The Election Commission of India on Thursday rolled out Phase III of its Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise across 16 states and three Union Territories, aiming to clean and update electoral rolls ahead of future polls. The nationwide phase will not run in Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, and Himachal Pradesh; their schedule will come later due to the completion of Census work and snowbound conditions. Door-to-door verification will involve 3.94 lakh booth-level officers and 3.42 lakh party agents.
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