Economy > Government
14 April 2021
Sushil Chandra on Monday assumed charge as the 24th Chief Election Commissioner of India, succeeding Sunil Arora, who demitted office on 12 April 2021 after completing his tenure.
Chandra has been serving in the Commission as Election Commissioner since 15 February 2019. He has also been a member of the Delimitation Commission since 18 February 2020, looking after delimitation of the union territory of Jammu Kashmir.
Having held several posts in the Income-Tax Department for nearly 39 years, Sushil Chandra had also been CBDT chairman from 1 November 2016 to 14 February 2019.
During his tenure as chairman of CBDT, Chandra has played an active role in unearthing illegal money, often used during assembly elections. With his continuous monitoring the seizures of cash, liquor, freebies, narcotics have increased substantially in recent elections. He has constantly emphasised the concept of Inducement-Free elections and it has become an important
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