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Time of India
7 hours ago
- Politics
- Time of India
ECI's nationwide SIR plan gains steam, BLO & ERO training on across states
Live Events (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel Even as the ongoing Bihar Special Intensive Revision (SIR) is caught in litigation in the Supreme Court, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has fully activated its machinery over the last few days for a similar SIR launch across the has gathered that the ECI's latest national training programme for booth-level officers (BLOs) and BLO supervisors is focused on SIR and has taken off over the last two weeks. The poll panel's top trainers are fanning out across states to prime up election staff on SIR. Chief electoral officers (CEOs) have also started reaching out to local political party units on SIR. On July 28, the Manipur CEO invited local party units of Imphal East district for a meeting on 'SIR 2026' to discuss revision activities, house-to-house survey and rationalisation of polling stations. A similar meet was held on July 24 with political parties of Kangpokpi July 22, as per a Sikkim government press statement, the Sikkim CEO met with representatives of political parties and top of the agenda was preparatory works being undertaken at the DEO and ERO level for the proposed SIR, especially bringing in an increased number of BLOs to facilitate the intensive next step is expected to be the big one -- full-scale launch of nationwide SIR in mid-August with house-to-house verification and pre-revision activities, as has been indicated to CEOs, ET has was first to report on July 11 of ECI's plans to take SIR nationwide from August. The move is in keeping with the ECI's June 24 announcement of SIR in Bihar where it added that it would initiate the SIR "in the entire country for the discharge of its constitutional mandate to protect the integrity of the electoral rolls " and issue a separate schedule for the CEOs have begun conducting training of BLOs, DEOs and EROs over the last few conducted SIR trainings on July 17, Goa covered Porvorim assembly constituency last week while Arunachal Pradesh did so on July 25. CEO of Andaman & Nicobar Island met all the DEOs, ERO and AEROs on July 17 to discuss the SIR. A July 15 statement by the Ladakh government mentioned the ongoing BLO training that focused on SIR and special summary revision (SSR).A July 17 statement by Nagaland mentioned holding the national level training programme for BLOs where "trainees were imparted training on special intensive revision overview of SIR, verification duties and focus area, using of BLO app, demonstration of login, data entry and submitting report, how to correctly fill forms and evaluation". The Rajasthan CEO on Tuesday put out posts on 'X' on training being conducted on BLO training held last week in West Bengal was part of the same exercise with chief minister Mamata Banerjee raising concerns over it. Electoral rolls of the last intensive revision held in each state -- 2002 to 2005-06 -- are also up across their websites for the training for BLOs is being held in three segments. The first is aimed at educating BLOs on the objectives and procedures of SIR, responsibilities of BLOs, handling of enumeration forms, publication of draft rolls, panel provisions and constitutional guidelines, general duties and conduct of BLOs. The second segment trains BLOs on the use of mobile applications to streamline electoral work, and tools and technologies to improve field third session gives a detailed overview of the voter helpline app (VHA) and its use in electoral assistance.
