Our team has gathered insights suggesting a significant upcoming appointment within the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) in Haryana. Senior IAS officer Apoorva Kumar Singh (IAS:1991:HY) is likely to join the CMO as Additional Chief Secretary (ACS). Currently serving as the ACS for the Public Health Department, with additional charge over Energy, Singh is known to have the support of central BJP leadership. Should this appointment be confirmed, it would signal an increasing central influence over Haryana’s bureaucratic appointments, particularly in the early stages of the current administration.
Additionally, recent repatriation of Vivek Joshi (IAS:1989:HY) to Haryana to assume the position of Chief Secretary, although yet to be officially announced, underscores this shift. Singh’s potential placement in the CMO would mark him as the second senior officer with central backing to join the state’s top administrative team.
