Digital Voter ID Cards
The Election Commission of India (ECI) celebrated the 11th National Voters' Day on 25th January with the theme 'Making Our Voters Empowered, Vigilant, Safe and Informed'.
On this occasion, it launched the e-EPIC (Electronic Electoral Photo Identity Card).
This is the first time that the government will issue voter identity cards in digital formats. Other identity proofs like the Aadhaar card, PAN card, driving licence are already available in the digital format.
e-EPIC
- The e-EPIC will be a non-editable secure PDF version and will carry a secured QR code
- In the first phase between 25 January and 31 January, only new voters who ....