Cabinet Secretary Pradeep Kumar Sinha gets one year extension

NEW DELHI:India’s Cabinet Secretary Pradeep Kumar Sinha was on Monday given one year extension, till mid-June next yearnnThe Appointments Committee of Cabinet has approved his extension to the top post for an year beyond June 12, an order issued by Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) saidnnThe ACC is headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modinn61-year-old Sinha was in May 2015 named the Cabinet Secretary for a fixed two-year term. He took over the new assignment from June 13nnBefore his appointment to the post, he was serving as Power SecretarynnSinha, a 1977 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, had succeeded Ajit Seth who held the position for four yearsnnHe has earlier served as the shipping secretary and has also held several other important positions in the Union government and in his cadre state ? Uttar PradeshnnThe Cabinet secretariat is under the direct charge of the Prime Minister. The administrative head of the secretariat is the Cabinet secretary who is also the ex-officio chairman of the civil services boardnnThe Cabinet secretariat assists in decision-making in government by ensuring inter-ministerial coordination, ironing out differences amongst ministries or departments and evolving consensus through the instrumentality of the standing or adhoc committees of secretaries.nnSource: Press Trust of India