<p class="title">A prior background check by the Intelligence Bureau will be a must for candidates shortlisted for appointments as chiefs and members of regulatory bodies such as SEBI and TRAI, and various tribunals, according to new rules.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The selection of chairperson and members of regulatory bodies and tribunals are done by respective selection committees or search-cum-selection committees.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The personnel ministry has issued a new set of instructions for verification of character and antecedents for appointments to such posts.</p>.<p class="bodytext">As per the norms, the respective selection committee or search-cum-selection committee shall shortlist candidates (two or three times the number of vacancies) in the first round.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Verification of character and antecedents of the short- listed candidates shall be made by the administrative ministry/department through Intelligence Bureau," it said in a missive to secretaries of all central government departments.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Based on the clearances from the IB, the selection committee shall thereafter recommend a panel of candidates, which shall be submitted for consideration of the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) by the administrative ministry after obtaining the requisite approval of the concerned minister-in-charge, the personnel ministry said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">All the ministries concerned have been asked to follow these instructions "without deviation" in all future selection to the posts of chairman, chairperson, president, vice- president, vice-chairperson, vice-president, presiding officer, accountant member, administrative member, judicial member, expert member, law member, revenue member, technical member or members in tribunals/regulatory bodies under the purview of the ACC, it said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) and the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDA) are some of the regulators.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The tribunals include Central Administrative Tribunal, Securities Appellate Tribunal, Income Tax Appellate Tribunal and Competition Appellate Tribunal. </p>
<p class="title">A prior background check by the Intelligence Bureau will be a must for candidates shortlisted for appointments as chiefs and members of regulatory bodies such as SEBI and TRAI, and various tribunals, according to new rules.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The selection of chairperson and members of regulatory bodies and tribunals are done by respective selection committees or search-cum-selection committees.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The personnel ministry has issued a new set of instructions for verification of character and antecedents for appointments to such posts.</p>.<p class="bodytext">As per the norms, the respective selection committee or search-cum-selection committee shall shortlist candidates (two or three times the number of vacancies) in the first round.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Verification of character and antecedents of the short- listed candidates shall be made by the administrative ministry/department through Intelligence Bureau," it said in a missive to secretaries of all central government departments.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Based on the clearances from the IB, the selection committee shall thereafter recommend a panel of candidates, which shall be submitted for consideration of the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) by the administrative ministry after obtaining the requisite approval of the concerned minister-in-charge, the personnel ministry said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">All the ministries concerned have been asked to follow these instructions "without deviation" in all future selection to the posts of chairman, chairperson, president, vice- president, vice-chairperson, vice-president, presiding officer, accountant member, administrative member, judicial member, expert member, law member, revenue member, technical member or members in tribunals/regulatory bodies under the purview of the ACC, it said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) and the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDA) are some of the regulators.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The tribunals include Central Administrative Tribunal, Securities Appellate Tribunal, Income Tax Appellate Tribunal and Competition Appellate Tribunal. </p>