GG News Bureau
New Delhi, 18th May. Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal resigned from his post on Wednesday citing personal reasons. Baijal has sent his resignation to President Ram Nath Kovind.
Anil Baijal is a retired officer of the Indian Administrative Service. He has held the post of Home Secretary in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee cabinet. On 31st December 2016, he took charge of the post of 21st Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Delhi.
According to sources, Baijal has resigned citing personal reasons. After Najeeb Jung, he became the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi. He was appointed as the Lieutenant Governor in December 2016. He often had differences with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal regarding the administration.
Baijal is a 1969 batch IAS officer of AGMUT (Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territories) cadre.
He has served as the Union Home Secretary under the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government. During his tenure as the Union Home Secretary, he sacked Kiran Bedi as the prison chief, accusing her of breaking every section of the prison manual.
He has also served as the Chairman of the Delhi Development Authority; Chief Secretary of Andaman and Nicobar Islands; Additional Home Secretary in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting; MD of Indian Airlines; CEO of Prasar Bharati; Development Commissioner of Goa; Commissioner of Delhi (Sales Tax and Excise); Served as the Councilor in charge of India Assistance Mission in Nepal. He was the officer who started DD Bharti.
He retired from service as Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development in 2006. After retirement, he was actively associated with the planning and implementation of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) initiated by the Manmohan Singh government.
He has served on the Executive Council of the Vivekananda International Foundation think-tank and on several corporate boards including IDFC Bank. He has also served as an advisor on the National e-Governance Advisory Group (NAG).
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