Port Blair, March 14: The Chief Electoral Officer, A&N Islands, Shri B.S. Jaglan, IAS convened a meeting yesterday in his Chamber at Secretariat with Additional Director of Income Tax (Inv.), Kolkata & State Nodal Officer for Election Expenditure Monitoring, A&N Islands, Shri H. Robindro Singh, IRS and District Nodal Officer of Income Tax for Election Monitoring, Shri Arnab Sarkar, IRS(IT).

During the meeting, discussions were held on preparedness and functions of Income Tax Department for the forthcoming General Election, 2024. Further, the CEO has directed the State Nodal Officer Election Expenditure Monitoring to supervise the Poll Preparedness with the Income Tax team at Port Blair.

For effective surveillance and seizure of movement of illegal cash, the role of Income Tax Department is very vital in the upcoming election.

The Nodal Officer (IT), Shri Shishir Kumar Mishra briefed them about the process of on-boarding on Election Seizure Management System (ESMS) and generation of daily, progressive seizure reports by application.

The Director General of Income Tax Investigation (West Bengal, Sikkim & NER) has set up 24x7 Control Room with exclusive Toll free numbers-1800 345 5544 and landline numbers 033-22628150 & 033-24410325 for the purpose of forthcoming General Election - 2024.  The citizens may provide information about illegal cash movement etc. on these numbers. 

Alternatively, the citizens may download c-VIGIL App to share such information including violation of Model Code of Conduct (MCC) during elections.