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NEW DELHI: The Booth Level Officers (BLOs), who have been a silent and almost invisible part of India’s electoral machinery for decades, have suddenly found themselves at the centre of attention. The Election Commission’s ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has placed them at the centre of one of the largest verification drives…
The Supreme Court has mandated all states to provide robust security for booth-level officers during voter enumeration, warning of severe action against any threats or obstructions. The court emphasized that non-cooperation with the Election Commission’s work is a serious matter, extending beyond West Bengal to all states, and stressed the need for BLOs’ safety to…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday raised concerns over reports of Booth Level Officers (BLOs) being threatened and obstructed while carrying out the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal and other states, PTI reported. The apex court asked the Election Commission to take a firm view of the…
NEW DELHI: In a bid to calm the political slugfest over alleged suicides by BLOs due to heavy work pressure of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, Supreme Court on Thursday said those BLOs unwilling to do SIR work because of health or mental issues should be substituted with other govt employees by states…
MEERUT: A headmaster working as an assistant booth-level officer for the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls died of a heart attack in Sambhal district on Monday, becoming the eighth person to die during SIR duty in Uttar Pradesh in 10 days, with three of them taking their own lives. The family of…
NEW DELHI: Amid the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of poll rolls, two Booth Level Officers (BLOs) died in Uttar Pradesh. While 46-year-old Sarvesh Singh hanged himself in Moradabad’s Baheri village, a woman BLO named Shobharani died of cardiac arrest in Bijnor.According to news agency PTI, Sarvesh Singh confessed to feeling suffocated and said there…
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has pulled up the West Bengal government for not releasing the increased honorarium for booth level officers (BLOs) and the additional payment approved for the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.In a statement, the poll body said it had informed an All India Trinamool Congress…
MEERUT: While “non-performing” booth level officers (BLOs) are facing FIRs across several districts in UP, intensifying pressure during an already demanding voter-list revision drive, several administrations are simultaneously rolling out incentives to keep their morale afloat with the Dec 4 deadline for Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise fast approaching.In Pilibhit, jungle safaris, free family lunches…
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Saturday doubled the remuneration for Booth Level Officers (BLOs) from Rs 6,000 to Rs 12,000 per election cycle. The decision also includes an increase in pay for BLO supervisors, whose remuneration has been raised from Rs 12,000 to Rs 18,000.“The electoral roll machinery, consisting of Electoral Registration Officers (EROs),…
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