According to the release, Singh (IPoS 2011) has been appointed deputy secretary in the Ministry of Culture, under the Central Staffing Scheme, as well as the private secretary to the minister for Civil Aviation and Steel in the Ministry of Civil Aviation at the level of deputy secretary.

New Delhi Jan 18 PTI The Personnel Ministry has decided to amend existing service rules to ensure the availability of a sufficient number of IAS officers for central deputation officials said on TuesdayThe proposal which will give greater say to the Centre came as various statejoint cadres were found to be not sponsoring an adequate number of Indian Administrative Service IAS officers as part of the central deputation reserve even though the ministry had flagged the issue several timesAs a result of this the number of officers available for central deputation is not sufficient to meet the requirement at Centre the Personnel Ministry said in the proposal seeking changes in the IAS cadre Rules 1954The move has evoked sharp criticism from West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee who has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to roll back the proposal claiming it will affect states administrationI express my strong reservations to the approach followed by the central government in proposing such amendment to the Cadre Rules which unilaterally mandates the state government to make such a number of officers available for deputation as prescribed under the central deputation reserve Banerjee wrote to Modi on Tuesday eveningSeeking to change the rules the Centre has proposed that each state government shall make available for deputation to the central government such a number of eligible officers of various levels to the extent of the Central Deputation Reserve prescribed under existing regulations adjusted proportionately by the number of officers available with the state government concerned vis--vis the total authorised strength of the state cadre at a given point of timeThe actual number of officers to be deputed to the central government shall be decided by the central government in consultation with the state government concerned the new rule proposesIn case of any disagreement the matter shall be decided by the central government and the state government or state governments concerned shall give effect to the decision of the central government within a specified time it has proposedExisting rules did not mention any time limit for deciding on such disagreementThe proposal to change the rules was sent to the chief secretaries of all the state governments on December 20 2021 They were asked to furnish their comments by January 5 2022The Centre had in June last year asked all state governments to nominate more officers for central deputation at the level of deputy secretary director and joint secretary citing their shortageOfficers of the level of deputy secretarydirector and above are usually appointed in central government ministries departments ie on central deputation under the Central Staffing Scheme CSSEvery cadre a statestates or states and union territories -- is allowed a deputation reserve to ensure that officers have the opportunity to work on deputation including that under the Central Staffing Scheme which adds to their experienceIt is requested that a larger number of officers may kindly be recommended for the appointment at DSDirectorJS level under the Central Staffing Scheme so that the central deputation reserve deputation reserves are duly utilised for this purpose the Personnel Ministry had said in a communique PTI AKV AKV RT RT