SBI chief Dinesh Khara likely to get extension as govt mulls relaxing retirement age of PSB heads, MDs

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New Delhi: State Bank of India Chairman Dinesh Khara is likely to get an extension as the government is considering relaxing the retirement age of chiefs of all public sector banks and LIC..

The proposal before the government also includes hiking the retirement age limit of managing directors of public sector banks (PSBs) to 62 years, from the current 60 years, a senior government official said on Saturday...

Veteran banker Khara took over as the chairman of SBI in October 2020 for three years...

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