ACC Approves Re-appointment of Ajit Doval as National Security Advisor & P K Mishra as Principal Secretary to PM Modi.

Appointment

Ajit Doval has been reappointed the National Security Advisor (NSA) and PK Mishra the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, the government said on Thursday, in a resounding vote for continuity under Narendra Modi’s third term as the Prime Minister. Doval is a former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the 1968 batch and retired director of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) in 2005. He will continue to handle national security, military affairs, and intelligence. He was appointed the NSA after Modi was sworn in as the Prime Minister in May 2014 and then reappointed in 2019.


      Mishra is a former Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the 1972 batch and retired as the Union Agriculture Secretary.

      According to a personnel ministry order issued on Thursday, the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved the appointment of Doval as the NSA from June 10.

     

 

     


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