Appointments in India 2012

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This is the list of appointments in year 2012. this list is very useful for all upcoming exams. so read this carefully to prepare batter.

• Parvin Sinclair appointed as  Director of National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) on Jan 2, 2012.
• Dr. Bhalchandra Mungekar  appointed as President, Indian Economic Association.
• Samir K. Brahmachari reappointed as Director General, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). He got extension for a period of two years.
• Arvind Gupta appointed as Director General, Institute for Defence Studies and Analysis (IDSA).
• Vice Admiral M.P. Muralidharan  appointed as Director General, Indian Coast Guard in Jan 2012. Earlier served as the first Commandant fo the Indian Naval Academy at Ezhimala.
• M. Rafeeque Ahmed  appointed as  President, Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) in Jan 2012, he is chairman of the Farida Group; was FIEO President from 2002 to 2004
• Imtaiyazur Rahman   appointed as   CEO, UTI Mutual Fund (UTIMF) in Jan 2012.
• Nesar Ahmad  appointed as President, Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI). ICSI is the only recognized professional body in India to develop and regulate the profession of Company Secretaries in India.
• R.V. Kanoria  appointed as  President, FICCI he is presently CMD of Kanoria Chemicals and Industries Ltd.
• Sidharth Birla appointed as Vice President, FICCI, he is Chairman of Xpro India Ltd.
• Padam Vir Singh reappointed as Director, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA), Mussoorie. He got extension for two years.
• Balan Nambiar appointed as acting Chairman, Lalit Kala Akademi.  
• Prof SS Mantha appointed as Chairman, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).
• A K Garg appointed as CMD, MTNL  Jan 27, 2012.  He took over from Kuldip Singh, who was given additional charge of CMD since Jan 2010 after the resignation of former CMD RSP Sinha.
• Narendra Singh appointed as CMD, Bank of Maharashtra   Feb 1, 2012    
• D.K. Mittal  appointed as Director, RBI's Central Board on Feb 7, 2012. Now RBI's central board has 18 directors. Mittal's nomination follows the recent amendment to the RBI Act, 1934, allowing the Central Government to nominate two Government officials to the central board instead of one.
• Jaydeep Narendra appointed as President, Institute of Chartered Accountant on Feb 12, 2012  
• Subodh Kumar Agarwal appointed as  Vice President, Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICA)    Feb 12, 2012  
• Lt Gen Ramesh Halgali appointed as Deputy Chief (Information System and Training), Indian Army in Feb 13, 2012.
• Sushobhan Sarkar  appointed as MD, Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) on Feb 17, 2012   
• Jawhar Sircar  appointed as  Chief Executive Officer, Prasar Bharati on Feb 22, 2012.  The post was vacant for over a year since B.S. Lalli was suspended due to a CBI probe into alleged financial irregularities.
• Prakash Mishra  appointed as DG, National Disaster Response Force on Mar 6, 2012.
• Gopalkrishna Gandhi appointed as Chairman, Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS). He was former West Bengal governor
• Sunil Prabhu elected as Mayor, Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM). MCGM is country's richest municipal corporation.
• Vijay Bahuguna appointed as Chief Minister, Uttarakhand, he is seventh CM of Uttarakhand; former judge of the Allahabad High Court
• Okram Ibobi Sigh   elected as Chief Minister, Manipur on Mar 14, 2012, he became Chief Minister for the third consecutive term
• Parkash Singh Badal  elected as Chief Minister, Punjab on Mar 14, 2012 , he was elected as CM for record 5^th time
• Sukhbir Singh Badal  appointed as Deputy Chief Minister, Punjab on Mar 14, 2012.
• Akhilesh Yadav  was sworn in as Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh on Mar 15, 2012. He is the youngest CM of the state
