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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Govt said buy VVPATs from private sector, Election Commission said no, will hurt public faith -Ritika Chopra

Govt said buy VVPATs from private sector, Election Commission said no, will hurt public faith -Ritika Chopra

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published Published on May 11, 2018   modified Modified on May 11, 2018
-The Indian Express

In 2013, the Supreme Court ordered the poll panel to introduce VVPATs in a phased manner, and the Commission has committed to have it in place by the time of the 2019 general elections.

New Delhi:
ARGUING that the involvement of private players could hurt the credibility of the electoral process, the Election Commission (EC) rejected the government’s proposal to buy voter-verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) units from private manufacturers. This is confirmed by official records obtained by The Indian Express this week under the Right to Information (RTI) Act.

The Commission put its foot down after the Law Ministry sent three letters, between July and September 2016, seeking its views on the suggestion. In its reply, dated September 19, 2016, the EC stated that it “is of the firm opinion that private manufacturers cannot be given the very sensitive job of manufacturing VVPAT which are integral to EVMs”. Nasim Zaidi was the Chief Election Commissioner then.

Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and VVPATs in India, from the beginning, have only been produced by two public sector units — Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) in Bengaluru and Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL) in Hyderabad.

VVPAT units produce a printout of the vote cast using an Electronic Voting Machine or EVM, which can be shown to the voter to dispel any doubts. This printout is then deposited in a box and can be used to resolve any dispute regarding the election.

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The Indian Express, 11 May, 2018, http://indianexpress.com/article/india/govt-said-buy-vvpats-from-private-sector-election-commission-said-no-will-hurt-public-faith-5172151/


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