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Made in India EVMs in demand abroadApril 6th, 2009 - 11:51 am ICT by IANS

-By Azera Rahman

New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) Bhutan got them for its elections last year and Nepal has acquired them too. Indian-made Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) are making waves abroad, not just in our neighborhood but right up to the African continent.

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BEL-AN OVERVIEW

Established in 1954.

NAVRATNA Company – Jun 2007

9 Factories spread all over the country with the

following core areas of business

RADARS & SONARS

COMMUNICATION

ELECTRONIC WARFARE SYSTEMS

C4 I SYSTEMS

ELECTRO OPTICS

TANK ELECTRONICS

CIVILIAN PRODUCTS & COMPONENTS

TURNKEY SYSTEM SOLUTIONS

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• ICWAI Award for Excellence in Cost Management for the year 2007.

• SODET Award for Innovation and Technology Development to two of our Engineers in 2007-08

• SCOPE Award for R&D, Technology development & Innovation for 2006-07

• Good Performance Award under category “Public Manufacturing Organisation Large’ instituted by ICWAI for 2008

• Raksha Mantris award for Excellence in “Institutional” category for 2006-07

• Indian Institute of Material Management’s Corporate Excellence award for 2008

• IEI Industry Excellence Award 2008 from the Institute of Engineers (India)

• Acclaimed ‘Business Superbrand’ by Suberbrands India

• CII Business Excellence Model - Certificate for “Commendation to Strong

Commitment to Excel” to 4 of our Units / SBUs in 2008.

AWARDS 2008-09

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History of EVM - ConceptIdea mooted by the Chief Election Commissioner in 1977Pros and cons of E-voting vis-à-vis ballot paper analysed by High Power CommitteesRecommended E-voting to save avoidable and recurring expenditure on printing, storage, transportation and security of Ballot Paper to the exchequer

Top: Ballot paper awaiting despatchBottom: EVMs in store room

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Address the skepticism of the Political Parties and intelligentsia including Press

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A machine and a procedure which would be transparent and acceptable to all

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A simple machine but a highly secure data

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TEM Ease of Use

Cost Effective

Battery operated

Light weight

Instantaneous Result

Instantaneous Recounting

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MELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINE (EVM)

Comprises of two interconnected Units

Displays list of candidates

16 candidates per Ballot Unit

Four Ballot Units can be cascaded

Control Unit – used by Polling official

Configures the EVMPowers the Ballot UnitActivates Ballot UnitCloses the voting processDisplays Result

Ballot Unit – used by voter

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Voting the Ballot box way

Voting the EVM way

SolutionEVM retains all characteristics of conventional voting by Ballot paper.

• Ballot paper with names of candidates/party with symbol inserted beneath the transparent acrylic sheet in the Ballot Unit.

• Voter casts his/her vote by pressing the button against the candidate of his/her choice.

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M Carrying Case - Control Unit

Carrying Case - Balloting Unit

The Control Unit and Ballot Unit are light weight and are carried in special carrying cases

Solution

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Carrying Case - Balloting Unit

• Software security is through a microcontroller that is “One Time Programmable” which has ‘burnt-in’ code which is fused during manufacture and cannot be altered or retrieved

• Hardware security is through mechanical seals that is sealed in front of candidate representatives just one hour before the elections on the polling day

Solution

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MELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINE (EVM)

Elements of Election expenditure reduced by introduction of EVM.

• Eliminates the cost of printing ballot papers which is nearly 30% of election budget. In the 2009 Lok Sabha elections approx. 700 million voters were eligible to vote

• Eliminates the menace of “Invalid Votes”.

• Transportation and manpower for collection, storage and distribution reduced.

• Man power required for counting of votes minimal. Results are obtained with the press of a button

• Administrative expenses reduced.

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Required acceptance from all sectors of society

Continuous legal hassles

Continuous support for implementation of the EVM

Judgment in courts in favor of the EVM

Once proven widely accepted

Completely used in the Lok Sabha and Assembly Elections since 2004 under the jurisdiction of Election Commission of India

In roads into markets where ballot papers are used like local body elections conducted by State Election Commissions and Legislative Elections for the Legislative Assemblies

In roads into countries with similar economical conditions

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EVMs supplied to Election----------7.5 lakhs (approx)

Commission of India

EVMs supplied to State Election--44000 (approx)

Commissions

Supply of EVMs as on 31.03.2009

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Update with latest technology for better user friendly features,yet with backward compatibility

Maintained as a stand alone, non OS based with no network connectivity for tamperproofness

Proprietary software with encryption, that works with only BEL Units

Provision for customization and add-on devices like biometric authentication etc.

A unique combination of technology and the election machinery in a total transparent process with the stake holders

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The success has paved way for other related markets:

Variants for Export

Variants for Indian market where Ballot papers are still used

Other election day management products

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Nepal

Namibia

Honduras

Papua New Guinea

Variants for Exports

Variants for Indian markets where Ballot paper is still used

Preferential

Panchayat

Multichoice

Multipost

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MTOTALIZER Display Panel

C U 8CU 9

CU 16 CU 1

Totaliser

Printer 1 Printer 2

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MLAYOUT

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Webcam

Plastic Card

Printer

FingerprinScanner

UMPC

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M Finger Print Capture & Verify

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The Indian RevolutionCoined as “The Ballot on a Button” the Indian EVM has been declared as one of the 60 revolutions in India

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Indian EVMs attracting foreign poll panels29 Jan 2010, 1935 hrs IST, IANS

NEW DELHI: Indian electronic voting machines (EVMs) may be a subject of controversy in the country, but that hasn't stopped poll panels of many countries, including South Africa from showing interest in acquiring the ballot gadget.According to the Election Commission of India, poll bodies of South Africa, Mauritius, Kenya and Nepal have evinced keen interest in the EVMs. India's electronic voting machines impresses Hillary Updated on Saturday, November 14, 2009, 13:22 IST

Washington: The opposition parties might be raising questions over electronic voting machines of India, but the EVMs and credible electoral system have impressed the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton.

“India adopted automated computerised voting several elections ago. We think about India with more than a billion people, something like a half a billion, 600 million vote, illiterate people vote by looking at the pictures on the punch card at the – both the faces and the symbols of parties," Clinton told ABS-CBN television news channel in an interview when asked about Philippines moving from manual to automated voting system.

Accolades

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