• Mukul Roy is appointed as Railway Minister of India on Mar 20, 2012, he replaced Dinesh Trivedi
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• Harsh Pati Singhania appointed as President, International Chamber of Commerce, India (ICC, India) Mar 23, 2012.
• Justice Fakir Muhammad Ibrahim Kalifulla  appointed as  Judge, Supreme Court  he served as former chief justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court.
• Debabrata Sarkar appointed as CMD, Union Bank of India.
• Ashok Kumar Roy appointed as CMD, General Insurance Corporation of India.
• Justice Virendra Singh appointed as Chief Justice, Jammu and Kashmir High Court he succeeded Justice Ibrahim Kalifullah.
• Manan Kumar Mishra appointed as  Chairman, Bar Council of India (BCI). The Bar Council of India is a statutory body to regulate and represent the Indian bar.
• Zafar Ahmed Khan appointed as Vice Chairman, bar Council of India (BCI).   Apr 15, 2012   The Bar Council of India sets standards for legal education and grants recognition to universities where degrees in law serve as qualification for enrolment as an advocate.
• Adi Godrej appointed as President, Confederation of India on Apr 19, 2012.
• S Narsing Rao appointed as CMD, Coal India (CIL).
• B.V. Wanchoo appointed as Governor, Goa.
• K. Sankaranarayanan  appointed as Governor, Maharashtra 
• Margaret Alva  appointed as Governor, Rajasthan.
• Ratan Kumar Sinha appointed as Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission.
• Goolam E. Vahanvati appointed as Attorney-General of India. He is re-appointed for two more years; previously was appointed in 2009
• Ajay Banga appointed as Chairman, US-India Business Council (USIBC).
• Subash Joshi appointed as Director General, National Security Guards (NSG).
• Sunil Kumar Srivastava appointed as CMD, Oil India Ltd (OIL).
• Rajeev Dubey appointed as President, Employees' Federation of India (EFI) an association of autonomous industry organizations, is one of the bodies representing India at the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in Geneva.
• Vidya Balan appointed as Brand Ambassador, Ministry of Rural Development and the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation.
• E.S.I. Narasimhan appointed as Governor, Andhra Pradesh.
• S.K. Mittal appointed asDG, Central Public Works Department May 4, 2012  
• Rahul Khullar appointed as  Chairman, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).
• Film actress Rekha appointed as Member, Rajya Sabha
• P. Chidambaram appointed as Chairman, Standing Committee of the Inter-State Council 
• Justice V.S. Sirpurkar appointed as Chairman, Competition Appellate Tribunal of India
• K. Saleem Ali appointed as  Special Director, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)   
• General Bikram Singh appointed as Chief, Indian Army    May 31, 2012  Succeeded General V.K. Singh
• DK Mehrotra appointed as  Chairman, Life Insurance Corporation of India
• Shikha Sharma appointed as MD, Axis Bank, she is reappointed for a further period of 3 years
• Air Marshal Arup Raha appointed as Chief, Western Air Command
• Justice Madan Bhimarao Lokur appointed as Judge, Supreme Court.   
• Sachin Tendulkar  appointed as member, Rajya Sabha 
• Rajiv Nayan Choubey appointed as Head, Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH).
• Vice Admiral DK Joshi appointed as Chief, Indian Navy 
• Veeravalli Sundaram Sampath appointed as  Chief Election Commissioner (CEC)
• Sekhar Basu appointed as Director, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC).  
• Som Mittal reappointed as President, NASSCOM.
• Kailash Chandra Purohit appointed as Chairman and Managing Director, Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL).
• Niranjan Hiranandani appointed as President, Indian Merchants Chamber 
• K Parasaran and Prof. Mrinal Miri appointed as members, Rajya Sabha.
• Dr Ashok K Lahiri appointed as Executive Director, Asian Development.

