Question:Who has been appointed as the new CEO(Chief Executive Officer) of UIDAI(Unique Identification Authority of India)?
(a) Pankaj Kumar
(b) Sunil Kumar
(c) Rajiv Kumar
(d) Rajneesh Kumar
Answer:(a)
Related facts:
(a) Pankaj Kumar
(b) Sunil Kumar
(c) Rajiv Kumar
(d) Rajneesh Kumar
Answer:(a)
Related facts:
- On 22 October 2019, the Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) has appointed Pankaj Kumar as CEO(Chief Executive Officer) of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).
- Pankaj Kumar is a 1987-batch IAS officer of the Nagaland cadre.
- He was currently serving as Additional Secretary in Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).
- He is appointed as CEO of UIDAI in the rank and pay of Secretary by temporarily upgrading the post.
- The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is a statutory authority established under the provisions of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016 (“Aadhaar Act 2016”) on 12 July 2016 by the Government of India, under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).
- UIDAI was created with the objective to issue Unique Identification numbers (UID), named as “Aadhaar”, to all residents of India that is (a) robust enough to eliminate duplicate and fake identities, and (b) can be verified and authenticated in an easy, cost-effective way.
- The first UID number was issued on 29 September 2010 to a resident of Nandurbar, Maharashtra.
Links:
http://164.100.117.97/WriteReadData/userfiles/22Secretaries.pdf
https://uidai.gov.in/about-uidai/unique-identification-authority-of-india/about.html