IPS Arun Kumar Sinha's Tenure as SPG Chief Extended Till July 2020
Appointments Committee of the Cabinet on Monday approved the extension of in deputation tenure of IPS Arun Kumar Sinha as Director of Special Protection Group (SPG). Sinha will remain at the post till July 2020. His tenure as the director of the SPG was scheduled to end on March 2020.
New Delhi, December 30: Appointments Committee of the Cabinet on Monday approved the extension of in deputation tenure of IPS Arun Kumar Sinha as Director of Special Protection Group (SPG). Sinha will remain at the post till July 2020. His tenure as the director of the SPG was scheduled to end on March 2020. The IPS officer was appointed as the chief of the SPG in March 2016. SPG Bill Passed in Lok Sabha: Know All About The Amendment Legislation and Why Opposition Protested Against It.
Sinha is a 1987 batch IPS officer of Kerala cadre. Sinha got extension days after the Special Protection Group (Amendment) Bill was passed in the Rajya Sabha during the winter session of Parliament. According to the SPG (Amendment) Act family members of the former prime ministers would not be entitled to the coveted SPG security cover.
The SPG Cover will only be provided to the Prime Minister and members of his immediate family residing with him at his official residence. The act guarantees SPG protection to former PMs only for five years after they cease to hold the office of Prime Minister.
Earlier in November, the security cover of Gandhi family members - Congress president Sonia Gandhi, son Rahul Gandhi and daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra - was withdrawn. They were provided with the Z plus security by the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). The Narendra Modi government’s decision invited flak from the opposition.
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