PM Modi extends tenures of both RAW and IB chiefs by one year
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New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government on Thursday extended tenures of Samant Kumar Goel, Secretary, Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW), and Arvinda Kumar, Director Intelligence Bureau (IB) for a period of one year. The two 1984-batch IPS officers of Punjab and Assam-Meghalaya cadre respectively now retire on June 30, 2022. The decision to extend the tenures of the two spy chiefs was taken on the basis of their work and also considering the future of organizations. Goel has been a hard-core operations man, while Kumar is known for a political reading of the internal situation. Both work under the directions of Prime Minister, Home Minister Amit Shah, and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval.
While the government remains tight-lipped over RAW activities, the IB has been giving active feedback to the government on internal security situations including political protests, Maoist activities, and terror networks.
