Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with Additional Principal Secretary P.

K.

Mishra and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, were reappointed on June 13 as Modi assumed office for a third term last week.

P.

K.

Mishra, the Principal Secretary to the PM, was retained for a second term, and NSA Ajit Doval for a rare third term.

Additionally, two advisors, Amit Khare and Tarun Kapoor, have been reappointed for two-year tenures.

After retaining his top ministerial team, the Prime Minister has also signaled continuity in governance by retaining Mr.

Mishra, an old hand who worked with him in Gujarat and since 2014 when Modi took over as Prime Minister.

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC), headed by the Prime Minister, approved the appointments of Mr.

Mishra and Mr.

Doval with effect from June 13, stating their tenures would be coterminous with the Prime Minister’s term or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

Mr.

Mishra, 75, is a retired 1972-batch Gujarat cadre IAS officer who served as Modi’s principal secretary when he took over as Gujarat CM in 2001.

He joined the PMO in 2014, first as Additional Principal Secretary and subsequently as Principal Secretary since 2019.

Mr.

Doval, 79, is a retired 1968-batch IPS officer and has been functioning in the same capacity since 2014.

According to the ACC notification issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), both will have Cabinet rank in the table of precedence in the PMO.

In the PMO, Dr.

Mishra looks after central administration, handling personnel and administration matters, while Mr.

Doval is tasked with national security and foreign affairs.

Mr.

Khare is a retired 1985-batch Jharkhand cadre IAS officer who served as Secretary of Education and Information and Broadcasting.

After superannuation, he joined the PMO as an advisor.

Similarly, Mr.

Kapoor is a retired 1987-batch Himachal Pradesh cadre officer who served as Secretary of Petroleum in the Centre before joining the PMO post-retirement.

In the PMO, Mr.

Khare deals with subjects related to social sectors, while Mr.

Kapoor handles infrastructure-related matters.