Joint Chief Electoral Officer Vikas Narwal has informed that the Election Commission of India will honour individuals and organisations by presenting awards under 7 categories for their state level outstanding election activities-2018. Under the General Category, District Election Officer, Superintendent of Police, Returning officer, Assistant Returning Officer, ERO, AERO and BLO will be honoured with awards for their outstanding performance during the Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha Election-2018.
Awards will be presented to Chief Executive Officer of district Panchayat, Commissioner of Municipal Corporations, Deputy District Election Officer, SVEEP Nodal Officer, Master Trainer, Officers of the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Employees, other Government Officers and employees under the special category.
Under the Best Division Award Category, Divisional Commissioner and Inspector General of Police will be honoured with awards.
Similarly, Government Department, Government Agency and Public Undertaking will be awarded under the State Level Best Government SVEEP Partner Award. The Non-Government Organisation and Agency will be honoured with Non-Government SVEEP Partner awards.
Under the Best Media Partner Award, media and social media agencies will be awarded and also awards will be instituted to encourage the efforts of Officers, Employees, Government Departments, Non-Government Organisations, Media Agencies, Social Media Agencies for District Level Best Election Activities.
For all the awards, nomination will be made on the basis of categories like Election Management, SVEEP activities, IT related activities, Law and Order Management, Electoral roll management, convenient voting arrangement and innovative activities.
The officers, employees and organizations are required to send information for nomination in the prescribed format to the Office of the Chief Electoral Officers by December 15. Winners will be selected for awards by the Committee and will be approved finally by the Chief Electoral Officer.
The awards will be presented at the progarmme to be held on the National Voters’ Day 2019.