Yahoo
a day ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Ero Copper Completes Phase 1 Drill Program at Furnas, Extends High-Grade Mineralization
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Hindustan Times
2 days ago
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
Bihar data released, next phase of revision to begin
The Election Commission of India will publish the draft electoral rolls for Bihar on August 1, marking the start of the next phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process, the poll body said on Sunday. Booth Level Officer (BLO) verify documents during the SIR drive. (HT File) These draft rolls will include the names of all electors who submitted duly filled enumeration forms during the verification phase held between June 24 and July 25. Following the publication, a one-month statutory window — from August 1 to September 1— will open for electors, political parties, and other stakeholders to file claims for inclusion and objections to wrongful exclusions or errors in the draft list. During this period, any discrepancies, duplications, or missing entries can be formally flagged using prescribed forms. Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) and Assistant Electoral Registration Officers (AEROs) will scrutinise all submissions and make necessary corrections. At the same time, these officers will review and take final decisions on the enumeration forms collected during the door-to-door phase. Once all objections and claims are processed and the 'health parameters' of the rolls are checked, the final electoral rolls will be published on September 30. The commission reiterated that no deletions will be made from the draft rolls without due process, including a formal notice and a speaking order by the ERO or AERO. 'As per Para 5(b) of SIR guidelines, NO NAME CAN BE DELETED from the draft list published on 1st August without notice and speaking order of the ERO/AERO,' according to an ECI note. The ECI on Sunday released a detailed note outlining the key findings from the recently concluded first phase of the SIR in Bihar. According to the Commission, over 7.24 crore voters — 91.69% of the state's 7.89 crore registered electors — submitted their Enumeration Forms during the month-long exercise. The remaining 8.31% included individuals who were either deceased, had shifted from their registered address, were found enrolled in multiple locations, or chose not to submit the form. Among the non-submitters, the commission identified 22 lakh (2.83%) voters as deceased, 36 lakh (4.59%) as not found at their address or permanently shifted, and 7 lakh (0.89%) as enrolled in more than one place. BLOs (block level officers) also reported that several electors had moved to other states or union territories and enrolled there, while others were unwilling to register or had not submitted the form by July 25. The Commission said that no name will be deleted from the draft rolls published on August 1 without proper legal procedure. As per Para 5(b) of the SIR guidelines, each deletion must be preceded by a formal notice and a speaking order from the relevant ERO or AERO. Voters who find their names missing from the draft rolls can appeal before the District Magistrate or the Chief Electoral Officer under Section 24 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950. To make the process more accessible, the ECI is developing a standardised appeal format which will be made available for public use. The Commission also said that electors found enrolled at multiple locations will have their names retained in only one constituency. However, voters wrongly flagged as deceased, shifted, or duplicate may be added back during the Claims and Objections period. All such changes and verifications will be completed by the designated 243 EROs and 2,976 AEROs across Bihar, including 1,470 officers specially notified for the SIR on July 8. Responding to the ongoing political opposition to the SIR, a senior ECI official expressed surprise at the objections raised even before the publication of the draft list. 'ECI is not able to understand that when full one month period from 1 August till 1 September is available to point out wrongful inclusion or wrongful exclusion of any name, why are they creating such a big fuss now?' the official said. He further added, 'Why not ask their 1.6 lakh BLAs to submit claims and objections from 1 August till 1 September? Why are some persons trying to give an impression that the draft list is the final list, which it is not, as per SIR orders?' This reaction came two days after MPs from the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc staged a protest inside the Parliament complex, marking the fifth day of demonstrations against the SIR exercise in Bihar. Senior leaders, including Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi, led a march from the Gandhi statue on the premises to the Makar Dwar entrance of Parliament. Carrying posters with the slogan 'SIR—Attack on Democracy,' the MPs tore and discarded them in a symbolic rejection of the process. The Commission noted that BLOs visited each household where an elector was listed in the voter roll as of June 24, with up to three visits made to ensure form collection. BLOs also held meetings with BLAs at the booth level, and political agents were allowed to submit up to 50 Enumeration Forms per day to ensure their full participation in the exercise. To include temporarily migrated voters from Bihar, the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of the state reached out to CEOs of other states and union territories, requesting assistance in contacting migrant electors. In addition, the ECI released full-page advertisements in 246 newspapers across the country, with a combined circulation of 2.6 crore, to inform Bihari voters residing outside the state about the enumeration process. The ECI also reported significant digital participation. Over 16 lakh Enumeration Forms were filled online through the official portal or ECINet mobile app, while an additional 13 lakh forms were downloaded for manual submission — taking the total digital engagement to nearly 29 lakh forms. These forms could be submitted through family members or even via messaging platforms like WhatsApp to the concerned BLOs. Special attention was paid to urban voters, with enumeration camps set up in all 5,683 wards across 261 urban local bodies in Bihar. To complement this effort, more than 10.2 crore SMSes were sent during the enumeration phase — both to inform electors and to acknowledge receipt of their forms. The Commission also provided a portal link for voters to track the status of their submissions. 'Now that the process of distribution and collection of enumeration forms is over, the BLOs would be given training in the next couple of days to handle the process of claims/ objections. If any eligible elector wants to include his /her name , it would be done from August 1 to September 1. Besides, claims /objections could be given against any elector's name figuring in the rolls. Such electors would be given notice and only after hearing, a decision would be taken by the electoral registration officers (EROs). No names would be deleted without proper hearing,' said an officer in the state election department. A second official said that all BLOs will be given copies of the draft rolls on August 1. 'The draft rolls will also be given to representatives of recognised political parties and booth level agents of the parties... Electors can also check their names in the draft rolls online or by visiting booths,' the official said, requesting anonymity. During the claims and objection period, voters can also get any rectification done by filling up prescribed forms while any genuine voter who has not been included in the rolls could also get enrolled by filling up the prescribed forms and declaration, officials said.
