EC International Seminar on leveraging technology for fair elections held
Q. Election Commission of India hosted a one of the kind international seminar recently. What was it on?- Published on 24 Feb 16a. Leveraging technology for transparent elections
b. Leveraging technology for credible elections
c. Leveraging ICT for fair elections
d. All of the above
ANSWER: All of the above
Election Commission of India on 23rd February 2016 hosted an International Seminar on “Leveraging Technology for Transparent and Credible Elections”. The Seminar was organized for Members of the Executive Board of Association of World Election Bodies (A-WEB), and the Oversight & Audit Committee of A-WEB, who were in New Delhi to take part in the 4th Executive Board meeting of the organization. Chief Election Commissioner, Dr. Nasim Zaidi, and Election Commissioners, Mr. A.K. Joti and Mr. O.P. Rawat were part of the event which saw delegates from
11 countries participating in the Seminar which have a population of over 1.7 billion, which means that the delegates present represented over one fifth of humanity. Zaidi referred to Information Communication and Technology (ICT) initiatives such as the single window National Voter Services Portal launched in 2015, which provides multiple voter centric services, development of safe and appropriate technology for providing electronic Postal Ballot facility to Overseas Indian Voters and the gradually increasing use of Voters Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT)/ ECI has also been working on an E-Governance vision 2020 to provide inclusive, integrated single window view of services to all stakeholders in all phases of the electoral cycle.
