Singh was serving in the mining department as its Principal Secretary in the previous Shivraj Singh Chauhan administration. He replaced Manish Rastogi, a 1994-batch officer who was the Principal Secretary of Chauhan.

Singh has also been given the charge of Public Service Management Department. In the past, he served in the department of technical education as well as the department of media and public relations and commercial tax.

Chief Minister Yadav was sworn-in on Wednesday, along with his two deputies Jagdish Devda and Rajendra Shukla, during an event at the Motilal Nehru Stadium in Bhopal.