Amrit Lal Meena, Chief Secretary of Bihar, is scheduled to retire on the last day of August but he is likely to get an extension. A 1989-batch IAS officer, Meena was appointed as the Chief Secretary in Bihar’s Nitish Kumar government on September 1, 2024. Then, Meena was serving on deputation with the central government where he held the position of Coal Secretary. However, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar called him back from deputation and entrusted him with the command of Bihar’s bureaucracy. He is scheduled to retire in August 2025, however, informed sources suggest that with only a few months remaining for the Bihar Assembly elections, CM Nitish may opt to retain his trusted officer by granting him an extension instead of appointing a new Chief Secretary at such a crucial time.