Manipur DGP moved to Cabinet Secretariat

Key points

• Manipur Director General of Police (DGP) Rajiv Singh was appointed Secretary (Security) in the Cabinet Secretariat on Thursday (May 21, 2026).
• Singh, a 1993 batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of Tripura cadre, was appointed as Manipur’s police chief on June 1, 2023, days after the ethnic violence between the Meitei and the Kuki-Zo people erupted in the State on May 3 the same year.
• Singh was appointed DGP by relaxing the service conditions as he was not from the Manipur cadre.
• On Thursday (May 21, 2026), the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) “approved the appointment of Shri Rajiv Singh, IPS (TR:1993), Director General of Police, Government of Manipur to the post of Secretary (Security) in the Cabinet Secretariat with effect from the date of assumption of charge of the post, or until further orders, whichever is earlier.” Singh oversaw the operations to recover around 4,500 police weapons that...