<p>Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla was on Friday given one-year extension in service till August 22, 2023, according to a Personnel Ministry order.</p>.<p>Bhalla, a 1984-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the Assam-Meghalaya cadre, was appointed as the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/assembly-election-2019/ajay-kumar-bhalla-is-new-home-secretary-756115.html" target="_blank">Home Secretary in August 2019</a>.</p>.<p>The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved extension in service to Bhalla as Home Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, for a period of one year beyond August 22, 2022, ie up to August 22, 2023, it said.</p>
<p>Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla was on Friday given one-year extension in service till August 22, 2023, according to a Personnel Ministry order.</p>.<p>Bhalla, a 1984-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the Assam-Meghalaya cadre, was appointed as the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/assembly-election-2019/ajay-kumar-bhalla-is-new-home-secretary-756115.html" target="_blank">Home Secretary in August 2019</a>.</p>.<p>The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved extension in service to Bhalla as Home Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, for a period of one year beyond August 22, 2022, ie up to August 22, 2023, it said.</p>