Saturday, January 27, 2018

3) Analyse the evolution of the Election Commission of India and its effectiveness in ensuring inclusiveness, rule of law, efficiency, and accountability of the election process. (250 Words)

It was thought by the constitution makers to form a constitutional indepndent body that performs the task of managing elections impartially and with credibility. According to Article 324 of the constitution, Election commission of India was set up. The framers of the constitution was very roght in their intent because
1. India is vast democratic country , no other country where an independent body is given mammoth task of conducting free and fair election, preparing electoral rolls, de-duplication of voter names in the electoral rolls (1.2 billion people where say more than 60% come to vote in ageneral election)
Its effectiveness
1. It lays down model code of conduct before elections; this shows efficiency of the institution and prepared methodology to checjk unruling behaviour during the election time
2. it brings in innovation , VVPAT and machine readble formats are the brain child of election commission
3. it also puts the right person for the right task for e.g. electoral officer, returning officer, there is decorum in the appointments
4. paid news; when such cases appear, the election commission has conveyed to the political party and have even remitted fines due to immoral activities, when they do not accept then, inquiries are conducted
So, its an important pillar of democracy for conducting free and fair elections

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