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Government clears the air on the next Union Home Secretary
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in News/ August 4,2023
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved extension in service of Ajay Kumar Bhalla, lAS (AM:84) as Home Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs for a further period of one year beyond 22.08.2023 i.e. up to 22.08.2024.
Ajay Kumar Bhalla is the current Home Secretary of India. He assumed the office on 23 August 2019, succeeding Rajiv Gauba, who is the present cabinet secretary. He is a senior IAS officer of 1984 batch, from Assam Meghalaya cadre. He received three one-year extensions in August 2020, 2021, and 2022 and this is the fourth time that he gets another extension.
