The Election Commission on Wednesday extended the schedule for the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in three states and Delhi.
In a letter to the chief electoral officer of Delhi, the poll authority said the draft electoral rolls will now be published on August 17 instead of August 5.Similarly, the house-to-house visits which were scheduled till July 29 will now continue till August 8. In Punjab, the new deadline for the house-to-house visits by the Booth Level Officers (BLOs) for enumeration is August 3, with the publication of draft rolls on August 13.
Earlier, the house-to-house visits were to conclude on July 24. The draft electoral rolls in the state will now be published on August 13 in place of July 31. The final rolls will come out on October 12 in place of October 10.
In Telangana, the draft rolls will be published on August 10 while the final rolls will be published on October 12.In Karnataka, the house-to-house visits by the BLOs will continue till August 8 in place of July 29. Draft rolls in the state will be published on August 17 in place of August 5.
The final electoral rolls in the southern state were to be published on October 7 but according to the revised schedule, they will be published on October 19.On Tuesday, EC extended the SIR schedule for Haryana and Andhra Pradesh.
Delhi and the three states besides Haryana and Andhra Pradesh are part of Phase 3 of the SIR which was rolled out on May 14.Once Phase 3 is completed, the entire country, except for Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh, will be covered under the SIR rollout.Due to a variety of reasons, the SIR in the previous phase has also seen frequent tweaking in schedules.
In the national capital and Karnataka, the enumeration period has been extended from July 29 to August 8. The draft electoral rolls will now be published on August 17 as compared to the previous deadline of August 5.The claims and objection period will be August 17 to September 16, and the final lists will be published on October 19, 12 days after the previous deadline of October 7.
The Commission, meanwhile, has sanctioned a special honorarium of Rs 6,000 to Booth Level Officers (BLOs) and BLO Supervisors engaged in the SIR process."I am directed to convey that considering the volume and nature of the work involved in Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, the Commission has approved the grant of a one-time honorarium of Rs 6,000 to each BLO and BLO Supervisor engaged in the exercise, in addition to their annual remuneration," the letter from ECI said.
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