The National Human Right Commission (NHRC) has selected retired IAS officer Ms. Suchitra Sinha as a Special Rapporteur (Ambassador) in Jharkhand. Ms. Sinha was earlier selected for the same position but for Zone X covering the state of Odisha. However, she opted for Jharkhand, as she is based there and have an NGO.
Special Rapporteur used to be an eye, ear and heard of the NHRC. The tenure of Special Rapporteur is of six years. This year NHRC has selected 12 people from across the state as Special Rapporteur. Out of 12 as many as 10 are retired police director generals while two are retired IAS officers.
