Key bureaucrat of Manmohan Singh’s PMO R Ramanujam gets extension; reemployment for “public interest”

AFTER giving extension to cabinet secretary Ajit K Seth for six months, Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre has given its nod to extend the tenure of yet another key bureaucrat of Manmohan Singh era -- 1979 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS and secretary in PMO R Ramanujam. The 60-year-old officer is retiring on June 30, but the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet on Thursday approved his extension "in public interest", on a contract basis for a period of…