New Delhi: The Election Commission is likely to announce the dates for the Lok Sabha election today.
The term of the current Lok Sabha expires June 1. A new house has to be constituted by May 31.
An estimated 814 million voters will be eligible to vote, with 97.1 million new voters added since the 2009 election.
The “None of the Above” (NOTA) option will be given to voters — for the first time in a parliamentary contest.
About 800,000 polling stations will be set up across the country, according to Election Commission sources.
Around 1.2 million electronic voting machines will be used in the election and another 250,000 have been ordered from public sector companies.
In 2009, there were 714 million voters and 671 million in 2004.
Atomic energy regulator readying for IAEA review
Chennai: India’s atomic energy regulator yesterday said it is gearing up for a peer review of its nuclear safety regulatory system by International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) later this year or early 2015.
In a statement, the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) said the peer review by IAEA is conducted at a country’s request.
“India has committed itself to host the Integrated Regulatory Review Service (IRRS) Peer Review Mission of IAEA and has already made a request to IAEA for a IRRS peer review mission in respect of nuclear power plants in India,” said the statement issued by AERB secretary R.Bhattacharya.
According to him, the actual peer review mission would happen late this year or early 2015.
Meanwhile, a three-day IAEA seminar in preparation of IRRS peer review mission is being held on March 4-6 at the AERB office in Mumbai. A three member IAEA delegation is in Mumbai to conduct the National Self Assessment Seminar on IRRS.
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