The Centre on Thursday granted a one-year extension of service to incumbent chiefs of Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) and Intelligence Bureau (IB), Samant Kumar Goel and Arvind Kumar respectively, who were due to retire on June 30.
Goel, a 1984-batch IPS officer from Punjab cadre, would continue to be the Secretary of Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) for a one-year period beyond the presence tenure, according to an official order.
Likewise, Kumar, an IPS officer of Assam and Meghalaya cadre, will continue as Director of Intelligence Bureau for a period of one year after June 30.
The extensions were cleared by the Appointments Committee of Cabinet, read the separate orders, signed by secretary of the ACC and Establishment Officer Srinivas R Katikithala.