Arvind V

civil servant

[Arvind V @arvindalism]

@karthikeyangips Novice idea for advertising

[Arvind V @arvindalism]

Just read this article. Proud of you @faiz_IAS. Seems your work finds appreciated in Gujarati newspapers too.

Roughly translated is the success story of control in crime by the introduction of libraries and reading habbit. Kudos

[Arvind V @arvindalism]

@CollectorVad @vijayrupanibjp @Nitinbhai_Patel @pkumarias @GujHFWDept Rip

[Arvind V @arvindalism]

@AnanyaDasIAS Beautiful

[CMO Gujarat @CMOGuj]

Gujarat CM today inaugurated India's first Dinosaur Museum at Raiyoli near Balasinor that exhibits the remains of various dinosaurs, the fossil record and the evolution of their life with 3D films, 360 degrees virtual reality presentations, interactive kiosks and other facilities

[Arvind V @arvindalism]

Funny thing about sarcasm is mostly people don't understand it
... Even funnier is when people laugh after reading the plain meaning of it... It's a shame !!! @nidhichoudhari maam, u just got caught amongst brainless idiosyncrasies... #SUPPORT

[PRAVEEN CHAUDHARY @Praveen2014IAS]

FLC (First Level Checking) - all recognised political parties are invited when FLC is done by engineers of the manufacturer (either BEL or ECIL). Webcasting/Videography of entire process is must.

[PRAVEEN CHAUDHARY @Praveen2014IAS]

FLC- it’s basically a test of full functionality of EVMs. All past stickers are removed, machines are cleaned, all buttons are checked. It is checked whether every button results in a vote cast against that button. Remember, political parties are asked to remain present.

[PRAVEEN CHAUDHARY @Praveen2014IAS]

Infact in prescribed number of machines, mock poll is done. Kindly check the instruction. Again note that Representatives of political parties are asked to choose machines randomly for Mock Poll.
After FLC, two types of machines are separated, i.e. FLC-OK and FLC-Reject.

[PRAVEEN CHAUDHARY @Praveen2014IAS]

CUs(Control Units) are sealed by Pink Paper Seal signed by BEL/ECIL and political parties. Parties are provided with the serial nos. of Pink Paper Seals with the Serial nos. of machines on which they are used. FLC-reject machines are sent back to Election Commission.

[PRAVEEN CHAUDHARY @Praveen2014IAS]

Political parties at this time know that-
1. Serial no. of pink paper seal used in which serial number Control Unit(of EVM)
2. Votes are recording as per the buttons pressed.
3. Serial nos. of Functional EVMs (CUs and BUs) which will be used in the election process.

[PRAVEEN CHAUDHARY @Praveen2014IAS]

Now that machines are assigned to different Assembly Constituencies(ACs), Returning Officer/Assistant Returning officer will take charge of machines allotted to their AC. Machines will move from Warehouse (where FLC-Ok machines were kept) to the strongroom of RO/ARO.

[PRAVEEN CHAUDHARY @Praveen2014IAS]

First Randomization. FLC-Ok machines are assigned to different Assembly Constituencies in presence of the Political parties. Now parties know that which machine will go in which assembly constituency and which machines will be used for training and demonstration purpose.

[PRAVEEN CHAUDHARY @Praveen2014IAS]

It is to be visited on a daily basis by SP/DM/RO/ARO or anyone authorised by them. Visit is restricted to the point of CCTV only. The entry point of Strong room is to be covered by CCTV round the clock.
Political parties have the list of all the machines assigned to different ACs

[PRAVEEN CHAUDHARY @Praveen2014IAS]

Second Randomization- Now, all the machines of ACs are assigned Polling Booths randomly. This is also done in presence of political parties. At this point of time, political parties know which BU/CU/VVPAT will go to which polling booth.

[PRAVEEN CHAUDHARY @Praveen2014IAS]

Meanwhile, list of final contesting candidates is finalised by RO. Now EVMs are prepared according to the number of contesting candidates. Very simple, if 5 candidates are there, so all buttons after 6(NOTA) will be locked so that those buttons can’t be pressed.

[PRAVEEN CHAUDHARY @Praveen2014IAS]

During EVM preparation, contesting candidates are asked to remain present throughout. Again engineers from BEL/ECIL come for this exercise. Candidate Set button is to be sealed so that number of candidates are fixed as per the list of contesting candidates.

[PRAVEEN CHAUDHARY @Praveen2014IAS]

Sealing Address tag is another most important activity in EVM preparation. After Second randomization, we know which machine will go to which polling booth. Thus, preparation also included sealing address tags on EVMs.

[PRAVEEN CHAUDHARY @Praveen2014IAS]

Mock poll during Preparation is a huge task as mock poll of 1000 votes is done on 5% randomly selected machines. It is also tallied with the VVPATs. Representative of the candidates are also allowed to do the mock poll.