Cabinet Secretary Pradeep Kumar Sinha gets three-month extension

Pradeep Kumar Sinha (IAS:1977:UP) has been given three months extension as Cabinet Secretary beyond June 12, 2019. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved extension in service.

This is the third extension given to Sinha, whose tenure was increased by one-year each in 2017 and 2018.

Sinha was appointed Cabinet Secretary 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.