Question: With whom the election commission of India has joined hands for Nationwide “Voter Registration Reminder”?
(a) Twitter
(b) Facebook
(c) Instagram
(d) LinkedIn
Answer (b)
Related Facts:
- Election Commission of India (ECI) is launching a ‘Special Drive to enrol left out electors, with a special focus on first time electors from 1st July , 2017 , so as to move in the direction of Commission’s motto that ‘NO VOTER TO BE LEFT BEHIND’ .
- In order to reach out to maximum eligible voters, the ECI is collaborating with Facebook to launch first Nationwide “Voter Registration Reminder” on 1st July ,2017 .
- With over 180 million people in India on Face book, the ‘Register Now’ button is designed to encourage Indian citizens to register themselves with the Election Commission of India.
- On 1st July, a notification of the “voter registration reminder” will be sent to people on Facebook in India who are eligible to vote. The reminder will be sent out in 13 Indian languages – English, Hindi, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Punjabi, Bengali, Urdu, Assamese, Marathi and Oriya.
- This is the first time Facebook’s voter registration reminder has been rolled out across India.
Reference:
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=166928