EVM Current Affairs, GK & News
Assam: Paper Ballots to EVMs in Local Polls
The Cabinet of Assam in its meeting that was presided over Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma gave approval to the proposal of replacing paper ballots with Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in the polls of Guwahati Municipal Corporation. Overview: The approval that was given to the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2022 to replace paper ballots ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2022
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs • States Current Affairs
Topics: Assam • Electronic Voting Machines • EVM • Himanta Biswa Sarma • NABARD
One Nation, One Election: Contradicting Views
The debate on the issue of the simultaneous polls to Assembly and Lok Sabha are again at the forefront. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called an all-party meeting to discuss the issue of simultaneous polls. Views of those who favour the Idea Reduced Expenditure on public exchequer: The money spent by the Election Commission on ..
Topics: Assembly Elections • Constitution • Election Commission • EVM • national party • One Election • One Nation • One Nation One Election • Parliament • Regional Party • simultaneous elections
EVM is ‘information’ under RTI Act: CIC
The Central Information Commission (CIC) has ruled that the EVM machine is information under the Right to Information Act and directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to respond to appellant who had sought an EVM. What was the case? The applicant Rajaak Khan Haider had sought an EVM from the Election Commission. The Election Commission had rejected the ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2019
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: Central Information Commission • CIC • ECI • Election Commission of India • EVM • Right to Information Act