Pinaki Current Affairs, GK & News

Dilip Kumar appointed as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in office of Lokpal

Dilip Kumar, a 1995-batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre, has been appointed as the Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in the office of Lokpal. He has been appointed for a period of six months on additional charge basis or till a new incumbent joins the post. It is perhaps the first official appointment of a ..

Topics: Ghose • Government • Government of India • Indian Administrative Service • Lokpal • Occupations • Ombudsman • Pinaki • Pinaki Chandra Ghose • Ram Nath Kovind • The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act

Former SC Judge Justice PC Ghose to head India’s first Lokpal

A high-level selection committee comprising Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Ranjan Gogoi, Sumitra Mahajan and Mukul Rohatgi has approved the name of Justice PC Ghose at its meeting on 15th March. Former Supreme Court judge Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose is all set to head the country’s first Lokpal ‘The National Anti-corruption Ombudsman’. He is currently a ..

Topics: Gogoi • Government • Government of India • Indian family names • Indian Hindus • Judiciary of India • Lokpal • Mahajan • Mukul Rohatgi • National Anti-corruption Ombudsman • National Human Rights Commission of India • Ombudsman • PC Ghose • Pinaki • Pinaki Chandra Ghose

P C Ghose named as India’s first anti-corruption ombudsman

Former Supreme Court judge and current member of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Pinaki Chandra Ghose has been named as the India’s first Lokpal (anti-corruption ombudsman). The Lokpal Act, which was passed in 2013 after a nationwide anti-corruption movement, provides for setting up of Lokpal at the centre and Lokayuktas in the States to ..

Topics: Corruption • Corruption in India • Ghose • Lokayuktas • Lokpal • Occupations • Ombudsman • Pinaki • Pinaki Chandra Ghose • Supreme Court of India • The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act