In a major step towards rolling out the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls across the country, the Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday assessed the preparedness of offices of the chief electoral officers (CEOs) of all states for the upcoming exercise.

On the first day of a two-day conference of the CEOs on Wednesday, the EC reviewed the progress made on the directions previously issued to them to map the current electors with the electors as per the last SIR in the states and the union territories.

The conference is being held as a follow-up to the SIR preparedness conference held on September 10 during which all states had given detailed presentations on the number of electors, qualifying date of the last SIR and the electoral roll in their respective state as per the

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