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IAS officer who took on Azam gets one-year deputation extension in UP
Singh was deputed to UP in 2015 during the SP tenure in the state. He held key positions in the irrigation dept, commercial tax dept and served as DM in Bulandshahr, Fatehpur and Rampur
LUCKNOW: The central government on Monday approved the extension of inter-cadre deputation for senior IAS officer Anjaneya Kumar Singh for a year till August 2026. Singh is a 2005-batch officer of the Sikkim cadre,
Singh, who had been serving as divisional commissioner of Moradabad, went on a 60-day leave after his deputation to Uttar Pradesh expired on August 14. The Uttar Pradesh government had formally requested the Centre to extend his deputation by one year, citing administrative continuity. With the extension, he is expected to continue serving in Uttar Pradesh.
Singh gained prominence during his tenure as district magistrate of Rampur, where he took action against senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan. During the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, he was at loggerheads with SP leaders over strict enforcement of the Model Code of Conduct. Azam Khan allegedly made objectionable remarks against Singh, triggering a controversy. Singh subsequently lodged cases against both Azam Khan and his son Abdullah Azam.
Singh was deputed to Uttar Pradesh in 2015, during the Samajwadi Party’s tenure in the state. He held key positions in the irrigation department, commercial tax department and served as district magistrate in Bulandshahr, Fatehpur, and Rampur. In 2021, he was appointed divisional commissioner of Moradabad.
During the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav urged the ECI to remove Singh from his post in Moradabad. Later, when violence erupted in Sambhal in November 2024, Yadav publicly criticised Singh’s handling of the situation.
Kanpur top cop Akhil Kumar becomes MD-CEO of Digital India Corporation
The central government on Monday appointed Kanpur police commissioner Akhil Kumar as the managing director and CEO of Digital India Corporation, under the ministry of electronics and information technology, with the rank of additional secretary.
A 1994-batch IPS officer, Kumar has held several key positions over the past two decades. These include senior superintendent of police, Lucknow during the Samajwadi Party regime in 2007, additional director general of Gorakhpur Zone, which is chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s political home, and most recently, commissioner of police, Kanpur. This marks his third central deputation.
Kumar holds a B.Tech in Civil Engineering, along with a Master of International Affairs and an M.Phil in Defence and Strategic Studies.
UP cadre officer appointed as addl secy in Centre’s dept of school education
The Centre also appointed Dheeraj Sahu, a 1996 batch IAS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre, as additional secretary in the department of school education and literacy, ministry of education. Prior to this appointment, Sahu served in the department of agriculture and farmers’ welfare.
