ITI Limited bags 1st EVM order from West Bengal

New Delhi: ITI Limited on Thursday said that it has received its first Electric Voting Machine (EVM) order from the State Election Commission (SEC) of West Bengal. Under this order, ITI Ltd will supply 500 sets of EVM after the successful demonstration to the SEC at Kolkata.

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The indigenous multi post EVM was designed and developed by ITI Limited as per the specifications finalized by SEC/Technical Evaluation Committee. It was further approved by standing committee of State Election Commissioners. These multi post EVMs can be used for conducting the local body elections at Gram Panchayats, Municipalities, Corporations, or at any institutions where democratic elections are needed. Thease EVM machines can also be used as a single post machine for meeting the requirements of Lok Sabha/Assembly elections.

According to an official statement, the product will be manufactured at ITI Limited’s factories complying to the technical specifications of Election Commission, and will be delivered on fast-track basis adhering to the quality norms and as per the commitments given to West Bengal SEC.

Commenting on the order win, ITI Limited's Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) Rajesh Rai said, "ITI Limited is delighted to win its first ever order to manufacture EVMs for State Election Commission (SEC) of West Bengal and we would like to use this opportunity to res-establish ITI Limited as a technology manufacturer to reckon with as we will be joining the elite list of EVM manufacturers in India. ITI Limited is deeply honoured that the devices we will manufacture will empower and enrich the world’s largest democracy, India by providing the EVMs for all kinds of democratic elections."

He further added that ITI Limited is exploring the business prospects of EVMs with other SECs also so that we can offer our quality product by meeting the requirements on a pan India basis.

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