New Delhi: The Union Cabinet is likely to take a call today on procuring paper trail machines for the Election Commission which wants to use them in all polling stations in the next Lok Sabha elections.
The item 'procurement of VVPAT units' has been listed on the agenda of the Union Cabinet scheduled to meet this morning.
Since June, 2014, the Commission has given at least 11 reminders to the government seeking funds for VVPAT machines.
The EC says two PSUs -- ECIL and BEL -- need 30 months to produce the over 16 lakh VVPATs.
VVPAT is a machine which dispenses a slip with the symbol of the party for which a person has voted for. The slip drops in a box but the voter cannot take it home.
The item 'procurement of VVPAT units' has been listed on the agenda of the Union Cabinet scheduled to meet this morning.
Since June, 2014, the Commission has given at least 11 reminders to the government seeking funds for VVPAT machines.
The EC says two PSUs -- ECIL and BEL -- need 30 months to produce the over 16 lakh VVPATs.
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VVPAT is a machine which dispenses a slip with the symbol of the party for which a person has voted for. The slip drops in a box but the voter cannot take it home.
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