State Bank of India Chairman Dinesh Khara is likely to get an extension as the federal government is contemplating relaxing the retirement age of chiefs of all public sector banks and LIC.
The proposal earlier than the federal government additionally contains mountaineering the retirement age restrict of managing administrators of public sector banks (PSBs) to 62 years, from the present 60 years, a senior authorities official mentioned on Saturday.
Veteran banker Khara took over as the chairman of SBI in October 2020 for 3 years. Under current norms, the SBI chairman can maintain the put up till the age of 63 years. Khara attains 63 years in August subsequent yr.
“There is a discussion to increase the age limit for the retirement of chiefs of PSBs and Life Insurance Corp (LIC). Simultaneously, discussions are on for raising the superannuation age for managing directors of PSBs to 62 years from 60 years,” the official mentioned. A remaining resolution is but to be taken on the retirement age for heads of PSBs and LIC, the official added.
Currently, the retirement age of LIC chairman is 62 years.
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