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{{Infobox holiday
|holiday_name = National Voters' Day
|type = Government
|image = National Voters Day - Students Rally.jpg
|caption = Students rally on National Voters Day.
|official_name = National Voters' Day
|nickname =
|observedby = India
|litcolor =
|longtype =
|significance = new voters are enrolled in the electoral rolls
|begins =
|ends =
|date = 25 January
|scheduling = same day each year
|duration = 1 day
|frequency = annual
|celebrations =
|observances =
|relatedto = [[Election Commission of India]]
|firsttime = 25 January 2011
|alt=|weekday=|month=|startedby=}}
In order to encourage more young voters to take part in the political process, [[Government of India]] has decided to celebrate January 25 every year as "National Voters' Day". It has been started from 26 January 2011 to mark Commission's foundation day.

A meeting of the [[Union Cabinet of India#Cabinet Ministers|Union Cabinet]], chaired by [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]] [[Manmohan Singh]], approved a Law Ministry proposal to this effect, [[Minister of Information and Broadcasting|Information and Broadcasting Minister]] [[Ambika Soni]] told reporters. In this day rallies in government campus were going on.

By Observing the new voters, who have attained the age of 18 years, were showing less interest in getting enrolled in the electoral rolls, she said the level of their enrollment was as low as 20 to 25 per cent in certain cases.

"In order to effectively deal with this problem, the [[Election Commission of India|Election Commission]] has decided to take up a vigorous exercise to identify all eligible voters attaining the age of 18 years as of January 1 every year in each of the 8.5 lakh polling stations across the country," she said.

Such eligible voters would be enrolled on time and handed over their Electoral Photo Identity Card (EPIC) on January 25 every year, [[Ambika Soni|Soni]] said, adding this initiative is expected to give the youth a sense of empowerment, pride and inspire them to exercise their franchise.

The new voters would be provided with a badge with its logo "Proud to be a voter - Ready to vote", she said. The theme of NVD 2016 is ‘Inclusive and qualitative participation’ reiterating the commitment towards reaching out to the last voter and promoting informed and ethical voting. The slogan 'No Voter to be left behind' has been coined to further emphasis the focus on inclusiveness. The National Awards are being conferred for excellence, proficiency and innovation in election processes and procedures. These awards recognize contribution by election machinery, government department/ agency/ PSU, CSO and media said. The greatest joy is seen in young voters of India.

On the fourth National Voters Day, a disability activist [[Satendra Singh (doctor)|Satendra Singh]]'s RTI caught [[Election Commission of India]] off-guard when they were found violating Supreme Court orders to enfranchise voters with disability.<ref>{{cite news|title=Polls near, but no data of voters with disabilities|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2014-01-27/india/46683677_1_national-voters-disabilities-electoral-participation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140129213636/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2014-01-27/india/46683677_1_national-voters-disabilities-electoral-participation|url-status=dead|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|archive-date=2014-01-29}}</ref>

Theme of national voter day :

2018: Accessible elections

==References==
{{reflist}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110927213514/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-01-25/hyderabad/28365816_1_polling-booths-assembly-elections-eci The Times of India]
* [http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/january-25-to-be-celebrated-as-national-voters-day/articleshow/7326049.cms The Economic Times]
* [http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article1116555.ece The Hindu]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGTCIqZIW3Q/ Happy Voters Day - Movie - A Stain in Time]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyHjWfP58hY/ Happy Voters Day - Movie - No Stain]

[[Category:Elections in India]]
[[Category:January observances]]

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