Question- Who has recently been appointed as the new member of the Railway Board by the Central Government?
(a) MC Chauhan and Deepak Chaturvedi
(b) DK Gayen and Mahesh Kumar Gupta
(c) R.K. Gupta and Rajiv Gupta
(d) MC Chauhan and Mahesh Kumar Gupta
Answer: (b)
Related Facts:
- On October 12, 2017, the Central Government appointed two new members in the Railway Board.
- DK Gayen Railway Board Member (Staff) and Mahesh Kumar Gupta Board Member (Engineering) were appointed.
- DK Gayen is an officer of 1981 batch Indian Railway Mechanical Engineering Service.
- Earlier, he was the General Manager at Hajipur Eastern-Eastern Railway.
- Mahesh Kumar Gupta is an officer of 1979 batch of Indian Railway Engineering Service.
- Earlier, he was the General Manager in Modern Coach Factory located in Rae Bareli.
- Additionally, Mahesh Kumar Gupta has been appointed ex-officio secretary of the Government of India.
- It is noteworthy that Ashwini Lohani is currently the Chairman of the Railway Board.
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