Key Appointments
In a major bureaucratic rejig, the government has brought in a number of key people for some of the top jobs. Rajiv Mehrishi, who recently retired as the Union Home Secretary, has been given the post of Comptroller and Auditor General while Rajiv Bansal has been named as the Interim Chairman and Managing Director ( CMD) of Air India for three months. Bansal, an Additional Secretary and Financial Advisor to the petroleum ministry, got the position after former CMD Ashwani Lohani moved to the Railways Board.