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Who has been appointed as the new chairman of the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI)? [May 2018]

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Deepak Kumar
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Sanjay Mitra
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Raghav Chandra
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Yudhvir Singh Malik
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The correct option is C Yudhvir Singh Malik
Yudhvir Singh Malik, a 1984 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre, has been given additional charge of the post of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) chairman on May 17, 2018. Malik currently is the Secretary of Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways. He succeeded Deepak Kumar, who was sent back to his cadre state Bihar before completion of his tenure. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the premature repatriation of Kumar to his parent cadre with immediate effect without citing any reason. Kumar, a 1984 IAS officer of Bihar cadre, had taken over as the NHAI chief on June 2017.

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