenue Secretary Ajay\nBhushan Pandey as the new Finance Secretary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pandey replaces current Finance Secretary Rajiv Kumar<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pandey, a 1984 batch Indian Administrative Service officer of Maharashtra cadre, had earlier worked as chief executive officer of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), the organization behind the Aadhaar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Atanu Chakraborty, a 1985 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre, is at present Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tuhin Kant Pandey, a 1987 batch IAS officer of Odisha cadre,\nis secretary of the Department of Investment and Public Asset Management. His\nbatchmate from Tamil Nadu cadre, T V Somanathan is secretary, Department of\nExpenditure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Debasish Panda, also from the same batch, is financial\nservices secretary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Google\u00a0announced the appointment of\u00a0Karan Bajwa as Managing Director of Google Cloud in India. The\u00a0Appointments Committee of the Cabinet\u00a0chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has cleared the appointment of\u00a0Ravinder Singh Dhillon as\u00a0Chairman and Managing Director of Power Finance Corporation (PFC). Rajiv Bajaj- MD, CEO\nof Bajaj Auto\u00a0(renamed)<\/strong> \u00a0The number of women\nmatch officials across different International Cricket Council panels has gone\nup to 12 as\u00a0Janani Narayanan\u00a0and\u00a0Vrinda Rathi\u00a0of India were\nnamed in the\u00a0International Panel of ICC Development Umpires. In\u00a0Madhya Pradesh, senior BJP leader\u00a0Shivraj Singh Chauhan\u00a0has become\u00a0Chief Minister of the state for the fourth time. The local arm of US retailer\u00a0Walmart\u00a0announced the promotion\u00a0of Sameer Aggarwal\u00a0as\u00a0chief executive officer\u00a0of its\u00a0Best Price Modern Wholesale cash-and-carry format stores in India, effective 1 April. <\/strong>The\u00a0Appointment Committee of the Cabinet\u00a0has approved the appointment\u00a0two Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officers\u00a0as\u00a0members of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). You can attempt Free Full-length Mock tests <\/a><\/strong>on various examinations related to Banking, SSC, Defence and more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Related Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Latest appointments in January 2020<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Important Days of January<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Important Days of February 2020<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Get Free<\/em>\u00a0Online Test Series<\/em><\/a>,<\/em>\u00a0Daily GK Update<\/em><\/a>,<\/em>\u00a0PIB Current Affairs<\/em><\/a>,<\/em>\u00a0Banking Awareness<\/em><\/a>\u00a0as well as latest updates for<\/em>\u00a0Bank PO<\/em><\/a>,<\/em>\u00a0Bank Clerk<\/em><\/a>,<\/em>\u00a0SSC<\/em><\/a>,<\/em>\u00a0RBI<\/em><\/a>,<\/em>\u00a0NABARD\u00a0<\/em><\/a>and Other<\/em>\u00a0Government Jobs.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n \u0437\u0430\u0439\u043c qiwi \u043a\u043e\u0448\u0435\u043b\u0435\u043a<\/a>\u0431\u044b\u0441\u0442\u0440\u044b\u0439 \u0437\u0430\u0439\u043c \u0435\u043a\u0430\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0438\u043d\u0431\u0443\u0440\u0433<\/a>\u0437\u0430\u0439\u043c \u043f\u043e\u0434 \u0437\u0430\u043b\u043e\u0433 \u043f\u0442\u0441 \u0430\u043d\u0433\u0430\u0440\u0441\u043a<\/a><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Various appointments have been done in the month of March. From Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh to Chief Information commissioner of Government of India, March has seen many new names. These appointments are essential from an exam point of view. Questions of 1 to 2 marks can be asked from this topic. It is advised […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3596,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs"],"yoast_head":"\nAjay Bhushan Pandey- Finance\nSecretary \u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Hirdesh Kumar- Chief\nElectoral Officer of Jammu and Kashmir\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\nThe\u00a0Election Commission of India\u00a0appointed\u00a0Hirdesh Kumar\u00a0as\nthe new\u00a0Chief Electoral Officer of the Union Territory of Jammu and\nKashmir.
\nHe will replace Shailendra Kumar with effect from the date he assumes\ncharge.\u00a0
\n\u00a0Hridesh Kumar, a 1999 batch IAS officer is presently serving as\nCommissioner Secretary in the School Education Department of J&K.
\n\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\nKaran Bajwa- MD of Google Cloud, India<\/strong>\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Bajwa was earlier leading IBM’s India operations. Before that, he was with Microsoft.