Time of India
2 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Bihar SIR now centres on scrutiny, deletions
ERO in Action The Missing Electors Live Events The Final Call (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel Ahead of the Supreme Court hearing on Bihar's ongoing Special Intensive Revision ( SIR ), the Election Commission of India on Sunday outlined 10 objectives of the exercise. The last two-crucial at this stage-will come into play with the publication of the draft electoral roll on August 1, when names of lakhs of " missing electors " are expected to be ninth and tenth objectives outlined by the ECI are crucial as they pertain to the scrutiny of the draft roll and the process for deletions from it. With this phase, responsibility now shifts from Booth Level Officers (BLOs) to Electoral Registration Officers (EROs).The ECI said 243 Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) and 2,976 Assistant EROs are in place to scrutinise and decide on claims and objections for inclusion or deletion of voters , with 1,470 AEROs additionally notified for the Bihar SIR on 8 July name can be deleted from the draft roll without prior notice and a speaking order, and appeals may be made to the district magistrate or chief electoral officer. Volunteers are being trained to help file appeals, with a standard format to be widely circulated, the ECI ECI received forms from 91.69% of Bihar's electors-about 7.24 cr-but nearly 65L may be missing from the draft roll, including 22L found deceased. Another seven lakh were enrolled at multiple locations, with names to be retained only at one valid address.A key concern is 36 lakh voters (4.59%) marked as permanently shifted or untraceable, as BLOs couldn't locate them or collect forms. The ECI believes they may have registered elsewhere or don't exist. Some voters may have missed the 25 July deadline, while others may be unwilling to register. Their exact status will be clear after ERO/AERO scrutiny by 1 August 2025. Genuine voters can still be added during the claims and objections period from August 1 to September 1, the ECI the draft electoral roll is published on August 1, booth-wise copies of the same will be given to all the 12 parties in Bihar and also published on the CEO's website. From August 1 to September 1, any elector or any political party may file for claims and objections to the concerned ERO for inclusion of any eligible elector who is left out, or removal of any ineligible elector from the draft electoral final electoral roll will be published on September 30 after all claims and objections are addressed.
