Senior IPS officers Sudhir Kumar Saxena (IPS:1987:MP) was on Thursday appointed as Secretary (Security), Cabinet Secretariat.
The Secretary (Security) is the administrative head of the Special Protection Group SPG that provides security to the prime minister and members of his immediate family residing with him at his official residence. The SPG also provides security to any former prime minister and members of his immediate family residing with him at the residence allotted to him for a period of five years from the date he ceases to hold the office of the prime minister.
