The court had asked the Centre to decide whether it would amend the electoral law or rules to allow NRIs to vote by postal or e-ballots in ...

Earlier, the Centre had said that the draft legislation to provide voting rights to NRIs through postal ballots would be further revised be...

For overseas Indians, the Representation of the People Act needs to be amended to include proxy voting as other means to cast their votes.

Data shows that only 10,000 to 12,000 NRIs have voted because they do not want to spend foreign currency to come to the country and vote.

The draft bill to provide voting rights to NRIs through postal ballots would be further revised before it is tabled in Parliament & Cabinet...

Bihar elections could be the 1st poll where NRIs cast their votes semi-electronically from foreign shores, if the RPA, 1951 is amended in t...

However, the Election Commission, which found it feasible to give voting rights to NRIs, did not favour extending same benefit to migrants ...

The Election Commission has set up a committee to suggest amendments to the Act of 1951 with a mandate of submitting a report by February 2...

Law ministry is planning to file an affidavit in the SC soon rejecting local voting rights for Army , IAF and Navy personnel, both in forwa...

Official sources said the option of sending ballot papers to services voters or uploading it in Election Commission websites was discussed.

A bench comprising Chief Justice H L Dattu and A K Sikri asked the Centre to inform it about "further steps taken to implement the suggesti...

The govt has firmed up its stand on the issue of NRI voting and will tell the SC this week that it accepts the recommendations of the commi...

Government is set to accept the recommendations of a committee which has favoured voting for NRIs through electronic means.

The proposal to extend the facility of proxy voting and e-postal ballot to NRIs is under consideration of the government, the Lok Sabha was...

SC asked the Centre to make its stand clear on the Election Commission's proposal for allowing NRIs to cast their votes through proxy votin...

Sampath said any move to allow NRIs use proxy voting on the lines of defence personnel and e-ballot facility will require changes in the la...

Currently there are only 12,000 NRI voters, but they need to travel to India to cast their votes. Proxy and e-ballots could encourage more.