On the instructions of the Election Commission of India, under the guidance of Chief Electoral Officer K. Ravi Kumar, a five-day training cum certification program was organized from 16 to 20 January for the Assistant Returning Officers of all the parliamentary constituencies of the state for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections 2024 at Shri Krishna Institute of Public Administration.
In the program, all the officials are being given special training by the Chief Electoral Officer and NLMT trainers of the state on all the important points related to the responsibilities of the ARO of the public elections. As part of the training, officials are being given training related to EVM, VVPAT, nomination, postal ballot and election related materials.
On this occasion, the Chief Electoral Officer informed the officials about the guidelines, election procedures and specifics of the Election Commission of India. Along with this, National Level Master Trainers in their respective subjects regarding technical information related to EDC, ETPBS as well as the procedure prescribed for all categories of voters exercising their franchise with the help of postal ballot, EVM and VVPAT awareness etc.
During the training program, tests are also being taken on subjects related to the officials present and doubts are also being resolved.
Additional Chief Electoral Officer Sandeep Singh, Additional Chief Electoral Officer Neha Arora, OSD Geeta Choubey, Under Secretary Dev Das Dutta, Additional Electoral Officer Sunil Kumar among others are present in the training program along with administrative officials from all parliamentary constituencies.