India gets new RAW chief: Ravi Sinha, a senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the Chhattisgarh cadre, has been appointed as the new chief of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) on Monday for the next two years.
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A government order stated, "The Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of Rajiv Sinha, IPS, special secretary, Cabinet Secretariat, as Secretary, Research and Analysis Wing vice Samant Goel on completion of his tenure on June 30, 2023, for a tenure of two years from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, or until further orders, whichever is earlier."
Currently posted as Special Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat (SR), Sinha will succeed incumbent Samant Kumar Goel, a 1984-batch IPS officer from Punjab cadre, on completion of his tenure on June 30, and have a tenure of two years from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, or until further orders.
In June 2019, Goel succeeded Anil Dhasmana as the Chief of RAW.
Goel's contract as RAW chief was extended for another year last year.