Guwahati, July 16 -- The Central Government on Wednesday (July 16, 2025) appointed senior IAS officer Puneet Kumar Goel as the new Chief Secretary of Manipur, replacing Prashant Kumar Singh, according to an official notification issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Goel, a 1991-batch IAS officer from the AGMUT cadre, will take over from Singh, a 1993-batch officer of the Manipur cadre, who has now been named Secretary of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes.

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet cleared Singh's appointment to the constitutional body on July 15. He will now serve at the rank and pay scale of a Union Secretary, succeeding Goel in that post.

The Centre had posted Singh as Manipur's Chief Secretary on Januar...