Union Home Secy Ajay Kumar Bhalla gets one-year extension

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New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla, who has been holding the key post since August 2019, has been given a year’s extension in service, an official order said.

According to the order, the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the one-year extension to Bhalla, whose term was ending on August 22.

Bhalla, a 1984 batch IAS officer of the Assam-Meghalaya cadre, will now remain the Home Secretary till August 22, 2023.