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List of Appointments In Year 2011

• Sudhir Chandra

New Chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes appointed on January 1, 2011
• N. Anil Kumar Browne
New Vice Chief of Indian Air Force(IAF) appointed on January 1, 2011
• Dilma Rousseff
First woman President of Brazil elected on January 1, 2011
• Rajiv Takru
Officiating CEO of Prasar Bharati appointed on January 3, 2011
• Nicky Helle
Govenrner of South Carolina ( USA) 1st women Governer of Indian Origin in USA elected on January 12, 2011
• Anand Sinha
New deputy governor of RBI appointed on January 18, 2011
• Alexander Lukashenko
4th times as President of Belarus elected on January 21, 2011
• Sushma Nath
First Indian Woman appointed as Finance Secretary on February 3, 2011
• S Ramadorai
Advisor to the Prime Minister in the Prime Minister’s National Skill Development Council appointed on February 1, 2011
• Jhalanath Khanal
34th Prime Minister of Nepal elected on February 6, 2011
• Amarjit ChopraNew president of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). appointed on February 13, 2011
• Upendra Kumar Sinha
8th Chairman of market watchdog, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), appointed on February

17, 2011
• B L Bagra
New CMD of National Aluminium Company Ltd (NALCO), appointed on February 28, 2011
• Fathimath Dhiyana Saeed
First woman and 10th Secretary General of SAARC, appointed on March 1, 2011
• Hema Malini
Elected to Rajya Sabha from Karnatka on March 3, 2011
• Milind Barve
New chairman of The Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) appointed on March 7, 2011
This position fell vacant after incumbent U K Sinha
• Shantanu Narayen
Appointed as a member of US President Barack Obama’s Management Advisory Board on March 11, 2011
• Mukesh Ambani
First non -American board member in Bank of America appointed on March 16, 2011
• Thein Sein
New President of Myanmar elected on March 30, 2011
• Leela SamsonNew Chairperson of the Central Board for Film Certification (CBFC) appointed on April 1, 2011
• Vishnu AgrawalNew Director (Finance) of Mangalore Refinery Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) appointed on April 4, 2011
• Pratip Chaudhuri
New chairman of State Bank of India appointed on April 7, 2011
• S.C.Chetal
New Director of the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) appointed on April 9, 2011
• B. Muthuraman
New President of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for the year 2011-12 elected on April 11, 2011
• Rajendra S. Pawar
New chairman of NASSCOM appointed on April 27, 2011
• Jarbom Gamlin
Sworn in as the new chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh on May 5, 2011
• Ismail Omar Guelleh
New President of African country Djibouti elected on May 8, 2011
• Michel Martelly
Sworn in as the 56th President of Haiti on May 14, 2011
• J Jayalalithaa
Sworn-in as the 27th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on May 16, 2011
• N Rangaswamy
New Chief Minister of Puducherry appointed on May 16, 2011
• Tarun Gogoi
Consecutively third times sworn in as the Chief Minister of Assam on May 18, 2011
• Oommen Chandy
Sworn in as the 21st Chief Minister of Kerala on May 18, 2011
• Mamata Banerjee
Sworn in as the 11th Chief Minister of West Bengal on May 20, 2011
• Goodluck Jonathan
Re-elected as President of Nigeria on May 29, 2011
• Sunil Mitra
New Finance Secretary appointed on June 1, 2011
• Jose Graziano da Silva
8th Director General of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) elected on June 26, 2011
• Abu Muhammad Ayman al-ZawahiriNew amir (supreme leader) of the al-Qaeda appointed on 16 June 2011
• Ban Ki-moon
Re-elected as Secretary-General of the 193-member Organization UNO on June 21, 2011
• Nguyen Tan Dung
New Prime Minister of Vietnam elected on June 27, 2011
• Ranjan Mathai
New Foreign Secretary of India appointed on June 27, 2011
• Christine Lagarde
First women chief of International Monetary Fund (IMF) elected on June 28, 2011
• M V Tanksale
New Chairman and Managing Director of Central Bank of India appointed on June 28, 2011
• Nishi Vasudeva
