Explanation:

• The Union Government has appointed Umesh Sinha as the deputy election commissioner in the Election Commission of India.
• Sinha, a 1986-batch IAS officer (retired) of the Uttar Pradesh cadre, was the secretary general in the commission prior to this.
• He has been appointed on contract basis for a period of six months from January 01, 2021 to June 30, 2021.
• With this, the ECI now has 4 deputy election commissioners.
• The other three are Sudeep Jain, Chandra Bhushan Kumar, and Ashish Kundra.