NEW DELHI: Raj Kumar Singh, an IAS officer of the 1975 batch, is all set to take over as the next Union home secretary.
His name was cleared by the Prime Minister's Office on Thursday. A formal notification on his appointment will be issued soon, official sources said.
Singh, a Bihar cadre officer, will succeed G K Pillai who retires on June 30. Singh, currently secretary, defence production, in the ministry of defence, had last week appeared before home minister P Chidambaram for an interview, along with a few others including Punjab chief secretary S C Aggarwal.
Singh had met defence minister A K Antony earlier this week and expressed his desire to move into the high-profile post in North Block. Sources said the defence minister readily accepted Singh's request and assured him that he would be relieved from the present assignment once a formal decision is taken by the government.
Singh, who had earlier served in the home ministry as a joint secretary for about five years, will have a fixed two-year term.
Pillai, a 1972 batch Kerala cadre IAS officer, took charge as home secretary in June 2009 -- seven months after the Mumbai terror attack -- and oversaw the complete overhaul of the country's security establishment.
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His name was cleared by the Prime Minister's Office on Thursday. A formal notification on his appointment will be issued soon, official sources said.
Singh, a Bihar cadre officer, will succeed G K Pillai who retires on June 30. Singh, currently secretary, defence production, in the ministry of defence, had last week appeared before home minister P Chidambaram for an interview, along with a few others including Punjab chief secretary S C Aggarwal.
Singh had met defence minister A K Antony earlier this week and expressed his desire to move into the high-profile post in North Block. Sources said the defence minister readily accepted Singh's request and assured him that he would be relieved from the present assignment once a formal decision is taken by the government.
Singh, who had earlier served in the home ministry as a joint secretary for about five years, will have a fixed two-year term.
Pillai, a 1972 batch Kerala cadre IAS officer, took charge as home secretary in June 2009 -- seven months after the Mumbai terror attack -- and oversaw the complete overhaul of the country's security establishment.
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