Prior to the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, the Union government on Friday (15.03.2024) greenlit the Madhya Pradesh government’s request to extend the tenure of state Chief Secretary Veera Rana (IAS:1988:MP) by six months. Rana, slated for retirement on March 31, received the extension following a proposal forwarded by the BJP-led state government to the Centre on March 8.
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has granted its approval, taking effect from April 1, with the extended period concluding on September 30, 2024.
Prior to Veera Rana’s extension, the Shivraj government had indeed extended the tenure of Chief Secretary Iqbal Singh Bains twice, each for six months. Following the conclusion of Bains’s second extension on November 30, Veera Rana took on the additional role of Chief Secretary. Consequently, Rana now holds the distinction of being the sixth Chief Secretary to receive an extension within this series of events.
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