NEW DELHI: The Election Fee on Sunday mentioned that it has carried out 17 new initiatives to conduct the upcoming Bihar meeting election in a smoother method. Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar mentioned that these initiatives can be included throughout India within the upcoming elections.At a press convention in Patna, Gyanesh Kumar mentioned, “Seventeen new initiatives have been efficiently carried out in Bihar; some can be carried out within the conduct of elections, and a few in counting.”
“Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) are chargeable for making ready the voter checklist. In Bihar, there's an ERO in every of the 243 meeting constituencies. Collectively, they, together with 243 EROs and 90,207 BLOs, accomplished the duty of cleaning the voter checklist after practically 22 years,” he added. Underneath the brand new initiatives, the CEC mentioned that over 7,000 BLOs and BLO supervisors from throughout India, together with Bihar, have been skilled at IIIDEM, New Delhi. The CEC additionally mentioned that remuneration for BLOs, BLO supervisors, polling/counting workers, CAPF, monitoring groups, and micro-observers has been doubled. He added that honorarium has been supplied for EROs and AEROs for the primary time. Provision for refreshments has additionally been enhanced. The ballot physique has additionally determined that counters can be launched simply exterior polling stations for depositing cellphones by voters. The CEC mentioned the Election Fee will guarantee decreased crowding, shorter queues, and extra cubicles in high-rise residential complexes and societies. He additionally mentioned that cubicles by the candidates on ballot day for issuing unofficial identification slips to electors could be arrange simply past 100 meters of any polling station. The CEC mentioned that the EC has revised pointers to make EVM poll papers extra readable, and EVMs could have color pictures of candidates for the primary time. “Hundred % webcasting can be carried out in each sales space in the course of the Bihar polls,” he added.
