Girish Chandra Murmu (born 21 November 1959) is the 14th Comptroller and Auditor General of India [1] and the external auditor of the Inter-Parliamentary Union.[2] He is also the chairman of the United Nations Panel of External Auditors and the Asian Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions. He is currently the external auditor of the WHO (2020-2023), succeeding the Auditor General of the Philippines.[3][4] He was the Inaugural Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir till 6 August 2020.[5][6] He is a retired 1985 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre and was principal secretary to Narendra Modi during his tenure as the Chief Minister of Gujarat.[7]
G. C. Murmu | |
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| 14th Comptroller and Auditor General of India | |
| Assumed office 8 August 2020 | |
| President | |
| Preceded by | Rajiv Mehrishi |
| Chairman of the United Nations Panel of External Auditors | |
| Assumed office 8 August 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Rajiv Mehrishi |
| 1st Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir | |
| In office 31 October 2019 – 6 August 2020 | |
| Chief Minister | Vacant |
| Preceded by | Position established Satyapal Malik (as Governor) |
| Succeeded by | Manoj Sinha |
| Expenditure Secretary of India | |
| In office 1 March 2019 – 30 October 2019 | |
| President | Ramnath Kovind |
| Preceded by | Ajay Narayan Jha |
| Succeeded by | Atanu Chakraborty |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Girish Chandra Murmu 21 November 1959 Betnoti, Odisha, India |
| Nationality |  Indian |
| Spouse | Smita Shukla Murmu |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | IAS officer |
Early life and education
editG.C. Murmu was born on 21 November 1959 in Betnoti village of Mayurbhanj district in Odisha in a Santal family.[8] He holds a Master of Arts degree in Political Science from Utkal University. He also holds an MBA degree from University of Birmingham. He is the eldest among eight siblings, six brothers and two sisters. One of his brothers, Shirish Chandra Murmu is working as an Executive Director at the Reserve Bank of India as of 2022.[9][10]
Career
editIn 2001, when Narendra Modi became chief minister of Gujarat, Murmu was the Relief Commissioner. Shortly afterwards he became Commissioner, Mines and Minerals and thereafter Managing Director, Gujarat Maritime Board.[11]
Murmu's career took off in 2004 when he was made joint secretary of the Gujarat Home Department, which was headed by Amit Shah and directly supervised by Narendra Modi. He was given the task of handling the 2002 Gujarat riots cases.
Murmu has been described as "trusted aide" of Narendra Modi and Amit Shah since his bureaucratic assignments in Gujarat by many news outlets such as The Hindu, The Wire, Hindustan Times and News18 India.[12][13][14][15] When Modi became prime minister, he called Murmu to New Delhi to finance ministry's expenditure department, where he served as joint secretary.[12]
Murmu was questioned by Central Bureau of Investigation in 2013 in an alleged staged encounter case involving the killing of Ishrat Jahan and three others who allegedly plotted to assassinate the then Chief Minister of Gujarat, Narendra Modi.[12] The Tehelka magazine presented an audio recording where Murmu, along with senior law officer Kamal Trivedi and the then-junior home minister at the Centre, Praful Patel, were purportedly heard discussing methods to conceal the alleged fake encounter. These audio recordings are recorded in CBI's chargesheet in the mentioned case.[13]
On 31 October 2019, Murmu took charge as the first Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir after the formation of the new Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir under the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019. He succeeded Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Satya Pal Malik, to become the first Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir.[16] Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court Gita Mittal administered the oath of office at a function at Raj Bhavan.[17] On 5 August 2020, he resigned from his position.[18]
On 8 August 2020, he was appointed as the Comptroller and Auditor General of India and will be in office till 20 November 2024.[19]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Former J&K lieutenant governor G C Murmu appointed new CAG". The Times of India. 6 August 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
- ^ ANI (20 November 2020). "India's CAG Murmu elected as External Auditor of Inter Parliamentary Union, Geneva". The Economic Times. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
- ^ "United Nations Panel of External Auditors". www.un.org. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "CAG GC Murmu elected as External Auditor of Inter Parliamentary Union". www.jagranjosh.com. 21 November 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
- ^ "GC Murmu appointed as J&K Lt Guv, RK Mathur for Ladakh". Deccan Herald. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
- ^ PTI (7 August 2020). "Manoj Sinha takes oath as LG of Jammu and Kashmir | India News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
- ^ "Who is G.C. Murmu, Modi aide and now J&K's first Lt Governor?". The Week. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- ^ Das, Anand ST (1 November 2019). "'A Tribal Boy Got a Big Opportunity': GC Murmu's Mother Elated over His Appointment as J&K's L-G". News18. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
- ^ "From Mayurbhanj to Crown of India". Economic Times. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ^ "From Mayurbhanj to crown of India, Girish Chandra Murmu's rise to top - ET Government". ETGovernment.com. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
- ^ "PM Modi Hand Picks Murmu". The Outlook. 25 October 2019.
- ^ a b c Munjal, Diksha (8 June 2023). "Who is Girish Chandra Murmu, CAG and trusted aide of PM Modi since Gujarat days?". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
- ^ a b "G.C. Murmu, Trusted Modi-Shah Aide and Now J&K's First LG, Has a Controversial Record". thewire.in. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
- ^ Langa, Mahesh (25 June 2015). "Trusted PM Modi man Murmu likely to head Enforcement Directorate". Hindustan Times.
- ^ "The Man Who Never Gets Weighed Down: PM Modi's Trusted Officer GC Murmu Becomes India's First CAG from a Tribal Community". News18. 8 August 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
- ^ "For GC Murmu, J&K's first L-G, law and order will be top priority". 28 October 2019.
- ^ "GC Murmu sworn in as first Lt Governor of Jammu and Kashmir - The New Indian Express". www.newindianexpress.com. 10 November 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- ^ Service, Tribune News. "GC Murmu resigns as Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor". Tribuneindia News Service.
- ^ "गिरीश चंद्र मुर्मू बने देश के नए CAG, गांधी-आंबेडकर को नमन कर संभाला पदभार". NDTVIndia (in Hindi). 8 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.