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EC orders probe into voting by foreigners in Tamil Nadu polls, 10 held in ChennaiThe Election Commission has ordered a probe into allegations of foreign nationals voting in the Tamil Nadu Assembly election. Police arrest...- No systemic risk to BFSI sector; may see short-term slowdown in loan growth: Deepak ParekhIndustry veteran Deepak Parekh stated the banking and financial services sector is not facing major systemic risks from global geopolitical...
- UK's migration crackdown risks care home staffing crunchNew government plans to extend the wait for permanent residency to 15 years for care workers risk a significant staffing shortage in Britai...
- Poor electoral participation of overseas Indian voters in LS polls, 2024: EC dataNearly 1.2 lakh overseas Indians registered as electors for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, with Kerala recording the highest registrations. ...
- Time has come to use tech-driven methods to allow overseas Indian voters to participate in polls: CEC Rajiv KumarChief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar made these remarks while addressing the 2022-batch Indian Foreign Service officer-trainees on the t...
- EC proposal to allow overseas Indian voters use e-postal ballot under discussion with MEA: Govt"The Election Commission of India has taken up a proposal to amend the Conduct of Elections Rules, 1961 to facilitate electronically-transm...
- No proposal under consideration to allow proxy voting for NRIs: GovtIn August, 2018, the previous Lok Sabha had passed a bill to allow proxy voting rights to eligible overseas Indians. But the bill could not...
- Government contemplating postal ballot facility for NRIsThe ETPBS facility is so far available only to service voters, including members of the armed forces and central armed police forces posted...
- Postal ballot facility for NRIs? Here's everything you need to knowThe Election Commission has approached the government to allow NRIs to cast their votes through postal ballots, a facility so far available...
- No postal ballot facility for NRIs in upcoming assembly pollsFive states are gearing up for Assembly elections in March and April - West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry. Unofficial da...
- EC may hold workshop for Indian missions in select countries on electronic postal ballotThe Commission would also speak with various NRI associations and ministries which would be involved in the roll-out of the proposed facili...
- EC proposes extending postal ballot facility for eligible overseas IndiansFor overseas electors, EC has said the voter will have to intimate the returning officer that he or she wants to use postal ballot. The ret...
- 25,000 of 1 lakh overseas Indians registered in e-rolls voted in LS polls: ECAn expert committee of the Election Commission, working on the issue, had in 2015 forwarded the legal framework to the Law Ministry to amen...
- Fresh bill to allow proxy voting to NRIsThe bill proposes to replace the term 'wife' with 'spouse', thus making the provision gender-neutral.
- Two-fold jump in NRIs registering as voters: Govt & EC dataThe figure, however, is far too less when compared to the number of Indians living abroad and entitled to vote here.
- Only 24,000 overseas Indians have registered as votersOut of these, 23,556 are from Kerala, 364 from Punjab and 14 from Gujarat, according to the data provided by the Commission.
- Alternative voting rights for domestic migrants not possible now: ECThe rules, sources in the Commission said, are easy for anyone to register as voter. As per rules, the day a person moves in at a new addre...
- EC reaches out to overseas Indians to encourage votingThe provisions of the Representation of the People Act, 1950 were amended in February, 2011 to make special provisions for citizens of Indi...
- Government to study feasibility of allowing domestic migrants alternative voting rightsThe feasibility of granting domestic migrant workers alternative voting facility along the lines of overseas Indians and service voters wil...
- Delhi EC launches process of including NRIs in electoral rollsFor enrolment of names in voters' list, an NRI can go to an ERO in person or send by post his application to the ERO concerned.
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