What happened: special electoral roll revision leading to exclusions in Gurgaon and Faridabad
A special electoral roll revision in Gurgaon and Faridabad is expected to exclude over 9.7 lakh names from the electoral rolls. Exclusions are linked to identification of errors and/or ineligibility during the revision exercise.
Background and earlier position: electoral roll revision as an error-correction and eligibility check
Electoral roll revision is the administrative process through which voter entries are reviewed for correctness and eligibility. Exclusion means that specific entries are removed when the revision exercise identifies problems such as incorrect details or failure of eligibility requirements for inclusion on the electoral roll.
What changed now: revised exclusion scale and concentration of excluded entries
Why it matters for UPSC
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