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Time of India
3 days ago
- General
- Time of India
SVEEP campaign kicks off to promote voter registration
Patna: State's chief electoral officer, Vinod Singh Gunjiyal, appealed to the young voters and eligible citizens, who have completed 18 years, to get their names registered in the voter list and become active participants in the electoral process. They can do so by using the Voter Helpline App, Voter Portal, or contact their BLO (booth level officer). He was inaugurating a three-day SVEEP (systematic voters' education and electoral participation) special campaign, "Vote for earth, vote for democracy," on Tuesday organised on the occasion of World Bicycle Day. "Voting is the soul of democracy, and the environment is its future," he said. The cycle rally witnessed enthusiastic participation from a large number of youth, women, school and college students, cycling club volunteers, police personnel from police headquarters, govt employees, and representatives from various organisations. The rally's primary objective was to encourage young people, especially new voters who have completed 18 years of age, and women voters, to register in the electoral roll. Simultaneously, it promoted cycling as a means of environmental conservation. The themes of the three-day programme include "ride bicycle, increase voting' on the first day where voter cycle rallies were organised in districts, schools, colleges, and govt offices. The theme for the second day is "Voter dialogue—message of voting" where special sessions of Electoral Literacy Clubs will be held in schools and colleges, along with audio messages in villages and towns, social media live sessions, competitions, mehendi, rangoli, reel making, videography, EVM and VVPAT demos and voter pledge and "Environmental Voter" resolution. The theme for the last day is "Promise of greenery, intent of democracy", in which a voter tree plantation drive, street plays, songs, and awareness programmes will be conducted.
The Hindu
19-05-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Election Commission begins training programme for field functionaries from Jharkhand
The Election Commission on Monday (May 19, 2025) began a two-day training programme for frontline election functionaries from Jharkhand. The participants, numbering 402, would be trained in interactive sessions, role plays, simulating house-to-house surveys, case studies, and hands-on exercises for filling various forms for voter registration. The participants include deputy electoral officers, electoral registration officers, booth-level officers (BLO) and BLO Supervisors. The capacity-building programme for frontline election functionaries from Jharkhand was inaugurated by Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar at the India International Institute of Democracy and Election Management (IIIDEM) here. 3,000 trained so far The EC has trained over 3,000 such participants from across the country over the last three months. Addressing the functionaries, Mr. Kumar asked the participants to make electors aware of provisions like first and second appeals under Sections 24(a) and 24(b) of Representation of the People Act 1950, an official statement from the EC said. The first and second appeals against the final electoral rolls can be made with the District Magistrate/District Collector/Executive Magistrate and the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of the State/Union Territory, respectively. No appeals were filed from Jharkhand after the completion of the special summary revision exercise as of January 6-10 earlier this year. The curriculum of the programme includes interactive sessions, role plays, simulating house-to-house surveys, case studies, and hands-on exercises for filling Forms 6, 7 and 8. Additionally, participants will receive practical training on the Voter Helpline App and the IT tools. Technical demonstrations will be held. They will be trained in the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) and voter-verified paper audit trails (VVPATs), as well as the conduct of mock polls.
Hans India
05-05-2025
- Politics
- Hans India
One platform for all electoral services, EC to launch ECINET
New Delhi: In a significant step towards streamlining electoral services, the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced on Sunday that it is developing a comprehensive digital platform, ECINET, which will unify and reorient more than 40 of its existing mobile and web applications into a single, user-friendly interface. Designed to serve electors and key stakeholders -- including election officials, political parties, and civil society -- ECINET aims to simplify electoral processes by offering an aesthetic and accessible User Interface (UI) alongside a seamless User Experience (UX). "In a major initiative, the Election Commission of India is developing a new user-friendly digital interface for the electors and its other stakeholders," the Commission said in an official statement. The one-stop platform will eliminate the need for users to manage multiple apps and logins and will facilitate easy access to electoral data through both desktop and mobile devices, according to the statement. ECINET was conceptualised by Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar during the Conference of Chief Electoral Officers (CEOs) held in March 2025, attended by Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi. The statement added that the ECINET initiative is positioned to subsume major existing applications such as the Voter Helpline App, Voter Turnout App, cVIGIL, Suvidha 2.0, ESMS, Saksham, and KYC App -- which collectively account for more than 5.5 crore downloads. By doing so, the ECI said it aims to bring convenience to nearly 100 crore voters and the vast electoral machinery, including 10.5 lakh Booth Level Officers (BLOs), 15 lakh Booth Level Agents (BLAs) from political parties, around 45 lakh polling officials, 15,597 Assistant Electoral Registration Officers (AEROs), 4,123 Electoral Registration Officers (EROs), and 767 District Election Officers (DEOs) across the country. ECINET will only feature data input by authorised ECI officials to ensure accuracy and reliability. In case of discrepancies, the primary data entered in statutory forms will remain the official source. The platform will be fully compliant with the legal provisions of the Representation of the People Acts of 1950 and 1951, the Registration of Electoral Rules, 1960, and the Conduct of Election Rules, 1961, as well as with ECI's instructions.
