It is reported that Kumar also asked for a stricter working system at ECI headquarters Nirvachan Sadan and launched attendance rates for E-Office and biometrics.
ET learned that the CEC has asked each of the 36 chief election officers (CEOs) in each state to focus on one of a top democracy and to examine its election activities, including holding elections and attracting voters Rolls-Royce. Their best practices, differences and novel ideas with India’s election process are particularly concerned.
Likewise, each CEO is tasked with viewing state-specific rulebooks to hold local human elections. This requires the registration of overlaps and differences in these rulebooks through the representatives of the People’s Law of 1951, the registration of the election rules in 1960, and the registration of laws that appeared in the 73rd and 74th constitutional amendments.
This is a particular concern, given the greater ambition for the voter lineup of co-electing voters at all three levels across the country, from Gram Sabha to the state assembly and Lok Sabha.
This subject is also key to the ‘One Nation, One Election’ plan, though it is seen as a challenging one given varying rulebooks across states that will need reconciliation besides legislative amendments.The above two key tasks apart, the ECI in its March 4 conference of all CEOs, has also set up four cohorts of CEOs to comprehensively look at the issues of electronic rolls, conduct of elections, supervision/enforcement, and political parties/candidates. And, after Kumar took office as CEC on February 19, a new work ethic is being realized at the EC headquarters. Accordingly, notices have been issued to fully transfer to the E-Office format in most departments. The internal target has been set to transition to the digital file system.
Nirvachan Sadan saw the first strict implementation of the Biometric Attendance System (BAS) installed at the polling team headquarters in February. Starting February 24, ECI has made it necessary for all officials and staff of the poll team to mark it through the BAS system and set off. In addition, during the five-day working week, the working hours are 40 working hours set from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
The issuance notice warns that non-compliance will bring disciplinary action. Most other government offices already operate in BAS format, but Nirvachan Sadan somehow stayed away.
