Following his resignation, the Finance Ministry has appointed Joint Secretary Anup Wadhawan as Chairman of the PFRDA.
"Yes, I have put in papers. I will not comment on reasons," Agarwal said outside the Finance Ministry in New Delhi.
Agarwal, who had one and half years more to go as the PFRDA chairman, resigned within days of his name not being included in the selection panel for shortlisting of whole-time members of the pension fund regulator by the Finance Ministry.
". . .Yogesh Agarwal, Chairman, PFRDA had demitted office of the interim Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority on the forenoon of November 13, 2013," the PFRDA said.
Asked why he was not included in the selection panel, Agarwal had said yesterday: "I don't know why I
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