Tag: Girish Chandra Murmu

Bhubaneswar: Senior IAS officer hailing from Odisha, Girish Chandra Murmu has been appointed as the Lt Governor of Jammu and Kashmir. A 1985-batch Gujarat-cadre IAS officer with a reputation as one of the closest confidantes of both PM Modi and BJP president Amit Shah, Murmu is currently serving as the Expenditure secretary in the Union […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and state ministers on Saturday congratulated Odisha- born IAS officer Girish Chandra Murmu over his appointment as the first Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir. Murmu, a 1985-batch Gujarat cadre IAS officer, was appointed the Lt Governor of the Union Territory by President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday. “Congratulate #Odisha […]

Srinagar: Odisha’s Girish Chandra Murmu was sworn in as the first Lieutenant Governor of the newly-formed Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir on Thursday. Likewise, Radha Krishna Mathur was also sworn in as the first Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh. Mathur was first administered the oath by Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court, Geeta […]

New Delhi: Senior IAS officer T V Somanathan was on Friday appointed Expenditure Secretary, the post lying vacant since late October, as part of a top-level bureaucratic reshuffle effected by the Centre. Somanathan, a 1987-batch IAS officer, is at present serving in his cadre state Tamil Nadu. He has been appointed as the Expenditure Secretary, […]

New Delhi: Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India Girish Chandra Murmu has been re-appointed as the chairman of the panel of External Auditors of the United Nations for 2021. Presently, the panel consists of 13 countries — India, Germany, Chile, China, United Kingdom, France, Philippines, Switzerland, Italy, Ghana, Indonesia, Canada and Russia. The CAG […]