Centre Approves One-Year Extension to Rajiv Gauba’s term as Cabinet Secretary
- The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has extended the term of service of Rajiv Gauba, as the Cabinet Secretary of India, for a further period of one-year.
- Gauba, a 1982-batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre, was appointed to the top bureaucratic post of the country in August 2019 for two years.
- His term of service was to end on August 30, 2021.
- Prior to this, Mr Gauba was Union Home Secretary from August 2017 to August 2019.