Uttar Pradesh took a major step forward by automating & customizing the Election Personnel Deployment System during the current Vidhan Sabha elections in April-May 2007. The 'Election Personnel Deployment System' or EPDS has been jointly developed by NIC, State Unit, Lucknow and NIC District Unit Rae Bareilly. It has been rolled out in all the districts to have a common software across the state. The application takes care of all the guidelines issued by the Election Commission of India and generates various kinds of reports required by the District Administration, State Election Commission and Election Commission of India.
The EPDS system has been developed after a detailed study of various packages developed by different district centres, it has adopted best practices from other applications, and has also taken into account the suggestions and feedback given by Election Commission. The technology used is Visual Basic-6.0, SQL Server 2000 and Crystal Reports 7.0, while some of the distinct features are - ❖ The fully menu driven software helps district administration in entire process of Personnel Management. ❖ Based on randomisation technique, it is used for the Deployment of Polling Personnel, Polling Parties, Counting Personnel, Sector Magistrates and Zonal Magistrate using randomization technique. ❖ It helps in preparation of Route Chart, and provides information of Booth Entry, Sector, Zone Entry, Constituency Details etc. ❖ User/Role base security has been inbuilt into the system for each job like personnel data entry, booth entry, route chart entry, deployment etc. This prevents unwanted access to the database and defines responsibilities of the staff. ❖ The application generates different reports as per the requirement of District Administration/Election Commission which help the local administration.
This software has standardized the election personnel deployment system across the state. It has not only benefited the district administration but has also provided a platform to manage and monitor the process at the state level. The project has been appreciated far and wide and the efforts of the entire team of Sh. S.B. Singh, SIO, UP, Sh. SFA Naqvi, Project Incharge, Sh. U.B. Mall, DIO, Rae Bareilly and Sh. Rajeev Lakhera, SOE are praiseworthy for bringing about a welcome change in the process.
Appreciation received from one of the Polling Observers On behalf of all observers, I would like to record our appreciation for the methodical manner in which the entire work related to data entry and randomization of personnel has been done in the district. Tejveer Singh, General Observer (PB1194) Many other districts like Shahjahanpur, Sant Ravidas Nagar, Agra, have received similar appreciation from the polling observers and district administration. The efforts of NIC officials have been lauded and the EPDS system complimented.
For further details contact S.B. Singh, State Informatics Officer NIC UP State Unit sio@up.nic.in Phone 0522-2238415, Fax 2238977