First Woman Director of HPCL, an Oil PSU appointed on July 4, 2011
• Harun Rashid Khan
Deputy Governor of RBI succeeding Shyamala Gopinath appointed on July 4, 2011
• Pradeep Kumar
Sworn in as new Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) on July 14, 2011
• Hina Rabbani Khar
Pakistan’s first female Minister of Foreign Affairs appointed on July 18, 2011
• Rohinton Nariman
New Solicitor-General of India appointed on July 23, 2011
• Truong Tan Sang
New President of Vietnam elected on July 25, 2011
• Anil Kumar Browne
India’s 23rd Chief of the Air Staff appointed on July 31, 2011
• D V Sadananda Gowda
Sworn in as the 26th Chief Minister of Karnataka on August 2, 2011
• Shivraj V Patil
Sworn in as the new Lokayukta of Karnataka on August 3, 2011
• KV Kamath
New Chairman of Infosys appointed on August 21, 2011
• Chandra Mohan Prasad
Administered oath as Lokayukta of Bihar on August 25, 2011
• R A Mehta
Sworn in as the new Lokayukta of Gujarat on August 26, 2011
• Dr. Tony Tan
Seventh President of Singapore elected on August 27, 2011
• Baburam BhattaraiS
worn in as 35th Prime Minister of Nepal on August 29, 2011
• Yoshihiko Noda
Sixth Prime Minister of Japan elected on August 29, 2011
• R. N. Nayak
Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of Power Grid Corporation of India appointed on Sept. 1, 2011
• Bhuvan Chander Khanduri
Sworn in as Chief Minister of Uttarakhand on September 11, 2011
• Helle Thorning-Schmidt
First female Prime Minister of Denmark elected on Sept 15, 2011
• N Srinivasan
Official President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) elected on September 19, 2011
• Serena Williams
UNICEF’s international Goodwill Ambassador appointed on September 20, 2011
• Pulok Chatterji
Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister appointed on October 1, 2011
• Sudhir Vasudeva
New Chairman of ONGC and its group of companies appointed on October 3, 2011
• Makarand Nene
New Director (Marketing) of Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. appointed on October 5, 2011
• Markandey Katju
New Chairman of media regulator Press Council of India appointed on October 5, 2011
• Garry Conille
Sworn in as new Prime Minister of Haiti on October 18, 2011
• Michael D. Higgins
Nineth President of European country Ireland elected on October 29, 2011
• Abdul Raheem al-Keeb
Libya’s interim Prime Minister elected on November 1, 2011
• Nabam Tuki
Sworn as 7th Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh on Nov 1, 2011
• Ismail Omar Guelleh
New President of African country Djibouti elected on April 2, 2011
• Lucas Papademos
Sworn in as new Prime Minister of Greek on November 10, 2011
• Sushil Kumar
KBC winner Sushil Kumar appointed as ambassador of rural employment scheme MGNREGA on Nov 14, 2011
• Cyrus P. Mistry
Tata Sons named Shapoorji Pallonji Group MD Cyrus P Mistry as the head of TATA group on November 23, 2011. He will be the king of TATA empire , when Ratan N Tata formally retires.
• Kamlesh Sharma
Indian diplomat Kamlesh Sharma re-appointed Secretary General of the 54-nation Commonwealth group on November 27, 2011
• AK Garg
New Chairman and MD of telecom PSU MTNL appointed on Dec 1, 2011
• Vinod Rai (CAG)
New Chairman of the United Nations panel of external auditors elected on December 8, 2011
• Ajit Singh
New civil aviation minister in Union Cabinet appointed on Dec. l 8, 2011
• Mariano Rajoy
Sworn in as new Prime Minister of Spain on December 21, 2011
• B. A. Prabhakar
Chairman and Managing Director of public sector lender, Andhra Bank. appointed on December 21, 2011
• M. S. Raghavan
Chairman and Managing Director of public sector lender, Bank of India appointed on December 28, 2011
• Portia Simpson-Miller
First female Prime Minister of Jamaica elected on December 30, 2011

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Cai appointed to head World Bank's IFC

WASHINGTON -- The World Bank announced Friday Cai Jinyong, a Chinese national with more than 20 years of experience in the financial services industry and development, is appointed as the new executive vice president and CEO of the International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group.

