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Chief Election Commissioner Navin Chawla has mentioned that all the Indian voters would be provided within a period of two years.
"We expect the EC will be able to cover the country's 740 million voting population with the issuance of EPIC in less than next two years. We've made significant progress in issuing EPIC to our voters all across the country and we're advancing very fast”, said Chawla while addressing the media during a Merchant's Chamber of Commerce (MCC) event in Kolkata.
He said: "The EC had already issued EPIC to nearly 582 million voters till the 2009 general elections which account for a little more than 82 percent of the country's total voting population. In some states, we've already achieved 100 percent mark. In Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Tripura we've issued EPIC to 100 percent of its voting population. In West Bengal and Rajasthan, we've achieved 97 and 99 percent, respectively, till this year's general elections."
When asked about the recently over Maharashtra elections, he said that abut 60% had EPIC earlier.
"The figure was not very satisfactory. We took the initiative and within just eight weeks, the figure jumped to little more than 80 percent before the state went to the polls," he said.
