The central government is encouraging all Non-Resident Indian (NRI) voters to participate in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, which will b...

In August, 2018, the previous Lok Sabha had passed a bill to allow proxy voting rights to eligible overseas Indians. But the bill could not...

The ETPBS facility is so far available only to service voters, including members of the armed forces and central armed police forces posted...

"No proxy or absentee mode be adopted and therefore in the garb of migrant voters no bogus voting should be permitted,” BJP said in an all-...

The Election Commission committee report had recommended both proxy and e-postal ballot for NRIs.

The Bill, which was passed by a voice vote in the Lower House, proposes that overseas Indians, who are entitled to vote in India, could now...

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

Centre has sought two weeks time for submitting reply in the Court regarding the changes to be made in Representation of People's Act.

Expatriates of other nationalities – such as Britons, Americans and the French, among others – are already allowed to vote in their countri...

Although a plea has been made that a change in the existing rules would be enough to let NRIs vote, govt has been saying a legislative chan...

Bihar elections could create history as EC is working on allowing NRIs to cast their votes from their respective countries.

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...

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.

Kerala accounts for the bulk of the NRI voters at 11,488, while Punjab with 138 and Tamil Nadu with 112 come a far second and third, respec...

The EC should use either postal ballot facility, allowing voting to NRIs at an Indian Mission abroad or provide them with online voting rig...

India's move to allow millions of NRIs to exercise their voting rights has evoked mixed reaction from the community.

Chandy rejects EC's contention that voting right to NRIs is not feasible.