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                                                                             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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