18 key initiatives undertaken by the Election Commission of India in the last three months.

Kolkata National Politics West Bengal

A. Electors

1. Maximum number of voters at a polling station has been restricted to 1200

2. Additional polling booths will be set up in High Rises / Colonies

3. For Electoral Roll updation, data of Death registration to be directly obtained from RGI database; will be updated after verification

4. Voter Information Slips to be made more elector friendly: serial number and part number of the voter will now be displayed more prominently

B. Political Parties

1. Pan-India All-Party meetings conducted at the CEO/DEO/ERO level. 4,719 meetings held (CEO-40/ DEOs-800/EROs-3879); over 28,000 representatives of political parties participated

2. Election Commission meetings with heads of National & State political parties – AAP/BJP/BSP/CPI(M)/NPP

3. Capacity building programmes for Booth Level Agents of Political Parties at IIIDEM (Bihar, TN & Puducherry)

C. Procedural Reforms

1. Introduction of new Integrated Dashboard – ECINET, with aim to provide all services for all stakeholders at a single point (Single App to replace 40 + Apps/Websites)

2. Duplicate EPIC Number issue resolved; new mechanism for Unique EPIC numbers in place

D. Legal

1. 28 stakeholders were identified in the entire process of preparation of electoral rolls and conduct of elections, including electors, election officials, political parties, candidates and others based on Representation of the People Act 1950, 1951, Registration of Electors Rules 1960, Conduct of Election Rules, 1961 and the instructions issued by the ECI from time to time

2. For each of these stakeholders: training presentations are being prepared based on the Acts, Rules and Instructions of the Commission

E. Election Staff

1. BLOs to get Standard Photo ID Card

2. Capacity building programmes at IIIDEM, New Delhi: • More than 3000 Booth Level Supervisors already trained at IIIDEM • Over 1 lakh BLO Supervisors to be trained in next few years

3. Orientation programme for SMNOs & MNOs from CEO offices of all 36 States/UTs at IIIDEM conducted 4. Training conducted for Police Officers from Bihar at IIIDEM

F. ECI

1. Implementation of Biometric Attendance

2. Operationalisation and Roll Out of E-Office

3. Regular meetings with CEOs

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