Bureaucrats Magazine – Senior IPS officer Alok Sharma was appointed director of the Special Protection Group on Friday. An order issued by the Personnel Ministry said that the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved his appointment as SPG Director with effect from the date of assumption of charge till further orders. IPS officer Sharma is currently serving as Additional Director General in SPG.
Bureaucrats Magazine – Senior IPS officer Alok Sharma was on Friday appointed the director of the Special Protection Group (SPG), which is tasked with providing security to the Prime Minister.
Bureaucrats Magazine – Sharma, a 1991 batch Uttar Pradesh cadre IPS officer, is currently serving as Additional Director General in SPG. An order issued by the Personnel Ministry said that the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved his appointment as SPG Director with effect from the date of assumption of charge till further orders.
Bureaucrats Magazine – Who is Alok Sharma?…Alok Sharma, born in 1966, is a resident of Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. He joined the Indian Police Service in 1991. He has served on many important posts in Uttar Pradesh. Before his appointment as Additional Director General of SPG in 2021, he served as IG in SPG.
Bureaucrats Magazine – Let us tell you that this post was vacant after the death of SPG chief Arun Kumar Sinha on September 6. Arun Kumar Sinha was a 1987 batch IPS officer of Kerala cadre. He was 61 years old. The SPG provides close armed security cover to the Prime Minister.
Bureaucrats Magazine – It should be noted that SPG was formed in 1988 by bringing an Act in the Parliament. It provides security only to the Prime Minister of India and his family members who live with him at his official residence. Earlier it also provided security to former Prime Ministers, but now they are given Z Plus security cover.
