National Voters' Day is celebrated to encourage, facilitate and maximise enrolment, especially for new or first-time voters. Check here the history and significance of the voters’ day.
National Voters’ Day 2022: Know History, Significance And All About This Day : Rashtra News #National #Voters #Day #History #Significance #Day Every year, National Voters' Day is observed on January 25, in India, and this year will mark the 12th National Voters' Day. The Election Commission of India (ECI), on this day, promotes the importance […]
Union Minister for Law Ravi Shankar Prasad would launch the programme by giving e-EPICs to five youths. Election Commission of India | Photo Credit: PTI
New Delhi: The Election Commission will launch the Electors Photo Identity Cards (e-EPICs) on Monday to enable voters to download the electronic version of e-EPICs on the National Voters Day. Minister for Law Ravi Shankar Prasad would launch the programme by giving e-EPICs to five youths.
"Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad will launch the e-EPIC programme and distribute e-EPICs and Elector Photo Identity Cards to five new voters," the Election Commission said on Sunday.
The e-EPIC will be a non-editable PDF of the EPIC that can be stored on the DigiLocker app or printed from a computer. The e-EPICs are in addition to physical IDs being issued for fresh registration.
Why do we celebrate National Voters' Day?
The National Voters' Day has been celebrated on January 25 every year since 2011 all across the country.
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Updated: Jan 25, 2021, 06:12 AM IST
Election Commission of India will celebrate the 11th National Voters Day on January 25 with the theme of `Making Our Voters Empowered, Vigilant, Safe and Informed`.
During the event on Monday, President Ram Nath Kovind will confer the National Awards for the year 2020-21 and launch ECI's Web Radio: 'Hello Voters'. The event will be held at the Ashok Hotel and the President shall grace the occasion virtually from the Rashtrapati Bhawan.
Union Minister for Law and Justice, Communications and Electronics and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad will also attend the function as the Guest of Honour.
New Delhi, Jan 25 : On the occasion of 11th National Voters Day (NVD), Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday emphasised on the need to spread awareness
West Bengal Governor asks CM Mamata Banerjee to empower voters, eliminate atmosphere of fear ANI | Updated: Jan 25, 2021 15:37 IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], January 25 (ANI): On the 11th National Voters' Day, West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday asked West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to empower and inform voters, ensure their safety and eliminate an atmosphere of fear.
"Make all efforts #NationalVotersDay to make Voters Empowered, Vigilant, Safe and Informed
@MamataOfficial. Atmosphere of fear for voter-the supreme stakeholder, must be overcome," Dhankhar tweeted on Monday.
Further warning the state government machinery including the police, against political bias, Dhankhar in his tweet said, "Absence of political neutrality @WBPolice @HomeBengal would be culpable leading to consequences."
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The Election Commission of India (ECI) will launch the e-EPIC (Electronic Electoral Photo Identity Card) today, which is the National Voter's Day. Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad will launch the e-EPIC programme and distribute digital voter ID cards to five new voters. This will be the first time that the government will issue voter identity cards in digital formats. Other identity proofs like the Aadhaar card, PAN card, driving licence are already available in the digital format.
The main objective of the day is to educate and encourage young voters to vote during elections. National Voters' Day: History, theme, slogans
National Voters' Day is observed annually on 25 January in order to encourage more young voters to take part in the polling process.
The day is observed to spread awareness about the importance of voting in a democracy and it also educates people about their voting rights.
The day has been observed on January 25 every year since 2011 to mark the foundation day of the Election Commission of India.
However, the main objective of the day is to educate and encourage young voters to vote during elections.