The daily data put out by the Election Commission shows that half-way into the one-month enumeration phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), ongoing in nine states and three Union Territories, 99% of the 51 crore registered electors had received their forms as of Wednesday. However, only about 16% of the completed forms had been digitised, with reports coming in from states of Booth Level Officers (BLOs), who are responsible for the distribution, collection and digitisation of forms, complaining of pressure to meet the deadline.

As per the schedule announced by the EC on October 27, the SIR process started on November 4, and all electors in the 12 states / UTs have to submit their enumeration forms by December 4, in order to be on the draft electoral rolls to be published on Decemb

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