Lucknow, June 30 -- Manoj Kumar Singh, a 1988-batch IAS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre, took over as the new chief secretary of the state, replacing Durga Shankar Mishra who retired on Sunday.

Singh has been holding various important assignments with the state government. Besides working as the agriculture production commissioner and infrastructure development commissioner of Uttar Pradesh, he also held charge as additional chief secretary, panchayati raj and food processing departments.

Singh, a member of Team Yogi, is recognised as a performer and has to his credit the success of the Groundbreaking Ceremony held in February 2024 to implement investment of over Rs.10 lakh crore in Uttar Pradesh. He was also the nodal officer for th...