Overview

• The Uttar Pradesh government has formally requested a one-year extension for Chief Secretary Manoj Kumar Singh, who is due to retire on July 31.
• The extension letter underscores Singh’s role in driving infrastructure and industrial projects toward the state’s one trillion-dollar economy goal.
• Singh’s stewardship of the Zero Poverty programme is highlighted as a cornerstone of the state’s social development strategy.
• State officials argue his presence is critical for planning and executing the upcoming Global Investors Summit and ground breaking ceremony.
• If the Centre declines the request, senior IAS officers SP Goyal, Devesh Chaturvedi and Deepak Kumar are named as leading contenders to succeed him.