The Hindu
2 days ago
- Politics
- The Hindu
Bihar SIR: 91.69% have submitted enumeration forms, says Election Commission of India
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Sunday (July 27, 2025) said 91.69% of electors registered in the 2025 voter list in Bihar had submitted enumeration forms as part of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, and these voters will be included in the draft list to be published on August 1. Of the 7.89 crore registered electors as on June 24, over 7.24 crore had submitted enumeration forms indicating overwhelming participation, the poll body said in a statement. This, in effect, means the names of 65 lakh voters registered in the July 2025 list would not make it to the August 1 draft rolls. In the 10-point statement, the ECI listed the various aims of the SIR, such as the inclusion of every eligible voter, participation of all political parties, inclusion of young and urban voters, and scrutiny of draft rolls and redressal of all grievances during the claims and objections period. It said the names of voters who were not found include around 2.83% (22 lakh) deceased, 4.59% (36 lakh) who had permanently shifted or were not found, and 0.89% or 7 lakh who were enrolled at multiple places. The exact status of these electors will be known after scrutiny of forms by the Electoral Registration Officers (ERO) or Assistant Electoral Registration Officers by August 1. However, genuine electors can still be added back in the electoral rolls during the Claims and Objections period from August 1 to September 1. The names of the electors found enrolled at multiple places will be retained only at one place, the ECI said. The poll body said young electors who have attained 18 years of age on July 1, 2025, or would be attaining 18 years on or before October 1, 2025 are being encouraged to file their application in Form 6, along with the prescribed Declaration Form. Also Read: Decoding ECI's counter affidavit on SIR | Explained The commission said it would conduct special campaigns across Bihar from August 1 to September 1 to enrol such young electors, so that all eligible electors can be enrolled and no one is left out. It said that SMSs explaining the SIR process were sent to 5.7 crore registered mobile numbers of all those electors who had registered their mobile numbers. During the enumeration period, the Chief Electoral Officer, District Election Officers and EROs conducted numerous campaigns for spreading awareness among electors about the SIR and also conducted several meetings with political parties to explain the process, and to keep them apprised of the progress of SIR. As per the SIR order, from August 1 to September 1, any elector or political party may fill the prescribed forms and submit claims to the ERO for any eligible elector who is left out or file objections for removal of any ineligible elector. The SIR order on June 24 had said that the exercise would be carried out across the country, beginning with Bihar. The contentious exercise has been challenged in the Supreme Court, with the hearing scheduled on July 28. Opposition parties have branded it as 'NRC through backdoor'. A senior ECI official asked why a big issue is being made out of the exercise when there was a full one month, from August 1 to September 1, available to point out wrongful inclusion or exclusion of names. 'Why are they creating such a big fuss now? Why not ask their 1.6 lakh BLAs to submit claims and objections from August till September 1?' the official asked. The ECI said the credit for the 'successful completion' of the first phase of SIR also goes to the Bihar CEO, 38 DEOs, 243 EROs, 2,976 AEROs, and Booth Level Officers (BLOs) deployed at 77,895 polling booths, lakhs of volunteers and full involvement of the field representatives of all the 12 major parties and as many as 1.60 lakh Booth Level Agents (BLAs) appointed by them. In a bid to ensure that no eligible voter is left behind, the ECI said CEO, DEOs and EROs held several meetings with parties to explain the SIR process. The BLOs also held booth-level meetings with BLAs. The BLOs went house to house to each elector whose name was in the electoral rolls to distribute enumeration forms. They also made at least three visits to collect the filled enumeration forms. Special efforts were also made to ensure that no temporary migrant is left behind. Full page advertisements in Hindi were published in 246 newspapers with a circulation of around 2.60 crore while the Bihar CEO wrote to all States and Union Territories to requesting them to make special efforts to reach out to temporarily migrated people. Around 16 lakh migrant workers filled their enumeration forms online while another 13 lakh had downloaded the forms. To ensure that no urban elector is left behind, special camps were set up in all 5,683 wards of all 261 urban local bodies. The ECI also shared with the political parties booth-level lists of electors who were reported as deceased electors, or whose enumeration forms were not received, or who were reported to be permanently migrated or could not be traced an with the objective of requesting them to inquire about such electors in a focused manner. 'Subsequently, after noticing the efforts of the political parties, such updated lists were again shared with the representatives of political parties,' it said. With an aim to ensure that there is no deletion and aggrieved electors are helped in filing appeals, the ECI is also training volunteers to help people file appeals against decisions of EROs. A standard format for filing appeals is also being devised and will be widely circulated to allow people to file appeals easily, it said.
