IN ADDITION TO THE BEST ELECTORAL PRACTICES AWARD TO THE GENERAL CATEGORY OFFICERS GOVERNMENT SHOULD ALSO SELECT RTI ACTIVISTS AND VOLUNTEERS FOR THE SIMILAR AWARDS AS CREATING AWARENESS DRIVE AMONG THE CITIZENS OF COUNTRY.

Best electoral practices award have been awarded for the three officers in the state .The election Commission of India confers these awards every year to selected officers and the Organisations from across the Nation for their distinguished services in the electoral practices and process .The Himachal Pradesh Chief Electoral officer Manish Garg bagged the best state award for the planning and execution of systematic voters education and electoral participation programmes held during the last year (Vidhan sabha election) .It recognised various initiatives taken at the state level processing and Procedure laid down under electoral practices such as UTSAV ,Mission 277 , Elderly persons day, online election quiz ,Gram Sabha meetings,Chatbot  voter Sathi and election pledge which led to enhanced electoral participation and processing. Deputy commissioners of the Bilaspur Himachal Pradesh and too the Kangra district won the award in the general category for SVEEP activities and too an IT initiative, respectively.The president of India will give these awards at a function held by the ECI on the occasion of the National voters' day on January 25 ,in New Delhi. RTI welfare Association Registered number HPCD 3552 Bilaspur Himachal Pradesh welcomed the decision of best electoral practices and process to be honoured by the President of India however the Association also demanded such awards to the RTI activists, Volunteers and the Resource persons working for the welfare of society and circle and creating awareness among the people of Society and circle as required for the good governance and accountability by way of planning and demanding documentary evidences from the system of governance and in the interest of justice and transparency in administration and participating in the hearings before the FAA and SIC or CIC to protect the fundamental rights of the society and circle taking cognizance of the suggestions for improvement in the administration and raising issues before the department of Administrative reforms organisation working for the good governance and charter of public accountability.