2021
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3 years
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5 years
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4 years
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6 years
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Detailed explanation-1: -Current tenure: The chiefs of the Central agencies currently have fixed two-year tenure, but can now be given three annual extensions.
Detailed explanation-2: -Director of CBI has been provided security of 2 year tenure, by the CVC Act, 2003. The CBI is headed by a Director, an IPS officer with the rank of Director General of Police.
Detailed explanation-3: -The government last year brought an ordinance mandating that the tenure of ED and CBI directors can be extended by up to three years after the mandated term of two years.
Detailed explanation-4: -Tenure: In November 2021, the President of India promulgated two ordinances allowing the Centre to extend the tenures of the directors of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate from two years to up to five years.