Nri Proxy Voting
No proposal under consideration to allow proxy voting for NRIs: Govt
No proposal is under consideration of the government to provide proxy voting facility to NRIs, Lok Sabha was informed on Friday. "...no such proposal is under consideration," said Law Minister Kiren Rijiju in a written reply while responding to a question on whether the government is considering to provide the facility of proxy voting to Non-Resident Indians (NRIs). In August, 2018, the previous Lok Sabha had passed a bill to allow proxy voting rights to eligible overseas Indians. But the bill could not be brought in Rajya Sabha. In 2020, the Election Commission had proposed to the Law Ministry to extend the Electronically Transmitted Postal Ballot System (ETPBS) facility, so far available only to service voters, to eligible overseas Indian voters as well. It would require changes in the election rules. But the government has so far not taken a call on the issue. The EC had told the government that it has been receiving several representations from the Indian diaspora residing abr
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Lok Sabha okays bill allowing overseas electors to cast votes through proxy
There are about 31 million NRIs living in different countries across the world
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Parliamentary panel questions proxy voting by NRI, suggests postal ballot
A member suggested polling booths could be set up at the Indian embassies and consulates across the world to enable the non-resident Indians (NRIs) to exercise their franchise
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Cabinet approves NRI proxy voting; scraps no-detention policy in schools
For NRIs, the Representation of the People Act needs to be amended to include proxy voting
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