25 January, National Voters day
- Election Commission of India is celebrating 11th National Voters Day on 25th January 2021
- Theme for this year's NVD is 'Making Our Voters Empowered, Vigilant, Safe and Informed'
- The National Voters' Day is celebrated on January 25 every year since 2011, all across the country to mark the foundation day of ECI, i.e. 25th January 1950.
- The main purpose of the NVD celebration is to encourage, facilitate and maximize enrolment, especially for the new voters.
- During the event, the Honourable President of India will
confer the National Awards for the year 2020-21 and launch ECI's
Web Radio:'Hello Voters'.
- Election Commission of India will launch the e-EPIC program and distribute e-EPICs and Elector Photo Identity Cards to five new voters.
- e-EPIC, a digital version of the Elector Photo Identity Card can be accessed through the Voter Helpline App and websites https://voterportal.eci.gov.in/ and https://www.nvsp.in/.
- Voters would now be able to view and print their digital voter card on registered mobile.
- Voters are provided with badges having logos, “Proud to be a voter, ready to vote.” This initiative is expected to give the youth a sense of empowerment, pride and inspire them to exercise their franchise.
- The slogan ‘No
Voter to be left behind’ was coined to further emphasis the focus on
inclusiveness.
- The National Awards are being conferred for excellence, proficiency and innovation in election processes and procedures. These awards recognize contribution by election machinery, government department/ agency/ PSU, CSO and media.
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