Subodh Kumar Jaiswal, a 1985-batch IPS officer, took charge as the CBI Director on May 26, 2021. He brings along a unique mix of experience in the field of spycraft, investigation and administrative supervision.
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Subodh Kumar Jaiswal has been busy holding back-to-back meetings with senior officials of various departments to get a feel of the challenges lying ahead of him over the next two years. This is his first stint with the agency.
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Mr. Jaiswal had served as Superintendent of Police in Gadchiroli, Aurangabad and Osmanabad, and supervised several anti-naxal operations.
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He spent 16 years in Central deputation. Mr. Jaiswal served the Close Protection Teams of the Prime Minister during his six-year tenure with the elite Special Protection Group. He also worked with the Research & Analysis Wing in various capacities from June 2008 to 2018.
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In order to address the quality manpower issue, Mr. Jaiswal would have to persuade capable officers to join the agency on deputation and, at the same time, also get the process of their appointments expedited.
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Another key responsibility of Mr. Jaiswal would be to strengthen international cooperation for cases involving cross-border crimes and pending extradition/deportation requests.
"There are no surprises in the 10-page Press Note issued by the National Statistical Office on the provisional estimates of Annual National Income for 2020-21," said Former union minister P. Chidambaram at a press conference on #GDP numbers. | reports @fewcan
@fewcan 2020-21 has been the darkest year of the economy in four decades. The performance in the four quarters of 2020-21 tells the story, Mr. Chidambaram said. | reports @fewcan
@fewcan Mr. Chidambaram said, "When the first wave of the pandemic appeared to subside last year, the Finance Minister and her Chief Economic Adviser began to sell the story of a recovery. They saw “green shoots” when no one else did. | reports @fewcan
Just in: State Bank of India has downgraded its growth projections for this year from 10.4% to 7.9%, with an upward bias linked to the 'fervent hope of 1 crore #vaccinations per day beginning mid-July as per Government projections'. | reports @tragicosmicomic
@tragicosmicomic This #GDP projection assumes a real GDP loss of Rs.4.2 lakh crore, a normal situation post-July and the possibility of no third wave. | @tragicosmicomic
Just in | Output from India's eight core sectors surged by 56.1% in April, from a year ago, as per data released on Monday. The high growth number is driven by the low industrial production across all sectors caused by the nationwide lockdown. #Industry
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Just in | On a month-on-month basis, core sectors' output fell by 15.1% in April over March 2021, thanks to the emergence of the second wave of the #pandemic.
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Just in | IThe #GDP contracted 7.3% in 2020-21, as per provisional National Income estimates released by the National Statistical Office, marginally better than the 8% contraction projected earlier. In 2019-20, India had clocked 4% GDP growth.
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Just in | The Department of Personnel and Training (#DoPT) served a show-cause notice to #WestBengal Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay after the officer failed to report to the central office on Monday, a senior government official said.
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Just in | Centre government gave us a letter(on Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyophyay) and it was our duty to reply. There is nothing in our hands now, said Chief Minister #MamataBanerjee.
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Just in | I have never seen such a heartless Prime Minister and Home Minister. Instead of respecting the federal structure, they have added insult to the injury. No consultation with State, only political vendetta: #MamataBanerjee
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Explained | A serological survey is conducted to assess the prevalence of a disease in a population. It is done by detecting the presence of specific antibodies that are produced against the #virus.
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Why are serology surveys important?
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How many serology surveys have been conducted so far?
The peaks in at least 6 major states, with high number of cases, are bigger than their previous peaks in first wave. This is a matter of concern: Lav Agrawal