India, June 30 -- Noida The Uttar Pradesh government on Sunday appointed Rakesh Kumar Singh II, IAS (2009-batch), as new chief executive officer of the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (Yeida), and also of the Noida International Airport Limited (NIAL), a government body overseeing the Noida airport project's construction in Jewar.

A top UP government official confirmed the development, saying, "RK Singh II was working as a secretary to chief minister Yogi Adityanath, and now he will take charge as CEO of the Yeida, and NIAL, which are important state government bodies."

Singh replaces Arun Vir Singh, who had been serving as the CEO of these two bodies since August 17, 2015. The new CEO will have the responsibility to ...