Rajiv Kumar

Will remote voting be a reality soon? Election Commission’s plan to increase voter turnout explained

The EC has noted migrants’ inability to travel back to their place of registration from cities where they are staying for education, employment and other purposes. It has decided to devise a new plan that may involve remote voting among other measures

Rajiv Kumar assumes charge as 25th Chief Election Commissioner

The elections to the post of president and vice president, 2024 Lok Sabha polls and several Assembly elections will be conducted under the watch of Kumar, whose tenure is till February 2025

Rajiv Kumar appointed next CEC, to assume charge on 15 May

Kumar took charge as the Election Commissioner on 1 September, 2020, prior to which he had been the chairman of the Public Enterprises Selection Board

Rajiv Kumar steps down, Suman K Bery to be new NITI Aayog vice chairman

Suman K Bery will take charge from 1 May, 2022, an official order said. Kumar's tenure will end on 30 April.

High malnutrition persists in India despite surplus food, says Niti Aayog VC Rajiv Kumar

Launching the Poshan Gyan, a national digital repository on health and nutrition, Kumar said that real change can be brought about only through changing behaviours on the ground

Ex-finance secretary Rajiv Kumar assumes charge as election commissioner, replaces Ashok Lavasa

Kumar, a retired 1984-batch IAS officer of the Jharkhand cadre, will have a five-year tenure and retire in 2025. He will preside over the next Lok Sabha polls in 2024

Ex-finance secretary Rajiv Kumar appointed new Election Commissioner after Ashok Lavasa's resignation

A 1984-batch IAS officer from Jharkhand cadre, Kumar will take over post 31 August. He is likely to preside over the 2024 Lok Sabha polls

Kerala retains top spot on NITI Aayog’s SDG Index; Himachal Pradesh, Andhra, Tamil Nadu follow, Bihar lags behind

Kerala retained the top rank while Bihar was adjudged as the worst performer in the NITI Aayog's SDG India Index 2019, which evaluates the progress of states and Union Territories on social, economic, and environmental parameters, as per a report released on Monday.

Why Union Budget 2020 is an opportunity for govt to demonstrate its intent to rebuild economic policy credibility

Union Budget documents show that from FY17 to FY20, capital expenditure allocation went up by 18 percent over four years; revenue expenditure went up by 45 percent in that same period: nearly 2.5 times more

NBFCs, HFCs to soon get Rs 20,000 cr funds under credit guarantee scheme announced in Budget, says finance secretary Rajiv Kumar

in August, the government had issued guidelines to operationalise Rs 1-lakh crore partial guarantee scheme to address temporary asset-liability mismatches of otherwise solvent NBFCs/HFCs.