Rajiv Kumar appointed as next Chief Election Commissioner, to take charge on May 15 : Former finance secretary Rajiv Kumar is set to take charge as the new chief election commissioner on Sunday (May 15). Rajiv Kumar will replace CEC Sushil Chandra, who is due to retire. Kumar took charge as theElection Commissioner of the Election Commission… Read More »
The Election Commission of India (ECI) raised the existing election expenditure limit for candidates in Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies, due to the rise in inflation. The new limits will be applicable in all upcoming elections in the country. The last major revision in the election expenditure limit for candidates was carried out in 2014, which… Read More »
The Election Commission of India has organized a conference with Chief Electoral Officers of all States/UTs in New Delhi. Aim: to discuss and review various thematic issues related to Electoral Roll, Polling Stations, ongoing Special Summary Revision, IT Applications, timely resolution of grievances, EVMs/VVPATs, training & capacity building of polling staff, media & communication & extensive voter outreach… Read More »
The National e-Governance Division (NeGD) of the Ministry of Electronics and IT is organizing yet another AI Pe Charcha (AI Dialogue) on October 28, 2021, covering the importance of data driven and AI-enabled governance along with the global best practice. Theme: AI for Date Driven Governance. It is a series of panel discussions involving various global… Read More »
The Election Commission of India organized a two-day SVEEP (Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation) Consultation Workshop on August 25-26, 2021. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The agenda of the workshop was to review State SVEEP Plans & conduct extensive deliberations on the important aspects of SVEEP for a comprehensive strategy for the forthcoming elections.… Read More »
Election Commission of India released ‘General Elections 2019 – An Atlas’ on June 15, 2021 to inspire academicians and researchers to further explore the vast landscape of the Indian elections. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 17th General Elections conducted in 2019 were the largest democratic exercise in human history which witnessed the participation of 61.468… Read More »
Centre recently appointed Anup Chandra Pandey, a retired IAS officer of the 1984 batch, Uttar Pradesh cadre, as Election Commissioner. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Pandey had served as the Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh under Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and also as the Infrastructure and Industrial Development Commissioner of the state. Pandey has been… Read More »
Election Commission has decided to set up a Core Committee headed by Secretary General of the Commission to identify learning, experiences, shortcomings from recently Poll-gone States of Assam, Bihar, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and UT of Puducherry. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The committee has been broadly tasked to identify the shortcomings or gaps… Read More »
President Ram Nath Kovind appointed Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra to take over as Chief Election Commissioner from Sunil Arora, whose tenure ended on April 12. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Election Commission of India is a permanent Constitutional Body. Originally the commission had only a Chief Election Commissioner. It currently consists of Chief Election Commissioner… Read More »
The Election Commission’s recent decision to change the rules for appointing polling agents has sparked off a debate in West Bengal. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 As per the new regulations, a political party can now nominate a polling agent for any booth within the assembly segment he/she is a voter from. Earlier, the polling… Read More »