Overview
- Chief Minister’s office directed help desks at local offices with online form submission and no fees for required documents during the drive.
- District collectors were told to set up hearing centres, deploy volunteers and officers, and reduce Akshaya service charges through the IT department.
- The government ordered Booth Level Officers to be appointed within two days, vacancies in ERO and assistant posts to be filled, transfers and leave restricted, and awareness campaigns conducted after a chief secretary review.
- Ernakulam’s Special Intensive Revision flagged 206,061 people in a ‘no mapping’ list, only about 4,642 hearing notices were delivered, and hearings are scheduled for January 6–28.
- Industries Minister P. Rajeeve said BLOs uploaded documents for about 52,216 flagged electors after initial guidance suggesting hearing exemptions, but the State Election Commission now requires in-person hearings.