Tuesday, 23 06 2015 08:55
JAMMU, JUNE 22-Chief Electoral Officer, Shantmanu, today reviewed implementation of National Electoral Roll Purification and Authentication Programme (NERPAP) through videoconferencing with the District Election Officers and Electoral Registration Officers of Jammu Division.
Deputy Chief Electoral Officer, Rashpal Singh, was also present on the occasion.
Being launched by Election Commission of India on 3rd of March this year, the programme is expected to be completed by 15th August, 2015. The objective of which is to link and authenticate electoral data with Aadhaar Data, Correction of errors, deletion of multiple entries and improvement in image quality in the Electoral Roll.
It was informed that the total number of electors in Jammu and Kashmir is 7289113. As per the available information from the census department, 49% electors have been issued Aadhaar numbers as on date. So far, 1035222(14.20%) Aadhaar numbers, 13936 emails and 873875 mobile numbers have been collected from various districts in the state.
The Chief Electoral Officer impressed upon the District Election Officers and Electoral Registration Officers to expedite the process of collection and feeding of Aadhaar numbers besides purification of Electoral roll including improvement of images so that the job can be completed in a stipulated time.
Chief Electoral Officer also interacted with the District Election Officers regarding the election related issues in their respective districts.
Chief Electoral Officer asked the District Election Officers to submit pending reports of lok Sabha Election 2014 and Assembly Election 2014 including the reports on Election Expenditure by the candidates and Cases of the Paid News.
Earlier, the CEO took stock of implementation of NERPAP with the District Election Officers and Electoral Registration Officers of Kashmir Division including Leh and Kargil districts.
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