Cabinet Secretary Pradeep Kumar Sinha was on Friday given a three-month extension, according to an official order, making him the longest-serving bureaucrat in the post in the last seven decades.
This is the third extension given to Sinha, whose tenure was increased by one-year each in 2017 and 2018.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved extension in service to Sinha for a further period of three months, beyond June 12, 2019, the Personnel Ministry order said.
Sinha was appointed Cabinet Secretary, the top post in the country's bureaucracy, in May 2015, for a fixed two-year term which was extended twice earlier.
With the latest extension, Sinha becomes the longest-serving Cabinet Secretary in the country's history.
This is the third extension given to Sinha, whose tenure was increased by one-year each in 2017 and 2018.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved extension in service to Sinha for a further period of three months, beyond June 12, 2019, the Personnel Ministry order said.
Sinha was appointed Cabinet Secretary, the top post in the country's bureaucracy, in May 2015, for a fixed two-year term which was extended twice earlier.
With the latest extension, Sinha becomes the longest-serving Cabinet Secretary in the country's history.
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