There isn’t any proposal to use the distant digital voting machine (RVM) in the “upcoming election” in the country and it is also not proposed for the use of Non-Resident Indian (NRI) voters, Lok Sabha was informed on Friday.

Responding to a question in the Lower House of Parliament, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said in a written reply that according to the Election Commission (EC), it has “not proposed to introduce the RVM for the upcoming election in the country”.

Several meeting polls are due this yr, whereas the Lok Sabha elections shall be held in 2024.

The minister mentioned the EC has additionally knowledgeable that the RVM will not be proposed for using NRI voters.

Rijiju famous that public sector unit Electronic Corporation of India Limited (ECIL), beneath the steerage of the EC and the Technical Expert Committee of the ballot panel, has developed a prototype of the Multi Constituency Remote Electronic Voting Machine.

The EC, he mentioned, had circulated an idea be aware to all nationwide and state political events on bettering voter participation of home migrants utilizing distant voting .

The be aware included issues equivalent to defining a ‘migrant voter’, addressing the territorial idea, the strategy of distant voting and counting of votes, enforcement of the Model Code of Conduct, and organising of managed surroundings to guarantee free and honest voting.

Citing particulars shared by the EC, he mentioned the introduction of RVM wouldn’t enhance pretend votes. “The prototype RVM developed by ECIL is a strong and stand-alone system primarily based on the present EVMs… Independently, numerous statutes — the Representation of People Act, 1950, and the Representation of People Act, 1951, the Conduct of Election Rules and numerous pointers and directions of the EC will make sure that the affirmation/genuineness of voter id is verified,” Rijiju said.

Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar had last month described the EC’s proposal on remote voting as a “work in progress” and mentioned it was not a simple topic and reaching choices in a democracy takes time.

Responding to questions on the latest all-party consultations on distant voting, he had mentioned it was “profitable” with representatives of recognised parties sitting through the entire day. The issue of 30 crore “missing voters” got here to limelight.

Kumar had mentioned city voters, youth and home migrants type a part of the 30 crore voters who didn’t take part in the final Lok Sabha elections.

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