Former bureaucrat Gyanesh Kumar appointed as election commissioner
New Delhi:
Former bureaucrat Gyanesh Kumar has been appointed as election commissioner by a panel chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, a member of the panel, announced the name after a meeting today.
Here are five things to know about Gyanesh Kumar
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Mr. Kumar, a former officer of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Kerala cadre, served as secretary in the Cooperation Ministry under Home Minister Amit Shah. He retired in February.
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Mr Kumar is part of a team working to scrap Jammu and Kashmir’s special status under Article 370 of the Constitution.
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He also served as Secretary of the Department of Parliamentary Affairs. When he was in the Ministry of Cooperation, the Center implemented the Multi-State Cooperative Societies (MSCS) (Amendment) Act, 2023 and established three pan-India cooperative organizations.
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When the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) was in power, Mr. Kumar served as Joint Secretary Defense Production in the Ministry of Defence. He worked there from 2007 to 2012.
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Mr. Kumar was instrumental in launching the ‘CRCS-Sahara’ website, which accepts refund applications submitted by depositors of the four multi-state cooperative societies of the Sahara group.
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