Arundhati Bhattacharya

The government is considering a proposal to extend Arundhati Bhattacharya's term as chairman of State Bank of India by at least a year, senior officials said. 

The finance ministry wants continuity in leadership as state-run SBI absorbs five

associate units and Bhartiya Mahila Bank while cleaning up its books of bad loans, they said, adding that the government may fix SBI chairman's tenure at five years, up from three now. 

An extension would rule her out as a contender t ..