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R K Singh: A powerful former bureaucrat faces challenge of powering India

Singh joined BJP after his retirement from IAS in 2013

Raj Kumar Singh
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Raj Kumar Singh. Photo: PIB

Shreya Jai New Delhi
Raj Kumar Singh, the new minister of state for power and new & renewable energy, comes at a time when the sectors are facing a new crisis. In three years, the sector has shifted from supply deficit to demand deficit. Singh has dual task at his hand – to meet the high expectations that the outgoing minister has left him with and to keep the states along for steady growth of power sector.

Former home secretary and Lok Sabha MP from Arrah, Singh is not new to dabbling tough tasks at hand. In his illustrious IAS career spanning four decades,