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As of 6 pm on Friday, in simply 17 days, the ECI has collected 5.87 crore enumeration varieties out of seven.90 crore voters registered until June 24
The Election Fee of India is aiming to launch the draft electoral roll for Bihar on August 1 and the ultimate model by September 30. Representational pic/News18
The Election Fee of India (ECI) has managed to gather virtually 75% of the enumeration varieties beneath the continued particular intensive revision (SIR) in poll-bound Bihar, making important progress whilst two weeks are nonetheless left for the deadline of July 25.
As of 6 pm on Friday, in simply 17 days, the ECI has collected 5.87 crore enumeration varieties out of seven.90 crore voters registered until June 24.
The SIR is within the second part, beneath which booth-level officers (BLOs) are going home to accommodate to help the electors and acquire their stuffed enumeration varieties, the ballot physique introduced on Friday.
“Area degree functionaries together with 38 DEOs (district election officer), EROs (Electoral Registration Officer) overlaying all 243 Meeting Constituencies and 963 AEROs (Assistant Electoral Registration Officer) are often supervising the progress of SIR,” the ECI stated.
Events sought voter record cleaning
The revision, along with common annual updating, got here in gentle of the growing demand of all political events to cleanse the electoral rolls primarily based on eligibility circumstances comparable to residence, age, and Indian citizenship within the current previous.
Many ineligible individuals have been in a position to procure the voter playing cards, as neither had intensive revision been carried out periodically since 2004 nor had been eligibility paperwork available. Subsequently, sources say, in case of complaints and objections by any elector or political social gathering, it turns into troublesome to look into such complaints in a rational method.
Digitisation and importing of enumeration varieties progressing easily
Working in accordance with the SIR pointers, BLOs have efficiently digitised and uploaded 3.73 crore enumeration varieties by way of the BLO App/ECINet, out of the overall enumeration varieties collected by them to date.
“Right this moment, a brand new module has been carried out in ECINet for the verification of the uploaded varieties by the AERO/EROs,” the ECI added.
Near 98,500 BLOs and different election officers are working tirelessly to finish the train in time, the ballot physique stated.
Over 4 lakh volunteers are additionally supporting the aged, individuals with disabilities (PwD), the sick, and susceptible populations, together with the 1.56 lakh proactive drive of booth-level brokers (BLAs) who’ve been appointed by all recognised political events. The ballot physique has credited all these for the gathering of 74.39% enumeration varieties.
The Election Fee of India is aiming to launch the draft electoral roll for Bihar on August 1 and the ultimate model by September 30.
The time period of the Bihar meeting is ending in November, and the elections are more likely to be held earlier than that.
Nivedita Singh is an information journalist and covers the Election Fee, Indian Railways and Ministry of Street Transport and Highways. She has practically seven years of expertise within the information media. She tweets @nived…Learn Extra
Nivedita Singh is an information journalist and covers the Election Fee, Indian Railways and Ministry of Street Transport and Highways. She has practically seven years of expertise within the information media. She tweets @nived… Learn Extra
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