{
  "id": 13590051,
  "title": "2010-batch IAS officer appointed Deputy Election Commissioner",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/2010-batch-ias-officer-appointed-deputy-election-commissioner",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-11T00:04:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Indian Express - India",
    "slug": "the-indian-express-india",
    "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/india/2010-batch-ias-officer-appointed-deputy-election-commissioner-10916136/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Indian Express reports that the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has appointed Prakash Rajpurohit, a 2010 batch IAS officer, as Deputy Election Commissioner in the Election Commission of India. This appointment comes after the premature repatriation of Sanjay Kumar, the then-DEC in-charge of electoral roll and IT division, to his parent cadre. Rajpurohit, who is from the Rajasthan cadre, has been serving as Joint Secretary in the Department of Defence Production since May 2025. His appointment is valid until April 2030. Kumar had been DEC from August 2024 till August 2025, during which time he was responsible for the electoral roll and IT divisions of the ECI. The functioning of the IT division of the ECI had been a subject of concern for Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi, who had raised objections to Kumar's removal as DEC in July.",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "2010-batch IAS officer appointed Deputy Election Commissioner",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/2010-batch-ias-officer-appointed-deputy-election-commissioner-13594230",
        "published": "2026-10-11T00:04:52.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}