Question: Who has recently been appointed as the new Home Secretary of India?
(a) Subhash Garg
(b) L.C. Goyal
(c) Rajiv Gouba
(d) Durga Shankar Mishra
Ans: (c)
Related facts:-
- On June 21, 2017, the Central Government appointed senior IAS officer Rajiv Gouba as the new Home Secretary of the country.
- His tenure will be for two years.
- He is currently working as the Union Urban Development Secretary.
- He will replace Rajiv Maharishi whose tenure ends on August 30.
- Besides the government also appointed Executive Director of the World Bank, Subhash Garg as the new Secretary of the Department of Economic Affairs.
- Mr. Garg will succeed Shastikant Das on this post.
Related Links:-
http://rstv.nic.in/rajiv-gauba-appointed-new-home-secretary.html
http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/secretary-level-bureaucratic-reshuffle-rajiv-gauba-next-home-secretary-117062101308_1.html
http://www.patrika.com/news/miscellenous-india/rajiv-gauba-replaces-rajiv-mehrishi-as-home-secretary-1606082/