Overview
- District magistrates and electoral officers have directed block development officers to submit block-wise lists of eligible Birhor, Toto and Sabar voters.
- District electoral officers have been empowered to approve inclusion of members of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups even without 2002 voter list proof during SIR hearings.
- Administrations will issue Scheduled Tribe certificates on an emergency basis for those who lack them to ensure swift enrolment.
- The move follows earlier relaxations this week easing identity checks for sex workers, transgender persons and monks under the second stage of the Special Intensive Revision.
- Officials indicated the revised electoral roll is slated for publication on February 14.