Special voters facilitation stall opened at IITFs Delhi Pavilion CEO
New Delhi Nov 18 PTI A special stall has been opened at the Delhi Pavilion of the ongoing India International Trade Fair IITF here by poll authorities to facilitate voters especially the youth as part of the special summary revision exercise officials said on Thursday The special summary revision of Delhis electoral roll with January 1 2022 as the qualifying date began on November 1 Delhi CEO Ranbir Singh had earlier said and asserted that the poll authorities will carry out the exercise as a month-long festival for the electorate A special voters facilitation stall has been started at the Delhi Pavilion of the ongoing IITF at Pragati Maidan As the event sees a large footfall of youths so this decision was taken to help voters who are turning 18 before the cut-off date or have already turned but not enrolled in the voters list besides other sections of the electorate Singh told PTI on Thursday He said the idea behind opening the stall at IITF is also to reach out to lot of women voters including young women The special stall is the result of an initiative of the office of the New Delhi District Election Officer DEO he said After a years gap IITF is being held at Pragati Maidan in the national capital from November 14-27 with Atmanirbhar Bharat as its theme the commerce ministry had said early October The IITF is a huge attraction for the Delhites A special booth was set up at Delhi Pavilion in India Trade Promotion Organisation ITPO Pragati Maidan for dissemination of information regarding Special Summary Revision-2022 New Delhi DEO Monica Priyadarshini told PTI that the special booth set up at the Delhi Pavilion has a dedicated staff deployed to educate visitors about the Voter Helpline app which is the easiest way for any kind of voter-related service Response of visitors to this stall has been very encouraging she said Many youngsters have applied for new voter cards at the helpdesk through Voters Helpline App In less than two minutes they can enrol themselves as new voters she added The fair was not held in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic It was the second time in the history that IITF was not organised The first time this happened was in 1980 Visitors were allowed in Business Days category from November 14-18 and for general public days it will now open from Friday till November 27 During this exercise any person who would be 18 years or more on or before January 1 2022 will be eligible to enrol as a voter The final roll will be published on January 5 Delhi CEO Office will hold special camps on November 27 and 28 across all polling stations in the city to facilitate enrolment of voters as part of the special summary revision SSR exercise officials had said on Tuesday According to the draft roll published on November 1 2021 the total number of electors stand at 14795949 showed the data shared by the CEO Office There is a decrease in the number of both male and female voters in the draft roll vis-a-vis the one published on January 15 according to the data shared by the Delhi CEO The number of male female and third gender electors are 8088031 6706570 and 948 respectively according to the draft roll published on November 1 The numbers for the January 15 roll were 8158180 6738976 and 913 respectively Delhis last electoral roll was published in January 2021 according to which the total number of eligible voters in the city had then stood at over 148 crore PTI KND CK
New Delhi Nov 18 PTI A special stall has been opened at the Delhi Pavilion of the ongoing India International Trade Fair IITF here by poll authorities to facilitate voters especially the youth as part of the special summary revision exercise officials said on Thursday The special summary revision of Delhis electoral roll with January 1 2022 as the qualifying date began on November 1 Delhi CEO Ranbir Singh had earlier said and asserted that the poll authorities will carry out the exercise as a month-long festival for the electorate A special voters facilitation stall has been started at the Delhi Pavilion of the ongoing IITF at Pragati Maidan As the event sees a large footfall of youths so this decision was taken to help voters who are turning 18 before the cut-off date or have already turned but not enrolled in the voters list besides other sections of the electorate Singh told PTI on Thursday He said the idea behind opening the stall at IITF is also to reach out to lot of women voters including young women The special stall is the result of an initiative of the office of the New Delhi District Election Officer DEO he said After a years gap IITF is being held at Pragati Maidan in the national capital from November 14-27 with Atmanirbhar Bharat as its theme the commerce ministry had said early October The IITF is a huge attraction for the Delhites A special booth was set up at Delhi Pavilion in India Trade Promotion Organisation ITPO Pragati Maidan for dissemination of information regarding Special Summary Revision-2022 New Delhi DEO Monica Priyadarshini told PTI that the special booth set up at the Delhi Pavilion has a dedicated staff deployed to educate visitors about the Voter Helpline app which is the easiest way for any kind of voter-related service Response of visitors to this stall has been very encouraging she said Many youngsters have applied for new voter cards at the helpdesk through Voters Helpline App In less than two minutes they can enrol themselves as new voters she added The fair was not held in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic It was the second time in the history that IITF was not organised The first time this happened was in 1980 Visitors were allowed in Business Days category from November 14-18 and for general public days it will now open from Friday till November 27 During this exercise any person who would be 18 years or more on or before January 1 2022 will be eligible to enrol as a voter The final roll will be published on January 5 Delhi CEO Office will hold special camps on November 27 and 28 across all polling stations in the city to facilitate enrolment of voters as part of the special summary revision SSR exercise officials had said on Tuesday According to the draft roll published on November 1 2021 the total number of electors stand at 14795949 showed the data shared by the CEO Office There is a decrease in the number of both male and female voters in the draft roll vis-a-vis the one published on January 15 according to the data shared by the Delhi CEO The number of male female and third gender electors are 8088031 6706570 and 948 respectively according to the draft roll published on November 1 The numbers for the January 15 roll were 8158180 6738976 and 913 respectively Delhis last electoral roll was published in January 2021 according to which the total number of eligible voters in the city had then stood at over 148 crore PTI KND CK
