Rajesh Malhotra appointed as the Principal Director General of the Press Information Bureau

Rajesh Malhotra appointed as the Principal Director General of the Press Information Bureau

Daily Current Affairs / Rajesh Malhotra appointed as the Principal Director General of the Press Information Bureau

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Category : Appointment/Resignation Published on: March 02 2023

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Senior Indian Information Service (IIS) officer Rajesh Malhotra was appointed as the Principal Director General of the Press Information Bureau.
Malhotra, a 1989 batch officer, succeeds Satyendra Prakash, who superannuated on Tuesday.
He will be the principal spokesperson of the government of India.
Rajesh Malhotra was elevated to a higher grade of IIS in June last year and appointed as the Principal Director General of the Central Bureau of Communication.
He continued to look after the publicity of the Ministry of Finance in the Press Information Bureau.
The Information and Broadcasting Ministry also named Priya Kumar as the Director General of Doordarshan News (DD News). She succeeds Mayank Agrawal.

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