Election Commission panel to identify learning experiences of recent poll process
The Hindu
It would look into the need for strengthening legal and regulatory frameworks
The Election Commission on Thursday announced that it was setting up a core committee to “identify learning experiences and shortcomings” from the recently concluded . The committee, headed by the EC Secretary General and comprising other senior officers, was tasked with identifying “shortcomings/gaps in ECI regulatory regime, if any and the gaps in implementation and enforcement at the level of CEOs/district officials”, an EC statement said. It would look into the need for strengthening legal and regulatory frameworks to enable the EC to “more effectively ensure compliance” of directions, including COVID-19-related norms.A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.
The Deputy Commissioner and the Election Officer for Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency M. P. Mullai Muhilan said here on Friday that over 600 staff will be involved in the counting of votes cast in the April 26 elections, at the counting centre at the National Institute of Technology – Karnataka, Surathkal, on June 4.