Babus, mantris & buzz: Nearly 74.39% electors in Bihar submit Enumeration forms
Was Shringla given offer to fight 2024 LS polls?
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Nearly 74.39% electors in Bihar submitted Enumeration forms
With a few more days left before the last date of collection of Enumeration Forms, over 74% of the 7,89,69,844 (nearly 7.90 crore) electors in Bihar have already submitted their forms. In the second phase of SIR, BLOs are going house-to-house to assist the electors and collect their filled Enumeration Forms. Field level functionaries including 38 DEOs, EROs covering all 243 Assembly Constituencies and 963 AEROs are regularly supervising the progress of SIR. Digitisation and uploading of Enumeration Forms are progressing smoothly. As of 6.00 PM on Friday, 5,87,49,463 Enumeration Forms, which is 74.39% of the total forms, have been collected.
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A senior-most IPS officer of Kerala cadre, who missed the bus, not once but twice
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Sajeesh Kumar is also Commissioner, CMPFO
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Deputation tenure of Saket Kumar extended
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Deputation tenure of Shobhendra Bahadur extended
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Deputation tenure of Prateek Singh extended
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Deputation tenure of Dr Anupama curtailed
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