He will be responsible for driving all revenue and go-to-market operations for Google Cloud\u2019s extensive solution portfolio that includes Google Cloud Platform and G Suite. Google Cloud\u2019s field sales, partner and customer engineering organisations in India will also report to him, and he will advise Google Cloud\u2019s continued work with the local developer ecosystem and India-based Global System Integrators (GSIs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ravinder Singh Dhillon- \u00a0CMD of Power Finance Corporation (PFC)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Dhillon, posted as Director (Projects), has been cleared for appointment as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) in PFC with effect from the date of assumption of charge of the post on or after June 1 till the date of his superannuation on May 31, 2023, or until further orders, whichever is earlier.
<\/p>\n\n\n\nAjay Kumar- India’s High Commissioner to Uganda<\/strong>\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Ajay Kumar\u00a0has been appointed as\u00a0India’s next High Commissioner to Uganda.
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Kumar, a 2001-batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer, is currently serving as the Joint Secretary in the MEA.He is expected to take up the assignment shortly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\nBajaj Auto\u00a0said its board had approved the\u00a0reappointment of Rajiv\nBajaj as MD & CEO\u00a0of the firm. The approval was given in board\nmeeting.
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\nRajiv Bajaj, MD and CEO, whose five-year term expires on March 31, has been\nre-appointed for a period of five years with effect from April 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\nJanani Narayanan and Vrinda Rathi- members of ICC panel (Umpires)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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\nJanani Narayanan, 34, has been umpiring in Indian domestic tournaments since\n2018.
\n\u00a0\u00a0Vrinda Rathi, 31, a former varsity player who has kept scores in\ninternational matches, has also been umpiring in Indian domestic cricket since\n2018.
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\nThe other ICC women match officials are:\u00a0GS Lakshmi, Shandre Fritz\n(International Panel Match Referees); Lauren Agenbag, Kim Cotton, Shivani\nMishra, Claire Polosak, Sue Redfern, Eloise Sheridan, Mary Waldron, Jacquline\nWilliams (all International Panel of ICC Development Umpires).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00a0RBI names R Gandhi, Ananth Gopalkrishnan additional directors on YES Bank Board\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>The\u00a0Reserve Bank of India (RBI)\u00a0appointed\u00a0R Gandhi\u00a0and\u00a0Ananth Narayan Gopalakrishnan\u00a0as\u00a0additional directors\u00a0to the board of\u00a0private sector lender YES Bank\u00a0for a period of\u00a0two years.
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\u00a0Gandhi, a former deputy governor of RBI, was previously appointed to the YES Bank board as an additional director by the RBI in May 2019 for a period of two years. His term was to expire in May 2021 but earlier this month the central bank superseded the previous board of YES Bank.
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The\u00a0other members of the board\u00a0include\u00a0Mahesh Krishnamurthy\u00a0and\u00a0Atul Bheda\u00a0as\u00a0non-executive directors.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\nShivraj Singh Chauhan- CM of Madhya Pradesh\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The 61-year-old BJP leader was sworn in by Governor Lalji Tandon at Raj Bhawan. Mr Shivraj Singh took oath alone due to the outbreak of Corona virus.
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Popularly known among his followers as ‘Mamaji’, Chouhan was sworn in chief minister of Madhya Pradesh thrice earlier – in 2005, after Uma Bharti stepped down over a riots case, and for later two full terms in 2008 and 2013.
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Mr Chouhan worked as the Chief Minister of the state for almost thirteen years and resigned in December 2018. After the Assembly elections, senior Congress leader Kamal Nath was sworn in as Chief Minister on 17th of December.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWalmart promotes Sameer Aggarwal as CEO of India business\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Aggarwal will replace Krish Iyer\u00a0who will retire from his post of CEO and will work in the capacity of advisor to Best Price, Walmart India.
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Aggarwal joined Walmart in 2018 as executive vice president overseeing strategy and administration and was appointed deputy CEO in January 2020, setting ground for his role as the top boss of the retailer that operates 28 wholesale or cash-and-carry stores in India. These stores service small mom-and-pop shops, businesses, and hotels and restaurants.<\/p>\n\n\n\nIRS officers KM Prasad and SK Gupta- CBDT board members\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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1984 batch\u00a0IRS officer, Krishan Mohan Prasad\u00a0and 1984-batch\u00a0IRS officer Satish Kumar Gupta\u00a0were appointed as CBDT members.
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Presently, Prasad is piloting the Faceless e-Assessment Scheme as Principal Chief Commissioner of Income-tax, National e-assessment centre in Delhi while Gupta is Principal Chief Commissioner Mumbai.
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Prasad is a graduate in Economics, Law and Post Graduate in Education.\u00a0
Gupta is currently posted as Principal Chief Commissioner (PCCIT) of I-T in Mumbai and prior to Mumbai, he was Director-General of Investigation of Bhopal and Jaipur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n