New Delhi: Senior bureaucrat Amit Agrawal has been given a one-year extension, till November 2 next year, as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), an official order said.

Agrawal is a 1993-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Chhattisgarh cadre.

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved extension in Agrawal's tenure as the CEO, UIDAI for a period of one year beyond November 2, 2023 i.e. up to November 2, 2024, said the order issued by the Personnel Ministry.

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