CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -According to an order issued on April 29, Kumar has been appointed on the post for a period of three years from the date of assumption of charge of the post or until further orders, whichever is earlier. Rajiv Kumar is a 1984-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Jharkhand cadre.

Detailed explanation-2: -The government on Thursday appointed a private sector executive, Mallika Srinivasan, as the chairperson of the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB), breaking the convention of appointing senior bureaucrats to the post.

Detailed explanation-3: -Notes: Former finance secretary Rajiv Kumar has been recently appointed as the chairperson of the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB), for a period of three years. He replaces Kapil Dev Tripathi who has recently named the Secretary to President Ram Nath Kovind.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Public Enterprises Selection Board [P.E.S.B] is a high powered body constituted by Government of India Resolution dated 3.3. 1987 which was subsequently amended from time-to-time, the latest being on 11.11.