Time of India
04-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
EC's single-point application set to integrate existing 40 apps, portals
This is a representational image NEW DELHI: Are too many election-related apps - separately enabling you to locate your polling station, report model code violations, track voter turnout or get poll results - crowding your phone memory? Well, the Election Commission will soon have a solution - a single-point app for all stakeholders, which will subsume over 40 apps and portals developed by EC over time, to give you a simplified user experience. The new, user-friendly digital interface will be available both as a web-based portal and as a mobile app for electors and other stakeholders such as election officials, political parties and the civil society. The one-stop platform, ECINET , will integrate and reorient over 40 of EC's existing mobile and web applications. It is expected to benefit nearly 100 crore electors and 26 lakh other stakeholders. The 40 existing apps include the Voter Helpline App, Voter Turnout App, cVIGIL, Suvidha 2.0, ESMS, Saksham and KYC App, which together have clocked over 5.5 crore downloads so far. "ECINET will have an aesthetic user interface (UI) and a simplified user experience (UX) by providing a singular platform for all electoral-related activities. This move is designed to alleviate the burden of the users for downloading and navigating multiple apps and remembering different logins," an EC spokesperson said. ECINET will also allow users to access relevant electoral data on their desktops or smartphones. To ensure that data is as accurate as possible, information on the platform will be entered by authorised EC officials only. In case of any conflict, primary data as duly filled in statutory forms will prevail.
United News of India
04-05-2025
- Business
- United News of India
ECI to launch single-point App to facilitate electoral services; seamless data handling
Hyderabad/New Delhi, May 4 (UNI) In a major initiative, the Election Commission of India (ECI) is developing a new user-friendly digital interface for the electors, and other stakeholders such as the election officials, political parties and the civil society. The new one-stop platform, ECINET, will integrate and reorient over 40 of ECI's existing mobile and web applications, a release said on Sunday. ECINET will have an aesthetic User Interface (UI) and a simplified User Experience (UX) by providing a singular platform for all electoral-related activities. This move is also designed to alleviate the burden of the users for downloading and navigating multiple Apps and remembering different logins. The platform was envisaged by the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India Gyanesh Kumar during the Conference of Chief Electoral Officers (CEOs) held in March 2025, in the presence of Election Commissioners Dr. Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Dr. Vivek Joshi. ECINET will also enable users to access relevant electoral data on their desktops or smartphones. To ensure that data is as accurate as possible, the data on ECINET will be entered solely by the authorised ECI official. Entry by the concerned official would ensure that the data made available to the stakeholders is as accurate as possible. However, in case of any conflict, the primary data as duly filled in statutory forms will prevail. ECINET will subsume existing Apps like the Voter Helpline App, Voter Turnout App, cVIGIL, Suvidha 2.0, ESMS, Saksham and KYC App which together have clocked over 5.5 crore downloads. ECINET is expected to benefit nearly 100 crore electors and the entire electoral machinery comprising over 10.5 lakh Booth Level Officers (BLOs), around 15 Lakh Booth Level Agents (BLAs) appointed by Political Parties, nearly 45 Lakh Polling Officials, 15,597 Assistant Electoral Registration Officers (AEROs), 4,123 EROs and 767 District Election Officers (DEOs) across the country. ECINET has already reached an advanced stage of development and rigorous trials are being conducted to ensure smooth functionality, ease of use, and robust cybersecurity measures. It is being developed after an elaborate consultative exercise involving 36 CEOs of all the States/UTs, 767 DEOs and 4,123 EROs of their States/UTs and after reviewing 76 publications comprising 9,000 pages of the electoral framework, instructions and handbooks issued by ECI from time to time. The data provided through ECINET will be strictly aligned within the legal framework established by the Representation of People Act 1950, 1951, Registration of Electoral Rules, 1960 Conduct of Election Rules, 1961 and instructions issued by ECI from time to time. UNI KNR RN
