A panel led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi had finalised the names for CVC and CIC posts last week. (Representational image)
K V Chowdary, the former chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes, has been appointed the Central Vigilance Commissioner and senior-most information commissioner, Vijai Sharma, has been named the new Chief Information Commissioner.
A retired Indian Revenue Service officer, Mr Chowdary had been working as the adviser to the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team, which is probing black money cases.
Mr Sharma, a former Environment Secretary, has been working as an Information Commissioner in the Central Information Commission since 2012.
Both posts had been vacant for months. The issue became politically charged after Congress president Sonia Gandhi raised it in the Lok Sabha last month, accusing the Narendra Modi government of undermining the posts by keeping them vacant.
A panel led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi had finalised the names last week.