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THE LONGER TERM ROW

Two weeks before commencement of the winter session of Parliament, the Union government, on November 14, passed an ordinance to extend the tenures of the directors of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) up to five years. Both posts had a fixed tenure of two years, irrespective of the retirement age of 60.

Apart from amending the Delhi Police Special Establishment (DPSE) Act and the Central Vigilance Act (CVC) to enable this, the Centre has also amended the Fundamental Rules of Central Civil Services, introduced in 2005, giving itself powers to extend the tenures of the defence secretary, home secretary,

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