Pure electoral rolls are the bedrock of democracy. The electoral roll machinery, consisting of Electoral Registration Officers (EROs), Assistant Electoral Registration Officers (AEROs), BLO Supervisors and Booth Level Officers (BLOs), does a lot of hard work and plays a pivotal role in the preparation of impartial and transparent electoral rolls. The Election Commission has informed that it has doubled the annual remuneration for BLOs and also enhanced the remuneration of BLO Supervisors involved in the preparation and revision of electoral rolls. The last such revision was done in 2015. Also, honorarium has been provided for EROs and AEROs for the first time.

Besides this, the Commission had also approved a special incentive of Rs 6,000/- for BLOs for Special Intensive Revision (SIR) starting from Bihar.

(DIPR)