Government Extends Tenure of Amitabh Kant as Niti Aayog CEO by One Year till June 2022
- The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has extended the tenure of NITI Aayog Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Amitabh Kant, by one year till June 30, 2022.
- This is for the third time that Kant’s tenure has been extended.
- Mr Kant was first appointed as the CEO of the federal policy think tank on February 17, 2016, for a fixed two-year term.
- The 1980 batch IAS officer was given an extension for the first time till 30 June 2019, after his tenure was to expire on February 2018.
- Again he was given two years extension till June 30, 2021.