- LATEST
- WEBSTORY
- TRENDING
INDIA
India set to become first country to have no duplicacy in voters' list: CEC HS Brahma
"Everyday our voters are themselves seeding (their names for Aadhar cards). More than lakhs daily. We do not want to make it compulsory but our voters themselves want it. It is a good gesture," the CEC said.
Updated : Apr 25, 2015, 10:31 PM IST
)
TRENDING NOW
)
This Pakistani Influencer's private video leaked online, days after Minahil Malik and Insha Rehman's clips
)
After Imsha Rehman, Minahil Malik, THIS Indonesian celeb's private video leaked online
)
Elon Musk announces future of ultra-fast travel, claims US to India trip will just take...
)
'I sort of...': Aishwarya Rai's 'enjoyed every phase and moved on' statement amid divorce rumours with Abhishek Bachchan
)
Shilpa Shetty breaks down, Salman Khan cancels shoot; celebs rush to Lilavati hospital after Baba Siddique shot dead
)
'Jaya Bachchan, is that you?': Mukesh Khanna loses cool as he asks paps to keep quiet, netizens roast him in return
)
Meet Dharmendra's 'best friend', next superstar after Rajesh Khanna, who was guarantee for hits; career ruined after...
)
India's highest paid actor charges Rs 300 crore for a film; more than Vijay, Shah Rukh, Prabhas, Rajini, Ranbir, Salman
)
Amid linkup rumours with Abhishek Bachchan, Nimrat Kaur shows off her talent; netizens say 'you should be jailed for...'
)
'Miyan biwi toh...': Nikhil Dwivedi BREAKS silence on Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai's behaviour amid divorce rumours
)
Aishwarya Rai's most expensive possessions: Dubai mansion worth Rs.., 5BHK bungalow in Bandra, wedding saree worth Rs..
)
Bigg Boss 18: Vivian Dsena, Rajat Dalal, Shilpa Shirodkar, Eisha Singh, top 5 most popular contestants this week
)
'I am very hurt': Amid Aishwarya Rai, Abhishek Bachchan's divorce rumours, his confession to 'daughter' goes viral
)
India's biggest hit film released in 1988, made heroine a superstar after 10 flop films, is related to SRK, earned Rs..
)
Meet woman who leads Rs 56360 crore company, daughter of India's richest female in engineering sector
India is set to become the first country in the world to have biometric data and no duplicacy in the voters' list after linking of Aadhar card with voter identity card, Chief Election Commissioner HS Brahma said on Saturday.
"When we are able to seed the Aadhar figure (number) on EPIC card that will ensure that there is not a single duplicate number. We will do it definitely by 2015 and then India will be the only country in the world where there will be complete biometric of voters. There will be not a single fraud or duplicate voters," Brahma said at a conference on electoral reforms here.
Asked about Supreme Court's order which had said that Aadhar is not a prerequisite for availing public services, he said everyday lakhs of voters are seeding their names with Aadhar card on their own.
"Everyday our voters are themselves seeding (their names for Aadhar cards). More than lakhs daily. We do not want to make it compulsory but our voters themselves want it. It is a good gesture," the CEC said.
He appealed to all citizens of the country to avoid duplicate names in the voter list saying it is a crime punishable for upto one year.
Brahma said once the Aadhar number is mentioned in the electoral rolls then individual voters can also change their address online because Aadhar will be the basic identity.
It will remove all allegations of duplicacy in the voters list and harassment to voters in changing their address, he said adding that so far 85 crore Indians have got their Aadhar numbers.
"We are very hopeful that the remaining 25-30 crore people's Aadhar cards would be done by August this year," he said adding that in West Bengal the Aadhar figure is around 55% so far.
On electoral reforms, he said political reforms should also be talked about in the same spirit.
He said if the government accepts the report of the Law Commission then 95% of problems on issues of electoral reforms will be resolved.
Asked about expenditure ceiling for political party candidates, he said they need to be vigilant as money and muscle power doesn't lead to level playing field.
"Filing of nominations should also be online so that people can know the plus and minus of the candidates," Brahma added.
