Delhi among five States starting SIR enumeration on June 30

📌 Summary:

• The enumeration phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls will begin on June 30 in five States/UTs: Karnataka, Meghalaya, Maharashtra, Jharkhand and Delhi
• These five together have 19,78,94,740 (about 19.79 crore) voters as of May 12
• The final revised voter lists for these States will be published on October 7
• SIR is part of a wider exercise — currently under way in 16 States — to comprehensively update and clean electoral rolls through door-to-door enumeration by the Election Commission

🎯 UPSC Relevance: GS2 — Representation of the People Act, electoral-roll management, the role and powers of the Election Commission, and the contentious link between citizenship documentation and roll revision.

📝 Prelims Facts:

• SIR = Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, conducted by the Election Commission of India
• Five States/UTs begin enumeration on June 30; final rolls to be published on October 7
• About 19.79 crore voters across the five States/UTs (as of May 12)

🔑 Key Term: Special Intensive Revision (SIR) — an intensive, house-to-house drive to comprehensively update electoral rolls, distinct from the routine annual summary revision.