Assam: Kokrajhar Deputy Commissioner Varnali Deka received the best electoral exercise award. Guwahati News – Times of India

Guwahati: Kokrajhar Deputy Commissioner, IAS officer alphabetical dekaNational Best Electoral Practice was presented to increase their electoral participation in Goalpara by going door-to-door for identification of Divyang voters, distributing sanitary napkins with poll date combs on the handles and election messages to adult women. Awards for Innovation Measures in New Delhi on National Voters’ Day on Wednesday.
The Election Commission of India brochure states that Deka as District Election Officer of Goalpara in 2021 assembly election consolidated the database and compiled fragmented database for PWD voters through door-to-door survey of voters and Used apps to build 2021 assembly. Election accessible in letter and spirit, due to which the number of PWD voters increased from 1931 to 10544
In addition, the ‘Poshan Club’ in the colleges of Goalpara and the ‘Divyang Sarathi’ app for PWD voters was a new initiative,” the brochure said.
Similarly, another woman IAS officer, Cachar District Election Officer Kirti Jalli received the ‘Best Electoral Practice Award for Voter Education and Electoral Participation’ in the national capital.
He has been awarded for taking massive steps to energize voters by organizing campaigns like ‘Garav Cachar Mega’ and ‘Pronoreni’ which resulted in increasing the number of voters in the age group of 18-19 years from 6,923 to 27,780 . Also, Cachar has entered India Book of Records 2021 for Rangoli of 26,387 Feet X 6 Feet.
On the other hand, Assam CEO Nitin Khade received the ‘Excellence for States’ award from the state governor for conducting the assembly elections in 2021, in a “truly inclusive, accessible, ethical, transparent, peaceful and secure manner”. Despite the challenges posed by the pandemic, which resulted in a 0.72% increase in female voter turnout and a 1% increase in the sex ratio.

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