"I am pleased that a world class financial and development professional like Jinyong has decided to bring his considerable talent to the work of the International Finance Corporation," World Bank President Jim Yong Kim said in a statement.


"With his extensive knowledge of global financial markets and investment climates, he'll help IFC identify sound, strategic private sector investments and public-private partnerships that will help reduce poverty and create greater prosperity for people in the developing world," he added.

Cai, whose appointment will be effective on Oct 1, 2012, said he looks forward to working with all of IFC's takeholders and clients to build on its impressive record of creating opportunities for people to escape poverty and improve their lives.

According to the statement, Cai started his career as a young professional at the World Bank, where he worked as an economist in Central Europe and South Asia. He then joined Morgan Stanley, and was later seconded to the China International Capital Corporation at its inception.

Prior to accepting this appointment, Cai served as participating managing director in Goldman Sachs Group. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Peking University and a PhD in Economics from Boston University.

IFC is the largest global development institution focused exclusively on the private sector. Its activities help developing countries achieve sustainable growth by financing investment, mobilizing capital in international financial markets, and providing advisory services to businesses and governments.

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Ansari sworn in as 14th Vice-President

 Hamid Ansari was sworn-in as the Vice-President of the country for the second consecutive term by President Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi on Saturday.

Mr Ansari, 75, was administered the oath by the President at a grand ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhawan.

He had defeated NDA candidate Jaswant Singh with a comfortable margin earlier this week for his re-election as Vice-President.


Mr Ansari had polled 490 first preference votes out of 728 valid votes cast in the election held on August. Jaswant Singh polled 238 votes.

Mr Ansari got more votes than he had secured in the 2007 election. He had the backing of the Congress and its allies in the UPA, including the Nationalist Congress Party, DMK and the National Conference.

After Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Mr Ansari is the only person to have been re-elected to the office.

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Dr. Syed Nasim Ahmad Zaidi On August 7 assumed the charge as Election Commissioner in the Election Commission of India. He fills the vacancy in the Election Commission caused by the assumption of charge by Sh. V.S. Sampath as the 18th Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) succeeding Dr. S.Y. Quraishi.


Dr. Zaidi superannuated as Civil Aviation Secretary on July 31. Dr. Zaidi had earlier worked as Director-General of Civil Aviation, and was India’s representative in the International Civil Aviation Organisation. He was also the Joint Secretary in the Civil Aviation Ministry, and Commissioner of Bareilly Development Authority. 

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Hamid Ansari re-elected Vice-President, defeats Jaswant Singh by 252 votes

NEW DELHI: UPA candidate Hamid Ansari was on Tuesday re-elected as the Vice President, becoming the second person to get a second consecutive term as he defeated NDA nominee Jaswant Singh by a large margin of 252 votes.

75-year-old Ansari, a former IFS officer, got 490 votes against 238 bagged by Singh out of 736 votes polled earlier in the day.

Altogether 787 members of Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha were eligible to vote but 47 MPs did not cast their votes, who include ailing Union minister Vilasrao Deshmukh who is admitted in a Chennai Hospital. Eight votes were invalid, according to T K Vishwanathan, Lok Sabha Secretary General and Returning Officer for Vice Presidential poll.


Ansari is the second Vice President to be re-elected after S Radhakrishnan who was the first to get two terms from 1952 to 1962. An affable and well-read person, Ansari was the second choice of Congress president Sonia Gandhi for the President's post and lost out to Pranab Mukherjee due to some brinkmanship by TMC leader Mamata Banerjee and SP leader Mulayam Singh Yadav.

