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ECI Doubles Poll Officials’ Pay and Grants Special Incentives for Bihar Roll Revision

Marking the first pay revision since 2015, it underscores the ECI’s push to bolster voter list accuracy through enhanced grassroots support.

Overview

  • Annual remuneration for Booth Level Officers has been increased from Rs 6,000 to Rs 12,000 with the revision incentive doubled to Rs 2,000.
  • Pay for Booth Level Officer supervisors has risen from Rs 12,000 to Rs 18,000 while Electoral Registration Officers and their assistants will receive one-time honorariums of Rs 30,000 and Rs 25,000 respectively.
  • The commission approved a Rs 6,000 special incentive for BLOs overseeing the Special Intensive Revision of Bihar’s electoral rolls.
  • Draft electoral rolls for Bihar’s 243 assembly constituencies were published on August 1 and saw no claims or objections from any political party within the first 24 hours.
  • New EC guidelines cap each polling booth at 1,200 voters to enhance manageability and accuracy of voter list maintenance.