The Election Commission of India (ECI) inaugurated a capacity-building program at the India International Institute of Democracy and Election Management (IIIDEM) in New Delhi for 371 field-level electoral officers from Bihar, Haryana, and NCT of Delhi. The two-day training focuses on enhancing practical understanding of voter registration, form handling, and field-level implementation of electoral procedures. Participants will be familiarized with appeal processes against electoral rolls and receive training on the Voter Helpline App (VHA), IT tools, Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trails (VVPATs). The Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) emphasized adherence to the Representation of the People Act 1950, Registration of Electors Rules 1960, Conduct of Election Rules, 1961, and ECI instructions. Participants will also train other Booth Level Officers (BLOs) in their respective states/UTs. The CEC also announced the upcoming issuance of standard identity cards for BLOs to facilitate door-to-door verifications.
Key Entities Referenced
Election Commission ECI: The organization launching the capacity building programme for electoral officers.
Bihar: One of the states from which field-level electoral officers are participating in the programme.
Haryana: One of the states from which field-level electoral officers are participating in the programme.
NCT of Delhi: One of the union territories from which field-level electoral officers are participating in the programme.
PIB Delhi: Press Information Bureau, Delhi - the source of the posted information.
Chief Election Commissioner CEC of India: Title and role of Shri Gyanesh Kumar.
Shri Gyanesh Kumar: The Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India.
Booth Level Officers BLOs: Electoral officers participating in the training programme.
BLO Supervisors: Electoral officers participating in the training programme.
Electoral Registration Officers EROs: Electoral officers participating in the training programme.
India International Institute of Democracy and Election Management IIIDEM: The location of the training programme in New Delhi.
New Delhi: Location of IIIDEM and ECI training program
Representation of the People Act 1950: A legal act that the participants are to function as per.
Registration of Electors Rules 1960: A legal rule that the participants are to function as per.
Conduct of Election Rules, 1961: A legal rule that the participants are to function as per.
DMDistrict CollectorExecutive Magistrate: Official to whom appeals against the final electoral rolls are published with.
section 24a of RP Act 1950: Section of the act under which appeals against the final electoral rolls are published with DM.
Chief Electoral Officer CEO: Official to whom appeals against the final electoral rolls are published with.
StateUT: States/Union Territories
section 24b: Section of the act under which appeals against the final electoral rolls are published with CEO.
Special Summary Revision SSR: The exercise completed before the program, after which no appeals were filed from Bihar, Haryana, and NCT of Delhi
Voter Helpline App VHA: IT tool that participants will receive practical training on.
EVMs: Electronic Voting Machines, participants will be provided technical demonstrations and training on.
VVPATs: Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail, participants will be provided technical demonstrations and training on.
Election Commission
ECI launches capacity building programme for new
batch of field-level electoral officers from Bihar,
Haryana and NCT of Delhi
Posted On: 14 MAY 2025 5:20PM by PIB Delhi
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India Shri Gyanesh Kumar inaugurated a two-day capacity-building
training programme for Booth Level Officers (BLOs), BLO Supervisors, Electoral Registration Officers
(EROs) from Haryana and NCT of Delhi at the India International Institute of Democracy and Election
Management (IIIDEM), New Delhi today.
2. A total of 371 grassroots election officials (306 BLOs from Bihar; 30 EROs and BLO Supervisors from
Haryana; 35 EROs and BLO Supervisors from NCT of Delhi) are taking part in the training programme.
Including the current batch, over 2,600 field officials have been trained in the last two months by ECI in New
Delhi.
3. In his inaugural address, CEC Gyanesh Kumar said that the BLOs will soon be issued standard Identity
cards so as to facilitate their functioning during door-to-door verifications. He added that these participants
will further train other BLOs in their respective States/UTs. The CEC impressed upon the participants that
they are to function strictly as per the Representation of the People Act 1950, Registration of Electors Rules
1960, Conduct of Election Rules, 1961 and the instructions issued by the ECI from time to time.
4. The training is designed to enhance participants’ practical understanding especially in the areas of voter
registration, Form handling, and field-level implementation of electoral procedures. The participants will be
familiarised with the provisions of first and second appeals against the final electoral rolls as published with
the DM/District Collector/Executive Magistrate under section 24(a) of RP Act 1950 and the Chief Electoral
Officer (CEO) of the State/UT under section 24(b) respectively.
5. It may be recalled that no appeals were filed from Bihar, Haryana and NCT of Delhi after the completion of
the Special Summary Revision (SSR) exercise as of 6th-10th of January 2025.
6. The curriculum of the programme includes interactive sessions, role plays, simulating house-to-house
surveys, case studies, and hands-on exercises for filling Forms 6, 7 and 8. Additionally, participants will
receive practical training on the Voter Helpline App (VHA) and the IT tools. The officials will also be
provided technical demonstrations and training of EVMs and VVPATs including mock polls.
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