Subodh Kumar Jaiswal Appointed new Director of CBI for Two Years

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The former Maharashtra director general of police Subodh Kumar Jaiswal has been appointed as the new Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
Jaiswal, a 1985-batch IPS officer of Maharashtra cadre, has been appointed for a period of two years.
The decision to appoint Jaiswal was taken by a high-powered committee led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and comprising Chief Justice of India NV Ramana and Congress Lok Sabha floor leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury.
Prior to this, he was the Director General of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).
The CBI was set up in 1963 by a resolution of the Ministry of Home Affairs.
The establishment of the CBI was recommended by the Santhanam Committee on Prevention of Corruption (1962–1964).
The CBI comes under the administrative control of the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) of the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.