New Delhi, April 9 -- A two-day National Training Programme comprising 2 District Election Officers (DEOs), 12 electoral registration officers (EROs) and 217 booth level officers (BLOs) from West Bengal commenced at India International Institute of Democracy and Election Management (IIIDEM) on Wednesday, the commission said in a release on Wednesday.

According to the release, this initiative forms part of the broader training plan for the capacity augmentation of grassroot election functionaries as envisaged by the Commission during the CEO's Conference held at IIIDEM on March 4.

ECI also concluded a one-day Orientation program for media nodal officers, social media nodal officers, and District Public Relations Officers at the India Int...