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Context: A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to seize

Current Process of appointment of EC and CEC: The Chief election commissioner and other ECs are appointed by the President

New Expenditure Limits: Election Commission has raised the expenditure limit of candidates as follows: Lok Sabha Elections: Rs 95 lakh up from Rs 70

Context: A letter written by the Law Ministry states that the Principal Secretary to PM ‘expects‘ the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC)

Key electoral reforms approved by the Cabinet: Linking Aadhaar with electoral roll Linking of the Aadhaar Card with the Voter

Context: The SC asked ECI “to create a dedicated mobile application containing information published by candidates regarding their criminal antecedents”.

Model Code of Conduct: Model code of conduct (MCC) is a set of guidelines that ECI issues before elections. The political

The Supreme Court in its recent judgment ruled that government officials cannot be appointed as State Election Commissioner (SEC). Introduction:

Context: The Andhra Pradesh state government enhanced incentives for the unanimous election of sarpanches and ward members in gram panchayats.