Union home secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla gets 1-year extension, his third in post

A 1984-batch IAS officer, Bhalla was appointed home secretary in August 2019. He was to retire in November 2020 after attaining 60 years of age. His tenure was first extended on October 17, 2020 till August 22, 2021. Bhalla's tenure was extended by one more year on August 12 last year and was to end on Monday.