EC fast-tracks process, directs state officials to make SIR preparations

THE Election Commission of India has instructed all the Chief Electoral Officers (CEOs) of the states and the Union Territories to finalise their preparations for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in their respective states/UTs at the earliest and report back to it, officials said on Thursday.

- MUKESH RANJAN New Delhi

The instructions were passed on to them during a two-day conference of the CEOs here, which concluded on Thursday, and during the course of discussions, the presentations were given by senior officers of the ECI on the SIR process, as the CEOs raised several queries, which were clarified, they said.

The officials said that the commission also assessed the progress made on the directions previously issued to the CEOs to map the current electors with the electors as per the last SIR in their respective states and UTs.