Lucknow, June 30: Senior IAS Manoj Kumar Singh has been made the new Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh. 1988 batch IAS Manoj Kumar Singh took charge as Chief Secretary on Saturday evening.
IAS officer Manoj Kumar Singh has been known as a ‘performer’. As a senior most officer, Manoj Kumar Singh is a reputed name in the bureaucracy with long experience, efficiency, dedication, ability to deliver, competence. And this is the reason that Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has continuously expressed confidence in Manoj Kumar Singh during his tenure so far. It is said about him that Manoj Kumar Singh has imbibed Yogi’s mantra of ‘delivery on time’.
Manoj Kumar Singh, who is currently discharging the responsibility of two very important posts related to policy matters like Agriculture Production Commissioner and Infrastructure and Industrial Development Commissioner of the state, is also discharging the responsibility of very senior posts like Additional Chief Secretary Panchayati Raj, Food Processing, UPDA and Chairman of UPSHA and PICUP Chairman, which accelerate the development of the state. Manoj Kumar Singh, who was first included in Team 11 and then in Team 9 during the Covid period, played an important role in controlling the spread of Covid in the villages.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s ‘BC Sakhi’ scheme, which realizes the concept of ‘Banking at Your Door’, is being accepted as a model in the entire country today. He has made a big contribution from preparing its outline to its implementation. This scheme is getting praise on the national stage by becoming a wonderful example of women’s self-reliance and financial inclusion. Manoj Kumar Singh has a big role in making Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s efforts to make the divine-grand Kumbh of 2019 a global event successful. As a nodal officer, every preparation related to Kumbh-2019 was implemented under his leadership. Now this time, as Chief Secretary, these experiences will be beneficial in successfully organizing Maha Kumbh 2025.
As Additional Chief Secretary Panchayati Raj, Manoj Kumar Singh brought CM Yogi’s mission to the ground. Today, all 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh have been declared open defecation free and the maximum number of toilets have been built in Uttar Pradesh, so he has the most important role in this.
Manoj Kumar Singh played the role of leader in every phase of the Global Investors Summit, which brought more than 40 lakh crore investment to Uttar Pradesh. Before GST, Manoj Kumar Singh was prominently included in ‘Team UP’ that went to various countries with Yogi’s message, and you also played an effective role in organizing the GIS main function. In February 2024, when GBC Four was organized to bring projects worth Rs 10 lakh crore on the ground, then as Infrastructure and Industrial Development Commissioner, you were the mastermind of the entire event. Along with the expansion of women self-help groups, Manoj Kumar Singh has also played a big role in the clean implementation of child development schemes like ‘Take Home Ration’.