Formerly the Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University, Ansari's name came as a surprise in 2007 election when the Left parties, supporting the UPA-I from outside, proposed him and the Congress-led alliance accepted it. The Left parties, which faced divisions on the Presidential poll, however, had no no problems in supporting Ansari for a second time.

Parliamentary affairs minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said 21 members from BJD, 11 from TDP, 6 from Congress and supporting parties and two nominated members did not cast their votes.

Others who did not vote include 2 each from BJP, AGP, RSP and TRS and Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, one of the two members of YSR Congress.

BJP members who did not vote were Shatrughan Sinha, who is sick, and Dilip Singh Judev, whose mother was not well. Trinamool Congress members Kakoli Dastidar and Kabir Suman were abroad. So was SP member Brij Bhushan Singh.

Out of the total 790 members of both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha that form the electoral college for vice presidential poll, 3 are vacant with Pranab Mukherjee becoming President, Vijay Bahuguna chief minister of Uttarakhand and the election of BJP MP J Shanta having been set aside by a high court.

A Padma Shree awardee, Ansari became vice-chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University in May, 2000 and held the post till March, 2002. In the last five years, the Rajya Sabha Chairman carried himself well but he courted controversy after abruptly adjourning the House on the last day of the last Winter session when a debate was underway on the Lokpal Bill and voting was expected to take place.

BJP was critical of the adjournment decision alleging it was done to rescue the government from a possible embarrassing defeat. The main opposition party cited it as one of the reasons for putting up a candidate against him in the current election.

Ansari also tried to innovate in the House proceedings when he shifted the Question Hour to post-lunch session to avoid loss of opportunity for members to question the government on account of routine disruptions in the morning.

The move was given up after just a session when he found the members themselves being absent from the House when their questions were taken up and the government also not very enthusiastic about the move.

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Chidambaram appointed as FM, Sushil Kumar Shinde to be Home Minister

NEW DELHI: In a major cabinet re-shuffle, Home Minister P Chidambaram has been appointed as the new Finance minister while power minister Sushil Kumar Shinde has replaced him as Home Minister. Minister for Law, Veerappa Moily, will take the additional charge of the Power Ministry.

Markets are expected to give a thumbs up as PC walks over from one wing of North Block to another. Taking over as FM at this juncture is no cakewalk, particularly with a slowdown in the economy and inflation still ruling at high levels. The RBI's stance to hold on to key rates signals to the fears of inflation that may derail the economy.


The uncertainties over tax legislations has left the investor community unhappy and Chidambaram as finance minister will need to do all he can to restore investor confidence.

Shinde may have a tough job ahead what with the double A trouble- Assam and Anna. Assam chief minister Tarn Gogoi's public outcry that there was a delay in deployment of forces that could have saved lives, followed by the allegations made by BJP leader L K Advani today while speaking in Assam has turned this issue into a embarrassment for the government. Home minister Chidambaram who visited Assam on Monday is reported to have raised the issue over delay with his cabinet colleague A K Antony.

While the government is putting up a brave face till now and sticking to its scripted defence, the protests led by Anna Hazare is also playing a role at the back of the mind, a senior bureaucrat said. "The role of the home ministry, particularly the law and order situation will be crucial if the protests take a new turn," he said.

Although, the government had initially planned the reshuffle soon after the Presidential elections last week, and before the monsoon session of Parliament, it was delayed following the developments over Sharad Pawar led National Congress Party that threatened to pull out of the cabinet, while continuing to give outside support.

One of the main reasons to bring in the new finance minister before the session is because Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is not too keen to hold on to the portfolio as it needs a "full time person" to take key decisions. "The PM cannot be answering finance questions through the session and the government needs to do some deft handling of the sector that has implications for the economy," a senior government source with direct knowledge said.

Key appointments to the finance ministry too have been done after due considerations with the new incumbent. Apart from Raghuram Rajan who is tipped to be the new economic advisor, the new finance minister is expected to put his new team in place with key bureaucratic changes.

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