Current Affairs - Awards and Honours - Discussion

Prakash Rajpurohit, a 2010-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer from the Rajasthan cadre, has been appointed as the Deputy Election Commissioner in the Election Commission of India (ECI). He succeeds Sanjay Kumar in this position and will serve until April 8, 2030, according to an order issued by the Ministry of Personnel. Before this appointment, Rajpurohit was serving as Joint Secretary in the Department of Defence Production under the Ministry of Defence. His appointment was part of a broader administrative reshuffle in which the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved 27 appointments to joint secretary-level positions and equivalent posts.