ECI trains 371 field-level electoral officials from Bihar, Haryana and Delhi at IIIDEM
Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar inaugurated a two-day training at IIIDEM, New Delhi, on 14 May 2025 for 371 field-level electoral officials — 306 BLOs from Bihar and EROs and BLO Supervisors from Haryana and Delhi.
Summary
Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar inaugurated a two-day capacity-building programme at the India International Institute of Democracy and Election Management (IIIDEM), New Delhi, on 14 May 2025. It covered 371 grassroots officials: 306 Booth Level Officers (BLOs) from Bihar, 30 EROs and BLO Supervisors from Haryana and 35 from the NCT of Delhi. Including this batch, over 2,600 field officials had been trained by the ECI in New Delhi in the previous two months. The CEC said BLOs would soon get standard identity cards for door-to-door verification and asked participants to work strictly under the Representation of the People Act, 1950 and related rules.
Key facts
- Inaugurated by
- CEC Gyanesh Kumar
- Venue
- IIIDEM, New Delhi
- Participants
- 371 (306 BLOs Bihar; 30 Haryana; 35 Delhi)
- Trained in two months
- Over 2,600 field officials
- Announcement
- Standard ID cards for BLOs
Practice MCQs 2 questions
How many field-level electoral officials took part in the ECI training programme inaugurated at IIIDEM on 14 May 2025?
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Correct answer: B — 371
371 officials took part: 306 BLOs from Bihar, 30 from Haryana and 35 from Delhi. Over 2,600 is the number trained in two months.
Consider the following statements about the ECI training programme of 14 May 2025: 1. It was inaugurated by Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar at IIIDEM, New Delhi. 2. The 306 Booth Level Officers in the batch were from Haryana. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: A — 1 only
Only statement 1 is correct. The 306 BLOs were from Bihar.