Lt Gen Pushpendra Pal Singh to assume charge as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) of Western Command.

Exam-focused facts from the 8 March 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

Lt Gen Pushpendra Pal Singh will take over as GOC-in-C of Western Command at Chandimandir at month-end upon the retirement of Lt Gen M K Katiyar.
He is currently serving as Vice Chief of the Army Staff (VCOAS) since 31 July 2025.
He was commissioned into the 4th Battalion, The Parachute Regiment on 19 December 1987.
He has participated in Operation Pawan (Sri Lanka), Operation Meghdoot (Siachen Glacier), Operation Rakshak (counter-insurgency) and Operation Orchid.
He commanded a Special Forces Unit in the Kashmir Valley and along the Line of Control, an Infantry Brigade, a Mountain Division along the Line of Actual Control, and 9 Corps at Yol, Himachal Pradesh.
He has served as Chief of Staff, Central Command and Director General, Operational Logistics & Strategic Movement at Army Headquarters.
He is an alumnus of La Martiniere College, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.