Rajesh Kumar Singh, 1989 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre, assumed the charge of secretary in the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT).

• Singh replaces Anurag Jain, who has been appointed as secretary, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. Jain is also a 1989 batch officer of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS).
• Jain is from the Madhya Pradesh cadre.
• Prior to taking charge as DPIIT secretary, Singh was serving as secretary, the Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry said in a statement.