Special Officers squad to monitor election expenses
Posted on: 12/Mar/2014 3:50:45 PM
Chief Election Commissioner, Mr. Praveen Kumar informed that special Income Tax officers squad is being formed to monitor the election expenses by different parties.
After a meeting with the Income Tax officials, he informed:
A special squad of Income Tax officers is being formed to monitor the election expenses in each state.
Supervisory Officers have been appointed for all 39 constituencies in Tamil Nadu. An officer from the Income tax Department is being appointed to assit them in the monitoring.
Rs. 1.72 Crores has been collected so far as cash without proper documents. When carrying large cash, one should carry the necessary documents.
Booth slips will be issued 10 days before the election day. 9,95,305 applications from new voters have been collected in the recent special camp. A maximum of 1,385,000 applications were from Kanchipuram district. The minimum of 3,934 applications were received from Nilgiris District.
Other districts Thiruvallur 62,291, Chennai 85,384, Vellore 49,991, Krishnagiri 19,667, Dharmapuri 16,763, Thiruvannamalai 15,632, Villupuram 25,898, Salem 44,822, Namkkal 16,226, Erode 24,500, Coimbatore 74,906, Dindigul 21,890, Karur 9.238, Trichy 31,501, Perambalur 8,527, Cuddalore 27,002, Nagai 14,294, Thiruvaroor 11,104, Thanjavur - ,848, Pudukkottai 18,868, Sivagangai 15,726, Madurai 50,592, Theni 21,202, Virudhunagar 22,008, Ramanathapuram 16,455, Thoothukkudi 26,391, Nellai 46,149, kanyakumari 21,335, Ariyalur 8,987, Tirupur 54,609,
Total applications 9,95305
