NHAI chairman Sukhbir Singh Sandhu gets six months extension
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- Sukhbir Singh Sandhu has been given six months extension as the chairman of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).
- The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the extension in central deputation tenure of Sandhu, chairman, NHAI, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, for a period of six months.
- Sandhu is a 1988-batch IAS officer of Uttarakhand cadre.
Source: Economic Times
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National Highways Authority of India
- The National Highways Authority of India is an autonomous agency of the Government of India, set up in 1988 and is responsible for management of a network of over 50,000 km of National Highways out of 1,15,000 km in India.
- It is a nodal agency of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
- Founded: 1988
- Sector: Indian National Highway System
- Purpose: Development and maintenance of national highways
- Headquarters: New Delhi
- Agency executive: Sukhbir Singh Sandhu( Chairman)