Tag: Ashok Lavasa

New Delhi: Indian Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa met major US-based funds and global institutional investors at a conference held in New York to woo investments into the country’s Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI) sector, an official statement said on Tuesday. “Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa interacted with renowned US-based funds and global institutional investors with […]

Bhubaneswar: In view of the upcoming general elections in the State, the Election Commission of India (ECI) said that voters in Odisha will soon be able to file complaints through the Citizen Vigilance app. This information was shared today by Election Commissioner, Ashok Lavasa after meeting police and government officials on the second day of […]

New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa’s letter to Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora regarding his dissent in EC decisions related to the model code of conduct (MCC) going unrecorded and asked whether it was “Election Commission or Election Omission”. Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala said, “Lavasa, […]

New Delhi: Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora accompanied by other officials met President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday and submitted a copy of the notification which contains the names of members elected to the 17th Lok Sabha. Kovind congratulated Arora and Election Commissioners Ashok Lavasa and Sushil Chandra on the successful completion of the electoral […]

New Delhi: Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa’s wife Novel Singhal Lavasa has come under the scanner of the Income Tax Department on charges of alleged tax evasion, official sources said on Monday. Lavasa’s wife has been issued a notice by the department to explain certain details in her IT Returns (ITR) with regard to holding directorship […]

New Delhi: Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa, who was next in the line to head the Commission, on Tuesday resigned from his post to take charge as Vice-President of the Philippines-based Asian Development Bank (ADB) next month. As Election Commissioner, Lavasa grabbed headlines when he registered his dissent on the poll panel’s clean chit to Prime […]

New Delhi: Former Finance Secretary Rajiv Kumar, who implemented much of PM Narendra Modi’s pet projects of financial inclusion, was on Friday appointed an Election Commissioner, in place of Ashok Lavasa. A 1984 batch Jharkhand cadre IAS officer, Rajiv Kumar will take charge “with effect from with the date he assumes office vice Ashok Lavasa, […]