G. C. Murmu

Girish Chandra Murmu (born 21 November 1959) is the 14th Comptroller and Auditor General of India.[1] He is also the chairman of the United Nations Panel of External Auditors[2] and was the Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir till August 2020.[3][4] He is a 1985 batch Indian Administrative Service officer of Gujarat cadre and was principal secretary to Narendra Modi during his tenure as Chief Minister of Gujarat.[5]

G. C. Murmu
14th Comptroller and Auditor General of India
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 August 2020
Preceded by	Rajiv Mehrishi
Chairman of the UN Panel of External Auditors
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 August 2020
1st Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir
In office 31 October 2019 – 6 August 2020
President	Ram Nath Kovind
Chief Minister	None
Preceded by	Office Established (Satya Pal Malik as Governor of Jammu and Kashmir)
Succeeded by	Manoj Sinha
Expenditure Secretary of India
In office 1 March 2019 – 30 October 2019
Preceded by	Ajay Narayan Jha
Succeeded by	Atanu Chakraborty
Personal details
Born	Girish Chandra Murmu 21 November 1959 Mayurbhanj, Odisha, India
Nationality	Indian
Spouse(s)	Smita Shukla Murmu
Children	2
Alma mater	Utkal University University of Birmingham
Occupation	IAS officer

Early life and education

G.C. Murmu was born on 21 November 1959 in Betnoti village of Mayurbhanj district in Odisha in a Santal family.[6] 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 is currently working in a senior position at RBI. [7]

Career

In 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.[8]

Murmu's career took off in 2004 when he was made joint secretary of Home Department, which was headed by Amit Shah and directly supervised by Modi. He was given the task of handling the 2002 Gujarat riots cases. when Amit Shah was in jail, Murmu prepared his case papers.

On 31 October 2019, Murmu took charge as the 1st 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 presided over the last Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Satya Pal Malik, to become the 1st Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir.[9] On 5 August 2020, he resigned from his position.[10]

On 8 August 2020, Murmu was appointed as the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.[11]

Controversies

RB Sreekumar, a 1971 batch Gujarat cadre IPS officer, has alleged that Murmu was deputed to "tutor" the witnesses who deposed before Nanavati Commission in 2004, saying it was done in order to give a clean chit to Narendra Modi, whose name came up during investigations into the 2002 riots and Ishrat Jahan encounter case. During 2013 CBI investigations, Murmu was alleged to have influenced police officials investigating Ishrat Jahan's encounter and trying to derail the investigation.[12]

See also

• R. K. Mathur

References

1. "Former J&K lieutenant governor G C Murmu appointed new CAG | India News - Times of India". The Times of India.
2. "United Nations Panel of External Auditors". www.un.org. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
3. "GC Murmu appointed as J&K Lt Guv, RK Mathur for Ladakh". Deccan Herald. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
4. 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.
5. "Who is G.C. Murmu, Modi aide and now J&K's first Lt Governor?". The Week. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
6. 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.
7. "From Mayurbhanj to Crown of India". Economic Times. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
8. "PM Modi Hand Picks Murmu". The Outlook. 25 October 2019.
9. "For GC Murmu, J&K's first L-G, law and order will be top priority". 28 October 2019.
10. Service, Tribune News. "GC Murmu resigns as Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor". Tribuneindia News Service.
11. "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.
12. "Who is G C Murmu ?". The Week. 25 October 2019.