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Brief Profiles of Countries, EMBs and Partner Organisations of A-WEB
every year. The first NVD was celebrated on 25th
January, 2011.Since then a series of events includ-
ing public functions are organized on NVD every
year through a vibrant and robust expression of
voter participation from all categories of voters at
the national, state, district and down to the polling
station level along with all the stakeholders. The
new electors are felicitated with EPIC and provid-
ed with a badge with its logo ‘Proud to be a vot-
er-Ready to Vote’ and also administered a pledge.
Pictures of Electoral Processes/Voter Education
Other programmes under SVEEP include National
Election Quiz, Interactive School Visit Programme
etc.
Nukkad Natak for VoterAwareness in Chandigarh
National Voters Day
Established on 25th January, 1950, the Election
Commission of India celebrated 60 years of its
illustrious journey on 25th Jan., 2010. The Presi-
dent of India inaugurated the Diamond jubilee cel-
ebrations on this occasion. Valedictory function of
this celebration was organized on 25th Jan., 2011.
Seized of the voter apathy and low enrollment
among new voters (18+), the Commission decided
to take up exercise to identify all the eligible voters
attaining the age of 18 years as on 1st of Janu-
ary every year, in each of the polling station areas
of the country, enroll them on time and hand over
their Elector Photo Identity Cards (EPICs) on the
25th January.
The initiative was aimed at providing youth a sense
of citizenship, empowerment and pride in electoral
participation as also to inspire them for exercise of
their newly acquired franchise at the next election.
Appreciating the significance and import of the Poster and Rangoli Competition was organized at
exercise, ECI institutionalized it by dedicating its Government Museum and Art Gallery under SVEEP
Foundation Day (25th January, 1950) to the cause
of ‘Voters’ and celebrate it as ‘National Voters’ Day’
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