NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet today approved a fresh tranche of Rs 1009 crore for the Election Commission to buy new Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) so that it can phase out the ageing ones before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
As per today’s approval, the poll body has been authorised to buy 4,10,000 Ballot Units (BUs) and 3,14,000 Control Units (CUs) during 2017-18 and 4,35,306 Ballot Units and 71,716 control units during 2018-19 at a tentative unit cost of Rs 7,700 and Rs 9,300 respectively.
The total estimated cost will be Rs 1,009.6 crore.
The purchases will be made through Bharat Electronic Ltd (BEL), Bangalore and Electronics Corporation of India Ltd. (ECIL), Hyderabad.
The Cabinet has also authorised the Election Commission to vary the quantity to be ordered on BEL and ECIL based on their production capacity and past performance in supply of machines. (AGENCIES)
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