Gyanesh Bharti Appointed as Commissioner of Unified Delhi Municipal Corporation

The Home Ministry also appointed 1992-batch IAS officer Ashwani Kumar as Special officer in the MCD.

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) announced on Friday, 20 May, that Gyanesh Bharti was appointed as the commissioner of the unified Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD).

Bharti is a 1998-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer.

The ministry further said that 1992-batch IAS officer Ashwani Kumar will take up the charge of Special officer in the MCD, as per ANI.

The government had on 19 April notified the Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act 2022, merging Delhi's East, South, and North Delhi Municipal Corporations into one – to be called the Municipal Corporation of Delhi.