CURRENT AFFAIRS 2019 – 2020 (PAPER II) For
CURRENT AFFAIRS 2019 – 2020 (PAPER II) for KAS MAINS 1 facebook.com/kasmentor www.kasmentor.com 9061474766/9061484877 PAPER –II (A) Indian Constitution, Public Administration, Political System, Governance, Social Justice and International Relations EVM Controversy Topic: Parliament and State Legislatures – structure, function, power and privileges. Context: Recently, opposition parties discussed future course of action on the issue of alleged tampering of EVMs. They raised their concern regarding EVMs with Election Commission. Credibility of EVMs were questioned in the previous General elections of Parliament and State Assemblies. Out of 120 democratic countries only 25 have experimented with or used electronic voting machines to elect their governments. It indicates that EVM is not a dominant choice globally for recording votes in elections. Background: India is the world leader in the use of EVMs. The Election Commission has been conducting all elections through EVMs since 2001.The Indian EVM is a direct recording device, which is a stand-alone machine. The Election Commission has clarified several times that Indian EVMs don't talk to any machine outside its own system - be it through wired network, internet, satellite, and Wi-Fi or Bluetooth. The EVM is not connected to server, so cyber hacking of Indian EVMs is not possible unless an authorised person acts with malafide intention. In 2014, a whopping 55.38 crore people cast their votes in EVMs in the parliamentary elections. 2 facebook.com/kasmentor www.kasmentor.com 9061474766/9061484877 Analysis EVM challenge: Forensic Lab test for EVMs Throughout these years, the Election Commission has denied all the claims of EVM tampering and in 2017, it got a scientific proof to back up its claim.
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