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.