Chaturvedi to get one year extension

New Delhi, May 30 (UNI) The Govenrment is understood to have decided to grant one-year extension to Cabinet Secretary B K Chaturvidi, whose tenure is coming to an end on June 30.

Sources said the government has decided to make an exception in the case of Mr Chaturvedi taking into consideration his vast administrative experience and the continuity factor.

During the NDA regime, the government had amended the rules to give a two-year tenure to the Cabint Secretary. A fixed two-year term has also been given to the Chiefs of Intelligence Bureau and RAW and the Home Secretary.

At least five senior IAS officers from the 1968 and 1969 batches were in the race for the Cabinet Secretary's post. They included Ms Reva Nayyar, Secretary, Women and Child Development, Mr P K Hota, Secretary, Health, and Mr Adarsh Kishore, Secretary, Finance.

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