ECI launches NERP : Stress laid on enrolment of citizens
Source: The Sangai Express / Press Information Bureau
New Delhi, July 20 2016:
Election Commission of India
has launched the National
Electoral Roll Purification
(NERP), 2016 to improve
health of electoral rolls and
optimize the polling station
locations and areas.
ECI gives utmost impor-
tance to enrolment of all
eligible citizens and to assist
electors in reaching and cast-
ing their votes in a hassle free
way by establishing polling
stations at a conveniently lo-
cated building.
'No voter to be left be-
hind' is the motto of ECI for
this year.
NERP has been
launched this week across the
country with intensive verifi-
cation by ECI's field
functionaries and stakeholders
interaction.
NERP will enhance the
purity and fidelity of electoral
rolls, standardise polling sta-
tions for electors'
convenience and facilitate
electors' easy reach to polling
stations.