1. EPIC AADHAAR SEEDING Development of seeding platforms & Pilot Project in GHMC Babu A, District Election Officer, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh ababu@ias.nic.in 1

2. ● Unique and innovative program taken up first time in India as per the directions of Election Commission of India. ● Challenging exercise - pilot in 15 polling stations interesting findings ● Seeding platform jointly managed by ECI and GHMC EPIC AADHAAR SEEDING 2

3. Objectives ● To cleanse the Photo Electoral Rolls by Weeding out bogus / ghost / duplicate / shifted voters in GHMC area and create correct Photo Voters List using Aadhaar numbers ● Pilot for India and based on the findings Aadhar linkage for voters through out India ● Reasons for taking up GHMC - high percentage of Aadhaar coverage, low turn out of voters, voters in electoral roll almost equal to population, ability to do the pilot properly 3 EPIC AADHAAR SEEDING

4. SEEDING BY BLO & ERO EPIC Aadhaar seeding portal Enter the Aadhaar number (or) provide feedback against the EPIC number based on the field survey done by BLO's. Dead, Shifted, duplicate, Ineligible, Not enrolled etc. Methods of Portal Seeding In-organic seeding : Directly through portal based on the provided matches by verifying the EPIC and Aadhaar photos and demographic data in the portal. Organic seeding : After field survey Aadhaar number is entered against the EPIC Number. Seeding done after verifying the EPIC and Aadhaar photos and demographic data in the portal. If Aadhaar is not collected feedback is given. 4

5. ADDITIONAL FACILITIES PROVIDED TO VOTERS FOR SELF SEEDING 1. Mobile Applications Android & iOS Data verified & compared from EPIC database & SRDH by voter. 2. Self Seeding. Seeding through portal with OTP. 3. Call Center Seeding. Toll free no:1950 4. SMS Seeding. SEEDEPIC [space] [EPIC No] [space] [Aadhaar No] is sent to 08970499899 Verification by the BLO, ERO and confirmed online. 1 5

6. OUTCOME OF THE FIELD SURVEY AND SEEDING IN 15 PILOT POLLING STATIONS Description No. of Electors % Total No. of electors19533 No. of UID Seeded791240.51% Not enrolled with Aadhaar1638 8.39% Shifted747338.26% Dead-303, Duplicate-652 & Ineligible-146 11015.64% Door Locked after several visits 6973.57% 6

7. 9 7 SHIFTED CASES TOTAL 1Total Shifted Cases identified747338.38% 2No. Re- verified711195.16% 3FORM-6 received113715.21% 4FORM-8 received50.07% 5FORM-8a received1061.42% 6New occupants already enrolled7429.93% 7 Declaration Received /not willing for enrolment in the present address 5026.72% 8Denied to give declaration5857.83% 9 Denied to furnish 8A form/door locked or vacant 403453.98% 10Aadhaar received117515.72%

8. SHIFTED CASES - CONSTITUENCYWISE Description 46- Kukatpally % 60- Khairtabad % 63- Nampally % 64- Karwan % 70- Secunder abad %Total TOTAL % Total Shifted Cases 1564 1558 1604 1319 1428 747338.38 No. Re- verified 1564100119676.77160410013191001428100711595.16 FORM-6 received 966.14966.163852436927.9819113.38113714.92 FORM-8 received 0050.3200000050.07 FORM-8a received 0000603.74463.49001061.36 New occupants already enrolled 36023.021278.15583.62312.3516611.6274210.43 Declaration Received /not willing for enrolment in the present address 30219.3120012.840000005027.06 Denied to give declara- tion 28818.4100000029720.805858.23 Denied to furnished 8A form/door locked or vacant 51833.1276849.29110168.6487366.1977454.20403442.08 Aadhaar received 23014.7118011.5518711.6617313.1240528.36117516.52 8

9. WAY FORWARD Aadhaar Collection through all modes with wide publicity. Take up house to house verification in districts - BLOs Data Entry Who will do it. - Booth Level Officer - AERO - ERO EROs approval Time required - One month 9

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