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N K Singh shifted to Planning Commission

N K Singh, Officer on Special Duty in the Prime Minister's Office, was Friday shifted to the Planning Commission, where he was appointed a member.

Singh, who belonged to the 1964 IAS batch, had retired on January 31, but had been retained as OSD in the PMO, where he handled key economic matters.

Of late, the veteran bureaucrat had been under attack from within the Sangh Parivar and other quarters when the Prime Minister's Office was severely criticised in the wake of the Tehelka expose.

The Planning Commission will have a vacancy following the selection of its member Montek Singh Ahluwalia as the first independent evaluator of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Singh had held key economic posts at the Centre, including revenue secretary in the last decade when the country embarked on economic reforms. He was also good in economic diplomacy, having held the post of economic counsellor in important Indian missions like Tokyo.

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