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Leap of Faith Journey of Indian Elections

- Broad Guidelines for Conduct of General - Providing all election related content to PwD in
Elections/Bye-elections - P. 164 accessible format - P. 221
- innovative manner of spreading awareness on - postal ballot facility extended - P. 180, 194, 213
EVM-VVPAT - P. 168 (image)
- auxiliary polling station for visually impaired (2009)
- permissible electors per polling station reduced - P. 166 - P. 221
- online filling of nomination forms devised - P. 168 - technical committee for improving accessibility
- all polling officials vaccinated for Covid - P. 174 (2015)- P. 221
- increase in number of polling stations to aid - use of Braille stickers on EVM - P. 221
physical distancing - P. 166, 175 - Braille embedded EVM (2018) - P. 221
- voting from home for ‘Absentee voters’ extended - EPIC with Braille features (2018) - P. 221
to al constituencies- P.171
- First national conference on PwD icons (2022) - P. 222
- “leap of faith” quote by Sunil Arora - P. 162
- PwD managed polling stations - P. 252, 256
- curtailment of campaign hours in West Bengal
(2021) - P. 180 - Saksham-ECI App (Previously PwD App)- P. 221, 228
- graded response to Covid situation (2022) - P. 186 Photo Identity Card (also see EPIC)
(table) - trial in Calcutta SW Parliamentary Constituency
Pandey, Anup Chandra - P. vii, 112, 183 (image), 184 (1960) - P. 55
(image), 185 (image), 187 (image), 202 (image), 214 (image), - used in Sikkim (1979) - P. 55
215, 218 (image), 220, 220 (image), 221, 221 (image), 241
Political Parties/Party - P. iii, 10, 25, 66, 81, 86, 92, 94, 103,
(image), 247 (image), 258 (image), 263 (image)
104, 104, 105, 111, 138, 142, 164, 174, 185, 186, 197, 199,
- Election Commissioner's Message - P. vi, vi (image) 205, 229, 234, 237, 238, 239, 249, 250, 251, 254, 255, 256
Pathak, Gopal Swarup - - concept absent in original Representation of the
- becomes the Vice President of India (1969) - P. 195, People Acts - P. 50
P. 195 (image) - registering under Section 29 A of RPA, 1951 - P. 51
Patil, Pratibha Devi Singh - consultation on Remote Voting (2022) - P. 229, 230
- first woman to be elected President of India (2007) - Reforms related to political parties - P. 237- 238
- P. 199
- Registered Unrecognized Political Parties (RUPP)-
- sworn in as President of India (2007) - P. 199 (image) P. 237-238
- inaugurates diamond jubilee celebrations of ECI - “Freebies” promised by political parties - P. 242
(2010) - P. 104
Political Parties Registration Tracking Management
- at National Voters Day (2011) - P. 106 (image) System - P. 206
Persons with Disabilities (PwD) category - P. 105, 107, Polling Personnel/officials - P. 30, 129 (image), 167, 254
111, 134 (image), 140, 155 (image), 212, 212 (image), 222
- examining election material (1952) - P. 30
(image), 247, 248, 252, 256, 257, 258
- explaining the process of voting (1952) - P. 33.
- First national consultation on accessible elections
(2018) - P. 110 - leaving for polling duty (1998) - P. 92

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