Current Affairs - Awards and Honours - Discussion

Atal Dulloo, the Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir, was honoured with the ‘Certificate of Exemplary Leadership’ by the Election Commission of India for his outstanding role during the 18th Lok Sabha elections. Under his leadership, the region recorded the highest voter turnout since 1989, a significant rise from the 2019 elections. The successful conduct of the elections involved over 11,629 polling stations and 80,724 trained personnel, marking a milestone in the electoral process following Jammu and Kashmir's reorganization in 2019.