Govt receives 50 applications for the post of chairperson of CCI

CCI is an anti-competition watchdog that investigates cartels in government tenders or in private companies and was constituted following the Competition Act, which came into effect in 2002

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has received 50 applications for the post of the chairperson of the Competition Commission of India (CCI).

The applicants include several current and former bureaucrats from the states and the Centre, sources said.

Some of the contenders for the high-profile role of the competition watchdog, include former DIPAM secretary Neeraj Gupta, former commerce secretary Rita Teotia, Expenditure Secretary Ajay Narayan Jha and tribal affairs secretary Leena Nair, Business Standard has learnt. Some senior railway officials and additional chief secretaries from different states are also in contention.