Two-year terms for security pointmen

However, the Cabinet decided not to include the Foreign Secretary or the Finance Secretary in the group. The list was approved with regard to the selected posts being 8216;8216;operational in nature and not policy-oriented,8221; said I038;B Minister Jaipal Reddy.

However, the approval does not mean that every officer who occupies the post would automatically get two years on the job. 8216;8216;It would be done on case-to-case basis,8217;8217; said Reddy.

However, its timing points to an extension for Home Secretary V K Duggal who superannuates in October, IB Chief E S L Narasimhan November, Defence Secretary Shekhar Dutt December and RAW chief P K Hormese Tharakan September 30.